Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf deal was unexpected. It now puts the PGA in the awkward spot of merging with the same entity it has been trashing for human rights abuses. https://t.co/Lg6OrdCVz7

BREAKING: CNN CEO Chris Licht to step down https://t.co/5OfYxPWGBI

And I'm out.

Final Birdsite account (a work one) is now gone. No point continuing with zero engagement.

#Twitter #Birdsite #SuckItElon #SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGifs

We've grown used to warnings about dangerous "wet bulb" temperatures in places like India and Southeast Asia, but this is the first time I can recall seeing it in the Caribbean...
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Parts of Puerto Rico reached a life-threatening heat index of 125 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, driven by a combination of an intense heat dome, El Niño, and climate change.

Puerto Rico is so hot this week that it’s baffling some weather experts, who warn that other parts of the world will likely experience similar extreme heat this year as climate change and an exceptionally strong El Niño drive global temperatures to historic highs.

Florida-based meteorologist Jeff Berardelli warned of “life-threatening heat” in Puerto Rico, with conditions on the island becoming “so hot that some meteorologists are astonished.”

The heat index — which combines temperature with humidity — soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit across much of the territory on Monday, with parts of Puerto Rico reaching a heat index as high as 125 degrees. High humidity combined with high temperatures can be especially dangerous since less sweat can evaporate off your body to cool it off.

Berardelli linked Puerto Rico’s extreme heat spell this week to several overlapping factors, including the formation of a fierce heat dome just east of the island, a strong El Niño weather pattern amplifying heat waves, and other extreme weather and climate change generally making the oceans warmer. Tropical oceans, he said, have warmed roughly 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the Industrial Revolution.

The high temperatures might also be getting impacted by what Berardelli called a “wavy jet stream,” when the fast flowing air current that moves around the upper hemisphere of the planet gets interrupted and wobbles like a spinning top rotating off kilter. It’s the same mechanism that has also caused the polar vortex to shoot down into southern states in the U.S. in recent winters, and scientists believe climate change is playing a role in that interruption.

Ultimately, Berardelli said, Puerto Rico’s heat wave shouldn’t be viewed as an isolated incident, and he warned that other parts of the world should anticipate similar hot spells in the coming months.

“As we go deeper into 2023 and El Niño intensifies, we should expect a stunning year of global extremes which boggle the meteorological mind,” he said. “The base climate has heated due to greenhouse warming and a strong El Niño will push us to limits we have yet to observe.”
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FULL STORY -- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06062023/todays-climate-puerto-rico-heat/

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Heat #PuertoRico

@juddlegum I have never been a fan of the Saudis, but y’all acting like they are not a brutal dictatorship propped up by good ol’ Uncle Sam.

Did the THING 😄 It went well. Thank you all for the vibes 😊

this family said "excellence only!"

his sis Shania held this distinction last year year at age 14 and this year she earned her bachelors at age 15.

I just leaked Jairo Rodriguez’s chat logs. Jairo is the far-right accuser who convinced LA Sheriffs to arrest queer volunteers at Pride on dubious grounds. His group chat friends discuss shooting up WeHo Pride if cops are removed and killing queer folks, including the queer volunteer still detained.

🔗: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/5/2173563/-He-convinced-sheriffs-to-arrest-Pride-volunteers-but-his-chatroom-wants-a-mass-shooting-at-Pride

A reminder that #TornadoSeason is here again for those of us living in the American #Midwest. Remember to stay safe.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Tornado #TornadoSafety #WeatherReady

But he's eating treats from my outstretched hand and he was eating and using the litter box fine earlier today, so hopefully he'll be fine until I can get him to a vet.

This but with alt text

https://masto.ai/@lovelylovely/110494758545974431

NC Dems blasts bill seeking changes to election laws https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/nc-dems-blasts-gop-supported-bill-seeking-changes-to-election-laws/

There's a really good community feature on here called groups. It works like this:

1. Follow a group's account
2. You will start seeing posts on that topic
3. You can post to the group by @-ing it

For example, follow @tea to see posts about tea.

It's more powerful than following hashtags, as all group posts are actively pushed to all of the group's members. No one misses anything.

Find out more at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/, and I've curated some nice active groups at https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/

Where are you on the political scale? Please boost wildly!* 😃​

(*) Yes I mean Wildly not just widely

These are just a small subset of examples of Russia accusing the US of developing bioweapons to target specific ethnicities. It’s one of the most common but also most specific Russian disinformation narratives in this area, and it can be traced at least as far back as Operation Denver, when Russia orchestrated an extensive disinformation campaign accusing the US of creating HIV as a bioweapon.

This is an anti-American campaign that Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. are spreading.

China has also joined in, amplifying Russian disinformation about the US using biolabs in Ukraine to create ethnically-targeted bioweapons.

And now a US presidential candidate (RFK Jr) and former congresswoman (Tulsi Gabbard) have joined in and are helping to bring malign foreign disinformation to US audiences.

Missing Woman in Winnipeg, Manitoba - Hayley Stinson, 20 - #Winnipeg #Manitoba #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada

Hayley Stinson left the community for Winnipeg around May 20, 2023, and was last seen on May 31, 2023, in Winnipeg. Hayley has not been in contact with her family and police and family are concerned for her well-being.

Hayley is 5'7", 110 lbs with long black hair and...

More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/missing-woman-in-winnipeg-manitoba-hayley-stinson-20/

"Is this cough from the deadly pandemic or just the wildfires polluting the air" is the most dystopian question I've asked myself in a while