@_AmericanAir_W @J0nBenetGlamsy @AmericanAir Your company canceled two flights from San Diego to Philadelphia 16 hours apart, and minutes before departure. Claimed “weather” as the reason. Weather at both ends was fine. While we slept in a hotel due to the delay, you added two flights to Philly that we couldn’t get.
The Atlantic is in uncharted territory in 2024.
Severe marine heatwave conditions have rapidly developed in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Florida, with water temperatures already peaking in the low 90s in Florida.
The Florida Keys and the Bahamas are already under a bleaching warning as ocean temperatures are at record-warm levels for late May, leading to accumulating heat stress for coral reefs and marine ecosystems. Water temperatures in some areas are up to 5-8°F above normal
Nearly the entire tropical Atlantic is experiencing a marine heatwave, with virtually no areas seeing average or below-normal water temperatures across millions of square miles of ocean.
These record hot ocean temperatures across the Atlantic will also provide more fuel for developing hurricanes. More heat in the ocean equates to more energy for hurricanes, exponentially increasing the upper limit and damage potential of hurricanes.
Just a 2°F rise in sea surface temperatures can increase a hurricane's wind speeds by over 13%. This means a 140 mph Category 4 hurricane can become a 160 mph Category 5 (in favorable atmospheric conditions), with nearly 3x the damage potential.
The combination of La Niña, which leads to favorable conditions for hurricane development (low wind shear and weaker trade winds), and the record-warm tropical Atlantic has prompted NOAA to issue its most aggressive hurricane season forecast on record for 2024.
Wow. UAW President Shawn Fain isn’t mincing words.
“People just don’t want to work…I agree…The people I’m talking about are the Wall Street Freeloaders: The Masters of Passive Income.”
This is worth a watch. #UnionsForAll
THREAD: Albuquerque, NM, has become the largest U.S. city to permanently make public transportation free for everyone.
It’s a huge way to help those who need it most.
And, it’s saving the city money. Here’s how /1
Turns out that free public transit, housing the homeless, and universal healthcare all save governments money. But main objection is actually that capitalists don't want us getting used to a society where our needs are provided for, not that it's too expensive.
Tomorrow, I'm flying to Los Angeles for oral argument in what may be the most important Fourth Amendment case pending in the United States today. The basic facts: The FBI broke open and searched hundreds of safe deposit boxes without any reason to think the boxholders did anything wrong.
U.S. Private Vaults, a business in Beverly Hills, offered a private and secure place where people could store their most valued, sensitive possessions. In March 2021, the FBI raided USPV, broke open every single box in the vault, and looked through all the contents. The FBI ran all cash in the vault by drug dogs, opened envelopes and photographed the contents, and ultimately sent everything worth over $5,000 to asset forfeiture---initiating proceedings to keep that property forever.
@malsaafin@jaketapper And once Israel got the green light to attack Al-Shifa ,it just continued on to destroy every part of the Gazan health infrastructure
The price of Tyson chicken went up 20% in 2021, which helped the company double its profits.
But over the past three years, Tyson has had to pay ~$220 million over price-fixing allegations.
When I say price gouging is driving inflation, this is what I mean.