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I have these two sentences stuck in my head these days:
A French minister: we need to prepare ourselves for a future when temperatures are 4°C higher.
A climate scientist: with a rise of 4°C above pre-industrial age, up to 90% of the world's population may die.
An update:
"I want to thank this community again for reaching out to help us with extraordinary generosity over the last couple of weeks. Substantial donations enabled Given to get specialist care for her heart condition and both of us to remain in Almerimar so that she could be monitored while undergoing an essential change of medication.
"My own health needed urgent attention, too. And your help allowed me to begin a process that, as it turns out, will need to continue in Italy (where a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Australia will provide me some access to further testing).
"We need a little more help to tackle the more than 1,000 nautical miles that lie ahead of us. Our plan is to complete essential work on the boat this week, then leave Almerimar, finally, next weekend and shakedown Wrack (and ourselves) with a passage of around 160 nautical miles towards Alicante, where our son will join us to lend a hand on the long, open-water passage to Sicily and further west..."
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The real reason Israel attacked Iran https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/6/15/the-real-reason-israel-attacked-iran?traffic_source=rss
#Trump's #Military #Birthday Parade Was a Gross #Failure
The president's military parade, which reportedly cost up to $45 million, was short on attendees, long on political speeches
#dictatorship #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-military-birthday-parade-dc-failure-1235365040/
The politics of Rachel Reeves spending review looks like this:
Voters are being told that the problems are so great that investment needs to come before the redistribution of the fruits of (future) economic success.
The problem is for the less wealthy, and especially the poor, this has been the implied message of politics for decades; a tale of prosperity deferred.
Many will now dismiss such a message on the basis of previous experience... leaving Labour politically exposed?
#Minnesota Senator #JohnHoffman & State Representative #MelissaHortman, along with their spouses, have been shot by men dressed as #police officers who showed up at their homes in Brooklyn Park & Champlin, according to law enforcement sources & local media.
The first shooting happened just after 2AM on Saturday at the Champlin home of State Senator John Hoffman, a #Democrat who has served in the Minnesota Senate since 2013.
#criminal #law #PoliticalViolence
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/06/minnesota-hoffman-hortman-shooting/
UPDATE: Minnesota Senator John Hoffman (D) and State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) have been shot at their homes. Condition unknown. Their spouses were shot as well, according to FOX 9. Details soon. At least 3 people have been shot at the homes of Democratic lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin in Minnesota, prompting a shelter-in-place […]
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