Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain
Well they certainly are retreating.
Then this was a vote between the lesser of two evils on that. Agreed. I’d still say absolutely Kamala but let’s assume total annihilation in Gaza either way. So then we move down the list to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 100th items on the list — Trump is a nightmare on all of them by comparison.
Two very masculine faces with beards and very feminine bodies in bikinis dancing. This is a screenshot from an AI generated promotion to turn Gaza into a wealthy tourist destination.
AI made the dancers in bikinis dudes or trans. :-)
DOGE/MAGA changes to weather forecasting don’t get much attention, but coming changes will be devastating. The same areas that have lost grocery stores, local news, and USPS offices may now lose storm and emergency forecasts. Private enterprise DGAF if you can’t pay. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
Green infrastructure pays off! The Willamette River used to receive sewage overflows as much as 50 times in a year but has had another year without any overflow at all.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
President Carter examines a wall of meters and control systems in the Three Mile Island nuclear control room in 1977.
This is President Carter in the Three Mile Island control room during a nuclear meltdown
His examination of the system controls isn’t posed — he had been a top Navy nuclear engineer and had repaired a Canadian reactor after a partial meltdown, after which his body was radioactive for months.
Whatever anyone believes about climate change, the free market knows climate volatility is increasing. Climate migration has already begun.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Put solar and batteries on all the Post Offices. Have it serve as a community resilience hub during and after extreme events. Have it broadcast free neighborhood wifi. Every month release a new stamp with a cool animal on it.
diagram showing progressive improvements in Parisian air quality due to mayor Hidalgo's efforts to reduce car ownership and usage
what @annehidalgo.bsky.social and the city of paris have done for public health and quality of life by taming the auto and prioritizing life and sustainable mobility - over autocentricity - should be replicated by mayors who actually care about these issues
www.paris.fr/pages/etat-d...
Flood protection, safe water, indigenous rights, salmon habitat, earthquake-readiness, recreational access, economic improvement… When you set aside politics and focus on goals, most people who depend on rivers want the same things.
www.oregonmetro.gov/news/metro-c...
This is how to do it, kids: Home insurance is now a climate story. Put it on the front, and put "climate change" at the top. Especially now that deniers will control the federal and state government.
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/hom...
They follow America One Network — same same.
This is a big deal. California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is conservative, with 25 years to come into compliance and local management -- unless they fail. If the Supreme Court undercuts the state's backstop power, it won't change actual hydrology, setting up the area for a crash.
“7 years ago” doesn’t change the psychology of someone is such a repeatedly abusive misogynist that his own mother called him out. How is Hegseth even being talked about at this point?
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
I’m Gen X and appreciate what you’re saying, so consider it this way: Dropping by someone’s desk and saying “Got a second to talk about XYZ?” gives them a chance to say they’re free in 20min and finish what they’re doing instead of breaking flow and being less efficient.
I thought only younger colleagues did that. Speaking on behalf of Gen X, I apologize for any of our deranged peers who have attacked you with unexpected Teams, Zoom, and Facetime calls. They do not represent our collective GTFO and STFU perspective on privacy and slacking.
Have you seen American Politics by Laura Locker? I highly recommend checking it out:
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
Oregon Coast Waterspout!
NWS: the bomb cyclone “is still capable of producing waterspouts (and, if comes onshore, will be a tornado)… Tornado Warning is in effect for that area until 4:30 pm today.”
(Photo: Ian Reed, 3:20 pm)
#water #watersky #climate #climatesky
If you can’t imagine horrors you can’t prevent them.
They hear a lot about obvious unethical uses, so I’d also define when efficiency assistance can be ethical. For example, proofing format of 100 citations, extracting and sorting data from a large qualitative survey (like an advanced word search), finding redundancy or duplicate sentences, etc.
Credit where it’s due: @deaux1.bsky.social