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Western Canada is experiencing the "new normal" of natural calamity, including flooding and wildfires. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/05/canada-wildfires-thousands-evacuate-fox-lake-fire The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence tells the whole saga. https://ishinobu.com/story/ #history
Thousands forced to evacuate as wildfires ravage western Canada

More than 13,000 people were ordered to leave parts of Alberta as 78 fires burned. Officials say the blazes are expected to intensify

The Guardian
Oceans are the thermal reservior of atmospheric warming 3+ decades hence. Hot oceans now means hot air in 2050. Our doom is already baked in. https://www.wired.com/story/an-ominous-heating-event-is-unfolding-in-the-oceans/. The full saga: https://ishinobu.com/story/ #GlobalWarming
An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the Oceans

Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis.

WIRED
The plutocratic rot in the USA is apparent by a high court (SCOTUS) that is thoroughly corrupt, with the parliament (Congress) too feeble to staunch the stench. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/28/supreme-court-ethics-issues-worse-than-you-realize. The full story: https://ishinobu.com/story/ #SCOTUS
The US supreme court’s alleged ethics issues are worse than you probably realize

Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch have both been accused of ethics violations – and John Roberts refuses to discuss the matter with Congress

The Guardian
The dynamic of human self-extinction is systemic. As such, there is no remedy - nor even movement toward self-preservation. The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence has the full saga. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl4881, https://ishinobu.com/story/ #ClimateCrisis
Transition to electric vehicles is a greenwashing scam. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/climate/electric-vehicles-biden-epa.html It means nothing but more environmental destruction. https://ishinobu.com/electric-vehicles/ #EVs
Biden Plans an Electric Vehicle Revolution. Now, the Hard Part.

The administration’s push to supercharge E.V. sales must now surmount resistance from manufacturers and consumers as well as likely legal challenges.

The New York Times
Rich nations are polluting the poor ones by inundating them with plastic debris. The trade in plastic waste is twice what was previously thought. Rich countries do it because they are run by plutocrats. Poor countries put up with it because they are run by corrupt men. https://grist.org/equity/rich-countries-export-twice-as-much-plastic-waste-to-the-developing-world-as-previously-thought/ #plasticpollution
Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought

Current estimates only cover “the tip of the plastic waste iceberg.”

Grist
Climate models & gov'ts grossly underestimate the pace of global warming. For instance, USA wastewater treatment plants emit twice the methane reported by authorities. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c05373 #GlobalWarming
Benthic marine heat waves portend unprecedented mass extinction in the oceans: far more than has already occurred. https://www.livescience.com/heat-waves-are-hitting-the-deep-ocean-floor-with-potentially-catastrophic-results #globalwarming
Heat waves are hitting the deep ocean floor, with potentially catastrophic results

Heat waves are reaching the bottoms of Earth's oceans, and that could be a big problem for the creatures that live there.

Live Science
Russia is waging genocidal war on the Ukrainian people: the very definition of crimes against humanity. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1164838051/ukraine-russia-war-kakhovka-reservoir #UKRAINEWAR
TikTok is a web platform that lets people post & view short videos. Petty authorities want to ban TikTok solely because it originated in China. This red herring is a diversion for incompetence by said authorities. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/22/why-are-governments-cracking-down-on-tiktok #TikTok
Why are governments cracking down on TikTok?

Countries have increased scrutiny over the use of TikTok citing national security concerns.

Al Jazeera