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My name is Katrin Becker. This is my blog.
It is about Computer Science, Educational Technology, Digital Games, Academia, and sometimes Rural Life and other notions.
Comments are welcome but will be edited as necessary to maintain relevance.

“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
by Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)

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How are You Helping the Planet?

January 4th, 2010 by Katrin Becker

We are making a mess of our planet. Whether you are a “believer” in the so-called ’settled science’ of Climate Change or one of those heretics that the Movement derisively refers to as a ‘denialist’, most people would agree, however grudgingly, that we need to change how we use the world if we want to survive as a species. (Note: The world itself will survive. The question is whether or not we will, and what species are we going to take with us to extinction.)

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Among the Believers, there is often an assumption that this is a binary issue: one either subscribes to the preachings of the moneyed Climate Scientists (which apparently includes agreeing not to question the “science”), or one is under the influence of Big Oil  (lead, no doubt by Hexxus, made famous in Ferngully).

Some of us do not wish to be associated with either group, thank you very much.

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Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job where you can be wrong or change your mind THIS often?

March 29th, 2009 by Katrin Becker

Compare: (these are all taken from the Environment Canada Weather Site)

The day before there had been a severe winter storm warning. Nothing happened. Read the rest of this entry »

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