absolutely losing my entire mind at this web site that decided to take their irritating distracting "chat with us" popups that no one ever asked for and make it *fucking bounce around like the fucking dvd logo* what the fuck is happening

Only 14 states allow you to rescue pet from broiling car https://darcyhitchcock.wordpress.com/2023/06/11/only-14-states-allow-you-to-rescue-pet-from-broiling-car/

USA - Only 14 states allow you to rescue pet from broiling car

#ClimateChange is a hoax. Nothing to see here. Move along now.. /s

>This is the view from George Washington Bridge as smoke from #wildfires in #Canada blankets the Northeast #USA

>Air quality in #NYC is the worst in the world right now. The Air Quality Index is unimaginably high at over 400 in some areas, meaning there is a high risk of adverse health effects.

#NYCsmoke #climate #NJ #NewJersey

It's weird to me that Apple is sunsetting Macs made as recently as 2017. If you are buying a new Mac to stay on the latest and greatest software, please don't landfill your current Mac. Donate it to a FreeGeek or similar organization. An "unsupported Mac" can continue as a valued computer running Linux for many more years beyond "the sunset".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Geek

"I don't want to be inconvenienced or have to change my lifestyle in any way to fight climate change..."

"We don't want to take any actions that might lower profits, which could reduce our stock dividends or executive bonuses, in order to mitigate #ClimateChange."

"Let future generations deal with it."
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Well, the joke is on you, because the future is NOW.

@BGMcKay @stevelieber I bet it would help a lot. We use one in the room where we use clay litter for our cats, which kicks up a ton of dust otherwise.

How to build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box. Graphic created by: https://twitter.com/shiventaneja/status/1598099273434165249
#corsiRosenthal #corsiRosenthalBox #airFilter

In the fall of 1971, Prince was an 8th grader at Bryant Junior High in Minneapolis.

Across town, student teacher Don Rawitsch was developing a card and dice game called "Oregon Trail" in his 8th grade history classes at Jordan Junior High.

Rawitsch showed the game to Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger, who were student teachers at Bryant. They coded it up and play tested it with their school’s 8th graders.

It is very likely that Prince was an early playtester of Oregon Trail!

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

@SinclairLewis thanks for the tip!

@SinclairLewis so you're each moving into your own places? We are just beginning our downsize adventure with 3 adults (me, my husband, our young adult daughter) in that we will be trying to sell our large suburban home and moving into something a bit smaller and more accessible for me w/less stairs.

#mammals #mammalphotography #birdsofmastodon #nature #naturephotography #Wildlife #Wildlifephotography #IslaSeymourNorte #Galapagos #Ecuador #NoCopyright

Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) - 21st May 2023

At the end of the day...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome sounds like one of those diseases like Hysteria, where the doctor doesn't know what's wrong with you, but is just tired of dealing with it.

You're bowels, they're uh....Irritable.

If you're in the eastern half of North America and not used to the whole smoke thing, take it seriously, check your air quality (airnow.gov in the US), and don't do work or exercise outside if you can avoid it--especially if you have asthma or anything else that might make you vulnerable. The consequences can be lasting.

If you have a respirator-type mask, you can look up whether it's good for pm2.5, but still, minimize time out, close windows if possible.

love, yr ex-Californian pal

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands -- but residents of the capital city are looking south along the Dnipro River...

... where in southern Ukraine the Kakhovska Hydroelectric Power Plant was destroyed overnight as a crucial dam was breached.

This is what the sunrise over New York looked like today due to wildfire smoke coming over from Canada. Air quality levels are at unhealthy, at over 10 times the guidelines recommended by the WHO. This is the reality of living through the #climate crisis.

Apple right now #VisionPro

Apple refusing to call anything in #WWDC keynote "AI" and instead calling it all "ML" is warming my heart.

*me, a DM, trying to come up with good fantasy names for my D&D campaign

BRAIN: sorry, no we are at capacity

ME: with what

BRAIN: Angela, Pamela, Sandra & Rita

ME: those aren't even real people those are Mambo No. 5 lyrics

BRAIN: a little bit o MONICA in my life

ME: please no

BRAIN: a little bit o ERICA by my side

ME: stop

BRAIN: a little bit o RITA's all I need

ME: J.R.R. Tolkien never had to put up with this

BRAIN: *trumpet solo*