Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Spectacular Auroras Signal Potential Danger to Earth’s Critical Infrastructure https://scitechdaily.com/spectacular-auroras-signal-potential-danger-to-earths-critical-infrastructure/ #science

At least 71 people were killed and more than 250 injured in an Israeli attack on housing tents in Gaza's Khan Younis, news agency AFP reported.

The horrifying massacre killed and wounded more than 100 people including members of the Civil Emergency Service"

#Palestine #Gaza Israel

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/dozens-of-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attack-on-tents-housing-displaced-people-in-gaza/articleshow/111710469.cms

BREAKING (no pun intended)

*Roughly an hour after Falcon 9 lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday night, the rocket's second stage failed to reignite and deployed its 20 Starlink satellites on a shallow orbital path where they will soon reenter and burn up in Earth's atmosphere.*

Not sure whether to laugh or cry.
I think I'll cry for our atmosphere first.

I'll laugh when the environmental orgs bring the lawsuits.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/spacex-falcon-9-suffers-rare-failure-space-imperiling-starlink-mission-2024-07-12/

From the no shit sherlock school of research. Being poor is exhausting and debilitating. It's amazing the difference even small amounts of money can have on someone's mental health.

So of course, having enough money to be able to put a small amount of it aside is going to make you feel a lot better than being worried that you might not be able to afford food this week.

Poverty costs the UK £78Bn a year. Maybe we should use some of that to lift people out of poverty

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy08nnxr14po

A young summer intern at our excellent local rock and mineral museum is doing a qualitative survey of women and queer folks working/hobbying/studying/etc in the neighborhood of Earth Sciences. If that's you, consider filling this out so they have more data and anecdata to work with for their summer project!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMCaUUZ2eLAk1bKEKatSkyecjOvOZhutTSImsTzryLE5H4uQ/viewform

Why saline lakes are the canary in the coalmine for the world’s water resources:
https://theconversation.com/why-saline-lakes-are-the-canary-in-the-coalmine-for-the-worlds-water-resources-232477

12/ One more:

Biden: It is time for us to stop treating politics like entertainment and reality TV.

This should be a national news story so all of Canada can see Conservatives are unreasonable.

"How much of the Ontario Science Centre roof is at risk of collapsing? See for yourself

Engineering reports showed no more than 6% of roof panels were labelled high risk"

@gemelliz

#Nwes ##DougFord #Canpoli #Onpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-science-centre-closure-explained-1.7247957?cmp=rss

The UK has the least trusted media in the OECD https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/the-uk-has-the-least-trusted-media-in-the-oecd-378829/

@Tendar

Good news!!

America and Canada take note!! The right can be defeated!!🇺🇸 🇨🇦

#USA #CANpoli

For the few weeks that it was around on #Threads, every single one of the account’s posts was bombarded with insults, death threats, and literal nazi imagery. Day after day I spent hours trying to report every single one of them. Not only did the swastikas stay up and reappear faster than I could report them but every single one of my reports was also met with a cold, disturbing, automated message from Instagram in my email inbox telling me that “No violation was found”.

https://www.macstories.net/stories/lgbt-and-marginalized-voices-are-not-welcome-on-threads/

A huge thanks to Holly Million who is stepping down as @gnome Executive Director at the end of this month, and a huge welcome to @richlitt who joins this week as our Interim Executive Director while we launch our new search process. https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/07/12/gnome-foundation-announces-transition-of-executive-director/

‼️🇵🇱Poland's Sejm recognizes Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide (more) https://kyivindependent.com/polands-sejm-recognizes-soviet-deportation-of-crimean-tatars-as-genocide/ #Ukraine #Press #Mastodon #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #Poland #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#Article7 #Article7HungaryNow
#BidenLost2024ScrewinUkraine

More of this, please 👉

IRS collects more than $1 billion in back taxes from wealthy under Biden's IRA

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/11/IRS-IRA-back-taxes-wealthy/1981720701590/

Still on the fence about joining us in Peoria for #AFOSCOWOS24? The meeting starts in just over two weeks, but it's not too late to register! https://afoscowos2024.org/registration/

Dear BBC, can we have some music now? Thank you lots and lots love the Fedi #TOTP crowd.