Maybe DART, Jay Dub, and Do-Overs Will Give Us Time to Save Our New World Photo by Evgeni Tcherkasski on Unsplash Very Unpopular Strong Opinions Blog, VUSOB, is now ROARING RIVERS, blog by Christyl Rivers DART Nudged An Asteroid Yesterday, were you moved? In order to deflect the future far-off asteroids, (which even now, still hurl toward the Earth), NASA, ESA, and all international space technicians of Earth cooperated to impact Dimorphos, a small asteroid.

Get yourself some durable, woven baskets and start a trend. — The basket of rewardable(s) Handed down in my family, is a rectangular rattan basket that is over seventy years old. It is far more sturdy than any plastic bag. It is more durable and reusable than paper. It will never take as much water to produce as 100% cotton, or worse, petroleum by-product fabric. …

Stick with me, it will all become clear, bird-brains — Roaring Rivers: Formerly Very Unpopular Strong Opinions Blog Fascist birds of a feather flock together We woke up to the sad news that Italy is returning, ever so rant-ingly, to Fascism and inhuman rights. That is, Meloni, the new Italian dictator, wants to take away women’s rights, and gender pronouns, deny any help to immigrants and refugees, keep the race “pure,” limit contraception and birth…

Asking questions about the nature of evolving social justice and humanity — Very Unpopular Strong Opinions Blog, VUSOB, is now ROARING RIVERS Social Evolution may have its own “natural selection” My latest musing is about all these videos and articles about the nature of “free will.” To summarize quite quickly, some neuroscientists, thinkers, pundits, and even some just plain weirdos, assert that there is no such thing as free will.

Watch SNL and tell me what has changed — Very Unpopular Strong Opinions Blog, VUSOB, is now ROARING RIVERS The Good Ship SNL As Saturday Night Live approaches its half-century mark of making us spit our soda out of our nostrils, let’s reflect on all the people who have come and gone. We all grew up with SNL, and the show has gone from very funny, to very not-so-funny, many times. It has…

See who is being treated as tools, then see your humanity, and theirs — If we see one another, we can act humanely Too many articles point out that because humankind is killing one another and our host planet, we’re kinda dumb. We morons need to get a clue; it’s become a meme or trope. Yet, I think the best and brightest, the billionaires who run the show and rule the roost are…

Maybe we should examine why this is the case — Linda Paulson is running for Utah Senate …and video sensation Linda Paulson is a sweet, peppy old lady with a hip-hop beat, a dog whistle, and a dream. For almost two weeks we have mourned the passing of “the queen” but now we have a new, modern idol. An American version. …

A Belief in God — and humanity — will help with this transition Very Unpopular Strong Opinions Blog, VUSOB, is now ROARING RIVERS Tweak what you believe You may have heard that the world’s problems are overwhelming. Or, it’s too late to solve many of them. Particularly the heating of the planet, loss of biodiversity, and government systems that face authoritarianism are worrying. It’s…

We can all do our part to support avoiding waste by finding where the leftovers are being tossed. — Don’t throw your money away Food waste is a major issue. We waste fully forty percent, 40% of food, and that means a huge waste of our planet. Emissions are huge in growing, producing, distributing, and then, tossing our food waste. …