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Tag Archives: Marc Roberts
Youtube: The Propaganda Model
More or less. Herman and Chomsky, with knob gags…
Posted in activism, media
Tagged churnalism, Ed Herman, fearless ferret, Flat Earth News, Marc Roberts, Noam Chomsky, Propaganda Model
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Imagine My Surprise…
My friend Marc Roberts put together a fantastic cartoon a few years ago. Here it is as a youtube, with L. Cohen accompanying (unless you’re in Germany, where the video is blocked…)
Posted in a little self-knowledge, apocalypse, climate, framing, humour, natural world, religion, science, technoscience
Tagged 500 year old man, discontinuities, Marc Roberts, paradigms
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Nuclear Power – what a Waste…
This old cartoon by Marc Roberts deserves to spread at least as wide as a plume of.. no, that’s in poor taste…
Posted in apocalypse, competence, death, humour
Tagged Japanese Nuclear Emergency, Marc Roberts
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Transition cartoon – dumped in it.
Marc Roberts has started a cartoon series about Bob (a human with a suspiciously close resemblance to the man himself) being sent into various possible futures by a couple of Intergalactic Health and Safety Inspectorate aliens. You can see it … Continue reading
Links 2011-2-22
The brainiac Cosma Shalizi “Reflections on the revolutions in North Africa” with a long quote from Mr Hume and some links (I’ve not looked at yet) Horizons of Significance asking “Do We Need Leaders” (and lovely idea of ‘negative capability‘, … Continue reading
It’s smaller on the inside…
Marc Roberts‘ transition cartoon series continues. Here’s the latest This is a cross post from the host page at Transition Network.
Posted in activism, apocalypse, humour
Tagged Gort and Klaatu, Marc Roberts, Transition Culture
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Who left the monkeys in charge??
Marc Roberts is starting a new cartoon series, for the Transition Network, loosely based on the “scenarios” of David Holmgren and Stuart Chamberlain. He’ll be posting every Monday and Friday… I for one welcome our new Health and Safety Inspectorating … Continue reading
Posted in activism, apocalypse, climate, humour, natural world, politics
Tagged Gort and Klaatu, Marc Roberts, transition
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Why bother? Well, here’s one answer…
Marc Roberts, (yet) again. Does the man never sleep? Ban-ki Moon’s speech can be seen on Derek Wall’s website (I’ve not watched it yet). Mr Moon recently stepped back from “day-to-day” involvement in the climate negotiations, btw.
Posted in activism, apocalypse, climate, death, economics, politics
Tagged Ban-ki Moon, Derek Wall, for the fossil record, Marc Roberts
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Galloping towards a “Gish Gallop”
Here is Marc Roberts’ latest cartoon. Click on it and it expands a bit. And here’s the back story: I added Real Climate to my Google Reader about two hours ago (this is a step I recommend). I then read … Continue reading
Posted in apocalypse, climate, humour
Tagged blistering speed, Gish gallop, Marc Roberts, Science Communication, the Crazies
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Brilliant genius cartoon on climate, science, oil companies
Marc Roberts, uber-cartoonist, has just published this below. Please forward far and wide. Here is the hyperlink to the page on his site.