NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.

We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.

2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

Sharon Stone Opens Home to Wildfire Victims Who ‘Have Lost Everything’ | The actress urges anyone with “gently used clothes, shoes, bedding” to donate to distribution center The Coop www.thewrap.com/sharon-stone...

I wish I lived in a country where people actually vetted the people they vote for.

That piece of clarity is from this by @eladn.bsky.social

Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake.

Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.

(Her interview in the 🧵)

Raging fires in Southern California have destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and other buildings and consumed thousands of acres. Here’s how you can help the victims. nyti.ms/40tBuww

Been getting a lot of people asking about LA geography concerned that the images they see means the entire county is on fire. That's understandable.

But LA is a big place. So, to give an idea of scale it's time to cart this out again. It's a map of LA with other cities superimposed on it.

I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*

From the very moment these fires in Los Angeles broke out, President Biden has been there for California.

I am deeply grateful for the President's continued support and commitment to help contain these wildfires and provide Californians the resources they need.

FACT-CHECK: “Fundamentally, it is not correct LADWP refused to properly fill the reservoir needed to fight the fire… At no time during this fire has there been a shortage of water in Southern California.”
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Things we need more of: actual boring nuanced experts who are measured and explain things

Things we need less of: reactionary and confidently incorrect people with loud ass opinions

I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...

You *really* need to see the side-by-side comparison to fully appreciate the differences. Especially if you don't get why people are saying that the Kissinger statement is cold.

+1 for The San Antonio Express News lmao

Very sad to hear Shane MacGowan has left us. His music was foundational for me.