A large turbine is a thing of breathtaking grace and power, and these ones fit in so well with the aesthetics of the Eiffel tower that I was astonished. I guess I was just having a bit of a surly day.
I was chatting on FB yesterday about the phenomenon of outrage fatigue, and that many activists seem to be feeling it these days. One can only hear so much evidence of our collective, relentless, unrelieved shuffle towards the cliff-edge before it all becomes too much, and one is forced to withdraw in order to save the remaining shreds of one's sanity and compassion.
I do miss the days when in-depth engagement was the norm on this board, but even I have lost the urge to stir up dissension that once gave me so much malignant glee.
Part of early childhood socialization involves learning how to accommodate the insurmountable frustrations of living in an uncontrollable world. Perhaps this is a continuation of that process. It's easy to see us as powerless, idealistic children facing a world of powerful, pragmatic adults whose desires have nothing to do with our own. For better or worse, we're growing up. 
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