Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales. Literally wrote the book on carbon. Born 326.17. He/him. "Bleakly amusing." —A. Martine. "The dad jokes will continue until morale improves." —Charlie Jane Anders. Signal: eroston.87 Bloomberg Green
🥵The powerful El Niño -- on top of seemingly accelerating global heating -- is raising the odds (now ~35%-40%) that early in 2027 we get our first-ever month with a global mean temperature abvoe 2°C. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
El Niño May Push Global Warming to 2C or Higher in the Short TermThere’s a 35% chance that the average temperature will hit 2C above pre-industrial levels for one month next year, projections show.www.bloomberg.comLatest on how not to get the parasite: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What You Can Do to Avoid Getting the Diarrhea-Causing ParasiteA widening outbreak of a parasite that’s sickened thousands of Americans with severe diarrhea has spurred one of the country’s largest produce companies to prepare for a recall. It’s also left America...www.bloomberg.com🤣😂😅😆😄😃😀🙂🤨🙁😲😒😞😩🫠 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Phenomenal investigation and storytelling into how T. Rex skeletons (sometimes of mysterious provenance) became sought-after toys by the super-rich costing them millions. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Billionaires’ T. Rex Obsession Has Turned Fossils Into Red-Hot DramaAs the battle for dinosaur bones heightens, paleontologists, collectors and auction houses navigate a Wild West market.www.bloomberg.comJames Earl Jones baseball monologue > Tom Cruise "football" monologue #worldcup www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwh...
James Earl Jones baseball speech - Field of DreamsYouTube video by frstbse1www.youtube.com~2006: "You can't link any weather event to fossil-fuel emissions." ~2026: There's "a direct and well-understood impact." 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What's tragic here is that The Onion is usually way ahead of the news, not way behind it.
The OnionLast-Ever Global Warming Report Released For Posterity
Whacking Day 2026 to Be Remembered for Generations www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Homer Simpson: Whack Slow... Or Fast?Alt: Homer Simpson caressing a baseball bat and asking, "Should I whack slow... or fast?"static.klipy.comThe Deliteracy Crisis ➡️ a must-read on reading by @rosehorowitch.bsky.social of @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The End of Reading Is HereOptimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.www.theatlantic.comWINNING ENTRY Category: How much 2026 can fit into one screen grab?
🗽LOLGOP🗽What a hellish combination of a headline and an Extreme Heat Warning.
Fascinating, detailed explainer about what can go very very very wrong at a dam facing low reservoir levels.
Faith Kearns, Ph.D.Another dam problem: high pressure bubbles collapsed and sent out a shockwave that traveled as fast as 3,355 mph and caused a burst of heat over 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, as hot as the surface of the sun. Happened before, could happen again coloradosun.com/2026/07/06/s...
why why why am I continually surprised when AI hallucinates
Charlie Brown Kicks FootballAlt: Gif of Charlie Brown running to kick football that Lucy is holding. She pulls it away. He flies up in the air, does three flips and lands hard on his backstatic.klipy.com