Gentle Decline

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February 2023
January 2023
Gentle Decline 2/25: Tabs & Thanks
In which there is a variety of stuff, suitable to the early part of the year, and in which tabs are closed.
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Drew Shiel
Gentle Decline 2/24: Resolutions & Reports
May contain: positive news, the Gulf Stream, internet access, wildfires, or newsletter recommendations
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Drew Shiel
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December 2022
Gentle Decline 2/23: Expectations & Excessions
In which I set out what I think is going to happen over the next few decades in terms of the Gentle Decline.
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Drew Shiel
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October 2022
September 2022
Gentle Decline 2/21: Blackouts & Blundering
How to handle Winter Blackouts and maybe some long-term energy issues.
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Drew Shiel
August 2022
Gentle Decline 2/20: Abstracts & Activism
Observations on things people pay attention to, and things they're willing to change.
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Drew Shiel
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Gentle Decline 2/19: Reading & Readjusting
Book recommendations, and a few relevant bits of news and information.
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Drew Shiel
July 2022
Gentle Decline 2/18: Practicality & Praxis
Actual practical skills, getting started, one at a time, from the very basics. Textiles, woodwork, gardening & foraging, metalwork, building and…
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Drew Shiel
May 2022
Gentle Decline 2/17: Actions & Activity
In which the what-can-I-do-now question is addressed, even though nobody actually asked it. And there's some grim regard for knowledge work.
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Drew Shiel
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April 2022
Gentle Decline 2/16: Gradualism & Grimness
Applying Newton's First Law in ways it was never intended, and talking about the unlikelihood of halting a system already in motion.
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Drew Shiel
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