Aloha Spooner Friday!
William Archibald Spooner was born in 1844. He studied at Oxford University and went on to lecture there for 60 years, focusing on philosophy, divinity, and history. He also was an Anglican priest. An albino man of small stature with bad eyesight, he was sometimes absent-minded, but also had a strong intellect. Because of his intellect, his speech often did not keep up with his thought process. That, along with his bad eyesight, contributed to him often saying phrases that were different than the ones he intended. With these slips of the tongue, which became known as "spoonerisms," the initial consonant sounds in some words are reversed. One of his most famous was "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride," which he apparently said while performing a wedding ceremony for a couple.
Climate change prompts a push away from natural gas
What's an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Heat pumps,
advocate say. And new building codes could require them.
How Indigenous Sea Gardens Produced Massive Amounts of Food for Millennia
By focusing on reciprocity and the common good—both for the community
and the environment—sea gardening created bountiful food without putting
populations at risk of collapse.
How a conservative U.S. network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada
A U.S.-based libertarian coalition has spent years pressuring the
Canadian government to limit how much Indigenous communities can push
back on energy development on their own land, newly reviewed strategy
documents reveal.
The U.S. plan to avoid extreme climate change is running out of time
In 101 months, the United States will have achieved President Biden’s
most important climate promise — or it will have fallen short. Right now
it is seriously falling short, and for each month that passes, it
becomes harder to succeed until at some point — perhaps very soon — it
will become virtually impossible.
Trudeau announces expanded oceans protection plan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new details of the federal
government's $3.5-billion plan to protect the oceans and boost coast
guard facilities on the world's longest national coastline.
Washington tribes to get $50M to restore Puget Sound
Tribes in Western Washington will receive $50 million in federal funding
from the infrastru
Vancouver council agrees to spend up to $660,000 to fight 'Big Oil' in court
Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart breaks tie with vote in favour of
fighting the world's five largest oil and gas companies to help cover
climate-change related costs. David Carrigg reports. (Vancouver Sun)
Springer, the orca orphan returned to her pod in a dramatic rescue two decades ago, is being celebrated this week as an example of what humans can do when they co-operate.
The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the Department of Natural Resources can continue to manage state trust lands for the financial benefit of schools and other institutions, but can also look at other ways to ensure that such lands are managed to benefit all residents.
Options for a clean-power source are narrowing for a buyout firm with a sustainability ethos that wants to restart and upgrade the Intalco aluminum plant near Ferndale.
Scientists and First Nations hope a ban on killing black bears will protect the gene that codes for the existence of the spirit bear, the rarest subspecies in the world.
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