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What a difference a day makes 24 little hours Brought the Taliban fighters Where there used to be school My yesterday was free , dear Today I’m a part of you, dear My work life is through, dear Since you said I was yours What a difference a day makes There's no future before me Skies above can be stormy Since that moment of b liss , I'll always miss It's heaven when you find freedom on your menu What a difference a day made And the difference is you Keep it real!   And wear your damn mask! Marilyn         (Yes, that's me in the Niqab.)

That's the Greek island of Evia, above and on fire.  And here is a video of that fire taken from a ferry boat sheltering residents and tourists. https://twitter.com/i/status/1423778633982914564 .   This is our present, but this is also our future. By now, you’ve probably read or heard about the sobering Sixth Assessment Report from Working Group I of the United Nations' International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was published on Monday.   The peer-reviewed report was conducted by 234 authors from 66 countries who examined more than 14,000 studies.   You can read the full report here:   https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ , but I recommend either the Summary for Policy Makers (a tab in the Report), this New York Times summary , this article from the Washington Post , or this brief outline from Axios . (SSP stands for Shared Socioeconomic Pathways in the IPCC Report; the lower the number, the lower the greenhouse gas emissions.)  Here are some key...