Protip:
Grafitti: “Spread LOVE For No Reason”
“A fully developed hurricane releases heat energy that is the equivalent of a 10-megaton nuclear bomb every 20 minutes — more than all the energy used at a given time by humanity, according to National Hurricane Center tropical analysis chief Chris Landsea.” https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2024/10/can-humans-control-the-path-and-power-of-hurricanes-like-milton-or-helene-no-chance-scientists-say.html
when people describe some piece of information as having “just dropped”, usually it’s best to treat it as droppings.
“To lie without shame about everything…is to show contempt for the idea that you can reason with or persuade other people. It is to attempt to shape their reality so that they can’t really disagree. It is to demand obedience to a narrative. It is to cultivate the habits of autocracy.” @jbouie https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/opinion/helene-trump-vance-fema.html
“the libs are always blaming fossil fuels when it was obviously solar power that heated up the Gulf.”
life these days feels like fleeing from the devil, taking a minute to catch your breath if you are lucky enough to make it.
the news cycle is such a distraction from the actual news.
it turns out, humans don’t actually make for very effective shields.
@adhdeanasl @ReticentTurnip@universeodon.com they were mistergendered.
Please tell us how we did.
it’s beginning to feel a bit Mad Max here in Pinellas County.
i was ultimately able to find gas, though. people queued politely.
A gas station with “Out of Gas” signs hung on every pump.
it’s cancel culture that controls the weather you see. https://www.ncf.edu/event/socratic-stage-a-discussion-on-crime-in-the-21st-century/
does FEMA have to resources to manage a recovery simultaneously of Western NC / East TN and the much more populous Tampa Bay metro area?
“but how will the complete destruction of my community affect the election?”
how many major disasters before political establishments in the South East concede the urgency of global warming?
“Will Milton author ‘Paradise Lost’ for Floridians?”
so now Milton is sending a new circle of hell our way.
"Under a democratic system, we cannot know what policy will be in three months, three years, or three decades time, but we can have confidence in how it will be decided. Recognizing the inherent uncertainty of the future, this view of stability is one that bakes in change." #LeahDowney https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-politics-of-stability/
@kentwillard i really support your getting a colonoscopy! it can be life saving, to catch it early if there’s something untoward! hopefully, wherever you are and whatever insurance you are on is better than Florida and my insurance. colonoscopies for screening are supposed to be free under ACA!
i’ll fuss (have begun fussing, to little avail), will hopefully get our paid-for colonoscopies at least (for me and my wife). if not, we’ll probably end up medical tourists somewhere.
“The core ideas of neoliberalism were obviously simplifications, but they were powerful simplifications, apparently explaining a lot with a little. They told politicians and business leaders what they ought focus on, and what they could reasonably ignore. It turned out that a lot of those things ought not to have been ignored!” @henryfarrell https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/seeing-like-a-matt