Some of the most terrifying and violent storm conditions that are possible on this planet are occurring right now on the Pacific island of Rota.
At 180 MPH (290 kph) and with eyewall mesovortex gusts potentially as high as ~220 MPH (355 kph), Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi is moments away from making landfall.
Did you know that if you were a British journalist in 1945, and tried to interview a holocaust survivor, you could have faced 14 years in prison for the crime of interviewing a genocide survivor?
Just kidding, that's the policy today for the genocide survivors of Gaza.
One of the most important media companies in the world is run by a guy who's openly anti-democracy and pro-authoritarianism.
I could make a joke or something but man, it's just really, really bad this is where we are.
Apolitical gamers are really being forced to learn previously niche, left-wing-coded concepts such as rent extraction & enclosure of the commons because of Playstation
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” — Frank Zappa
Literally every religious person claims this when atheists criticize them. Muslims think Atheists love Jews and hate Muslims. Christians think Atheists love Muslims and hate Christians. Jews think Atheists love Muslims and hate Jews.
They didn’t call it “Sentinel” or “Guardian.”
They called it “Flock.”
As in: something you herd, track, count, and keep from wandering off the reservation.
They see us as livestock.
Zero respect.
Peaceful international activists were left in shock and terror after Israeli settlers attacked them and Palestinian residents in the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.
@_22over7ish_@theserfstv Imagine seeing a repeat of one of the hottest summers in recorded history for the third year in a row and being convinced it means nothing. Actual cattle behavior.
The top is a French broadcaster in 2015 showing what temperatures could be by 2050 if we don't take climate change seriously and the bottom is what they are today.
Every politician pushing more oil instead of transitioning to renewable is a short term profit sociopath
What Max is alluding to here, is that the current administration has virtually no consumer protections operation whatsoever, and that's by design, to be as business friendly as possible.
There's also the fact that the Supreme Court is extremely corporate friendly.
So there's no legal avenue in the United States to realistically challenge Sony, or any large multibillion dollar firm.
This is all of a result of our current trend in electoral politics. Who we vote into office matters, and there are downstream effects that you wouldn't normally connect that flow out of who controls the American government.
I know a LOT of people have varied opinions on Max Dood, but on this point, he's actually right.
It's so scary to think we have to find somewhere to store the dangerous waste like a desert or underground or something, which is a major problem unlike with fossil fuels where we safely store the waste in the atmosphere and our lungs