Eric Puryear @[email protected]

The picturesque jury chamber in the Giles County courthouse in Tennessee featured a giant window with a soaring library, but it had another striking detail: a portrait of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, in a gold-colored frame, as well as other Confederate memorabilia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/us/tennessee-trial-jury-confederate-symbols.html

A beautiful day for some instrument proficiency training. My Foggles are so stylish 🤣

Two carbon offset companies that my law firm and I fund on a monthly basis:

Terrapass: A variety of projects including landfill gas capture and methane capture that meaningfully reduce greenhouse gases. https://terrapass.com/

Charm: Carbon is converted to oil and stored underground such that it can't return to the atmosphere for at least 1 million years. https://charmindustrial.com/

I think both of those projects are worthwhile and encourage everyone to donate.

100% electric this week

There is only one earth. Please do your part to reduce your carbon footprint.

"Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that 85% of all human beings have already felt the impact of climate change, whether because of floods, droughts, forest fires, extreme heat, or even unusual cold spells."

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/13/most-people-have-already-felt-the-effects-of-climate-change/

Imagine a world where every penny squandered on religion had instead been invested in science, medicine, food for the hungry, and shelter for the homeless.

Imagine a world in which every moment wasted praying had instead been spent actually solving problems.

Imagine a world in which hatred, bigotry, and misogyny couldn't be justified by religious texts.

Religion is a man-made virus of the mind that has stolen a better world from us all.

Completed my first 100 mile (160KM) bicycle ride today.