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Your daily dose of natural disasters and amazing phenomena for August 5, 2025...
A newborn at Leipzig University Hospital was baptized Yahya Sinwar…
It’s the name of the former leader of the terrorist organization Hamas, who was killed in an Israeli military operation on October 16, 2024.
Sunbathers flee in panic as tornado hits Maccarese beach in Rome…
Umbrellas started flying, bathers fled for shelter, a woman was slightly injured.
Everything started flying around…
Mama Mia, bro… It’s a tornado!
And that one in Russia was so powerful it lifted a paddle boat along the coast of Sochi and Tuapse… OMG!
Dozens injured as ride collapses at amusement park in Saudi Arabia…
The accident occurred at Green Mountain Park in Taif. 23 people were injured.
Tesla awards Elon Musk 96 million shares at a bargain price of $23.34 per share…
The market value of these shares is approximately $29 billion. Musk only has to pay $23.34 for each share. This corresponds to the exercise price per share from his compensation package originally agreed upon in 2018. A court in the US state of Delaware had invalidated this package in early 2024. As of Friday, one Tesla share is worth $302.63.
We will never know anything about the Epstein Files…
Florida reports 21 cases of E.coli infections linked to raw milk…
is this the reason why milk get pasterized?
If only we had a way to heat raw milk to the point where it kills the bacteria…
The phenomenon of Jōhatsu…
The phenomenon of evaporation gained momentum in the 1990s following the bursting of the speculative bubble which led to bankruptcies and insurmountable debts.
Meanwhile, every year, nearly 100,000 Japanese people voluntarily disappear to get rid of their past and start anew. Men, women, entire families try to start a new life under another identity, as stowaways.
The phenomenon is about to skyrocket soon again…
Thousands of files on rogue California cops made public via searchable database…
The Police Records Access Project, a collaborative effort by journalists, activists, and data scientists, has launched a searchable public database containing thousands of previously secret files on alleged police misconduct in California. Compiled over seven years, the database includes nearly 12,000 cases from over 400 government agencies, covering issues like officer dishonesty, brutality, sexual harassment, excessive force, wrongful arrests, and discrimination. The initiative, sparked by California laws in 2018 and 2021 that unsealed police records, aims to enhance transparency and accountability. The database is accessible via news outlets like The San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, KQED, and CalMatters, and is supported by organizations like the ACLU, Berkeley Institute for Data Science, Stanford’s Big Local News project, and funders including the state of California and Roc Nation.
I’ll say what we’re all thinking: Holy shit…
Much of Canada and the midwestern US is covered in a cloud of wildfire smoke…
Anybody can confirm?
Meanwhile, the food models melt in Japan…
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Dozens feared trapped as cloudburst triggers flash flood in Uttarakhand, India
It took place at around 13:30 India time (08:00 GMT) when a large amount of water came down, swelling the Kheerganga river and sending tonnes of muddy waters gushing downwards on the hilly terrain, covering roads, buildings and shops in Dharali.
A cloudburst is an extreme, sudden downpour of rain over a small area in a short period of time, often leading to flash floods.
NASA to the Moon? US to fast-track plan for nuclear reactor on the Moon…
Now, how are you going to get it there with all the funding going away?
Meanwhile, NASA has been ordered by White House to terminate two missions, collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health…
Convicted rapist fighting to remain in parliament in Australia…
I'm wondering how he ever got re-elected in 2023 after the accusations came out and he had already resigned. What were the constituents in his riding thinking?
Denmark zoo asks public to donate unwanted small pets or horses to feed captive predators…
This is actually creepy and horrifying. I cannot imagine the guinea pigs of my children in a mouth of a tiger or hyena… I know in Switzerland they sometimes kill older zoo animals to feed the big cats and other carnivores living in the same zoos.
Meanwhile in Sudan, thousands resort to eating animal feed to survive in besieged Al Fashir…
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars…
Don't forget this follows 10 BILLION dead crabs…
And the culprit is: Cli… Sorry, bacteria…
64,800 lbs of butter recalled over label omitting "milk" from ingredients…
Yes, sure…
Some are stockpiling big time…
The great Starlink re-entry event and the linked aluminum oxide vapor…
SpaceX just conducted a giant uncontrolled experiment in atmospheric chemistry.
Earlier this year, analysts noticed something strange: Starlink satellites were falling out of the sky--a lot of them. Four to five per day were re-entering Earth's atmosphere and vaporizing in plain sight. This went on for months. Between December 2024 and July 2025, more than 525 Starlinks deorbited as shown in the diagram below:
What’s going on? In short: routine housecleaning. These were mostly first-generation (Gen1) satellites, deliberately retired to make room for newer models. SpaceX is currently launching up to 50 new Starlinks per week, maintaining a fleet of 8,000 satellites. Weeding out the old ones is just business as usual.
What’s not usual is the atmospheric fallout. The fiery re-entry of even one Gen1 Starlink satellite produces about 30 kilograms of aluminum oxide vapor, a compound that erodes the ozone layer. A new study finds these oxides have increased 8-fold between 2016 and 2022, and the Great Re-entry Event increases this pollution even more.
To put this into perspective: Before the first Starlink launches began in 2019, only about 40 to 50 satellites re-entered per year. SpaceX just brought down ten years' worth in only six months, adding an estimated 15,000 kilograms of aluminum oxide to the upper atmosphere.
Even before the current surge, scientists were sounding the alarm. In February 2023, NASA flew a WB-57 aircraft over Alaska at 60,000 feet to collect stratospheric aerosols. A study published later that year found 10% of sampled particles contained aluminum and other metals from the "burn-up" of satellites.
With multiple companies racing to deploy megaconstellations, projections suggest more than 60,000 satellites could be in orbit by 2040. That means reentry debris could soon rival the natural influx of meteoroids, but with very different chemistry. Meteors are mostly rock. Satellites are mostly metal.
A simulation by NOAA scientists suggests that aluminum-rich space dust could heat the stratosphere and mesosphere by up to 1.5°C, and slow the southern polar vortex, potentially altering global weather patterns.
What happens next? We’re about to find out.
🎁 Curiosity Fuel: Strange Picks of the Day
🧴 Raw Milk Test Kit
Unpasteurized, unregulated, unforgettable. Now with added E.coli notes and a hint of poor decisions. May even save your life...
🌕 Moon Reactor Geiger Counter
First for here on Earth, then for much later on the Moon… Because you want to know if you are radioactive before going to the moon…
🌀 Tornado Beach Umbrella
Launches itself into low orbit when wind exceeds 30 km/h. Doubles as a personal satellite and shade provider. Warning: May impale…
🍼 Baby Name Generator: Controversial Edition
Tired of Noah and Olivia? Try naming your child after fallen political figures, warlords, or obscure cult leaders. Comes with lifetime therapy voucher…
🐾 Disappearing Act: Jōhatsu Starter Pack
Includes a burner phone, fake mustache, cryptic goodbye note, and a one-way train ticket to Nowhere, Japan. Ghost your life, stylishly…
🛰️ Aluminum Oxide Blast
Smells like scorched metal, ozone depletion, and Elon Musk’s house after a Starlink burnout. Heat the stratosphere with your vibes…
🐯 "Donate Your Hamster to a Tiger" Voucher
Inspired by the Denmark Zoo initiative. Redeem for one existential crisis and a firm “no” from your children…
See you in the next timeline,
Manuel
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So, some countries have laws that govern baby naming, particularly the social democracies of Europe - don't see how those radical Islamic parents can get away with naming their son after a radical Islamic terrorist leader of Hamas (see below)
"In Germany, you must be able to tell the gender of the child by the first name, and the name chosen must not be negatively affect the well being of the child. Also, you can not use last names or the names of objects or products as first names. Whether or not your chosen name will be accepted is up to the office of vital statistics, the Standesamt, in the area in which the child was born. If the office rejects your proposed baby name, you may appeal the decision. But if you lose, you'll have to think of a different name. Each time you submit a name you pay a fee, so it can get costly. When evaluating names, the Standesamt refers to a book which translates to "the international manual of the first names," and they also consult foreign embassies for assistance with non-German names. Because of the hassle parents have to go through to name their children, many opt for traditional names such as Maximilian, Alexander, Marie, and Sophie."
Mid Ontario Chinada, been full of smoke 3 days now. Haven't seen the chem trails for that long. Wonder if they are ok.