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COP29 chief secretly filmed promoting fossil fuel deals
(www.bbc.com)
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Isn't that often the way, strangely enough? I've seen people actually at their best during the worst of situations... I never saw as much unity around here since we got nailed by Superstore Sandy back in 2012. It's a shame that's what it seems to take to get people to see each other as fellow humans, but it's proof that there's more humanity than I've suspected/expected from people.
Same. Got hit with a derecho in 2008, and it didn't matter what you believed—people came out and helped clear trees, shared their food, offered a hot shower if their heater worked. That time sucked, but I still have a fond feeling from it because of how everyone reacted.