Die Folgen des Hamas-Überfalls auf Israel gefährden Fortschritte in der Klimapolitik massiv. Sie führen zu weiteren Vertrauensverlusten, die internationale Kooperation behindern, begünstigen Investitionen in Öl, verringern möglicherweise staatliche Ausgaben für erneuerbare Energien und könnte, wenn es zu Preiserhöhungen für Öl kommt, der Biden-Aministration in den USA innenpolitisch schaden. Ausführlicher, auf Experten gestützter Artikel in der New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/climate/gaza-war-climate-change.html

https://alexandrianpl.org/comfort-cabinet/

A library has repurposed their library card catalogs as a comfort cabinet to provide their community with necessities like toothbrushes, combs, band aids, socks, etc.

I love that he closes the pamphlet again with a nod to comfort and ease of use.

...what this pamphlet has sought to do is to make it possible for the researcher to develop a way of doing things which will be as productive and as comfortable as possible.

Unlike many note taking manuals, Goutor advises that within the small list of rules and standards which he's laid out, one should otherwise default to maximizing the comfort of their note taking system. This may be as small as using one's favorite writing instruments or inks. (p28)

It's nice to see him centering self-care and small things which contribute to the researchers' mental health within note taking design and user interface.

The NET translation says "the seductiveness of wealth". This gave me pause as I was reading it this morning sitting on my couch under a blanket with hot coffee, while the garbage men drive past all bundled up in the 27 degree weather. Wealth is seductive because it enables comfort.

Do not let comfort prevent you from getting out there and being "doers of the word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22).

I hadn't thought about this, but it's worth contemplating.

What other activities cause this?

Tried this today. Lacking beer, a bit of milk and a shot of Jack Daniels did pretty well as a substitute.

Finding the importance the monkeys senses were to thriving the development of this surrogate mother figure was able to demonstrate that it was more than just the need for milk that the infant monkeys craved.

Constantly pushing yourself past your comfort zones expands your comfort zone.

A new normal for stress endurance is made as you consonantly push yourself

Howard, M. C. (2021). Gender, face mask perceptions, and face mask wearing: Are men being dangerous during the COVID-19 pandemic? Personality and Individual Differences, 170, 110417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110417

Having an option to not participate when not comfortable, I feel actually makes students want to participate more since they feel as if they have a choice.

This is actually a very good insight that can be applied to the spiritual life.

Payton, L. T. (2020, July 21). The Best Masks for Every Situation, According to Health Experts. Medium. https://elemental.medium.com/the-best-masks-for-every-situation-according-to-health-experts-80c068233828

How to make masks that everyone will want to wear. (2020, July 10). Science. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/how-to-make-coronavirus-masks-that-everyone-will-want-to-wear-cvd/

Coronavirus pandemic: Tips for how to cope with uncertainty, worry. (n.d.). Usatoday. Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/04/coronavirus-pandemic-tips-cope-uncertainty-worry/5097190002/

This is interesting too. That our own speech and sounds provides us with a level of comfort.