ColonelDolphin

[ColonelDolphin @ColonelDolphin]

My favorite video of Lance Reddick that I've seen, RIP.

https://t.co/MsIC0MkPgY

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Climate change.

Canada’s boreal forest is far north.

Most parts of it only reach 64F (18C) averages in the heat of the summer.

Its density and climate also means it gets very little evaporation compared to its rainfall, and is subject to frost 9 months of the year, and heavy fog the rest of the time.

This kept this biome very humid, kept soil damp, and left most of the low level foliage coated in dew all day long.

Some parts of the forest even had thick levels of permafrost beneath the topsoil that on rare hot days would seep water back into the ecosystem.

Just as many wildfires started by lightning strike in previous decades as now.

The difference is they struggled to catch and spread in this damp environment.

Now extreme dry weather, record breaking heat, northern thaw, erode that protective moisture barrier, leaving the boreal forest vulnerable especially in the more southern parts.

Boreal forests previously went through this process naturally when an over density caused a drier environment you’d get high-intensity crown fires that were cyclical. Every 50-200 years depending on region.

Now we get them annually.

Boreal forest fires are much more severe than others too. The long history of cyclical burns means the soil contains charcoal, the thick multi-layer foliage adds fodder and causes the fire to spread quickly, and pine, spruce, and aspens are all some of the trees with both the most density and the best for wood burning.

It results in towering forest fires of immense heat and rapid spread.

These forests are denser than anything else in North America or Europe, and the current fire in Ontario alone, is the same square mileage as the entire state of Delaware.

From the time it ignited, to covering that size, took less than 20 hours.

While some in the US still think climate change is a hoax, we are all going to deal with the consequences of it, as we’ve turned the largest forest in the world into a tinder box, and fires in less than 0.01% of it drowns the entire continent in smoke.

[Wes Johnson @WesJohnsonVoice]

This was the one that went bad. Caused liver shock, Intussusception & malabsorption, and led to my near death experience 11 months later. Finally back to good health!

[True Vanguard @TheTrueVanguard]

Yup, that’s Sleeping Bear Dunes state park. Amazing place to visit, we take the kids there. There’s a beautiful scenic overlook that lets you see a dozen miles east over an inland crystal clear lake.

Then you follow the park road northwest and end up here at this slope, I’ve been on it. It’s intense.

But I love living in a summer vacation destination state. A lot of southerners buy summer homes up here.

[Leah Rain ✝️🇺🇸🎸🏝️ @LeahRain77]

There’s a sandy slope in Michigan that leads to a lake . Problem is it’s about 450 ft high . Most people make it down but getting up is a challenge . So much so that it can cost up to 3000 dollars to be rescued back up the hill ..

[dmg04 @A_dmg04]

Things took a turn.

Percy, I love you so much. Thank you.

[Maximilian Dood @maximilian_]

If you don't incessantly defend or argue for any little thing constantly on social media, then you're a larper. That's the definition. It needs to be your whole personality. Somehow, lowest quality Twitter posting became the barometer of 'real' fandom to the permanently online.

[Little Light @LittleLightD2]

Just a heads up.
Little Light will still be available for as long as Destiny 2 is playable (or Bungie pulls the plug on the API, in that case there's not much I can do).

[ColonelDolphin @ColonelDolphin]

RIP to one of the voices of my childhood

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Tom Kane has sadly passed away at the age of 64.

He was the iconic narrator of ‘The Clone Wars’ series as well as the voice of Yoda & Admiral Yularen. He also voiced Professor Utonium in ‘The Powerpuff Girls’.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Tom Kane has sadly passed away at the age of 64.

He was the iconic narrator of ‘The Clone Wars’ series as well as the voice of Yoda & Admiral Yularen. He also voiced Professor Utonium in ‘The Powerpuff Girls’.

[ColonelDolphin @ColonelDolphin]

@smile_kun422

[Daniel Shaw @DanielShawAU]

The terrifying view of the tornado near Enid, Oklahoma this evening as it crossed the road. Join our live streams & watch the full chase edit coming up via https://t.co/nieJn2YwxP

[Domi @domidesenhera]

Artemis II

[Luke @luke_leisher_]

LMAO

[Luc // HiddenXperia @HiddenXperia]

RIP the absolute king William C. Dietz, the author of, among many things, one of my favourite Halo books of all time - The Flood

The Flood allowed me to take my Halo addiction to school, and it being a deeper and extremely well written expansion of an already incredible game ended up being the catalyst for getting me to read the other Halo books which undoubtedly led me to where I am today...

Got a lot to thank William for and I will never stop singing the praises of his work, RIP 🙏

[BA MAXIMUS @BADASSMAXIMUS]

Most gamers just don't grasp or care how execs give absolutely ZERO fucks about you as a player, or the actual game itself - and will burn a franchise to the ground for temporary profit.

[ColonelDolphin @ColonelDolphin]

@BADASSMAXIMUS Not just games or franchises. They'll happily burn their entire companies to the ground for that too.

[Tom @Syndicate]

This clip…
Just got me in so much trouble ffs 😭

[ColonelDolphin @ColonelDolphin]

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[ColonelDolphin @ColonelDolphin]

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