The Japan TimesThailand is preparing contingency plans to deal with a potential drought that could last years and squeeze global supplies of sugar and rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/04/asia-pacific/thailand-drought-rice-sugar-supply/?utm_content=buffer6add9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #asiapacific #agriculture #thailand #drought #elnino #environment
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@Reuters if you want to know why we are never going to meet our targets, look no further than the headline.
We need to be preparing for the ecological hellscape we are creating. Oh look, drought in Thailand threatens global supply chain
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]Back when Windows 95 came out you could drag "The Internet" icon to the bin and it'd pop up a message that said "Are you sure you want to delete The Internet?" and we thought it was hilarious but in hindsight maybe one of us should have said "yes".
Another Angry Womanit is with a heavy heart that I regret to inform you that the tech bros have invented sails
@Reuters cool. We turn 💩 into soil where no soil exists, in mine reclamation. We are not the same
@Reuters we don't deserve salvation
Augie RayIn today's remarkable right-wing self-own, crazy, COVID-minimizing, MAGA Laura Loomer admits to having Long #COVID19 without realizing it.
@mariyadelano not just that, but a large part of his private army might well end up with speed holes in their heads
Joris MeysI am about to kick some journalists in the nuts real hard.
YOU failed to report on the dire warnings of scientists the past *checks the 6 IPCC reports* 33 years with your bloody "both-sideism" and now it's our fault?
Fuck you, the Hill. Fuck you very very much.
Catch-22: Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas
Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists have soft-pedaled the kinds of catastrophic risks most easily headed off by cutting emissions. While scientific communication has improved in the 2020s, this…
Dan GillmorA reminder that the "free speech" CEO over at Saudi-government-funded Twitter suspended the account of a Tesla/Musk critic who keeps pointing out sleaze and flaws. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/twitter-has-suspended-the-accounts-of-a-prominent-tesla-and-elon-musk-critic-plainsite-founder-aaron-greenspan/3278831/
Meanwhile, journalists just keep on supporting Musk by pouring their work into his site.
Then again, journalists continue to treat democracy as just one interesting approach to government, rather than the foundation of their ability to maintain freedom of expression.
