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As Brian put it in his review of Black Up, Butler doesn’t even go near the destructive misogyny associated with rap. The women in his songs are celebrated, respected, and independent characters doing mysterious things in distant rooms.

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I'm the richest person on the planet Spose (Ft. Shane Reis & Wax) – Lies Song

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I’m reminded of Stewart Lee’s masterful dissection of the idea of a context-free word. Unfortunately, I can’t find a short clip, but taking it out of context would probably spoil the joke anyway.

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Like any international compromise, it is not perfect: the caps on emissions are still too loose, likely to lead to warming of 2.7 to 3C above pre-industrial levels, breaching the 2C threshold that scientists say is the limit of safety, beyond which the effects – droughts, floods, heatwaves and sea level rises – are likely to become catastrophic and irreversible. Poor countries are also concerned that the money provided to them wil... Paris climate change agreement: the world's greatest diplomatic success | Environment | The Guardian

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Unfortunately for Spose, underground rappers don’t make that much money.

According to Forbes, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest man in the world,, with Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim in second and venture capitalist Warren Buffett in third.

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This is misleading. There is no “safe” amount of warming, and no clear cut off where things suddenly get horrible. It’s a steady slope, not a cliff. There are some sudden drops along the way, such as the point at which the loss of the Greenland ice sheet will be impossible to save, but we don’t know where they are. Even if we could stop warming now, there would still be millions of lives lost to global warming over the next few centuries.

Two degrees is simply the lowest realistic target – and it’s still ambitious.

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V. important point which often gets lost in the 2 degrees-mania

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V. important point which often gets lost in the 2 degrees-mania

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V. important point which often gets lost in the 2 degrees-mania

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The threat was catastrophic and the stakes could scarcely be higher. Without urgent action, warming was predicted to reach unprecedented levels, of as much as 5C above current temperatures – a level that would see large swathes of the globe rendered virtually uninhabitable. What is more, infrastructure built today – coal-fired power plants, transport networks, buildings – that entail high carbon emissions will still be operating decades into the future, giving the world ... Paris climate change agreement: the world's greatest diplomatic success | Environment | The Guardian

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V. important point which often gets lost in the 2 degrees-mania

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I don't want spend the whole of my life indoors
I don't want spend the whole of my life indoors
I don't want spend the whole of my life inside
I want to step out, and feel the sunshine Frank Turner – The Next Storm - Demo Version

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A further 5 degree rise isn’t quite unprecedented, but you’d have to go back to the Eocene period to find the last time they were that high. That’s about 40 million years, before apes diverged from monkeys and before Antarctica glaciated.

According to the IPCC’s worst-case scenario projections, we will hit a five-degree rise around 2120. It’s very difficult to say what the world would be like in this scenario, but it is likely that drought would have destroyed much of our current cropland.

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So open the shutters, raise up the mast
Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed Frank Turner – The Next Storm - Demo Version

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The final version finished on a determined note, with Frank deciding he’s going to face the storm, come what may. That ending hasn’t made its way into the demo version. Instead, Frank simply switches senses, from seeing the sun’s light to feeling its heat. This is more evocative.

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And I don't care what the weather man is saying
Because the last time that I saw him, he was on his knees and he was praying
And the preachers and the scientists got soaked just the same
And they wondered if they'd ever get dry again Frank Turner – The Next Storm - Demo Version

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When a severe literal storm hits, shutters on windows must be closed to protect them from flying objects. This also shuts out all natural light, potentially making it very gloomy.

Dropping the mast on a ship theoretically protects it against storm damage. In practice, there’s no danger if the mast is properly designed.

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But I don't want to spend the whole of my life indoors
Laying low, just waiting on the next storm
I don't want to spend the whole of my life inside
I want to step out, and see the sunshine Frank Turner – The Next Storm - Demo Version

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Another pronoun switches here – the preachers and scientists are the only ones wondering.

If the storm is a metaphor for depression and such, then the weatherman is a doctor or therapist.

Anti-depressants have little benefit unless you have severe or chronic depression. Even then, many people don’t benefit. Therapeutic methods become mysteriously less effective over time.

Even our best methods of treating depression are only slightly better than superstition.

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