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“2021-like North American heat extremes: Increased impact of heat domes due to background warming and soil moisture feedback”
“Increased impact of heat domes on 2021-like heat extremes in North America under global warming” - by Xing Zhang et al.
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Washington is at it again:
“Over 60 Peruvians have now been killed at protests following the impeachment of Pedro Castillo. President Dina Boluarte and PM Alberto “the Butcher” Otárola must be brought to justice.”
“The Authoritarian Behind Peru’s Massacring of Protesters”
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Caitlin Johnstone:
“Friendly reminder that it’s impossible to get a clear understanding of what’s going on in the world without accounting for the fact that very powerful people within your own society are actively working very hard to manipulate your understanding in their favor.”
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“I don’t know. Maybe a society where billionaires have enough money lying around to start space programs and control communication while people starve and ration their medicine isn’t the best system.”
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Sam Carana:
“RECORD HOT SEA SURFACE ON APRIL 2, 2023.
The daily sea surface temperature (SST) between 60°South and 60°North was at a record high on April 2, 2023, i.e. the highest temperature in the NOAA record that started in 1981.
The black line shows this year's SST, up to April 2, 2023. The orange line shows last year's SST, i.e. 2022. The thicker grey line shows SST in the year 2020, when annual temperatures on land and ocean reached a record high, since 2020 was an El Niño year.
This record high sea surface temperature comes as we're moving into a new El Niño. There are further reasons why this uptick doesn't come unexpected. The emerging El Niño looks set to coincide with high sunspots, while the 2022 Tonga submarine volcano eruption did add a huge amount of water vapor to the atmosphere. Reducing emissions is the right thing to do, even though it comes with loss of the sulfate aerosols masking effect. Vast amounts of ocean heat are headed to invade the Arctic. Last year, North Atlantic sea surface temperatures reached a record high of 24.9°C in early September. The continuing rise of ocean heat threatens to trigger massive loss of sea ice and eruptions of methane from the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean, as has been described many times before, such as in this post and in this post. All this is pushing up temperatures and will likely keep pushing up temperatures even further over the next few years. To say that the situation is very dangerous is an understatement.
Meanwhile, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is reading the Synthesis Report of its 6th Assessment Report line by line, asking for approval from politicians who seek to downplay such dangers. "There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now" says the IPCC in an earlier news release with the title Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all.
The IPCC was created in 1988 by politicians and set up under the UNEP and WMO to provide politicians with the best-available scientific analysis on climate change. Yet, emissions have kept rising ever since, even accelerating, and the situation has continued to become ever more dire. Let's face it, the IPCC is an instrument used by politicians to keep downplaying the danger, even as reality strikes it in the face as to how dire the situation is. Politicians control the IPCC and politicians have proven to be prone to make deals in which they sell out climate action. Politicians have forfeited their chance to influence the process.
In conclusion, politicians should be kept as much as possible out of the climate picture. We, the people, should support communities seeking effective climate action. Below is a flowchart showing how climate action can be achieved without politicians.
From the post 'IPCC keeps downplaying the danger even as reality strikes', at:”
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“Never forget CIA director George Tenet’s statement that it would be a “slam dunk” to provide intelligence to convince the American people, not the White House, of the necessity for war against Iraq in 2003.”
“The Washington Post’s One-Sided Assessment of Disinformation”
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“CHILLING WARNIING TO THE WEST
Xi Jinping delivers a chilling message for the West as he tells 'dear friend' Vladimir Putin 'change is coming that hasn't happened in 100 years... and we are driving it' on day Russian despot said UK risked 'nuclear collision' with its aid to Ukraine
The unsettling parting message is sure to set alarm bells ringing in the West
Earlier Putin vowed to react to UK plans to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine
IMAGE: 'Please, take care, dear friend,' Xi added, gripping Putin's hand warmly before being waved off by the Russian despot, who bid Xi a 'safe journey'”
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“Democrats are determined to criminalize Trump: Glenn Greenwald”
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If you’ve ever worked with handicapped people you would know this. Mental retardation occurs across a spectrum. It is a hard thing for people to swallow but no one is genetically perfect and that includes being born mentally retarded. Even I (and you) suffer from some degree of mental retardation effecting different aspects of brain function to a varying degree. And yes, this includes all manifestations of normal personality traits, like empathy etc. There is also such a thing as “socio-economic retardation” where the traits are acquired through your external environment.
Bear this in mind, when you see Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and so many other public figures.
“Thursday: I will end Socialism in Arkansas
Friday: Tornado.
Saturday: I need federal assistance”
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