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2024-02-16 at 11:42 PM UTC in Trump Ordered to Pay $355 Million in New York Fraud CaseTrump Ordered to Pay $355 Million in New York Fraud Case
Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $355 million in damages and barred the former president “from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York for a period of three years.”
Judge Arthur Engoron handed the ruling down on Friday in the wake of Trump and the Trump Organization being found liable for financial fraud. Engoron also ordered Trump’s adult sons, Don Jr. and Eric, to pay $4 million each
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2024-02-16 at 11:38 PM UTC in Prof. Kevin Anderson: "We're going to go to 3 or 4 degrees centigrade of warming; we'll die from all of the repercussions."Anderson has a decade of industrial experience, principally as an engineer in the petrochemical industry.
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2024-02-16 at 11:36 PM UTC in As Aquifers Are Depleted, Areas Along The East Coast Of The US Are SinkingAs Aquifers Are Depleted, Areas Along The East Coast Of The US Are Sinking
Out of sight, out of mind. That’s the way most of us approach long term problems. A vicious puma rushing toward us gets our attention right away, but worrying about something that might not happen for a decade or more? Yeah, we’ll get back to you on that. The mindset is best captured by the bumper sticker that says, 'How can I be overdrawn? I still have checks!' We can’t see aquifers, so the problem is invisible to us. We turn on the faucet; water comes out. End of story.
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2024-02-16 at 2:24 AM UTC in I rented a beach house for a week.You seem to be doing very well.
You should be proud of your accomplishments.
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2024-02-16 at 12:53 AM UTC in Prof. Kevin Anderson: "We're going to go to 3 or 4 degrees centigrade of warming; we'll die from all of the repercussions."
Professor Kevin Anderson gives an insightful view into the circumstances of climate change and its development. While professor Anderson's realistic view on the subject provides a daunting reality, it also challenges us to ask, "how can society combat climate change?"
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2024-02-15 at 11:48 PM UTC in Nearly 1,000 fur seals found dead along NZ coastline in the last 5 months
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2024-02-15 at 11:31 PM UTC in ‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling
Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report.
“The companies lied,” said Richard Wiles, president of fossil-fuel accountability advocacy group the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), which published the report. “It’s time to hold them accountable for the damage they’ve caused.” -
2024-02-15 at 1:33 PM UTC in Cart Narcs
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2024-02-15 at 3:10 AM UTC in Global food production at risk as rising temperatures threaten farmers’ physical ability to work
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2024-02-15 at 3:08 AM UTC in Global food production at risk as rising temperatures threaten farmers’ physical ability to work
Originally posted by maddie I recommend getting a garden, start out small, and expand a bit as you have time or feel like it. Food taste so much better too.
My house had a garden in the back but its overgrown now and I don't really trust the soil either.
I would like a small raised bed garden. But will I ever actually build and maintain one?
I hope so. -
2024-02-15 at 2:30 AM UTC in Global food production at risk as rising temperatures threaten farmers’ physical ability to work
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2024-02-15 at 2:17 AM UTC in Tent encampments prove 'exactly how broken' Canada's system is, federal housing advocate saysTent encampments prove 'exactly how broken' Canada's system is, federal housing advocate says
"It is a physical manifestation of exactly how broken our housing and homelessness system is from coast to coast to coast in Canada. It needs urgent measures," Houle told CBC News.
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2024-02-15 at 1:51 AM UTC in The globally respected climate expert Schellnhuber: “We will also exceed the two-degree target”The globally respected climate expert Schellnhuber: “We will also exceed the two-degree target”
Schellnhuber: The problem is that many people nowadays only browse the internet for information to confirm their opinion. We are no longer talking about "evidence", but about "preference", and not about "information", but about "confirmation". These two pairs of opposites now have a lot to do with social media. I can pick out what I prefer and what confirms me from the digital storm of information - and I am supported in this by the relevant search engines. Unfortunately, history also teaches us that a kind of cognitive dissonance usually sets in when a crisis is approaching in a threatening way.
Schellnhuber: It's like small children who cover their eyes so that they can't be seen. Today, many people cover their eyes so that they no longer have to see the climate crisis - and hope that the climate crisis will not see them, i.e. that they will not be harmed by it. There are plenty of historical examples of this, because what cannot be true cannot be true. The film "Don't Look Up!" gets to the heart of this human weakness. -
2024-02-15 at 12:44 AM UTC in Nearly 1,000 fur seals found dead along NZ coastline in the last 5 months
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2024-02-14 at 11:40 PM UTC in North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures already at May levels in FebruaryNorth Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures already at May levels in February
As oceans absorb most of the excess heat from global warming, this step-up increase in North Atlantic temperatures will have many knock-on effects on the climate of the surrounding areas. If El Nino departs by hurricane season this year its tendency to block hurricanes with wind shear will not be a factor and unprecedently warm oceans have the potential to spawn unprecedently powerful hurricanes/tropical storms.
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2024-02-14 at 11:34 PM UTC in Why America Sucks at Everything
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2024-02-14 at 11:31 PM UTC in Nearly 1,000 fur seals found dead along NZ coastline in the last 5 months
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2024-02-14 at 11:30 PM UTC in Russia just launched a large nuclear weapon or something idk
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2024-02-14 at 1:57 PM UTC in Why America Sucks at Everything
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2024-02-14 at 1:11 PM UTC in Why America Sucks at Everything
