June 4-5-6

 It felt good to go to the opening of the city seasonal market. It has been two years since we have shopped there because of the pandemic. I found three pots of flowers that will go on the fence. However, I notice that several plant sellers were not there. I wonder if they are still around. One of the large greenhouse operations closed their satellite site we used to visit. I still have a number of containers to put seeds or transplants into--probably from Home Depot.

Found this article which discusses the notion that globalization as we have known it is dead. Maybe, maybe not. The supply lines feeding into the production of too many goods we depend on are too long and too complicated. The article does note that globalization has happened before giving the example of the "Silk Roads." The process has always been limited by the economic and technological development of the societies involved. Ours is the first truly global economy where few areas are outside the global economy or fail to share to some extent in the technology. But, as the saying goes, what goes has to come down. Progress, however you define it, doesn't always go in one direction.

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Temperatures should reach the mid 80s with sun. Hopefully a good day for gardening. I have the three plants I got at the market yesterday to put in pots and some clean-up. I also have the squash seed to plant.

I have been ambivalent about the push for tech companies to somehow eliminate "misinformation." Like so much else what is misinformation is in the mind of the perceiver. I found this article on Doomberg which puts out the case very well.

David Kaiser also posted on the topic of "misinformation." Several quotes from historical figures came to mind as I read this. Upton Sinclair (I think) said that it is impossible to convince a man of a fact if his paycheck depends on him not believing it. The account Kaiser gives of the history of Exxon, and the connection of fossil fuels use and climate change reveals that people may believe the facts but engage in actions diametrically opposed to those facts. Maya Angelou said that if a person shows who they are believe them the first time. The fossil fuels executives and their bought politicians have shown they value profits above anything else. The same can be said for all our other major industries.

Axios has a good survey of climate change and its effects which are disparate in its geographical and economic class effects. There are several articles in this "deep dive" post. You can get to the others from the link.

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Cool today and we have had rain on and off. During one of the "off" times I got lemon drop summer squash, a variety of spaghetti squash and a new acorn squash variety planted. I did lightly water the pots (very lightly) and hoped the rain would come and it did.