Iceland finally cracked open to unleash torrents of lava. While tourists have flocked to to see past eruptions, officials are warning this new eruption is not “tourist-friendly” and seems to be significantly larger than the Fagradalsfjall in 2021 Here’s what to know🧵

🥈With a 7pm rain total of 15.0mm, today is #Ottawa's wettest Dec 18th in more than 100 years, since 1921. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx

The floor *is* lava

Yup! Heavy precip events are becoming more frequent and intense esp. in the East. In the Northeast rainfall has increased an avg. of 60% on the heaviest rain days of the year. From the NCA5 (5th National Climate Assessment 2023), "Climate Trends" figures. nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/

So impressed with the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro Gustavo Petro’s impassioned and powerful speech at COP28. youtu.be/L683k7ujUOc Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative #leadership

Not too worried about the AGI Singularity any time soon. “You are right, it’s the inverse of what I said.” At least it’s humble and able to acknowledge its own mistakes — better than some.

The ability of the new XBB COVID jab to keep you out of the hospital is >70%. Want to get prompt care when you or your loved ones get a heart attack or injured in a car crash? Get everyone updated on their vaccines so the hospitals have space!

We are now officially into year 5 of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic/endemic. I gave a lecture to my virology class this Fall about the history of the pandemic through the lens of viral genotypes. I thought I would share that lecture as a thread. This is a long one. 1/

"With a Mirror URL and the U+202E character, an Attacker can make any URL look like any other" 00xbyte.github.io/posts/Don't-Be…

Nat Friedman What are the odds it’s just gonna translate into an ancient equivalent of Never Gonna Give You Up? In the timeless expanse, I vow unfaltering fidelity, Shall not falter, nor abandon with duplicity. Through the vastness, I shan't wander nor forsake, Grief I shall not inflict, nor

Reindeer on the move tonight — a magical scene from ice age France. Illuminated by oil fat lamps, the panel of swimming reindeer at Lascaux was drawn in black manganese crayon some 17,000 winters past 🦌🦌 Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄

Oh, FFS, I’m out. #ttfn

👀 Deonandan is presenting Carleton University Health Sciences (Zoom): > A rehabilitated approach to pandemic communication is needed, … that is also hardened against the now likely presentation of targeted and well-resourced disinformation. carleton.ca/healthsciences…

Ok, clear as gravy.

The ultimate existential question : How much maple syrup do they put in the poutine?

Who remembers this moment in Prince of Persia (1989) where a magic mirror suddenly blocks the hero's path (and what happens afterward)? This moment was actually never planned to be in the game. My original vision was a game with lots of traps, but NO enemies... (1/10)

If, instead of her own dog, Kristi Noem had shot John Wick's dog, she'd already be gone and forgotten.

With cold outbreaks sweeping parts of the US, some have argued that climate change is to blame. But the proposed mechanism remains quite controversial in the scientific community, and the number of extreme cold events have been decreasing almost everywhere.

Recent assessments have found the last glacial maximum implies a climate sensitivity of 2.4C (1.4C to 5.0C): science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… And the Pliocene implies a sensitivity of 3.1C (2.3C to 4.7C): pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Paleoclimate evidence generally provides the strongest

"There is greater acceptance now that there is a detectable acceleration of warming". Great article by John Muyskens and Shannon Osaka in today's Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…