Posted on 06/07/2021 9:50:23 AM PDT by rktman
Record producer Quincy Jones and singers Barbra Streisand and Cher took part in the United Nations Human Rights’ “Call for Code” initiative in an event on Saturday, which is also the United Nations’ “World Environment Day.”
Singers Carole King, Rod Stewart, Melissa Etheridge, Sia, and Kesha also joined the call for developers to deal with “climate change” issues, according to a report by Rolling Stone.
The social media initiative is “a call to action, encouraging developers and innovators to use cutting-edge technologies to immediately create solutions for critical issues stemming from the global climate change.”
The stars involved in the initiative were also joined by singers Perry Farrell, Pitbull, and Tegan & Sara, and actors Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Pierce Brosnan, Don Cheadle, as well as Bravo’s Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi.
The Call for Code initiative is reportedly a partnership between the David Clark Cause, U.N. Human Rights, and IBM — which have pledged $30 million toward the project.
In a statement, David Clark said his organization extends its “deepest gratitude to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, and the entire IBM family for their support and unparalleled leadership in harnessing the Call for Code platform to sign up more than 400,000 developers to help address world problems.”
“Climate change” is not the only topic with which the aforementioned celebrities have gotten themselves involved.
In March, Lakshmi lectured parents on the subject of transgender children, saying they “have no business being a parent” unless they accept a child’s declared gender identity.
Last week, Streisand took to social media to warn the world against the Republican Party, saying it seeks to install “an authoritarian state.” During the Trump administration, Cher relentlessly took to Twitter to post all-caps, public meltdowns regarding President Donald Trump and the GOP.
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Coders/Developers to save the world from Global Climate Change?
How about outlawing bitcoin mining since it is such a tremdous use of electricity?
and also outlaw publications of the global climate alarmism since the print and electronic versions use up far more resources than they protect.
They need to sign on to living green. That means smaller and fewer homes, no more private flights, etc.
They can still do Shakespeare in the Park-type stage presentations, but that would be too much like work.
No doubt they’ll get right on that. And, I’m probably not far off thinking that before long there will be some sort of accounting as the credits roll advising the carbon expense for the production and the offsetting numbers for such use.
Who’ll produce their joint music video, now that Michael Jackson’s dead.
How about demanding the end to all the media devices that consume materials and energy to play or display their music?
Living in mansions & lecturing the masses. How surprising 🙀
A handful of has-been. Say, that would make a good title for a tune.
Or a band name ; )
Why they will never be Jeopardy hosts .. much less contestants, well, that win anyway.
Coming from leftist Bozos with carbon footprints the size of the moon.
and they wonder why ticket sales to their events are down..
Heh, I was just looking for that.
So, they’re going to ride a bicycle to their next gig? Otherwise, shut up.
That will happen to someone but not them. They want us to live in tiny homes with just enough power to run the TV and cell phone so we still watch them. Kinda like the chinese living in a tiny dorm above the factory that makes stuff for walmart.
The moment they said carbon dioxide is a pollutant, all while claiming we need more forests, is the moment I realized that even they don’t believe their climate BS.
Bet they all flew in on their private jets and purchased new outfits for the event. Such hypocrites.
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