Caryn Rogers 🦫

You know who never got rid of their climate change desks? Insurance companies

Atmospheric CO2 concentration graphed from 1957 to present, showing a continuous increase to current 429 parts per million. The annual natural cycle of slight ups and downs can also be seen. Measurements are taken hourly at the top of Mauna Loa, Hawaii

The latest update from the Mauna Loa CO2 observatory, shows current #carbondioxide concentrations continue to accelerate upward. The latest reading? 429.1 parts per million. Pre-industrial concentrations were under 280 ppm.
#climatechange
#climate

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

It's that time of night. One of mine just climbed up a robe hanging on a hook.

Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

The FDA webpage had a stark warning: Some purported autism “cures” or treatments, including chlorine dioxide and raw camel milk, are dangerous and make misleading claims.

Now, under RFK Jr.’s leadership, that advisory is gone.

The Covid-19 pandemic was a once-a-century impact on mortality worldwide. And that impact varied among countries depending on policy choices.

BUT

As bad as the height of pandemic was in Canada (purple arrow) it would be far worse to have the misfortune to be born an American (green arrow).

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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

For example, this is one of those inextricable entanglements of the willfully careless deployment of the AI that we actually got in the context of the software and corporate industrial decision-making practices in-decline that we already had.

There are a lot of people very mad at the FDA right now.

Sen. Whitehouse to uncover connections between Trump, Russia, and Epstein. YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Good speech. Most US press got bamboozled by Bill Barr's scheme. Trump's collusion with Russia was always real, continues to be. www.youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJ...

Mike Johnson’s rhetoric conflates the Iranian regime with an entire faith tradition. That is wrong.

The Speaker would be wise to remember the words of Ronald Reagan:

“We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief.”

Perry: This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget Irish music’s anti-fascist roots Dropkick Murphys, the iconic Irish American punk band, are headlining a free block party March 6 near where Alex Pretti was killed by immigration agents, contributing columnist David M. Perry writes.

NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”

The Unraveling of Public Science A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

A broad-ranging collection of facts about public science.

interesting but definitely not uplifting.

ourpublicservice.org/the-unraveli...

@standupforscience.bsky.social

This is utterly unacceptable.

Kristi Noem is gone. Good, but it’s the bare minimum. Two American citizens killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. Court orders violated. FEMA gutted. Firing her doesn’t fix all of that, but it’s a start.

It’s so cool how we’re in a large-scale military conflict and the President is spending his time building a ballroom.

This rocks. I finally know what being a Roman must have felt like.

I like how the fact that Turkey is in NATO is basically just irrelevant to the op-ed class

Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)

Zelenskyy stated he wouldn’t restore Russian Druzhba pipeline.

“There are things and principles that are simply priceless. They are killing us, and we have to give oil to Orbán because he cannot win elections without it?”

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. n.pr/4rUa1zD

911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

Many of these medical emergencies could have been prevented if children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center had been given adequate care.

Kids don't belong in ICE detention.

REALLY. TRULY.

Here is Trump’s Director of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin trying to physically fight someone in the middle of a Senate hearing

>bad, gas prices going up

>>good, Trump disapproval increase

>>>good good, blue wave increase

On behalf of Brian’s family, we want to express our deepest gratitude for the overwhelming outpouring of support, messages, and contributions over the last 24 hours. At this time, our priority is Brian’s wellbeing. We are taking a necessary step back from the public eye to allow him to focus fully on his recovery in private. While he looks forward to engaging with you all again very soon, his health and his family remain the current priorities. Thank you for your continued patience and for being such an incredible community. Please keep Brian and his family in your prayers. — Team McGinnis

And for the record, I’ve been running long before this, and yes even after breaking my arm standing up for what I believe in. It’s only made me more determined. Anger is real, and so is resolve. Take care.

A message from Brian McGinnis, the firefighter and Marine veteran who was forcibly removed and injured by officers during his anti-war protest at the Capitol

(Yes, I know programmers don't think they're niche. I can promise you that architects and violinists and surveyors and a lot of other people who don't spend all day every day in front of a computer have no idea about any of them.

They turned Siri off years ago.)

I checked with 5-6 coworkers after posting this and none of them recognised the logo.

AI tools are still very niche.

Reposting with this explainer and another of my own:

if you haven't used these tools much, the little orange symbol at the bottom is the Claude logo.

If you pay a lot of attention to recursion, you probably did what I did, and shared this as an in-joke - but shouldn't.

Child marriage comes with a price tag: $175 billion A new report highlights the cost of inaction and provides suggestions to end the practice in the United States, where child marriage is still legal in most states.

A new report highlights the cost of inaction and provides suggestions to end the practice in the United States, where child marriage is still legal in most states.

Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech” painting. Guy standing to speak in a crowd.

“Please don’t break my arm. I’m just talking.”