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This is the first death from measles in the US since 2015. Measles is a horrible disease that used to kill millions of people every year. But today in the US any death is an entirely preventable tragedy. If the US continues on its current trajectory there will be more and more tragedies... #IDsky 🧪

submitted 12 hours ago • 9 comments

When the Agnelli and the Porsche families divest from, not only the car industry, but also from Europe, the writing is on the wall: Europe's secular decline is irreversible www.ft.com/content/7ae7...

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Measles is a highly contagious viral respiratory disease. 1 to 3 of every 1000 children infected will die from respiratory or neurologic complications, according to the CDC. Pneumonia & encephalitis (brain inflammation) are complications of measles, which spreads easily👇

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

There is a new study out in Nature about the Atlantic overturning circulation. I will be curious to see the media reporting on this. If you wonder why, read my blog article on it! 🌊 www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

submitted 14 hours ago • 13 comments

Nog een beschuldiging die RFK zal mogen rechtzetten voor de rechtbank, nu staat het er zwart op wit!

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

It's not just the Mediterranean Sea. I wish people would wake up. "This is a time – as the world focuses on cultural and shooting wars – to gain the scientific understanding needed to address climate change, if and when the world comes to its senses" James Hansen

submitted 21 hours ago • 3 comments

Climate stories were all over the news this morning: - Airport expansion - BP dropping renewables - UKs 7th carbon budget But at no point did the journalists set the scientific context & explain the stakes of climate breakdown. Here's a recap...

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

🚨New: Aerosol Decline Accelerates the Increasing Extreme Precipitation in China The trend in extreme precipitation increased by 700%❗️ "The sudden acceleration of increasing trend is largely attributed to the reverse of aerosol trends related to the clean air actions in China"

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

FACT vs FICTION Teach! Plato’s grot, media-theorie Marshall McLuhan, Hannah Arendt, Jean Baudrillard, Julien Benda, etc. archive.ph/kEnpf

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

It’s amazing how quickly things change—just a few months ago, the world was buzzing about a mysterious disease in Congo (which turned out to be malaria), and now, hardly anyone is talking about this new one that has emerged.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

El cambio climático se nota en todas las estaciones del año. También en invierno. Y aunque a priori parezca una buena noticia que haga menos frío, no todo es positivo. www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2025...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 650,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,240,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,770,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,200,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Update on the Measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u... There likely hundreds of cases, so many not being diagnosed. And many more to come. All preventable.

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 5 days ago • 590 comments

Révélations de l’ONG Global Witness: en amont des élections allemandes dimanche, 64% du contenu politique recommandé par l'algorithme sur X est lié à l'AFD. Sur TikTok, c'est 78%. Telle une somnambule, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu n’a toujours pas bouclé son enquête contre X, en vertu du DSA.

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

I'm rereading my book Serving The Reich with increasing dismay, even horror. This, for example. Broaden "European" to "Western" and I have to say that I am no longer as confident in this statement as I was in 2013. That frightens me.

submitted 5 days ago • 33 comments

36 mois sur 37 que la moyenne mensuelle est au-dessus des normes 1991-2020. Le faux-printemps continue. Certes agréable pour l'Homme après un hiver peu ensoleillé, il dérégule les écosystèmes en avançant le printemps, les rendant ainsi plus sensibles aux gels à venir.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Winter magic ✨❄️ at the old Myllykoski mill at the Oulanka River #longexposure #blackandwhitephotography

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

The Finns are closing ranks on the security situation. "The US has issued an ultimatum, demanding that Europe agree on the terms of Ukraine's surrender within three weeks. If not, the US intends to withdraw its forces from Eastern Europe," says MEP Mika Aaltola. www.hbl.fi/2025-02-20/m...

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

Gaat u zich vooral niet ontspannen Belangrijker Duitse wapen- en Ruslanddeskundige Gustav Gressel roept Europeanen op zich voor te bereiden op het ergste scenario. Chinezen gaan Poetin wapens leveren. 𝙀𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙩 𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙖. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

Trump administration terminates CDC flu vaccine campaign : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments

We could most probably eradicate the #measles by #vaccination once and for all. Alternatively, we can stop vaccinating and wait until they become and endemic around the world and kill people, in particular #children, again. There were 2.6 million measles deaths in 1980. #MedSky 🧪 #PoliSky

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

De gletsjers krimpen en dat gaat de jongste jaren harder. In de Alpen deed de opwarming bijna 40 procent van hun ijsmassa smelten, melden onthutste wetenschappers. www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments