Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

Not a good look

Mark Meadows offered cash from Trump campaign to investigator auditing Georgia's mail-in ballots: indictment

#news #politics

https://www.rawstory.com/mark-meadows-georgia-cash/

@georgetakei Soon, in Florida, one could literally say that "my poll numbers are under water".

Hawaii braces for crushing wildfire death toll with estimated 1,300 missing #Lahaina #Maui #wildfire #disaster #MauiFires https://www.axios.com/2023/08/16/maui-wildfire-death-toll-missing?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

Ingenious!

Ukrainian army noticed that during hot days, the Russian mines absorb heat during the day, which is then released at night.

So with a thermal camera, the Ukrainian army can map out the exact location of the mines. 💡

Suource: #CNN https://youtu.be/MO8CWts2-P8

#Ukraine #landmines #UkraineWillWin #ArmUkraineNow #StopRussianAggression #ArrestPutin

Did you see this piece in the Guardian? Senior managers at Vice apparently blocked a story about how the Saudi government helps families harass and threaten transgender Saudis living overseas. Vice now gets a lot of Saudi money, and it seems like the editorial independence of their news team was part of the deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/15/vice-blocked-news-stories-that-could-offend-saudi-arabia-insiders-say

Rising methane from 0.7 parts per million before Industrial revolution to over 1.9 ppm could be a sign that Earth's climate is part way through a 'termination-level transition'
in which the entire climate system reorganizes

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-methane-earth-climate-termination-level-transition.html

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

- DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

- Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K."
"What about Kenya?"
"Kenya suck deez nuts?"

Google Search is over.

How big is this good news? India removing coal from their in-place five year plan?

Its bigger than if Canada announced it was ending the 25 billion dollar Trans-mountain Pipeline, and will be spending the money on building renewables.

That is how big this news is.

Thank you again India.

Over to you Mr. Trudeau.

link for story

"Next green leader? India halts new coal plant construction."

#Climate #ClimateAssault #canpoli #canada

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/0601/Next-green-leader-India-halts-new-coal-plant-construction

Evangelicals now hate Jesus because he sounds like a liberal wimp. Christians are now complaining that "turning the other cheek" is nothing more than liberal talking points.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/evangelicals-now-hate-jesus-because-he-sounds-like-a-liberal-wimp/

#EvangelicalsHateJesus #LiberalWimp #ChristianComplaints #TurningTheOtherCheek #JesusLiberals #TalkingPoints #Politics #News

Following a week of action against the expansion of a military base in so-called Michigan, an activist discovered that a GPS device had been placed on their car - which law enforcement later admitted to placing.

https://itsgoingdown.org/michigan-activist-finds-gps-trackers/

Today, Reddit forcibly removed me (and everyone else) as mods of /r/iOSProgramming, a subreddit official about 130k users. I was keeping the sub private / NSFW to prevent Reddit from monetizing it with ads.

If I wanted a criminal as President I wouldn’t vote for the former guy. Facing four indictments and 91 felony charges tells me he can’t even do that right.