Ran across a pro-#nuclear power #spambot network over on the Birdsite. Curious who would be running or paying for that... 🤔

CNBC: When to wear masks as Covid cases rise, new variants emerge in the U.S. #pandemic #covid #masks https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/01/covid-when-to-wear-masks-as-cases-rise-new-variants-emerge-in-us-.html

nostr:npub1zt30rymrqvm3vtdxq4wnknpsy6arkzcttkehwqttympk7ww7ezfqqg0v09 nostr:npub1h67sgsdmw973xd57e68r9x45tas69rcnr65xpa0tqcskn8dgpmaqefvwx3 I've gotten a lot better since taking up beekeeping... if you don't smash the bugs, typically they won't bite you back.

nostr:npub1zt30rymrqvm3vtdxq4wnknpsy6arkzcttkehwqttympk7ww7ezfqqg0v09 nostr:npub1h67sgsdmw973xd57e68r9x45tas69rcnr65xpa0tqcskn8dgpmaqefvwx3 I did that in the garden the other day (had a giant spider hitchike on my head and then run down my shirt). I did not strip down though, just let it scurry away (didn't want anything to do with me, either!). Giant orb weaver.

911 is out in the entire state of #Nebraska. #comms #outage

This is interesting... on one side of the ammo plant is the tiny "wildlife management area", the other side is the "public shooting park". #random #Nebraska #maps

Significant number of #Idalia related warnings in SC/NC #HurricaneIdalia

#Idalia #surge now expected to drive up the #Suwannee river and up into Fanning Springs (which is WAY inland). #HurricaneIdalia #Hurricane

nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 Every hour... no bigger challenge we have as society, and this one is hitting harder every day.

#LaneCounty #Oregon #wildfire #evacuation 🚨🚨 8/26/23 -- Level 3 (GO NOW) evacuation notice for hikers and campers in the Mink Lake basin🚨🚨

The Lane County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Level 3 (GO NOW) evacuation notice for the

🔴Mink Lake basin in the Three Sisters Wilderness

There is a fast-moving wildfire just north of Penn Lake. Everyone in that area should leave immediately.

From #RanchoMirage (per NBCLA) "Flooding inside Eisenhower hospital in Rancho Mirage... A hospital employee says they’re running on generator power" #CAwx #HurricaneHilary #Hilary

Major #desert #rainfall event expected over the next week. Best to avoid camping or hiking washes or slot canyons.#QPF #wx #CAwx #NVwx #AZwx #UTwx

Shortwave infrared satellite view of #wildfires to the west of #Yellowknife #Canada via Sentinel-2 #satellite.

Massive #airlift and #evacuation last night in #Canada due to out of control wildfire near Fort Smith. https://cabinradio.ca/140651/news/environment/wildfires/most-of-fort-smith-safely-evacuated-as-fire-reaches-thebacha-turn-off/

#coffee crop threatened by #ElNino "El Nino's dry weather threatens to further dent coffee production in Indonesia, the world's fourth largest grower, after excessive rains dragged down output to its lowest in more than a decade, driving global prices to all-time highs." #FoodSupply #climate #drought https://www.japantimes.co.jp/asia-pacific/2023/08/14/worlds-fourth-largest-coffee-crop-threatened-by-el-nino/

Longest #heatwave ever recorded in the Middle East (and only the rich have air conditioning) https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2020/0911/In-superheated-Arab-world-there-are-AC-haves-and-have-nots

nostr:npub15n3ctv5lf0jqmf3lyjwl28rlha5mrhddv2fsrdev6hem3x326pgsk7vy9d Compounding issues, it is is heavily populated by tourists right now, who have no local knowledge... in a hotel or AirBNB and the town catches on fire, not a great thing. I hope there was no loss of life.

Worth following nostr:npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 on #technology #trends and observations. https://doctorow.medium.com/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again-20074e311f1f

Oh boy... 1003mm (39.5 inches) of rain fell on #Lincheng #Hebei between last Saturday and Monday. Per article: "That is equivalent to two years of rainfall in the region." #extreme #rainfall #China #wx https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3229881/what-can-beijing-learn-worst-flooding-140-years?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage

Fascinating (but sad) to watch a slow motion mass casualty event in play in #South #Korea at the World Scout Jamboree. A local television station set up and has been livestreaming, and you see a constant parade of ambulances. The US and UK have already retreated and withdrawn from the event. Already 700+ people treated for heat illness when I checked last night. #heatwave #MCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtWRoekNOA