So apparently there is a non-trivial number of Russian tourists vacationing in Crimea. I am at a loss.

What's the temperature you associate with raw veggies? I think for most people, it's cold: you go to the fridge, get that raw veggie, and eat it cold as it was in the fridge. But if you grow your own veggies, it's warm. The sunshine still lingers once you bite in. Very strange, on some level. Happy warm Kohlrabi afternoon snack!

Project Springtime

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Anybody know of a #cooperative (#coop) that has members around the world, in several jurisdictions? How would one go about that?

Death Valley went to 123F today. Fortunately, it has cooled down a bunch since. Right now, at almost midnight, it’s a mere 104F.

Feeling too hot in southern Europe? Maybe a bit of ice … say, 5 inches in diameter … to be delivered straight from above?

Severe Weather Europe

A historic long-lived supercell storm with giant 14 cm hailstones tracks for more than 1200 km across five European countries leaves severe wind and hail damage along its path

A record-breaking hailstorm hit Slovenia on July 13th. Giant 14 cm hail, was reported. Long-lived supercell crossed the Balkans along the 1200+ km ...

I don’t remember the name of the #scifi novel, but there was this line that stuck: when the ocean water in the Caribbean Sea actually started boiling, that finally got their attention. Apparently we are already at 100F.

Florida ocean temperatures peak to almost 100 degrees amid heatwave: "You really can

The higher-than-normal sea surface temperatures off the coasts of the Sunshine State could cause a

With #ai growing as it has, the next US presidential #election next year is going to be full of very realistic looking and sounding #disinformation pieces. Very possible that far more generated pieces will be shared on #social media than authentic ones, and nobody can tell the difference. Also, one side of the political spectrum will use it more, and benefit from it far more than the other. What shall be do about this to prepare? Nothing? What can we do?

Greetings from the airport in Phoenix, AZ, where it apparently is 110F (43C) at 8pm. Whoever thought building a major city here was a good idea…

Public townsquare? Permanent record? Full transparency? Bluesky? Somebody put all of #Bluesky's posts so far in one single database. Note AFAIK everything that happens on Bluesky is public, and can never be deleted. So this is not a bug, this is a feature, according to their architecture.

Worth Doing Badly

I downloaded all 1,680,399 posts on Bluesky

I downloaded all the posts on Bluesky as of 2023-05-01. Then I did some data analysis on the 1680399 posts from 45457 accounts.

150th mass shooting of the year in the US today. And it’s still the first quarter of the year.

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