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Cynical, misanthropic, woke as f*ck Gen X chicksta. 
❤️s animals, nature, environment, progressive peeps & science/scientists (esp climate scientists).
Can’t abide racist, misogynistic, climate-denying, anti-science RWNJs; (in particular those truly sad male & female journo/pollie crumbpeeps whom willingly debase themselves to kiss the Murdoch ring.)

YoB: 321.37 ppm
European weather: Winter heat records smashed all over continent

From Spain to Latvia, national and regional records for January are broken across the continent.

BBC News
Sunnyboys reunite – for one last time: ‘We were told, your fans will forget about you’

Ahead of their farewell tour, the beloved 1980s power-pop band reflect on their time together, Australia’s affection for them and playing ‘slightly slower’ than they once did

The Guardian
Fears for remote WA towns as Fitzroy River records one of highest flow rates in Australia

Amount of water surging down river in one day equivalent to what Perth uses in 20 years, Bureau of Meteorology says

The Guardian

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In #Iran, the adage ‘it’s all America’s fault’ has lost luster

In the #MahsaAmini protests, there was no external footprint to inculpate. It was a government-made crisis followed by an instinctive outpouring of public anger

https://asiatimes.com/2023/01/in-iran-the-adage-its-all-americas-fault-has-lost-luster/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KZiabari/status/1610558088246972418

In Iran, the adage ‘it’s all America’s fault’ has lost luster

On December 6, the mayor of Tehran, Alireza Zakani, was the special speaker at the Sharif University of Technology in a ceremony to mark Students Day. He was one of several conservative ideologues …

Asia Times

A 15 MW wind turbine. Fifteen thousand kilowatts. That is just amazing. I can remember when turbine technology was pushing half that and thinking we'd be at the limits then but this is simply insane (Picture via Vestas). Gonna need a bigger crane on a boat to build these babies out in the sea 😀

https://www.vestas.com/en/media/company-news/2022/vestas--v236-15-0-mw-prototype-wind-turbine-produces-fi-c3691167

Vestas’ V236-15.0 MW prototype wind turbine produces first kWh

Australian Defence Force steps in as Kimberley's flood emergency intensifies - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-04/defence-force-evacuate-stranded-wa-kimberley-residents-flooding/101826130
Australian Defence Force steps in as Kimberley's flood emergency intensifies

The ADF is evacuating stranded Kimberley residents from Fitzroy Crossing to Broome after record flooding in the region.

ABC News

Big Journalism is still largely unwilling to call things what they are. Today's example is the Washington Post's use of "vaccine hesitancy" to describe a movement that is based on rejecting science and evidence in favor of dangerous and, increasingly, politically motivated lies.

The people who reject vaccines are attacking their communities. They spread disease and death. We should recognize this, and say it out loud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/26/vaccine-hesitancy-measles-chickenpox-polio-flu/

Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.

An Ohio measles outbreak among unvaccinated children comes at a time of heightened concern about the public health consequences of anti-vaccine sentiment.

The Washington Post
Opinion | Why Petulant Oligarchs Rule Our World

The cult of the genius entrepreneur has done a lot of damage.

The New York Times

this is a high level of comfort after less than 2 weeks acquaintance

#CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon #mondog #fedicats

4,906 mile (4,263 NM) flight from LTN to AUS

Flight Fuel Info
~ 4,690 gallons (17,754 liters).
~ 31,433 lbs (14,258 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $29,735 cost of fuel.
~ 50 tons of CO2 emissions.