So it's 10 days before Christmas

In #Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

and it is RAINING

And the temperature is forecast to fall below FREEZING in the next 24 hours

#ClimareChange #WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong #ThisIsFine

5 dark facts to remember in the face of #AI hype

Below, co-authors Emily Bender and Alex Hanna share five key insights from their new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91339834/ai-hype-dark-facts

#Ethics #EthicalAI #AGI #ClimareChange

Joe Manchin warns Democratic party is ‘toxic’ as he steps down from US Senate

Lifelong Democrat who became independent gives series of warnings to former party and predicts US ‘is not going left’

The Guardian
Rather than viewing this as some sort of #debacle, why not turn it into opportunity by creating an innovative urban green #migrant #utopia? https://www.aol.com/migrants-over-trash-lic-community-195023753.html #climate #climarechange
Migrants take over, trash beloved NYC community garden — transforming greenspace into heap of beds and human feces

Smiling Hogshead Ranch came close to losing the plot this month after its landlord, the MTA, chastised the group for "health and safety issues."

AOL

@aka_quant_noir @FranceskaMann @VeroniqueB99

The refugees of #ClimareChange will be everything, everywhere, all at once.

Sadly here is a #MinistryForTheFuture related news item. The first chapter of the book is an account of an extreme #heatwave in #India that causes millions of deaths. Sadly, I think we will see something similar in India or South America very soon. Temperatures have reached over 50C in parts of India in recent days and there are now water shortages in Delhi. With night time temperatures only dropping to low 30s there is no respite from the heat. #ClimateCrisis #ClimareChange #ExtremeTemperature #WetBulbTemperature #WetBulbEvent https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/delhi-temperature-hits-499c-as-indias-capital-records-hottest-day
Delhi heatwave: officials investigating if temperature of 52.9C due to faulty sensor

Meteorological department examining data from Mungeshpur station amid soaring temperatures that came close to 50 degrees Celsius

The Guardian

@electrek its a fantastic vehicle. A large, powerful and quiet pickup truck. Drives like a limo. Well appointed in every way, even on board AC power. But sensible people don’t buy pickup trucks. Its the product of Detroit that has been completely marketed as a macho tough guy machine.

Its pretty clear the consumers who drive Detroit’s supersized ICE pickups are not likely to be concerned about value, or #climarechange for that matter. #PickupTrucks #electricvehicles #Detroit3Automakers

COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures

With rising temperatures leading to demand for more air conditioners and other cooling equipment, a new UN report launched Tuesday at COP28 climate talks in Dubai lays out a pathway to cut emissions across the cooling sector worldwide. 

UN News

Sea ice is a very sad story, especially this year. This isnt the only graph that portrays 2023 as a real outlier. Troublesome to say the least.

#climarechange #climatecrisis

https://zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice-extent-conc/

Global: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent/Thickness

Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea-Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea-Ice E…

Zachary Labe