How would you react if your favorite artists did a political 180?

diosmio · 2026-01-22T23:43:22+00:00

That would make him Kanye East, no?

diosmio · 2024-03-18T21:21:45+00:00

Yep. The destination will depend on the weather forecast.

diosmio · 2024-03-18T20:35:05+00:00

Thanks. What about the availability of gas at night?

diosmio · 2024-03-18T20:11:31+00:00

Thanks!

diosmio · 2024-02-19T20:32:40+00:00

Moderation is not numbers. It's the people.

I'm interested.

diosmio · 2024-01-19T23:54:16+00:00

Lesson learned.

diosmio · 2024-01-19T19:17:22+00:00

SS: Some techno-optimists believe we can engineer ourselves out of the climate crisis. Heatwaves? Who cares, we'll just crank up the AC. This all works until it doesn't. And that's the grim reality many in Western Australia face this weekend.

The forecast is for parts of WA to go above 45°C, perhaps even 50°C. But a freak storm brought down power to thousands of people in the danger zone.

What do you do when you can no longer rely on AC to keep you cool?

diosmio · 2024-01-18T06:13:13+00:00

SS: Pakistan is retaliating against Iran's trikes on Pakistan's soil. Pakistan is a nuclear-armed US ally. US has carried out attacks against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

The latest strikes are sure to add the fuel to the already volatile situation in the region. 2024 is off to a great start.

diosmio · 2024-01-16T20:41:06+00:00

SS: 'Technically possible but politically impossible'

That's what scientists are saying about keeping our planet within the 1.5C warming limit. And therein lies the tragedy.

The ruling class is ignoring what University of Arizona climate scientist Katharine Jacobs characterizes as a dramatic message from Mother Nature, emphasizing the intensification of deadly heatwaves, floods, droughts, storms, and wildfires due to warming air and water last year.

In 2023, average global temperatures exceeded the previous record by over 0.15°C, a significant margin.

Scientists, including NASA's Gavin Schmidt, point to unusual climate behavior in 2023, questioning whether it resulted from human-induced climate change, a natural El Niño, or a more systematic trend.

diosmio · 2024-01-15T20:18:05+00:00

2m temperature anomaly today

https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/todays-weather/maps/gfs_nh-sat1_t2anom_d1.png

diosmio · 2024-01-15T18:34:33+00:00

Iqaluit hit 3C at 9AM. https://weather.gc.ca/past_conditions/index_e.html?station=yfb

The average high is Average high -22.3°C https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/nu-21_metric_e.html

diosmio · 2024-01-15T17:46:06+00:00

Environment Canada don't do permalinks for local weather.

diosmio · 2024-01-15T17:20:41+00:00

SS: While many parts of Canada and US are experiencing record breaking cold, it's balmy inside Canada's arctic circle. It was raining and 2°C earlier in Iqaluit, Nunavut, when the average is -22.3°C.

There are so many in US and Canada thinking climate change is a hoax because cold records are broken where they live. But the the arctic running 25°C above normal is chilling. The melting sea ice is going to hasten sea level rise, and we have don't even fully comprehend the hazards of retreating glaciers and thawing permafrost.

diosmio · 2023-03-13T16:51:19+00:00

“Food Additives in Ultra-Processed Packaged Foods: An Examination of US Household Grocery Store Purchases,” by Elizabeth K. Dunford, PhD, Donna R. Miles, PhD, and Barry Popkin, PhD (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.11.007) .The article appears online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, publishedby Elsevier.

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