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Climate change made European heatwave up to 3°C hotter
Via: Dig • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“Human-induced warming also made the hot spell up to 100 times more likely in some parts.”
The extreme heatwave that caused record temperatures last week across Western Europe was made more likely — and severe — by human-induced climate change. In France and the Netherlands, where temperatures rose above 40 °C, climate change made such a heat spell at least 10 times — and possibly...
For all that drain the swamp rhetoric, Trump sure loves him some swamp monsters
Via: Dig • News & Politics • 155 Comments • 8 Likes • 6 years ago
Confirmation hearing of Mark Esper for Defense Secretary before the Senate Armed Services Committee. July 16, 2019. Make sure you watch it to the very end. Partial transcript -- Senator Warren's summary statement: Alright. So let me get this straight. You're still due to get at least a...
Chris Hayes: Trumpism Must Be Peacefully But Completely Destroyed
Via: Dig • News & Politics • 193 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago
“It must be peacefully, non-violently, politically destroyed. With love, compassion, and determination, but utterly confronted and destroyed.”
Partial transcript: [...] It is a classic model of corrupt governance. The capo on the top, and the many, many bosses below, who are given control of their domain to do as they wish. Because Trump doesn't care at all about EPA policy, or Labor, or Iran really, or anything other, really, than...
Gul Dukat's Twitter Feed (Trump parody)
Via: Dig • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 57 Comments • 9 Likes • 6 years ago
“ROMULUS HAS AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF YAMOK SAUCE FROM OUR GREAT PATRIOT FARMERS!”
You kind of need to be a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fan to really get the quality of the humor here, and if you are, then this should be gold. Gold, Jerry. Gold! (Ok, that was from Seinfeld, but I digress...) Hats off to whomever is behind this parody account. I remember re-watching DS9 the...
On International Workers' Day - The socialism of George Orwell
Via: Dig • Other • 24 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
““Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic...”
The socialism of George Orwell A look at the socialist beliefs of George Orwell. Also, a look at his writings on Soviet Communism. George Orwell was a fascinating figure and brilliant writer. He was an idealist, who is best known for his work in warning of the dangers of totalitarianism...
SPACEX FALCON HEAVY Launch Plus Booster Landings
Via: Dig • Other • 4 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 years ago
After two days of weather delays, Falcon Heavy's first commercial launch went off without a hitch. All three boosters landed successfully. SpaceX doesn't seem to have a short edit of only the launch and landings up yet, so I'm posting this one from a different source. It's just as awesome,...
Evolutionary changes played a crucial role in industrialization, study finds
Via: Dig • Health, Science & Technology • 10 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago
A recent study of centuries-old French-Canadian genealogical data by a Brown University economist revealed evidence that supports his own 17-year-old theory that natural selection played a pivotal role in the emergence of economic growth and industrialization. Oded Galor, a professor of...
A decade-long quest to build an ecosystem in a room
Via: Dig • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • 6 years ago
“Essentially, we are trying to duplicate the main functions of Earth's ecosystem, without the huge atmosphere, ocean and soil buffers.”
Yesterday the MELiSSA pilot plant at the University of Barcelona celebrated 10 years spent demonstrating the ideal technologies to recycle waste from space missions into air, water and food. As astronauts explore farther into our Solar System, there will be a need to reduce the reliance on...
SpaceX conducts Static Fire on Falcon Heavy ahead of Arabsat 6A launch
Via: Dig • Other • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
Over a year after its previous flight, SpaceX conducted the Static Fire test on its second Falcon Heavy. This rocket – the first Block 5 Falcon Heavy – will launch Arabsat 6A to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from LC-39A. The static fire took place on Friday, with the test occurring...