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title: "Here's a dot everyone can understand"
date: 2012-05-06T03:24:04Z
modified: 2012-05-06T03:24:04Z
permalink: "https://350.org/heres-dot-everyone-can-understand/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: Today, the Earth Science Department of New Mexico Tech threw a baby showerfor Jessie, an expecting mother. Jessie wants the best for her little girl,but as a scientist she knows that right now the future does not lookbright.
wpid: 29405
author: Bill McKibben
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Today, the Earth Science Department of New Mexico Tech threw a baby shower
for Jessie, an expecting mother. Jessie wants the best for her little girl,
but as a scientist she knows that right now the future does not look
bright.