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Last saturday night, #StormDave actually passed through quite quickly, causing only a brief power cut of 1 hour. It made for a truly #BlackSaturday.

#HappyEaster

#EasterSunday #Stunday #Castlerea #Ireland #SpeirGorm #ECK #SilentSunday #Scape #marjamjars #ClassicMono #BlackandWhitePhotography #BWFri

please dont put me on mute. . 😓🙏🥺😭💔

#fediverse #blacksaturday #mastodon #weekend

“Extreme heat is the most common cause of weather-related hospitalisations in Australia, and kills more people than all other natural hazards combined. What does exposure to extreme heat – such as a temperature of 49C – do to the body?”

It’s 42c outside, (low humidity, 11%) could be worse. #BlackSaturday was 46c. So what happens if you’re not hydrating while moving about? By chance I got to measure what happens. I had a blood test about 10 years ago, the GP mentioned fasting so I skipped water as well 🤪

Rule #38

Went out did a 10km walk, mid morning in summer, had some blood taken but they couldn’t draw any. I had to re-hydrate about 1 - 2 litres before trying again. Even then the sample hydrolysed as I didn’t have enough fluid in me. Your blood thickens, your heart has to physically pump harder. That’s the feeling when you’re dehydrated and exerting.

At 46c + this is lethal. Switch tasks to cooler periods out of the sun.

<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/what-happens-to-the-human-body-in-49c-heat-australians-are-finding-out>

Then there was that day I had to run in 44c+ late afternoon. Don’t do that. ☀️🔥🥵

What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack

The Guardian
The #CairoFire, also called #BlackSaturday, began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1952. About 750 buildings, many foreign-owned, were looted & burnt, including shops, cafés, nightclubs, cinemas. It was revenge for the #BattleOfIsmailia, where British troops had murdered Egyptian police.
Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy

Black Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. A sitting president defied a federal court order, proving that judicial authority no longer constrains executive power. This is not a warning—it is confirmation that democracy has already collapsed.

The Intellectualist

https://theintellectualist.com/black-saturday-us-constitutional-crisis-2025

I think you ought to read this analysis of the events of the #BlackSaturday last week, when President Trump decided to ignore a court order and thus push the United States of America further away from being a democracy.

#usa #donaldtrump #democracy #autocracy #ElSalvadorPrisonTransfer

edited: fixed the Black weekday tag.

Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy

Black Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. A sitting president defied a federal court order, proving that judicial authority no longer constrains executive power. This is not a warning—it is confirmation that democracy has already collapsed.

The Intellectualist

Via #TheIntellectualist

Saturday, March 15, 2025, may have seemed unremarkable to most Americans. But in time, history will remember it as #BlackSaturday—the moment the United States ceased to function as a #ConstitutionalDemocracy

For the 1st time in modern American history, a sitting president openly defied a direct fed #CourtOrder—& nothing happened. No intervention. No enforcement. No consequences. A legal ruling was issued, & the #WhiteHouse simply ignored it

https://theintellectualist.com/black-saturday-us-constitutional-crisis-2025/

Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy

Black Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. A sitting president defied a federal court order, proving that judicial authority no longer constrains executive power. This is not a warning—it is confirmation that democracy has already collapsed.

The Intellectualist
The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia? Experts say yes. Indeed, house to house ignition happened in 2003 Canberra fires 510 houses, 2009 Victoria #BlackSaturday fires > 2000 houses; 1994 Sydney fires 100 houses.
#bushfire #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/the-home-front-could-the-la-fires-happen-in-australia-20250114-p5l457.html
The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to Los Angeles.

The Age