@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-10 01:31:21
California is forecast to be on the western flank of a broad area of high pressure over the interior West this weekend into early next week.
Winds high in the atmosphere flowing clockwise around the high-pressure system will draw humid, subtropical air from the south toward California and push it as far north as eastern Oregon and Washington.
For California, the monsoon is only an occasional presence, but when winds do align, it can trigger thunderstorms statewide.
Lightning…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-10-09 15:57:43
Media Reaction Roundup Following Dallas Cowboys Ridiculous Loss in Week 5 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/media-reaction-roundup-following-dallas-cowboys-ridiculous-loss-nfl-week-5
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-08 17:20:45
The White House has quietly removed Build The Wall, a Tetris clone on its arcade.gov website, after Tetris said it takes "copyright infringement very seriously" (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)
https://kotaku.co…
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-09-09 01:30:44
Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone #environment
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-10-07 20:30:37
DeMeco Ryans taking over defensive play-calling duties from DC Matt Burke amid Texans' 0-4 start https://www.nfl.com/news/demeco-ryans-taking-over-defensive-play-calling-duties-from-dc-matt-burke-amid-texans-0-4-start
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-10-07 04:15:45
Study: the share of spending at US locations by major US studios fell from 94% to 64% for TV episodes and from 74% to 42% for films between 1999 and 2024 (Cerys Davies/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-10 16:55:29
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years following a secret journey from France.
The priceless 70-metre-long medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England
was discreetly delivered to the British Museum in London in a high-security operation overnight on Friday.
Crafted from wool thread stitched onto linen, the tapestry accurately depicts the intertwined – sometimes bloody – histories of Britain and France, and is symboli…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-10 15:43:58
Thousands of people remain missing or unaccounted for following the Rapid Support Forces' capture of El Fasher, according to new findings published by the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan.
Following the takeover in late October 2025,
the International Organization for Migration estimated that more than 127,000 people were displaced from the city and surrounding villages.
The mission noted that humanitarian organizations later described El Fasher as a "ghost town,&…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-10 17:11:01
This week, Reform UK leader Nigel Forage set out his plans
to resign as the MP for Clacton and stand again for his seat,
following a scandal over undeclared gifts, including £5m from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne,
which is being investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner.
His intention, he has said, is to be judged by his constituents rather than “the establishment”,
arguing that he has done no wrong and that the probe is a “p…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-08 04:30:15
Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has spent his career investigating powerful institutions and controversial figures,
from Enron and Elizabeth Holmes to Scientology and abuses at Bagram and Abu Ghraib.
But he says none compares with the power wielded by his latest subject: Elon Musk.
Gibney's nearly four-hour documentary, "Musk," premieres at the Venice Film Festival this week ahead of an October theatrical release from Bleecker Street.
The filmmaker s…
