100 years of July sea surface temperature anomalies... you'll see important patterns of regional climate variability as the animation evolves, but ultimately, the story behind the long-term trend toward record warmth is driven by human-caused climate change. Data from @noaa.gov ERSSTv6. 🌊
Dr Pieter Peach
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Anaesthesiologist, paediatric and adult | MPH | Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne rch.org.au Also mastodon.social/@pieterpeach #AnSky #MedSky
Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
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Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit
“There’s absolutely 0 duty of care, absolute 0 care for you as a human. There’s 0 care for your well-being, for your mental state. Absolutely nothing of that.” Massive respect for lived experience advocates like Luke who've bravely shared their experiences at the Senate inquiry.
Luke Bateman tells inquiry gambling companies supplied him with cocaine and alcohol
Former rugby league player turned TikTok influencer tells parliamentary inquiry his spiralling addiction to gambling cost him about $1m
theguardian.com
If you want to watch a pretty good movie and support free speech and indie film: watch.eventive.org/everyoneisly...
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money — Live from New York | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Actor and author Ben McKenzie investigates the lies, hype, and harm behind cryptocurrency’s rise—and who’s really paying the price.
watch.eventive.org
There is just an amazing desperation to paint lower house prices as awful
These people are mad at Dr. Fauci because he told them to wear a mask during a deadly pandemic.
As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder. www.wired.com/story/is-it-...
Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?
As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder.
wired.com
There is zero reason for the Govt not to ban pervert glasses except for cases where they have been prescribed for medical reasons (ie assistance for those with vision impairment).
This is Hunter. He came very close to having an entire thought. Ended up being a false alarm. 13/10 (IG: itshunterthelab)
“global temperatures are on a trajectory which may even see 2027 nearing 2C warming above pre-industrial levels for the first time.” Not in 2100, not in 2050, but in freaking 2027. #climatecrisis www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Record-smashing El Niño points to spring of drought and fires
Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.
abc.net.au
I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
For years, Telegraph columnists told us climate breakdown is a hoax. Now they say: it's real, but it's too late to do anything about it, so let the bodies pile high (again). Just one long list of excuses not to reduce fossil fuel use. Such newspapers bear as much responsibility as the oil firms.
TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.
Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.
Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
For once I agree with Senator Canavan. He knows that renewable energy means cheaper electricity - so why are the Coalition doing everything they can to block them?
Fauci has “saved more lives, created more amazing infrastructures for developing research opportunities, cured more people, provided health care to more people both in the United States and abroad, probably, than any single scientist in his lifetime” - Larry Corey @fredhutch.org
Tomorrow’s hearing will be extremely painful. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
A remarkable public health statistic: the US has now surpassed its highest annual measles case count in more than 30 years. It’s only July.
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $5.5bn to settle nearly 70,000 US lawsuits over talc-based baby powder cancer claims.
J&J offers $5.5bn settlement in lawsuits claiming talc link to cancer
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $5.5bn to settle nearly 70,000 US lawsuits over talc-based baby powder cancer claims.
aljazeera.com
Would love to have been in the room during this brainstorming session
FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.
Kalshi’s politics lead Benjamin Freeman’s comment about Wisconsin’s law being “voter suppression” is genuinely pernicious. slate.trib.al/rlfBxNV
Kalshi Says It’s “Voter Suppression” to Ban Betting on Elections. LOL.
States have good reasons for making betting on elections illegal.
slate.trib.al
Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’
Research shows AI-generated physicians are gaining millions of views on TikTok by spreading dubious health advice
theguardian.com