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Egypt sets hottest June day in African history; historic heatwave hits Cyprus
Egypt sets hottest June day in African history; historic heatwave hits Cyprus Aswan in Egypt recorded 50.9 °C (123.6 °F) on June 7, 2024, setting the highest reliable temperature ever recorded in Egypt and the hottest June day in African history. On the same day, Cyprus experienced its hottest June day ever with temperatures hitting […]
Another Blowout Adds to Mystery of Permian Basin Water Pressure
Another Blowout Adds to Mystery of Permian Basin Water Pressure Water is bursting from another West Texas oil well, continuing a troubling trend. Water flows from an orphaned oil well on Schuyler Wight’s ranch in Pecos County, Texas. Credit: Courtesy of Schuyler Wight In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned […]
Carbon Credits Are the Biggest Scam Since Indulgences—How You Can Avoid Being Fleeced
Carbon Credits Are the Biggest Scam Since Indulgences—How You Can Avoid Being Fleeced Subscribe to International Man In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church convinced the commoners to buy indulgences to alleviate their sins. And they made a fortune in the process. Similarly, today, our overlords—the mainstream media, central bankers, and their political allies—are working overtime […]
California Wants Higher Gas Prices and EVs, Virginia Did, But Changed Its Mind
California Wants Higher Gas Prices and EVs, Virginia Did, But Changed Its Mind Common sense returns to Virginia as California Governor Gavin Newsom Struggles to defend inane policy. Let’s start with Newsom and gasoline prices. In a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, Newsom says “What people pay at the pump isn’t simple supply and demand but the result […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXI–The Politics of Dancing: The politicians are now dj’s…
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXI Tulum, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. The Politics of Dancing: The politicians are now dj’s… It seems nowadays we’re always trapped in the silly season of election campaigning. Perhaps my memory is foggy but where it used to be a short window of inane proclamations and ever-grander promises (that never […]
Science Snippets: Water Disappears as Earth Warms
Science Snippets: Water Disappears as Earth Warms Draft script: The title of this video makes an obvious statement. As Earth or any part of Earth warms, evaporation accelerates. As a result, surface water evaporates and goes into the atmosphere. Considering Earth is in the midst of the most rapid environmental change in planetary history, we must […]
How to Make Wind Power Sustainable Again
How to Make Wind Power Sustainable Again If we build them out of wood, large wind turbines could become a textbook example of the circular economy. Illustration: Eva Miquel for Low-tech Magazine. For more than two thousand years, windmills were built from recyclable or reusable materials: wood, stone, brick, canvas, metal. When – electricity producing […]
Alien Planet Earth
Alien Planet Earth The world of just a few lifetimes ago Watching the climate change is like waiting for your hair to grow. You know it’s happening, but you can’t really tell from day to day. However, from a greater chronological distance, the damage humanity is inflicting on our planet is clear. Where I live, […]
“We designed mRNA to kill” – CIA Whistleblower?
“We designed mRNA to kill” – CIA Whistleblower? “In a world without laws, where might alone makes right, all of us will ultimately be the losers.” —Jonathan Cook And this by Scott Ritter: “In a war of attrition, grinding the enemy down is just the first part. Stretching what remains until it breaks is how […]
Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something,’ officials say
Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something,’ officials say Credit: CC0 Public Domain Humanity is ignoring major planetary vital signs as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels soar to all-time highs and Earth records its 12th consecutive month of record-breaking heat, international climate officials warned this week. At […]
Whiff After Whiff
Whiff After Whiff Image by Anne and Saturnino Miranda from Pixabay The word “whiff” is used in baseball to describe when the batter swings and makes no contact with the pitched ball. The term presumably derives from the sound of hitting nothing but air. This off-sequence post acts as a brief update that I wanted […]
Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment
Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment The Great Simplification #126 with Daniel Schmachtenberger Today, I welcome back Daniel Schmachtenberger to unpack a new paper, which he co-authored, entitled Development in Progress, an analysis on the history of progress and the consequences of ‘advancement’. Current mainstream narratives sell the story that progress is […]
N-wrecked
N-wrecked The way that humans have messed with the Earth’s carbon cycle rightly figures as planetary eco-problem No.1 in public debate, but the way we’ve messed with its nitrogen cycle probably ought to get more attention than it does. In the former case, farming often gets a bit too much of the blame in my […]
Bird Flu Triggers Supply Chain Snarls In Dairy Industry As “Farmers Increasingly Culled Cows”
Bird Flu Triggers Supply Chain Snarls In Dairy Industry As “Farmers Increasingly Culled Cows” The latest US Department of Agriculture data shows bird flu has infected at least 80 dairy herds across ten states. There are growing concerns about rising cow mortalities from the virus and the risk of farmers culling cows to stop the spread. This could […]
