Everywhere is warming faster than everywhere else…

Your daily dose of natural disasters and amazing phenomena for June 20, 2024...

Strange Sounds

Jun 20, 2024

Pink Floyd was there first, man…

This image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera shows China’s Chang'e 6 lander in the Apollo basin on the lunar far side on June 7, 2024. The lander is seen as the small cluster of bright pixels in the center of the image… NASA moon orbiter spots Chinese lander on lunar far side…

Now please show us pictures of the Appollo sites on the bright side of the Moon…

Corporate surveillance is a privacy nightmare...

The study found that Amazon’s Alexa app collects 28 out of 32 possible data points, more than three times the average for smart home devices. All collected data is linked to individual user profiles, including precise location, contact information, and health-related data.
Google’s smart home devices collect 22 out of 32 data points, also well above average. Notable data points include address, location, photos, videos, audio data, and browsing history.

This corporate surveillance should come as no surprise. More data = better targeted ads = more sales = more revenue for shareholders.

No smart devices for my home ;)

Smart home devices a privacy nightmare, Amazon Alexa, Google Home worst offenders, finds study…

Millionaire Bryan Johnson did gene therapy on a secret island and these are his results…

Sorry, but this world doesn't need a bunch of rich guys who live way too long… Even if you look like Data from Star Trek Next Generation…

Russian alternative to olympics, The BRICS Games… The 2024 BRICS Games, also known as the 2024 BRICS Sports Games, runs from 12 to 23 June 2024 in Kazan, Russia. It is an international multi-sport competition annually organized by countries belonging to the economic association BRICS, and is held in Kazan in connection with Russia's chairmanship of BRICS in 2024…
For context, the winner of this event at the ‘24 World Aquatics Championships, Giorgio Minisini, scored 210.1355. The Winner at the ‘23 event, Dennis Gonzalez, scored 193.0334… They have also made this Russian guy the best in the world. BUT rumor has it he still needed steroids to win.
In stark contrast to other major economies across Europe the UK has seen a marked fall in the number of its high-net-worth individuals, with the upcoming election predicted to further increase this trend to record levels. The UK, which was once viewed as a 'prime location' for the world's super-rich has seen a reversal of its fortunes within the past decade or so, particularly post-Brexit. Much like rats fleeing a sinking ship, this post provides further evidence of the UK's continual economic decline… Millionaires are abandoning the UK in droves…
Environmental activists from Just Stop Oil sprayed Stonehenge with orange powdery paint. Although several people stepped in to try to stop the vandalization, they were successful. The organization posted their reasoning for defacing the structure on X, writing "2 people took action the day before Summer Solstice, demanding the incoming government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030." The suspects were later arrested.
Is this good? Or is this is a precursor to having Islam's profession of faith and other religious doctrines similarly promulgated in your public schools? The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law…
There are widespread power outages across Northland after a critical Transpower tower fell on Thursday morning. It’s unknown when power will be fully restored, and Transpower has issued a "grid emergency notice" until Friday morning…
After Korea reactivated its border speakers that blasts kpop, news, and messages to the North, North Korean soldiers were ordered to lay more mines to prevent defectors. During their mine laying operations, they stepped on their own mines. Classic NK!
A good Samaritan and cop save an 84-year-old woman from a Bitcoin fraud scheme…
Well almost happened to me in the middle of the Atlantic ocean… 17 people dead and dozens missing after two shipwrecks off coast of Italy…
Officials are urging immediate evacuations as two wildfires near the Ruidoso village in southern New Mexico. 1 dead; Around 500 structures have already burned… Firefighters from Colorado are among those who continue to battle the South Fork and Salt fires…
For a naked bike ride in 93 degree heat ON A CLOUDY DAY? Ya don't say... Well that and the city threatened to arrest anyone participating, so yeah, kind of a buzz kill on the event lol… No one showed up for San Antonio's World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday…
Death of the small, affordable pickups… Also death of the regular sized truck…
It is already apparent that the "ozone hole" is not closing as quickly as expected. In fact, the size of the hole is even growing larger. Research into remaining ozone depleting chemicals reveals that one of the major culprits is aluminum oxide, which reacts with chlorine to deplete ozone. A major "unnatural" source of aluminum oxide is caused by satellites burning up on re-entry… New study finds Starlink and other satellite constellations linked to ozone depletion…
Just a group of elderly people in eastern China’s Liaoning province seen dangling themselves from trees in a park, by resting their necks on a special harness. The neck traction device was modified by a 57-year-old man, who claimed that swinging the body while hanging like this can cure neck pain…
As our society descends into chaos… Hundreds of thousands of Americans are going "off grid" in anticipation of what is coming…
A cool destination for a weekend? Lookout Mountain is the only place in the US where you can see 7 states at once…

HEY FRIENDS! PLEASE SUPPORT MY WORK! THANKS YOU!

PAYPAL
DonorBox

The Hinduja family, worth an estimated £37bn ($47bn)… UK’s richest family on trial for human trafficking…
A country roughly the size of Colorado with about three times the population lost power. The whole thing…
What?! Twenty-five percent! That seems incredible… New report says 1 in 4 Canadians may be living in poverty…
North Korea says deal between Putin and Kim requires immediate military assistance in event of war…
There was like 40+ political kills associated with last Mexican elections only… Mayor-elect pulled off bus and assassinated near resort city of Acapulco…
There has been a severe drought in Mexico since 2023, leading to critical water shortages, particularly in Mexico City. Satellite images show significant drops in water levels in the Valle de Bravo reservoir. The drought, classified as "extreme" and "exceptional," is affecting multiple states, harming agriculture, increasing wildfires, and depleting groundwater aquifers. Reservoirs are at historic lows, raising concerns about future water availability…
MORE…
Water wars will become always more frequent… Riots erupt in drought-stricken Central Algeria over water shortages…
Time to lose your home in California… New tax-funded homeless shelter in LA. -Cost: $600K per unit. -Involved: Gym, Lounge, Cafe, Art…
What could go wrong? Switzerland is considering experiments with controlled cocaine distribution to help treat crack addicts…
Now there’s anti-woke water… LOL! And a 12-pack of 16.9oz bottles cost $21? Water for idiots…
It was in an urn with cremated human remains and a single gold ring… The world’s oldest wine has been discovered in Spain with an unexpected extra ingredient…
Tropical Storm Alberto brings flooding rains and ocean surge to Texas…
That's how smoke billowing into the sky and rivers work… Chemicals from East Palestine derailment spread to 16 US states, data shows…
Steroids are awesome…
‘Boys aged 12, 13, and 14 were arrested for beating and gang-raping the victim last Saturday because she had concealed her religion from her ex-boyfriend, one of the suspects.’ Can society even fix these kids? How bad just the parents be, too, for it to get there? Macron, French Jews call for action after antisemitic rape of 12-year-old girl… Meanwhile, two women go on trial for claiming French first lady is transgender…
SOLAR MAXIMUM NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: 2024 is supposed to be a bad year for noctilucent clouds (NLCs). High solar activity is warming Earth's upper atmosphere and breaking apart water molecules necessary for noctilucent ice. Yet here they are:
But solar activity isn't the only factor. NLCs form when summertime wisps of water vapor rise to the edge of space, forming a rime of ice around specks of meteor debris. Extra moisture pumped into the atmosphere by the undersea eruption of the Tonga volcano could be giving the clouds an edge. Inter-hemispheric teleconnections also influence the temperature and moisture available for NLCs… In short, we just don't know what will happen next…
Sword fights at sea… What a time to be alive… Filipino soldiers had to use their bare hands to fight off Chinese coast guards with swords…