Climate stressors and the effect they have on pregnant people appear to affect the brain development of their babies, according to a study on brain imaging conducted years after Superstorm Sandy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/06/13/climate-change/disasters-baby-brains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #children #parenthood

You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
Turns out that was on purpose

Hiring freeze effect on federal wildland firefighters.
No paywall.
#Wildfire #Disaster

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/wildfires/hiring-freeze-firefighters-deadly-forest-service-captain-warns-rcna192494

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/trump-funding-freeze-farmers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.YYv3.o_Svimw7UsGq&smid=url-share

Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency Farmers

A rapid-fire array of directives by the Trump administration have left farmers and businesses in rural America reeling.

By Linda Qiu and Julie Creswell
Linda Qiu and Julie Creswell talked to more than three dozen farmers, current and former Agriculture Department employees, representatives of farm and industry groups, experts and researchers for this article.

Published Feb. 13, 2025
Updated Feb. 15, 2025

#ROSETTA INTERNATIONAL MISSION
COMET #67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO

Target #PHILAE
Date 12 nov 2014
OSINAC Color Filter Orange

https://rosetta-osiris.eu/image/NAC_2014-11-12T10.18.55.429?gallery=custom&ipp=120&page=53&sort=startTime&seq=asc&target=67p,earth,saturn,pluto,stars&content=N,NC,NR,NS,NF,NL,NT,D,DM,DPT,DPC,DPA,DPF,DLS,DJ,DT,G,GC,GM,GVC,GCSC,GGC,GA,CB,CD,CF,CS1,CG,CL,CS2,CM,P&camera=NAC&filterNAC=Far-UV,Near-UV,Blue,Green_NAC,Orange,Hydra,Red_NAC,Ortho,Near-IR,Fe2O3,IR&filterWAC=UV245,CS,UV295,OH,UV325,NH,UV375,CN,Green_WAC,NH2,Na,Vis610,Red_WAC,OI,Empty&maxImage=35854&dateStart=2014-03-20&dateEnd=2016-09-30&startLikes=0&endLikes=105&startViews=0&endViews=3887&targetDistanceFrom=&targetDistanceTo=&maxPage=299&startImage=6241&lastImage=6360&imgNr=6267

ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/j. Roger

Global water crisis: new book reveals struggles and strategies of families on the frontline.
https://blue-community.net/blue-news/

Microsoft enabled the notorious "Recall" with the last update (for Windows 11 copilot+ enabled pcs only). It's part of the OS and can't be uninstalled. This software stores metadata about EVERYTHING that appears on your screen, including passwords/urls/images/videos/any messages you send or emails etc

To disable this gross spyware, run the following as admin on the command line:

Dism /Online /Disable-Feature
/Featurename:Recall

#Windows #Spyware #Recall #PrivacyAbuse

Read about True Value hardware declaring bankruptcy today: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/true-value-declares-bankruptcy-sells-174128698.html

Which seemed odd to me, as they've been around for long time selling low-priced items.

It took me exactly one search to find perhaps another reason beyond the claimed "the housing market stalled and consumers have become far more picky about discretionary purchases like hardware” for the news:

" Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-backed nonprofit home insurance company was set up to be an #insurer of last resort for those who can’t find coverage in the private market. Citizens is by far the largest provider in [#Florida].

But now, with #HurricaneHelene and #HurricaneMilton both making landfall in Florida within just days of each other, the insurer will almost certainly have to pay out billions of dollars in claims.

Can Citizens stay afloat? "

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/business/citizens-insurance-hurricane-milton/index.html

"On a scale of 0 to 9, experts rated the severity of #ClimateChange’s current and future impact on healthcare systems and emergency medicine at an average of 7 points, indicating high concern.

However, only 21% of respondents reported that their region or country had assessed the effects of climate change on #EmergencyMedicaServices. A mere 38% said any measures had been taken to prepare for these impacts."

http://koreabizwire.com/climate-change-poses-grave-threat-to-global-emergency-services-study-finds/294790

"It is looting. It is plundering and irreversible damage to the Mother Earth."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-mineral-mining-boom-endangers-indigenous-communities-worldwide

There is nothing more devastating than a mining boom to Indigenous and wildlife. A mining boom is a biodiversity holocaust.

Since 1970, we have had a 73% collapse in wildlife. Now, we plan to "solve" the CO2 problem with a mining boom. With mining booms come violent victimization rape, assault and robbery of Indigenous people, the annihilation of land, soil, water, air.

🚨 A challenge to the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board is now in front of SCOTUS, on its shadow docket. This is not a drill. https://www.lawdork.com/p/nlrb-challenge-scotus-shadow-docket-yapp-usa

Join EFF's Thorin Klosowski and Cooper Quintin as well as @greenpeace 's Gillo Cutrupi, and @CLDC 's Lauren Regan for our upcoming livestream "How to Protest with Privacy in Mind" live on October 17! eff.org/livestream-protest

Everything you need to know about wildfire smoke.

Climate change is exposing more people to smoke, and it has dangerous effects on human health. #ClimateChange

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wildfire-smoke/

Tampa mayor warns residents of Hurricane Milton danger: 'Event like none other'
https://flipboard.com/video/usa-today/97d6bcb415?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into News Videos @news-videos-USAToday

Trump would have gotten away with even more in office if he pursued the exact same policies but acted "normal" about it in front of the cameras.

The Project 2025 guys figured this out. Instead of having Bannon as a weird Rasputin figure, just surround Trump with regular GOP operatives. They're all Heritage Foundation freaks but that doesn't matter to Democrats.

The main friction is the GOP base expect Trump to act like an anti-establishment strong man so he can't "play by the rules."

The first is a HEPA-filter equipped blower bulb. I use the Orbit bulb, which I got from B&H for about $25. Any time the sensor is exposed or I change lenses, the last thing I do before closing up the camera is blow off every surface. It's become an automatic habit.

The second is a small, thin, waterproof ultralight picnic blanket/ground cloth, which I put down to give me a clean surface on which to set lenses, etc. Weighs almost nothing. I have the "Odoland" brand from Amazon, about $10.

#Wildfires in the USA are so massive right now that smoke columns are clearly visible from satellite. #Wildfire #Oregon #Utah #Wyoming #Idaho #Montana #NorthDakota

I'm sure it is just a coincidence that the disability and long-term sickness rates in three nations starting rising at the start of the #COVID19 pandemic and are still rising almost five years later, despite the fact the global health emergency ended.

Data shown is for Spain, the US, and the UK.