These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
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Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
Imagine watching disaster movies like The Day After Tomorrow or 2012 and thinking that the apocalyptic weather scenes were the “unrealistic” part. Turns out those scenes were almost bang on. The unrealistic part was the humans working together to overcome the problem & save the world. Sigh.
I don't know if the LA fire department is properly funded or not but the claim that the city cut its budget last year — which is circulating widely on the right — is false. As Politico notes, the budget actually INCREASED by $50 million. A portion of the funding was approved in a separate bill.
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
DEI is the bogeyman for those who believe that if I’m gaining, they must be losing. The idea that everything would be fine if only white men ran the world is a weak argument—clung to by insecure men who can’t handle reality. DEI ensures women & BIPOC are looked at fairly IN ADDITION to white men.
Legit surprised how many people seem to be enjoying that Glowworm thread. Y'all will end up with one on HMS Ledbury if you're not careful.
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
Sure Happy It’s Thursday! What song is stuck in your head right now?
Here are some nice mushrooms
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From : “Hertling believed that the Mark Thompson-led network was prioritizing certain pundits more focused on delivering politically incendiary—and sometimes misleading—rhetoric than fact-based commentary.“ www.status.news/p/mark-hertl...
Every time I listen to BBC World Service radio I'm reminded how excellent it is. A comparatively balanced, nuanced, global perspective that we don't get to see much of from many other newsrooms.
The devastation in California is apocalyptic. The images are heartbreaking. At least 5 fires continue to burn without containment. I’m grateful for the bravery of not only the first responders, but every day people who have been helping others, including animals, evacuate to safer locations.
I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥.
We don't have to face giant 🪳 thanks to ancient Egyptians stood and fought against them.
i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. “the people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!
gosh I wonder if this could possibly have something to do with something that rhymes with Blot Smennings
From @oliverdarcy.bsky.social: “Hertling believed that the Mark Thompson-led network was prioritizing certain pundits more focused on delivering politically incendiary—and sometimes misleading—rhetoric than fact-based commentary.“ www.status.news/p/mark-hertl...
Somehow the more streaming services you've got the less there is to watch.
Rock songs in the 70s were like "She's a dangerous woman, she'll play you like a fiddle, she'll steal your heart and ruin your life. She's 16."
Studio City Fire Knocked Down. Way to go
The U.S. will rebuild its stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry matched to the current strain of the virus circulating among commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
An escape room but it’s just your nice warm car with your favorite songs on shuffle and the actual world is outside