https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/03/so-much-land-under-so-much-water-extreme-flooding-is-drowning-parts-of-the-midwest
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link
I see these stories (or those about farmers suffering under the trade war) and immediately think, which candidate did they vote for, did their elected reps support disaster relief after Sandy, etc. This political era is costing me my humanity.
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
Same here. Part of me is glad the people who've helped this all happen are actually starting to feel the consequences, rather than it all happening to Bangladeshis, etc.
― And according to some websites, there were “sexcapades.” (James Morrison), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 02:17 (four years ago) link
https://voiceofaction.org/collapse-of-civilisation-is-the-most-likely-outcome-top-climate-scientists/
― sleeve, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 05:25 (three years ago) link
climate scientists otm
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/07/vietnam-records-highest-ever-temperature-of-441c
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 02:08 (one year ago) link
we've reached the beginning of Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry For The Future cool cool(I am not as hopeful as KSR about how that turns out)
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 05:22 (one year ago) link
Yeah iirc he has a lot of faith in India really coming through politically which, lol
― Toploader on the road, unite and take over (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 10:10 (one year ago) link
https://kval.com/news/offbeat/sriracha-bottles-selling-as-high-as-80-on-ebay-amazon-amid-shortage-crazy-prices-sauce-hot-huy-fong-food-ridiculous-07-13-2023#
that link might seem flippant but imho this is just the tip of the iceberg re: shortages and unavailability
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 02:56 (ten months ago) link
yeah, people who want to sneer at it 'just being sriracha bottles' now will have a rude awakening in a few years
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 03:58 (ten months ago) link
My understanding is they tried to defraud a supplier and that led to their current problems, this isn't a polycrisis story.
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 09:37 (ten months ago) link
Just make your own chili garlic sauce, fresh is best.
I thought I'd read that the sriracha people not only got into a conflict with distributors, but attempted to grow their own supply of peppers and failed, or at least fell short. Anyway, this isn't the first sriracha shortage in the last few years, iirc, and reportedly no other hot sauces or pepper sauces are facing the same supply issues, so I suspect this is indeed something internal.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 11:26 (ten months ago) link
good to know!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 14:51 (ten months ago) link
otoh this doesn't sound so great
Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina, will likely lead to long-term shortages of medicine
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 20 July 2023 23:11 (ten months ago) link
Drought affecting Panama Canal threatens 40% of world's cargo ship traffic
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 1 September 2023 19:30 (nine months ago) link