People in different fields have different dates for when Elon Musk became ridiculous, depending on when he first showed up in their field and claimed to know all about it. For public transit planners like me it was 2017 as I recall.

A terrific / terrifying example for teaching externalities. Folks choose heavier cars because they're less likely to die in a crash (gray line). But that choice makes it much much more likely that you'll kill the other guy (red line). economist.com/interactive/un… #TeachEcon

It's September, 20:30, after sunset, and it's still over 25°C here. This ain't normal.

Until this heatwave... Sweden 🇸🇪 and Norway 🇳🇴 had never hit > 30 °C in September. New national records have been set and by huge margin. Extraordinary weather pattern in Europe right now. THREAD

Warmest September days on record in the Netherlands: on 10 out of 3,695 September days from 1901 through 2024, the 24-hour average was 22°C or higher. 3 of the 10 were in the past 5 days. And another 2 were last year.

US Senator, Rand Paul not only had his campaign manager go to prison for taking Russian money but now one of his advisors is indicted as a Russian spy. Yet, Rand Paul is STILL a US Senator. And STILL voting exactly as he's instructed by his Russian handlers.

BBB laat de boeren in de kou staan Nu BBB-minister Femke Wiersma de provinciale stikstofplannen van tafel heeft geveegd, staan de boeren in de kou, schrijft Thijs Broer. ‘Dat krijg je als sentiment het wint van de feiten’. vn.nl/bbb-boeren-in-…

Hainan, island with 10 million people in southern China, today. #ClimatechangeisWaterchange

Last Sunday, Monday, and yesterday all made it to the top-10 warmest September days on record here!

This is Ukrainian city Vovchansk, pictured before and after Russian "liberation." Vovchansk is one of dozens of Ukrainian towns and cities to be reduced to rubble by the Russian army since 2022

August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally (together with August 2023), with an average surface air temperature of 16.82°C, 1.51°C above the pre-industrial level

Balmy autumn weather in California: 49.4°C in Palm yesterday.

A headline that would'nt have been believed just a decade ago, but will probably make sense for centuries to come.