this is a motorized scooter from 1916 holy shit how did we fall so far in aesthetics

Great FT story on China's use of "non-aligned 3rd countries" like Singapore, Vietnam, Hungary to skirt tariffs, controls, & scrutiny. Happy to have contributed a small bit on a Chinese mining co's attempt to covertly take over an Aussie rare earth miner ft.com/content/5583db…

BofA: The entire wage distribution has outpaced prices cumulatively since the start of the pandemic. Low-wage workers have seen the largest gains

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In very warm areas, the wet bulb temperature is a good measure of extreme heat stress. In India, prior to 1990 there was little to no dark blue on this map, now nearly 15% of India is covered by dark blue.

🇬🇧 UK GDP per Capita, 2007: $50,397 🇺🇸 USA GDP per Capita, 2007: $48,050 🇬🇧 UK GDP per Capita, 2023: $48,866 🇺🇸 USA GDP per Capita, 2023: $81,695 In 2007, the UK was (slightly) richer than the United States, the world's economic superpower. Today, it is far poorer.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say thats a monsoonal depression moving north over......Mauritania. How incredibly bizarre. #tropics #HurricaneSeason #wxtwitter

"If we elect Donald Trump, we may feel the effects not for years, and not for a generation. We may read our mistake in the geological record a million years hence. This one really counts." -Bill McKibben theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

🤯 This is real, done by serious scientists, and absolutely amazing.

The power, wealth, and sheer scale of humanity have exploded so rapidly in the past 70 years or so, it's funny that any of us think that we have any idea what's going to happen next.

At $0.095/W and 400W panels, that's $38/panel. Panels are 20 sq ft, so under $2/sq ft. Cheaper than many building materials: tile, wood flooring, windows, roofing shingles, dimensional lumber. I have been anti-BIPV for yrs. Now I say - just build everything out of solar panels.

I genuinely don't think i've ever seen the monsoon trough oriented so far north before. Its incredible to witness this much moisture focused over the Sahara. Something is wrong here, and I'm not entirely sure the cause. #Tropics #wxtwitter

How will future hurricane risk change in Miami? Our localized Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study looked at multiple areas: Tampa, Ft Myers, Miami, New Orleans, Houston and Charleston. Here are the rest of the details… wfla.com/weather/climat…

After making landfall in #Hainan #China, #Yagi has re-emerged over warm water- the #GulfofTonkin. As a result, it's expected to intensify again before landfall in #Vietnam near #HaiPhong (>2 million population). No >=cat 3 #typhoons have made landfall within 80 miles of Hai Phong

Mh, not great.

Congrats to Texas, which now has more solar power capacity installed than California -- the most of any state. Hippies! cleanpower.org/resources/quar…

It's currently 116°F (46.7°C) in Beverly Hills. Last night, the minimum temperature in the hills of Malibu was 96°F (35.6°C). An incredibly intense heatwave for Southern California.

“The results are consistent with anti-migrant sentiment being a national-level phenomenon, divorced from local experiences with migrants.” sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“California homeowners could be required to pay a surcharge if the state’s insurer of last resort is unable to cover losses from a catastrophic wildfire.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…