"The last time carbon dioxide levels were this high, causing the atmosphere and oceans to heat up, was about 3m years ago. Prior to about 800,000 years ago the atmospheric concentration of CO2 was never more than 300 parts per million – that rate has now sailed well beyond 400ppm.

All of this should compel urgent action, say experts.

“This is within our control. It’s a bit like if you are hitting yourself in the face with a hammer – you can choose to stop doing that.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/how-does-today-extreme-heat-compare-with-earth-past-climate

riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1441

#Cycling #BikeTO #Photography #BikeTooter #BikeStreak #SilentSunday

Elon Musk is caught manipulating the US election, by pretending to register swing state voters, which are never registered to vote, writes CNBC.

Instead, his system creates a detailed profile of each swing state voter, which can potentially allow Elon Musk to only help register those voters, who are likely to vote for Trump.

There is no low.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/elon-musk-pac-voter-data-trump-harris.html

Photojournalist Pete Souza was suspended from X (#Twitter) today for posting a photograph of former President Trump that was published by the Associated Press. The photograph showed Trump's seemingly undamaged ear.

This man has twice worked in the White House as the official photographers of both Ronald Reagan and Barrack Obama. He is a respected professional photojournalist.

Edit: minor fixes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Souza

#politics #uspol #journalism #Press #photojournalism #Trump #elonmusk