#the PH was in some dire straits

[neurotonic]

Someone whose Agent Phoenix is practically inspired by Filipino history and expectations of the time period at this point here.

I'm just practically vibrating at the rich history of the Philippines in the lens of espionage and expectations given by the society at the time. And I feel a kind of pride? fuzzies? whenever I see a Filipino Phoenix. It's just...

The subtext and the implications of the worldbuilding of that is so good. Sorry for rambling in your asks but I just wanna say that seeing a Filipino Phoenix scratches an itch I didn't know I wanted to be scratched in the first place.

I just wanna thank you for that.

aww my gosh, thank you so much for the kind words!! ;u; I'm so glad you think so, especially when I'm just really being self-indulgent with my phoenix interp ADSFKJHSDF AND YESSS pinoy phoenix for the win!!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

I'LL be perfectly clear though. I haven't been doing much research as I should be when it comes to 1960's Philippines and its relation to international espionage.. !! or whatever the Agency's up to. I mean I also have to look into fil immigrant experiences more since my Phoenix is one but I'm not LOL I think the nature of IEYTD's worldbuilding opens up a lot of questions that are waiting to be answered , politics wise especially. I'd be interested in exploring them myself but I've just been a little busy with other stuff these days. sad !!! But yes it has been super neat otherwise. Always such a fun time to see the Philippines get mentioned even just in passing...when I saw Chancellor Magpantay's surname the first time I almost leapt out of my seat SDKJFHDS

Well I ended up rambling about other things but. bottom line is, thank you so so much!! this means a whole lot to me even though I Personally feel like I haven't done enough to properly represent the historical accuracy that I could fully give to my Phoenix ;u; but we're frolicking in the fields together. ok. Maraming salamat <33

[currentclimate]

That strategy, called solar climate intervention or solar geoengineering, entails reflecting more of the sun’s energy back into space — abruptly reducing global temperatures in a way that mimics the effects of ash clouds spewed by volcanic eruptions. The idea has been derided as a dangerous and illusory fix, one that would encourage people to keep burning fossil fuels while exposing the planet to unexpected and potentially menacing side effects.

Yesterday, we learned the unthinkable: an as-yet-unpublished, or peer-reviewed (not a criticism; an admission and observation - I have no doubt about the legitimacy of the results) scientific paper asserts arctic methane deposits are beginning to release, a sign that humanity has passed any number of different tipping points in regards to climate change. Today, we learn of growing enthusiasm and investment in solar geoengineering, a once unthinkable strategy for combating climate change. Solar geoengineering, because of the dangers of serious, even catastrophic, unintended consequences, was only talked about in the bars at scientific conferences, late at night, after many pitchers of beer, and, now, it is being discussed openly in one of the most influential media outlets in the world, and given legitimacy because of it. The larger point is this -- this is an admission of the dire straights to which the inhabitants of this planet find ourselves. The admission part is important. We can no longer pretend that climate change is an issue for the future, impacting “our kids.” It’s an issue right now, at this moment, without precedence in human history. We are making history right now. We are living history right now. Even if we cool the planet successfully through solar geoengineering, business as usual is not possible. We must stop emitting carbon into the atmosphere, all of it, for all practical purposes. Zero carbon. The oceans keep acidifying, even if we reduce global average temperatures through solar geoengineering. I’m not a biologist, but carbon changes the pH balance of the water, making it more difficult for animals that sit at the base of the food web to create shells, which they need to survive. If we continue to kill the creatures at the base of the food chain, the entire food chain collapses. There are implications for oxygen production as well. The oceans are what create 70% of the oxygen on earth, the oxygen we mammals need to survive. We have to cool the Arctic. Now. Right now. This is clear. There are at least 1,600 billion tons of carbon locked away in permafrost now, more than twice the carbon that’s in the atmosphere today. If a tiny fraction of this carbon is released, the game is over for a large part of the human species, and for most other species on this planet. We have been warned that we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, as clearly and succinctly argued by Elizabeth Kolbert in “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” (2014). Solar geoengineering offers a band-aid, a way to buy a tiny bit of time to transform the world over the renewable energy, in all sectors, including transport. It might stave off some of the ongoing impacts in the Arctic. Cooling the Arctic is necessary, and not just for the polar bears. Here are some of the larger points: firstly, the fact that solar geoengineering is being talked about openly in The New York Times demonstrates a recognition of the serious climate straits we find ourselves in; secondly, there is no silver bullet, magic technological fix, no Star Trek-like technology that can save the day. Solar geoengineering may be able to selectively cool certain portions of the planet, but even if we could cool the whole planet through some engineering super hero feat, the problem of accumulating carbon in the atmosphere and oceans still remains. Thirdly, it is now. Dangerous climate change is happening right now and requires immediate and drastic action, the kinds of things that we once considered “unthinkable.” They are no longer unthinkable; they are being thought about plenty. This should tell you something. It means we have to move now, and not just one of us, but all of us. For, all of us.