Absolutely insane footage of rock avalanches currently sweeping across the entire south face of the Matterhorn, as filmed from Cervinia! 🔥😱 📽️ Via @meteovalledosta
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loooooonnnnng time reporter for Agence France-Presse. Defense , science, 🐈 🐈🇨🇭🇺🇳
An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2
US firefighters are racing to contain flames that have displaced tens of thousands around the city of Spokane. Wildfires supercharged by drought and heat have torn through the city in Washington state, burning thousands of acres and reducing hundreds of buildings to cinders 📸 Josh Edelson
The Falcon 9 stage has now impacted the lunar surface. Astronomers followed its approach until last night; haven't yet seen any reports of anyone detecting the impact flash itself.
Les tours de refroidissement du bâtiment principal de Manor ont été identifiées comme source de contamination et mises hors service, après la flambée de légionellose des deux dernières semaines qui a provoqué un décès
Flambée de légionellose à Bâle: les tours de refroidissement du bâtiment de Manor identifiées comme source de contamination
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Juillet 2026 a été le mois le plus chaud jamais enregistré en France depuis le début des mesures, en 1900
Juillet 2026 a été le mois le plus chaud jamais enregistré en France depuis le début des mesures, en 1900
Le mois dernier a aussi été le troisième mois de juillet le moins pluvieux dans le pays, provoquant une sécheresse des sols record, avec des conséquences importantes sur l’agriculture et favorisant les départs de feux, selon Météo-France.
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Three lions at a Tokyo zoo have died of suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment u.afp.com/SHUy
Oracle's $ORCL risk of default has soared to its highest level in history, surpassing the peak of the Global Financial Crisis 🚨 🚨
🌍 Iran denied any negotiations were taking place with the United States after President Donald Trump said new talks would begin Monday in an effort to end their war, now in its sixth month. ➡️ u.afp.com/SHJj
“We’re so used to using Google Maps in our everyday life that I think when people are starting to get into hiking, they think that probably Google Maps will work for backcountry use as well, and that’s just not the case,” said John Blown, of North Shore Rescue, a team based in British Columbia.”
Teen Hikers Rescued 12 Hours Into Google Maps Hike
The three teenage boys estimated their hike time would be over five hours on a rugged trail in British Columbia, Canada. A helicopter crew had to retrieve them.
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"Farming is becoming unprofitable as the government removes the EU-derived subsidies that once kept the industry afloat." Yet more Brexit winning.
Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 3d agoPeople are just not ready for the consequences of climate change.
Son métier n’existe presque pas dans les fiches de poste. Enquêteur en criminalité environnementale, Louis collecte du renseignement, infiltre des filières, cartographie les trafics et remonte les chaînes financières qui transforment la nature en profit criminel. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/21N
BREAKING: Todd Blanche just issued a formal order that appears to terminate Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund and limit the scope of the IRS audit immunity deal applying to Trump and his family.
It’s AI transparency day. From today 🇪🇺’s transparency rules apply so you know when you are dealing with an AI system Infographic: AP 🇳🇱
In addition to the potential unfolding WUI wildfire disaster in Spokane, WA, numerous other large & fast-moving fires (existing & new) are blowing up under extremely critical fire weather conditions & severe drought conditions from eastern slopes of Cascades eastward into ID/MT.
What I hate about COVID downplayers is… you won okay. In the aftermath of humanity coming together to develop the most crucial vaccines of our lifetime & collectively sacrificing to save lives, we are now less safe, less vaccinated & less empathetic than ever. You won ok. Lay down your swords.
To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day. July was a bit of a whirlwind, and not just because of the pyrocumulonimbus clouds.
Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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It's shocking that after less than 3 months this outbreak has grown bigger than an outbreak that ran for almost 2 years. A big part of the explanation is what researchers have uncovered about what happened in Mongbwalu in the months before the epidemic was declared: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
EXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detected
A remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report says
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How did Elon Musk help Russia’s digital goals? Russia’s strategy was to stoke fear and fracture European unity. By calling the Ceuta crisis “absolutely an invasion” and comparing migrants to a zombie swarm, Musk mainstreamed Moscow’s panic narrative to hundreds of millions.
Spain deploys military to Ceuta after migrant surge: What we know
At least 34 people reported killed trying to cross into the Spanish enclave bordering Morocco.
aljazeera.com
Les naines blanches où l'on détecte la présence de métaux conservent une trace des planètes qui gravitaient autrefois autour d'elles. Cette étude ré-analyse ces donnée pour voir si ces métaux pourraient être issus d'une ancienne activité technologique dans ces systèmes. shorturl.at/q1CcC
Seeking Technosignatures in Polluted White Dwarfs
White dwarfs with metals in their spectra preserve a record of planets that once orbited them. New research examines these spectra for signs that the metals underwent technological processing.
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Italy calling for the suspension of the Schengen agreement, or for Spain to be kicked out of the free-travel zone, is just the outcry for attention by a government that is gearing up for elections. www.politico.eu/article/migr...
Italy and Spain clash over Schengen as Ceuta migration spat boils over
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Italy is prepared to take “extraordinary measures” to defend its borders.
politico.eu
La création d'articles IAg sur Wikipédia, c'est un désastre. Ça me désespère. Là je viens d'en voir passer deux, créés par un utilisateur expérimenté, sur le thème du changement climatique, ça a l'air sérieux mais c'est n'importe quoi.
Les équipes de #KatalystSpace progressent en ralentissant la rotation de leur vaisseau spatial #LINK. Une série de mise à feu des propulseurs cette semaine a réduit la vitesse de rotation d'environ 9°/s à moins de 4°. science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/...
Efforts Continue to Stabilize LINK Spacecraft for NASA’s Swift Boost - NASA Science
Teams at Katalyst Space are making progress slowing the spin of their LINK spacecraft, which is designed to boost the orbit of NASA’s Swift.
science.nasa.gov
The issue here isn't the Reflecting Pool (which seems trivial). The issue is the President ordering his subordinates to arrest and prosecute an innocent man on completely fabricated pretences in order to cover for his own corrupt contracting deal.
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 4d agoThe US Justice Department dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the hurried renovations ordered by President Donald Trump had been botched. ➡️ u.afp.com/SrvP
An ethereal moonrise over Seattle tonight. Ribbons of wildfire and Blue Angels smoke painted the moon in deep red and amber, softening its usual glare until it looked almost otherworldly above the Space Needle.
Gianni Infantino, esseulé à la FIFA et contesté de toutes parts, abandonne son plan controversé
Gianni Infantino, esseulé à la FIFA et contesté de toutes parts, abandonne son plan controversé
Le président de l’instance internationale de football a renoncé, samedi, à son projet destiné à l’ouvrir aux investisseurs privés. Le dirigeant italo-suisse pourrait devoir défendre sa place à la tête de l’organisation.
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