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⚒️🧪 Serendipity! How a 2.4 billion year-old rock “picked up by chance” turned out to contain surprisingly complex microfossils from the time of the Great Oxidation Event.
https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/erica-picked-up-a-rock-10-years-ago-it-might-hold-the-oldest-form-of-complex-life-on-earth
https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/erica-picked-up-a-rock-10-years-ago-it-might-hold-the-oldest-form-of-complex-life-on-earth
July 3, 2024 at 12:25 PM
⚒️🧪 Serendipity! How a 2.4 billion year-old rock “picked up by chance” turned out to contain surprisingly complex microfossils from the time of the Great Oxidation Event.
https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/erica-picked-up-a-rock-10-years-ago-it-might-hold-the-oldest-form-of-complex-life-on-earth
https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/erica-picked-up-a-rock-10-years-ago-it-might-hold-the-oldest-form-of-complex-life-on-earth
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Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵
“Canada is such a northern country, don’t we want a little global warming?” I often hear.
In a nutshell, NO.
We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb!
#canadaday
In a nutshell, NO.
We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb!
#canadaday
Canada’s Changing Climate Report
changingclimate.ca
July 2, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵
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Polling RFK in a three way head to head when he foesnt have ballot access in most of the swing states is malpractice
July 3, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Polling RFK in a three way head to head when he foesnt have ballot access in most of the swing states is malpractice
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i'm getting so, so tired of the doomerism on here, and the press loves covering shit like a horse race instead of explaining fundamentals and what's at play, a job that seems to fall to @golikehellmachine.com on here.
so here's a thread about why i'd rather be biden — yes, biden — right now
so here's a thread about why i'd rather be biden — yes, biden — right now
July 1, 2024 at 1:06 AM
i'm getting so, so tired of the doomerism on here, and the press loves covering shit like a horse race instead of explaining fundamentals and what's at play, a job that seems to fall to @golikehellmachine.com on here.
so here's a thread about why i'd rather be biden — yes, biden — right now
so here's a thread about why i'd rather be biden — yes, biden — right now
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they wouldn't be doing all this sweaty shit if they thought the people were actually with them. it's a desparate attempt to overrule the will of the people and it does not, must not, work
July 1, 2024 at 4:22 PM
they wouldn't be doing all this sweaty shit if they thought the people were actually with them. it's a desparate attempt to overrule the will of the people and it does not, must not, work
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my deadline was obviously before this morning's catastrophic SCOTUS ruling but this cartoon still captures what I'm feeling, and maybe you are too
I am so tired of being the guy in this cartoon. www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
Cartoon: High anxiety
Okay, just to reassure everyone, I’m exaggerating my stress levels (and, by extension, perhaps yours) for comic effect here. Well, a little bit, anyway. These are definitely not tranquil times. ...
www.dailykos.com
July 1, 2024 at 11:43 PM
my deadline was obviously before this morning's catastrophic SCOTUS ruling but this cartoon still captures what I'm feeling, and maybe you are too
Tag yourself
"ORGANIZATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY," slide 11 of 41 [gallery]
July 1, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Tag yourself
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One of my favorite memes is the “woman yelling at cat” one, so when I saw this I almost choked on my drink
June 30, 2024 at 7:32 PM
One of my favorite memes is the “woman yelling at cat” one, so when I saw this I almost choked on my drink
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if somebody in california wants to sue the department of the interior and get a circuit court to ban all oil leasing, now's the time
June 28, 2024 at 2:48 PM
if somebody in california wants to sue the department of the interior and get a circuit court to ban all oil leasing, now's the time
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I’ve been saying for like nine years that the only questions Trump should be asked are like “what does NATO stand for” and “what is Medicaid” just let him drown in the shallowest imaginable water
June 28, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I’ve been saying for like nine years that the only questions Trump should be asked are like “what does NATO stand for” and “what is Medicaid” just let him drown in the shallowest imaginable water
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After five years and over 100 violations, Tesla's Fremont factory has been ordered to abate illegal pollution by the local regulator!
I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen!
apnews.com/article/tesl...
I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen!
apnews.com/article/tesl...
Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant
Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into ...
apnews.com
June 27, 2024 at 3:55 PM
After five years and over 100 violations, Tesla's Fremont factory has been ordered to abate illegal pollution by the local regulator!
I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen!
apnews.com/article/tesl...
I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen!
apnews.com/article/tesl...
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Trump: Mexicans are rapists. Shithole countries. Black cities sure suck, amirite?
Dana Bash: WHY HAVEN’T YOU FIXED RACISM, BIDEN?
Dana Bash: WHY HAVEN’T YOU FIXED RACISM, BIDEN?
June 28, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Trump: Mexicans are rapists. Shithole countries. Black cities sure suck, amirite?
Dana Bash: WHY HAVEN’T YOU FIXED RACISM, BIDEN?
Dana Bash: WHY HAVEN’T YOU FIXED RACISM, BIDEN?
And they sell you people table saws wapo.st/4bi23qJ
Avocado hand: How to avoid an injury so common that surgeons have a name for it
Most injuries related to cutting avocados occur from April through July. Here’s how to reduce your risk.
wapo.st
June 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM
And they sell you people table saws wapo.st/4bi23qJ
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COUNTERPOINT (2015)
Acrylic on Cradled Canvas Panel - 6" x 6"
Ginkgo trees endure. They resemble fossils from prehistoric times and there were even six that survived the bombing in Hiroshima.
Ammonites did not. They are fossils of marine mollusks that became extinct. 1/2
Acrylic on Cradled Canvas Panel - 6" x 6"
Ginkgo trees endure. They resemble fossils from prehistoric times and there were even six that survived the bombing in Hiroshima.
Ammonites did not. They are fossils of marine mollusks that became extinct. 1/2
June 27, 2024 at 2:10 PM
COUNTERPOINT (2015)
Acrylic on Cradled Canvas Panel - 6" x 6"
Ginkgo trees endure. They resemble fossils from prehistoric times and there were even six that survived the bombing in Hiroshima.
Ammonites did not. They are fossils of marine mollusks that became extinct. 1/2
Acrylic on Cradled Canvas Panel - 6" x 6"
Ginkgo trees endure. They resemble fossils from prehistoric times and there were even six that survived the bombing in Hiroshima.
Ammonites did not. They are fossils of marine mollusks that became extinct. 1/2
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From a 1966 report on recovering urban areas after a nuclear attack — "structural damage due to blast from a centrally located 10 MT burst will be limited by city size, not weapon effects."
June 20, 2024 at 8:29 PM
From a 1966 report on recovering urban areas after a nuclear attack — "structural damage due to blast from a centrally located 10 MT burst will be limited by city size, not weapon effects."
"We have a few key things that a grifter does not have, such as job stability, genuine friendships, and souls. What we do not have is the ability to trivially switch fields the moment the gold rush is over, due to the sad fact that we actually need to study things and build experience."
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity
ludic.mataroa.blog
June 20, 2024 at 3:34 PM
"We have a few key things that a grifter does not have, such as job stability, genuine friendships, and souls. What we do not have is the ability to trivially switch fields the moment the gold rush is over, due to the sad fact that we actually need to study things and build experience."
“The numbers were huge. … We could not breathe,” said 37-year-old Ahmad Bahaa...
He described “shocking scenes” in Mecca as the heat took hold, especially among unregistered pilgrims who lack permits and are barred from accessing services and facilities, including air-conditioned tents.
He described “shocking scenes” in Mecca as the heat took hold, especially among unregistered pilgrims who lack permits and are barred from accessing services and facilities, including air-conditioned tents.
Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims reported dead amid extraordinary heat
Temperatures reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit during this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca, through the desert of Saudi Arabia.
wapo.st
June 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
“The numbers were huge. … We could not breathe,” said 37-year-old Ahmad Bahaa...
He described “shocking scenes” in Mecca as the heat took hold, especially among unregistered pilgrims who lack permits and are barred from accessing services and facilities, including air-conditioned tents.
He described “shocking scenes” in Mecca as the heat took hold, especially among unregistered pilgrims who lack permits and are barred from accessing services and facilities, including air-conditioned tents.
"RealPage not only raised the rent, but it baked eternal rent hyperinflation into the forecasting math of multifamily housing, fueling a dramatic plunge in underwriting standards (and attendant rise in valuations) that lined the pockets of every manner of real estate speculator in 2021 and 2022."
How an ‘Algorithm’ Turned Apartment Pools Green
RealPage, the rent-fixing software company currently under FBI investigation, also has apps for bogus fees, monetizing vacant apartments and inflating toxic property bubbles.
prospect.org
June 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM
"RealPage not only raised the rent, but it baked eternal rent hyperinflation into the forecasting math of multifamily housing, fueling a dramatic plunge in underwriting standards (and attendant rise in valuations) that lined the pockets of every manner of real estate speculator in 2021 and 2022."
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Media stop calling this insane bigot a “firebrand” challenge
MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to have recently skipped reporting any income from the book she published late last year, stepping into an ethical gray zone.
Is MTG's Book Such a Flop She Hasn't Made a Dime From It?
The rules about what lawmakers have to share about their contracts—like the one MTG has with Don Jr.’s publishing company—are murky.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 19, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Media stop calling this insane bigot a “firebrand” challenge
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Jesus, this is terrible. Just crushing. A journalist shot in the eye by Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests is dying from her injury, and is now in hospice care.
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...
Please Help Journalist Linda Tirado
Linda has a traumatic brain injury and needs support for her family and for end of life.
www.everythingishorrible.net
June 18, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Jesus, this is terrible. Just crushing. A journalist shot in the eye by Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests is dying from her injury, and is now in hospice care.
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...