i think that's a new one for me? i can dig it. as a word.
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 18:24 (five months ago) link
you guys might not believe this, but 2024 is on track to be the warmest year in recorded history.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/climate/record-hot-april/index.html
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 15:57 (four months ago) link
Global warming personal relations and anecdotes 20-year update request:Does anyone know someone who was a climate change denier (like, a loud angry one) in the early 2000s (or before, or after) and realized they were completely wrong? Did they say anything about it later or admit that they were wrong? Or did they just carry on and pretend like it never happened? Or, are they still denying it, I guess.
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 16:24 (four months ago) link
My dad is the only person I really have opportunity to talk about these kinds of things and he makes me instantly blow my top. I've talked about getting an EV which he's against because he's all of a sudden concerned about the environmental cost of mining rare earth materials, which I guess is progress, but he's probably echoing petro/car-maker talking points.
― Costas Mandylorian (Leee), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 16:47 (four months ago) link
i will opt for a hybrid as long as i live, if/when the shit hits the fan, electric vehicles are going to me rendered useless pretty quicklyโ just ask the rich folks who horde diesel powered vehicles and own bunkers.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 16:52 (four months ago) link
going to be*
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 16:53 (four months ago) link
Venezuela Becomes First Modern Country to Lose All Its Glaciershttps://explorersweb.com/venezuela-loses-last-glacier/
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 11 May 2024 07:21 (four months ago) link
Just v sad, reading that
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 May 2024 16:52 (four months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/opinion/heat-technology-climate.html
― scott seward, Monday, 3 June 2024 16:14 (three months ago) link
can't help but feel that no power is the end of everything. fires, exploding transformers and power stations. lines down. if enough of it happens at once when its really hot...
like my favorite bad apocalypse show Revolution only way hotter outside.
― scott seward, Monday, 3 June 2024 16:37 (three months ago) link
Yeah
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 3 June 2024 20:17 (three months ago) link
More than 250 deaths due to heatwave in UP, Bihar and Orissa, it includes 25 polling officials ; 22 killed as bus falls in a gorge in Jammu ; eight newborn babies killed in a fire breakout in Delhi. The lives of ordinary people that have no meaning— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) June 1, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 07:28 (three months ago) link
strange way phrase it. maybe their lives are dismissed and devalued in a political context, but those lives had a social context where they held plenty of meaning.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 18:37 (three months ago) link
I was going to excuse the odd phrasing until I saw that she's a writer for the Washington Post and New Yorker.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 19:12 (three months ago) link
a good example of a writer reaching for an 'effect' that sounded good in the moment they wrote it, but they should have considered it a little longer before committing to it
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 19:24 (three months ago) link
I don't understand what a bus crash has to do with global warming?
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 19:42 (three months ago) link
what was your point in posting this here other than to get aimless to respond on the merits of the prose (in which case congrats?)
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 19:43 (three months ago) link
which 'you' are you talking to?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 19:47 (three months ago) link
there was more in that tweet than the bus thing, you know
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 19:56 (three months ago) link
Not sure what's going on in the comments.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 19:59 (three months ago) link
โ ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 bookmarkflaglink
What don't you understand about "250 killed during heatwave" across three Indian states.
Aimless gonna be Aimless, not my problem
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 20:51 (three months ago) link
so the relevance of the tweet to this thread was just the bit before the first semi-colon? the other stuff is unrelated but you communicate via links to tweets? or am I missing something?
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:20 (three months ago) link
It seems you've read the prose of Ed Zitron and its broken you today? Maybe lie down for a bit?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:24 (three months ago) link
I didnโt read the zitron piece. Gave up on him years ago.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:25 (three months ago) link
The fire was caused by a welding accident and the bus crash was caused by a bus crash. Those deaths were unrelated to climate change. If her point in relating them is that live if not valued then sure. If itโs that climate change is killing a lot of people then not sure how the other stuff is relevant. Donโt care really. Wonder what your point is though. Tend to assume itโs to get aimless to respond most of the time.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:28 (three months ago) link
Lol how did I know Aimless was gonna respond to that tweet?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:31 (three months ago) link
He is not the onky person who throws tantrums over tweets. You just did that.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:32 (three months ago) link
Still got no idea what your point is.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:40 (three months ago) link
"Wonder what your point is though."
To save you any more pain: Scott just posted a link last night looking at how heatwaves could potentially kill people where electricity (and aircon capacity) could go off. In the piece it mentions many people go without this anyway, and I saw the tweet from India that talked about heatwaves killing people just now, and yes the other incidents linked into the conclusion of how little ordinary people matter. Aimless and you both tried to rationalise the somewhat emotional conclusion xp
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:41 (three months ago) link
eh I think youโve misunderstood me but at least I know what your point is now.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:45 (three months ago) link
I've understood you enough please don't try and say more. Thanks.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:48 (three months ago) link
hard to follow people who donโt also communicate solely in tweet embeds Iโm sure
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:51 (three months ago) link
You struggle reading a blog.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:55 (three months ago) link
what can I say, I think you post bad links. afaict thatโs all you do here. Iโll mute you want and i wish you all the best in your goals (content aggregation?)
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 22:03 (three months ago) link
You struggled to make a simple link, from what was posted yesterday, and had a tantrum about another poster's reaction. I don't give a shit what you do or think about what I do on here.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 22:07 (three months ago) link
But yes I wish you all the best (with your reading comprehension?)
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 22:10 (three months ago) link
you don't give a shit what anyone does or thinks about what you do on here.
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 22:11 (three months ago) link
Speaking of posters who throw tantrums..
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 22:11 (three months ago) link
I've understood you enough please don't try and say more. Thanks.lol at you not with you
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 22:35 (three months ago) link
JD going off the deep end here
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 23:51 (three months ago) link
like, you've always been a dick but lately u seem completely disconnected from any sort of consensus reallity
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 23:52 (three months ago) link
sorry "JD" = xyzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 23:53 (three months ago) link
Tweetโs point being made very nicely ittand ofc itโs a load of white people queuing up to tell xyzzzz__ heโs not discussing points about climate change in India accurately
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 00:46 (three months ago) link
lol at you not with you
โ z_tbd, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 bookmarkflaglink
At leaat you are nit cluelessly crying about 'AI'
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 06:45 (three months ago) link
โ I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 bookmarkflaglink
A bunch of ppl wanting to load off in issues with my 'posting style' as a response to a tweet reporting death due to a heatwave and you are telling me I'm not connected to reality?
"Lol at you not with you"
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 06:52 (three months ago) link
A decade ago, scientists had estimated that the chances of the planet warming 1.5 degrees C by 2020 were nearly zero. Now, the probability of that happening by 2028 is an estimated 8 in 10.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/06/05/global-temperatures-1-5-celsius-record-year/
― scott seward, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 18:53 (three months ago) link
And here is some more on how the high temperatures might've impacted on the vote.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/05/india-election-results-heat-bjp-cllmate-crisis
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 18:55 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zsZt5YO.png
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/during-year-of-extremes-carbon-dioxide-levels-surge-faster-than-ever
Ralph Keeling, director of the Scripps CO2 program that manages the institutionโs 56-year-old measurement series, noted that year-to-year increase recorded in March 2024 was the highest for both Scripps and NOAA in Keeling Curve history. โNot only is CO2 now at the highest level in millions of years, it is also rising faster than ever,โ said Keeling.
โNot only is CO2 now at the highest level in millions of years, it is also rising faster than ever,โ said Keeling.
― z_tbd, Monday, 10 June 2024 15:19 (three months ago) link
90+ degrees on the last day of spring, just like always. nothing to see here
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 19 June 2024 19:52 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/32mC0De.png
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/louisiana-sea-wall-gas-facility-flooding/ (gift link: https://wapo.st/3zq8niG)
The marshes that blanket this pancake-flat parish south of New Orleans stretch for miles, strewn with small streams that flow into the Gulf of Mexico. A lone four-lane road goes south past a Navy air base, an idle industrial site, a coal export terminal and a handful of small storm-battered communities.Then, suddenly, a gigantic facility rises from the wetlands. Cranes dot the skyline. They hover over crews that are installing a jumble of pipes, pumps, storage tanks and two 720-megawatt power plants โ equipment needed to freeze natural gas into a liquid form so it can be shipped around the world.It might seem like a risky location for a $21 billion liquefied natural gas plant, given this regionโs ferocious hurricanes and sea levels that are rising faster than almost anywhere else on the planet. But the company building this plant, Arlington, Va.-based Venture Global, says it has an answer to these threats: a 26-foot-high steel sea wall that surrounds the 632-acre site, twice the size of Washingtonโs National Mall.
Then, suddenly, a gigantic facility rises from the wetlands. Cranes dot the skyline. They hover over crews that are installing a jumble of pipes, pumps, storage tanks and two 720-megawatt power plants โ equipment needed to freeze natural gas into a liquid form so it can be shipped around the world.
It might seem like a risky location for a $21 billion liquefied natural gas plant, given this regionโs ferocious hurricanes and sea levels that are rising faster than almost anywhere else on the planet. But the company building this plant, Arlington, Va.-based Venture Global, says it has an answer to these threats: a 26-foot-high steel sea wall that surrounds the 632-acre site, twice the size of Washingtonโs National Mall.
― z_tbd, Friday, 5 July 2024 20:44 (two months ago) link