DJ Nuclear Winter
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"Whenever a person vividly recounts their adventure into art, my soul itches to uncover their interdimensional travels" - Pain By Numbers
"I leave no stoned unturned and no bird unstoned" - The Sabrina Carpenter Slowburn
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Fantasy Sports
Fourth quarter. Seven seconds left. A New Orleans Pelicans basketball player shuffles down the court. Outpcaing every Phoenix Sun defender, the Pelicans player prepares for take off. Jumping with two feet, the player contorts his body and cocks the basketball behind his head.
By DJ Nuclear Winter20 days ago in Unbalanced
I Asked 199 People For Advice
For the complete list of 199 Words of Wisdom, click here. I hate fortune cookies. Manufacturers copy-and-paste milquetoast mottos onto strips of paper. Faceless figures stuff cookie-cutter clichés into egg-white wafers under the exotic allure of "Chinese" wisdom. The taste is bitterly artificial; the slogans are corporately saccharine. Breaking bread has never felt so soulless.
By DJ Nuclear Winter2 months ago in Humans
Escaping Atlantis: The Human Rights Approach (Part II)
This article is Part II of an investigative series about climate migration. For Part I of Escaping Atlantis, click here. The human rights approach directly confronts the impact of environmental degradation on vulnerable individuals. This anthropocentric, bottom-up discourse actively represents climate migrants, emphasizing their loss of property, culture, status, and dignity.
By DJ Nuclear Winter4 months ago in Earth
Escaping Atlantis: The Human Rights Approach (Part I)
In The Republic of Plato, Socrates established his idea for the structure of a just city. In his vision, a king rules by philosophy and wisdom. Utility is meticulously moderated. Virtue is the law of the land. Every soul is governed accordingly. And every realm of the soul is governed accordingly.
By DJ Nuclear Winter4 months ago in Earth
Escaping Atlantis: The Human Rights Approach (Part V)
This article is Part V of an investigative series about climate migration. For Part VI of Escaping Atlantis, click here. The Teitiota ruling was a heart-wrenching outcome for climate migration advocates. The UNHRC ruling enforced overly strict refugee requirements, excluding many climate migrants from life-saving international protection. Thus, many climate migrants remain trapped in increasingly dire situations.
By DJ Nuclear Winter4 months ago in Earth
Escaping Atlantis: The Human Rights Approach (Part IV)
This article is Part IV of an investigative series about climate migration. For Part III of Escaping Atlantis, click here. Iaone Teitiota (pronounced Tes-see-yo-ta) is a Kiribati climate migrant. Teitiota claimed New Zealand violated his right to life by denying his refugee application. He claimed his family's well was contaminated with salt, preventing them from growing crops. Transportation systems and drinking water was regularly flooded. Teitiota predicted Kiribati will be uninhabitable in 10-15 years.
By DJ Nuclear Winter4 months ago in Earth
Escaping Atlantis: The Human Rights Approach (Part III)
This article is Part III of an investigative series about climate migration. For Part II of Escaping Atlantis, click here. Permanent territory loss caused by climate change presents the unique challenge of statelessness. The 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States established criteria for a state: "a permanent population; a defined territory; government; and capacity to enter into relations with the other states."
By DJ Nuclear Winter4 months ago in Earth
