J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்)

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On Twitter, @jgownder. Opinions are mine alone. VP & Principal Analyst at Forrester; Future of Work, AR/VR/Metaverse, other topics. Science fiction and fantasy reader and writer. Black Lives Matter. Multiracial person of color (India, Africa, LatAm, Europe). He/him or They/them. 🏳️‍🌈 Massachusetts, United States.
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A few weeks ago, my 70-something firecracker aunt went on a river cruise, caught #covid, developed pneumonia, was hospitalized, seemed to be recovering, and then suddenly died. I hate exposing my family’s private grief, but I want to remind you that covid is not fucking over.

Literal insanity.

A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy

Project 2025, a conservative “battle plan” for the next Republican president, would stop attempts to cut the pollution that is heating the planet and encourage more emissions
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy

Project 2025, a conservative “battle plan” for the next Republican president, would stop attempts to cut the pollution that is heating the planet and encourage more emissions.

The New York Times

Literal insanity.

A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy

Project 2025, a conservative “battle plan” for the next Republican president, would stop attempts to cut the pollution that is heating the planet and encourage more emissions
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy

Project 2025, a conservative “battle plan” for the next Republican president, would stop attempts to cut the pollution that is heating the planet and encourage more emissions.

The New York Times
@Lorrrraaaaine Being infected with COVID also damages telomeres, or so I have read.

#Antarctic sea ice remains on its own this year compared to any other July in our satellite record. Keep in mind when looking at this graph that the y-axis interval is 1,000,000 km². This is a massive deviation from the previous record for the date.

+ More: https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/
+ Data: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index

Antarctic: 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

The price of tomatoes in India increased by 400% due to heat waves and floods #ClimateEmergency

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/india-tomato-shortage-climate-mcdonalds-intl-hnk/index.html

Weeks after Japan "stepped into its post-pandemic phase" in May & left anti-infection measures like masks up to "individual choice," the #COVID positivity rate in Okinawa has been over 50% for at least a week.

Hospital staff are turning sick & dying people away, including children from at least one children's hospital.

Doctors in Japan say the medical system [on Okinawa{ is collapsing.

#PostPandemic is a lie.

Feds commit $6.8B for new Hudson River tunnels, potential opening by 2035

https://gothamist.com/news/feds-commit-68b-new-hudson-river-tunnels-potential-opening-by-2035

Feds commit $6.8B for new Hudson River tunnels, potential opening by 2035

Gateway supporters said the funding represented a crucial step in the project's completion.

Gothamist