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During El Niño, winds that usually push warmer water in the Pacific Ocean towards its west side weaken, allowing the warmer water to drift back towards the east and spread out over a larger area of the ocean. This leads to more moisture-rich air above the warmer ocean that alters the circulation of air in the atmosphere around the world. In North America, this typically causes Canada and the northern US to have a warmer, drier winter than normal while the southern states and Gulf coast tend to get wetter conditions.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophy #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

bbc.com/future/article/2023052

@seldo and if something goes wrong and they complain they'll see a poop emoji in response.

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1/ Russian space and rocket engineers are being recruited to join a new Russian army battalion called Uranus to fight in Ukraine. Advertisements published by Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, promise that it will "educate you with a strong spirit, will and body." ⬇️

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Speaking through the state media’s anonymous “informed sources,” it seems the Kremlin now openly acknowledges that Evan Gershkovich is a political hostage being held to pressure foreign journalists into shutting up about Russian war crimes. t.co/SsFusBRwmL

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Much about Russiagate is ultimately unknowable. But there’s one episode that *is* knowable. It’s also the single-most important instance of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

Incredibly, most commentators completely missed it.

My latest: Russiagate, pt. 4 🧵

readthedetox.com/p/propaganda-

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Last week, I had a chance to visit @hypertalking’s (James’s) excellent collection of Mac-related stuff. He’s particularly interested in collecting 1990s Macs, which is the era of Apple history I don’t have a lot of personal experience with, so it was doubly exciting.

Here are some 100 photos from that visit:

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1/ "The most you can get is a slight injury, if you get something more – that’s it, you will die," says a Russian military paramedic. His comments highlight the terrible state of medical care in the Russian army, which is causing tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. ⬇️

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Elon Musk is diving deeper into delusion each day, and in a cringe-inducing interview on CNBC, he tried to use 'The Princess Bride' to justify his recent antisemitic tweets.

It's clear he is immune to shame or even, it would seem, the threat of reputational or financial harm he is causing himself and his companies.

secondnexus.com/musk-princess-

@trinsec @oatmeal I am really bummed this is over. I wonder if he'd consider making a paid game out of these with monthly puzzles. But I suspect this is not feasible.

@davemark I still can't imagine wanting a VR headset for anything but games. I can see an unobtrusive AR headset (a better version of Google Glass) being appealing but it doesn't sound like this is what Apple headset is going to be.

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Free million $ business idea. Service that re-prints insurance cards but with numbers that are legible without a magnifying glass/phone zoom.

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A Little Wordy #31 🎨🤡✅ 83% theoatmeal.com/wordy?date=05-1

last one. sad it's over. This was great fun. Thank you, oatmeal!

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Excellent. Montréal continues to show us a way forward:

Starting on July 1, drivers of larger, heavier cars will pay more for residential parking permits in one busy corner of town.

Permit prices will depend on both engine size and vehicle weight, with cheaper prices for electric, hydrogen and plug-in hybrid cars.

usa.streetsblog.org/2023/05/16

#montreal #mtlpol #parking #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

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Tomorrow is the last day of A Little Wordy and then the game will disappear. I want to thank you all for playing. 🖤 theoatmeal.com/wordy

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ENOUGH.

Via Brandon Friedman:

#Texas has become a nightmare under Republican rule.

"Police say the 12-year-old shot 32-year-old father Matt Davis with an #AR15 he grabbed from a vehicle."

Peyton Yager:

A 12-year-old is accused of murdering a Sonic employee over the weekend in Keene, TX.

The pre-teen was arrested along with a 20-year-old.

Police say the 12-year-old shot 32-year-old father Matt Davis with an AR-15 he grabbed from a vehicle.

#GunViolence

Just came back from a dentist. The went off just as he was drilling my tooth. Gave him (and me) a nasty jolt. He says everything is fine but I think the lesson here is: don't keep your phone in your shirt pocket while at a dentist.

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It's now legal in Florida to deny someone medical care or insurance coverage because you don't approve of their sexual or gender identity.

DeSantis is weaponizing religious beliefs into state sanctioned discrimination.

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