Tootfinder

"Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report"
#Europe #Environment

Memo to staff: a Times of London editor says two incidents where reporters were duped, including the de Blasio case, "did serious damage to our reputation" (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/bill-de-blasio-fake-i…

ChatGPT-Composed Bill De Blasio Interview Was “Humiliating”, Times Of London Associate Editor Tells Newsroom
A senior The Times of London editor has bemoaned the damage inflicted on the newspaper's reputation over a botched Bill de Blasio interview.

Has anyone already looked into brain damage from having to listen to endlessly repeated messages in waiting loops of call centers?

Why do none of these articles even touch on how much data DOGE stole from the US government, how much damage they caused to the security of government IT systems, and how much DOGE exposed all of our data to foreign adversaries?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge
The billionaire – who had no government experience – left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an ‘efficiency’ drive across Washington

Damage from Trump's $8B energy hit list would spill into GOP districts (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/02/doe-cancel-grants-hydrogen-hubs-grid-projects-00591697
http://www.memeorandum.com/251002/p108#a251002p108

Mississippi River mining plan in Minnesota dredges up concerns about damage to natural areas https://phys.org/news/2025-12-mississippi-river-minnesota-dredges-natural.html

Mississippi River mining plan in Minnesota dredges up concerns about damage to natural areas
The Mississippi River snakes below the bluffs at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, where people stroll or ski along the trails to take in the view of the majestic river.

😢 Luckily I called immediately and have the flexibility to move to another day then had to change my hotel which was sold out but they found room since I stay there so often.
Apparently the northbound coast starlight today hit a gas truck and damage the engine which would’ve been the engine that picked me up in a couple of days.

Gardner's Achilles OK; Colts not mulling IR move https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47168474/colts-say-sauce-gardner-achilles-ok-ir-move-not-being-mulled

I recommend holding your breath until you give yourself brain damage

AI-CNet3D: An Anatomically-Informed Cross-Attention Network with Multi-Task Consistency Fine-tuning for 3D Glaucoma Classification
Roshan Kenia, Anfei Li, Rishabh Srivastava, Kaveri A. Thakoor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00882

AI-CNet3D: An Anatomically-Informed Cross-Attention Network with Multi-Task Consistency Fine-tuning for 3D Glaucoma Classification
Glaucoma is a progressive eye disease that leads to optic nerve damage, causing irreversible vision loss if left untreated. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a crucial tool for glaucoma diagnosis, offering high-resolution 3D scans of the retina and optic nerve. However, the conventional practice of condensing information from 3D OCT volumes into 2D reports often results in the loss of key structural details. To address this, we propose a novel hybrid deep learning model that integra…

In a much-criticized opinion in September, justice #Brett #Kavenaugh supported the Trump administration’s campaign of
💥randomly stopping Hispanics on the street in an effort to root out undocumented immigrants.
At the time he wrote,
“Immigration stops based on reasonable suspicion of illegal presence ha…

Finland seizes a ship suspected of damaging an undersea cable linking Helsinki and Estonia in the Gulf of Finland; Estonia says a second cable was also damaged (Essi Lehto/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/finland-suspects-shi…

@…
“This virus causes system-wide injury that accumulates with each infection: brain damage that undermines decision-making, immune dysregulation leading to infections like Kaposi sarcoma and tuberculosis in lymph nodes — the very signatures of HIV-AIDS now rising again — and cardiac injury with accelerated aging,” explains Bar-Yam.

Sequential Bayesian Inference of the GTN Damage Model Using Multimodal Experimental Data
Mohammad Ali Seyed Mahmoud, Dominic Renner, Ali Khosravani, Surya R. Kalidindi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01016 …

Sequential Bayesian Inference of the GTN Damage Model Using Multimodal Experimental Data
Reliable parameter identification in ductile damage models remains challenging because the salient physics of damage progression are localized to small regions in material responses, and their signatures are often diluted in specimen-level measurements. Here, we propose a sequential Bayesian Inference (BI) framework for the calibration of the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) model using multimodal experimental data (i.e., the specimen-level force-displacement (F-D) measurements and the spatiall…

"First, everything — everything — Trump has done on trade has, in addition to its illegality, been a violation of past U.S. agreements with other countries. So we emerge from the trade war as a nation that can no longer be trusted to honor its promises."
"We could have achieved victory by not hitting ourselves in the face in the first place."

Video Call Glitches Evoke Uncanniness, Damage Consequential Life Outcomes - Slashdot
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/27/0142219/video-call-glitches-evoke-uncanniness-damage-consequential-life-outcomes

Historic #LickObservatory closes to public following significant wind damage: https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/12/historic-lick-observatory-closes-to-public-following-significant-wind-damage/ - early on Thursday, Dec. 25, severe winds gusting up to 183 km/h tore loose half of the shutter on the 140-year old 36-inch Great Refractor dome; no one was injured.

The Vet Who Surprised A Cow
In the course of his duties in August 1977, a Dutch veterinary
surgeon was required to treat an ailing cow. To investigate its internal
gases he inserted a tube into that end of the animal not capable of facial
expression and struck a match. The jet of flame set fire first to some
bales of hay and then to the whole farm causing damage estimate at L45,000.
The vet was later fined L140 for starting a fire in a manner surprising to

Yup, cats, and their wandering predatory ways, are a huge problem in Aotearoa, and getting much bigger: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/579669/why-are-there-so-few-rules-for-the-millions-of-cats-that-damage-our-biodive…

Negro River study finds genetic damage in fish after oil spill https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/negro-river-study-finds-genetic-damage-in-fish-after-oil-spill/

Negro River study finds genetic damage in fish after oil spill
On the morning of March 26, 2013, approximately 60,000 liters (16,000 gallons) of an oil byproduct used to produce asphalt spilled from a barge on the Negro River, near the São Raimundo Harbor in Manaus. When researcher Helen Sadauskas-Henrique saw the news on TV, she did not hesitate to cancel plans to spend Easter with […]

Three-fold Superstructured Superlattice HfN/HfAlN Thin Films for Enhanced Toughness
M. Lorentzon, R. Hahn, J. Palisaitis, H. Riedl, L. Hultman, J. Birch, N. Ghafoor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00716

Three-fold Superstructured Superlattice HfN/HfAlN Thin Films for Enhanced Toughness
To simultaneously achieve high hardness and high toughness in protective coatings remains a fundamental challenge. Here, we harness the superlattice architecture to combine Koehler hardening while the coherent interfaces reduce the crack driving force and improve toughness, enabling coatings that are both hard and damage tolerant. We design and fabricate epitaxial HfN$_{1.33}$/Hf$_{0.76}$Al$_{0.24}$N$_{1.15}$ superlattices, deposited on MgO(001) substrates using low-energy, high-flux ion-assist…

Moody Urbanity - Old & New III 🔆
情绪化城市 - 新与旧 III 🔆
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Parametric modeling of shear wave velocity profiles for the conterminous U.S
Morgan D. Sanger, Brett W. Maurer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00372 https://arx…

Parametric modeling of shear wave velocity profiles for the conterminous U.S
Earthquake ground motions and the related damage can be significantly impacted by near-surface soils. Accurate predictions of seismic hazard require depth-continuous models of soil stiffness, commonly described in terms of shear-wave velocity (VS). For regional-scale studies, efforts to predict VS remotely, such as the U.S. Geological Survey's National Crustal Model, tend to emphasize deeper lithologic velocity structures, thus simplifying important near-surface soil velocity variations, and te…

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as category 5 storm
It dropped to a category 4 cyclone as it exited the island
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/28/hurricane-melissa-live-u…

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"15 forces that could reshape conservation in the next 10 years"
#Conservtion #Environment

15 forces that could reshape conservation in the next 10 years
  Conservation debates are usually framed by damage already visible. Forests are cleared, fisheries decline, protected areas invaded, and budgets cut. Less attention is paid to developments that have not yet hardened into crises, partly because they are unfamiliar and partly because they fall between established fields. A recent horizon scan led by William J. Sutherland of […]

FEMA agents couldn’t survey Chicago storm damage because ICE had swarmed the area for raids: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fema-ice-chicago-flood-damage-b2872425.html

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
🧵 👇
BLACK SEA ON FIRE: RUSSIA’S SHADOW FLEET EXPLODED Vlog 1242: War in #Ukraine
Damage of the launch platform on #Russia`s <…

Finland seizes ship suspected of damaging subsea cable in Baltic Sea https://therecord.media/finland-seizes-ship-suspected-damaging-undersea-cable

🦥 Long-term calorie restriction may slow normal brain aging
#diet …

Long-term calorie restriction may slow normal brain aging
As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These cellular issues impair the ability to maintain the myelin sheath (the protective covering around nerve fibers), which leads to age-related white matter degradation.

UCLA legend Kenny Easley suffered from kidney damage after NFL team doctors gave him 16-20 ibuprofen daily to treat his pain. He sued & settled out of court.
#KennyEasley died a week ago at the age of 66 after decades of battling #kidney issues.
▶️The NFL Does NOT Want You To Kno…

Sources: Bucs get good news on Mayfield's MRI https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47088815/sources-mayfield-mri-shows-no-additional-damage-shoulder

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@hewer_of_code/115793069684691845
The damage done to the US, and the world, by Trump and his fascist friends is already permanent. I am not surprised by this, though I am saddened.
This level of betrayal borders on treason.

Ukraine braces for 'critical damage' after Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast dam threatens water supply: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/07/ukraine-braces-for-critical-damage.html

The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile.
Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia
— is the subject of a political battle over whether the shuttle should remain part of the National Air and Space Museum's collection
or be relocated to Houston, home to NASA's Johnson Space Center.
New correspondence between the space agency, Ted Cruz and the Smithsonian shows both the p…

The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces
"You'd be doing irreparable damage."

Vikings severely damage Cowboys' playoff hopes, beating Dallas 34-26 https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/vikings-severely-damage-cowboys-playoff-hopes-beating-dallas-3426

Good Morning #Canada
Today your reading sensibilities are collateral damage from my YouTube meandering. You're welcome.
Did you know that #Vexillology refers to the study of flags? I learned that today. Well today we can all be amateur vexillologists as we critique the design of our Canadian and Provincial flags, aided by a cartoon character who sounds smarter than me. Today I also learned that two of the worst flags in this group, for Ontario and Manitoba, are relatively new designs that can't be blamed on distant historical vexillographers. Yes, I am overusing my new word.
Here is a decent grading of flags from the Provinces and Territories.
#CanadaIsAwesome #FlagWaving
https://youtu.be/G6wYSpLtwRI?si=zNEXotG7u82n2XtX

Man, that damage does not look at all controlled to me. https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/115431657863448089

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Neil Young:
🎵 The Needle and the Damage Done
#NeilYoung
https://purnimaciao.bandcamp.com/track/neil-young-the-needle-and-the-damage-done-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/7gaHuCPO76zceg54cJNalE

This is
a) a violation of our US laws (and Constitution) regarding war-like acts.
b) going to further inflame and fuel the belief among Muslims that the US is pursuing a new christian-religious crusade. The long term damage this will cause to the US is immense.
In other words, el cheato is violating US law and putting US interests (and citizens) in considerable danger.
"US carries out strikes on Nigeria targeting Islamic State militants, Trump says"
<…

Rubio will probably deny his remarks about Russia's wish list to senators, but the damage has already been done.
Countries around the world look in amazement at this US administration 🍿
#trump #rubio

See, I got this robot army see, and if you don't give me a trillion dollars then someone who isn't me might be in charge of it see, and I dunno what damage they might do. Only way to make sure my robot army is safe, see, is to give me a trillion dollars.
God knows a robot army would be a terrible thing if someone other than me was in control of it, so best give me a trillion dollars so I can make sure the robot army only does what I want.
I won't even spend it! Who would spend a trillion dollars? I'll just use it to keep control of my robot army and so long as I get my trillion dollars everyone will be safe.
#elonMusk #robotArmy

Oh look... LNG doesn't make Earthquake disaster response easier either!
page 82:
“Energy”
The initial earthquake and ongoing aftershocks cause extensive damage to power plants, transmission lines and
substations, leading to prolonged power outages across the region. Damage is also likely to impact major fuel processing and storage locations and LNG refining sites, which are coastal based. These include two Indigenous-led LNG projects (Ksi Lisims and Cedar— Nisga’a and Haisla).”
#BCPoli #Earthquake #CanPoli #ClimateRisk #ClimateEmergency

If #Musk 🏴‍☠️ were a guy from the lower middle class with an average income and net worth, he would have been committed to a psychiatric ward long ago.
But since he is the richest person in the world (which doesn't really mean much, but enough to cause damage), even a sociopath like Musk is tolerated—even though he has already caused enormous damage and that is probably not the end of it.

The side HDMI on my old plasma TV broke. After that it wont turn on. Not by the button or the remote. The TV situation is Black Friday solved (and I had decided to not buy anything this year), but it annoys me that I can't figure out why it's not turning on.
The sode port is not really needed, so I removed it completely. Can't find any physical damage, and it seems like everything has the correct voltages. Schematics would have been really useful, but I haven't found a…

Series C, Episode 13 - Terminal
ZEN: Emergence from matter belt in thirty-nine point zero one seconds.
TARRANT: Any damage yet?
ZEN: Hull sensors appear temporarily impaired. All other systems continue on full function.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/313/139 B7B2

Bills' Oliver injures meniscus, has procedure https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47465134/bills-ed-oliver-injures-meniscus-rehab-procedure

World’s most used insecticides damage male fertility in rodents, researchers say https://usrtk.org/healthwire/neonicotinoids-damage-male-fertility/
The Silent Collapse: How Pesticide Politics Are Driving Bee Extinction

World’s most used insecticides damage male fertility in rodents, researchers say
Neonicotinoid insecticides cause reproductive toxicity in lab animals, raising concerns about damage to human fertility, according to a new review.

only recently encountered this 1986 solo album by robert hunter &... it's fine. but for 1986, that's an accomplishment! sweet tunes, unassuming production, cool lyrics, david nelson on lead guitar, only mild synth damage. his first non-conceptual album of all-new songs since "tiger rose" in '76. @…

Xilinx XC7Z010, the first Zynq I've decapped.
Top metal has pretty significant damage because it spent over an hour in the acid to get all of the substrate off, then several fairly aggressive cleaning cycles to remove most of the polyimide (but there's still some golden residue scattered around, I'll try some more cleaning tomorrow to try and get all of it and re-image)
But this die is destined to be stripped to substrate so I can do floorplan analysis, so that's …

A local TV report from #LickObservatory showing the exterior damage to the refractor's dome caused by the storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPoIrMzOubU

Why the Lammy law change is a serious mistake
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/crime-and-justice/why-the-lammy-law-change-is-a-serious-mistake/

Why the Lammy law change is a serious mistake
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy proposed increase of sentencing powers for magistrates may well damage our justice system

Climate realist Bill McKibben sees a turning point: despite the damage from global warming, renewable energy is surging worldwide.
China now exports more green tech than fossil fuels. Australia is racing ahead with solar and wind. The shift from extraction to clean energy is happening faster than many realize.
2026 could mark the year renewables truly dominate.

Charting The Changes That Will Lead To Renewable Energy Dominance In 2026 - CleanTechnica
Renewable energy is moving ahead all around the world, while the US sucks its thumb and whines about how good things were in the 1950s.

No elephant in the world can cause more damage in the delicate global political porcelain shop than the awfully clumsy trumpeting GOP elephant.

Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms (Thomas Frank/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/22/trump-refused-to-send-disaster-aid-to-chicago-despite-devastating-damage-00655716
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p68#a251122p68

This from a top expert on Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier.
Highly likely that we're committing to an additional 3 meters (10 ft) of sea level rise as we speak. Yes, it'll take time to fully materialize, but when will the enormous damage that we're signing up for sink in with voters and policy makers?
https://

Rob Larter (@PoLaRobs@fediscience.org)
Attached: 1 image In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.

Hurricane Melissa Caused Severe Infrastructure Damage, Jamaica Says - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/CHE50

J.J. McCarthy and the Vikings severely damage Cowboys' playoff hopes, beating Dallas 34-26 https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/jj-mccarthy-and-the-vikings-severely-damage-cowboys-playoff-hopes-beating-dallas-3426

Ultra-processed foods damage health in ways that calories don’t explain, new study says #nutrition

Ultra-processed foods damage health in ways that calories don't explain, new study says
Ultra-processed foods may harm health because of what they contain but also how they are manufactured to promote overconsumption and maximize profits.

Source: No structural knee damage for RB Jacobs https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46999827/source-no-structural-knee-damage-packers-rb-jacobs

I don’t have access to Big Oil’s internal emails about this.
But they sure look wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change.
Oil companies are doing whatever they possibly can to keep the plaintiffs in these suits
(cities, counties, states, and Native American tribes)
from having their day in court
—and as some of the most powerful corporations in the world…

The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.

Am Dienstag kommt „The Damage (Live)“ raus! Unsere aktuelle Single live auf dem Wassenrock Festival. Und das auch noch auf allen Plattformen.
Das Video gibt’s natürlich auf YouTube, aber auch die Audios kann man hier Pre-Saven: https://darkk.band/pre und damit supportet man auch direkt noch die Band, dann kriege…

"Indoor wood burning stoves may cause as much damage lungs as cigarettes, study warns"
#AirPollution #Health

Indoor wood burning stoves may cause as much damage lungs as cigarettes, study warns | LBC
Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage.

"There are good reasons to think that many of the adverse effects of Trump's tariffs have simply been delayed, and we should expect them to show up in 2026."
Here are 4 reasons Trump’s worst economic damage may be yet to come - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-inflation-guardian/

FYI
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Santa Cruz County in northern California...
* Until 100 PM PST.
* At 1219 PM PST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 7 miles south of Santa Cruz, moving north at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows and…

Series D, Episode 12 - Warlord
TARRANT: Extent of damage, Orac? [pause, no response] Orac?
[Crew room. Tarrant enters and looks at Orac beneath the beam.]
[Shot of Zukan's ship in space, approaching another space ship.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/412/270 B7B4

As expected, hurricane #Melissa has started its rapid intensification. Already a cat. 3 major hurricane now, with winds of 195 km/h. Forecasted to cause catastrophic damage on Jamaica and in Haiti in the coming few days.

💫 Soccer heading does most damage to brain area critical for cognition, brain imaging study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-soccer-brain-area-critical-cognition.html

Soccer heading does most damage to brain area critical for cognition, brain imaging study finds
A brain imaging technique developed by Columbia researchers has identified areas in the brain's cerebral cortex—just behind the forehead—that are most damaged by the repetitive impacts from heading a soccer ball. Their study also found that the damage leads to cognitive deficits seen in soccer players who head the ball frequently.

Xilinx XC6SLX25 (Samsung 45nm) from a previous decap run that I had to come back and finish because it was still stuck to the substrate.
A few light scratches in top passivation. These big BGAs need a lot of handling to peel back layers of fiberglass so acid can get in, which increases damage risk. Using fuming nitric usually you don't need that but I don't want it in my house :P
You can't see a whole lot here except the GTP. But if you compare this to the abstracted …

Chimney fire. Got it out with help of neighbors. No obvious damage to house. Fucking hell

Trump Vows 'Big Damage' After Attack on US Troops in Syria (Jennifer A Dlouhy/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-14/trump-vows-big-damage-after-attack-on-us-troops-in-syria
http://www.memeorandum.com/251214/p36#a251214p36

Mahomes avoided major damage to rest of knee https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47315847/chiefs-reid-mahomes-avoided-major-damage-other-ligaments

'Massive air attack' — Drones attack Russia's Bryansk, Rostov oblasts, causing damage, injuring 2, authorities claim: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/massive-air-attack-drones-attack.html

Whatever hit United Airlines UA1093 on 16 October (https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/10/18/united-airlines-737-max-pilot-injured-as-windshield-cracks/ or https://viewfromthewing.com/united-captain-says-his-plane-was-hit-by-space-debris-at-36000-feet-new-photos-show-cockpit-damage) - no space debris reentry fits: https://planet4589.org/space/misc/ua1093.html

Wilderness 4WDing is a 'hobby' no one should be allowed to have. It's simply wasteful and destructive. It's like having the hobby of demolishing other people's buildings. It's just stupid. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/nati…

Good piece on SolarWinds' Tim Brown that illustrates the emotional damage cyber incidents pose to defenders.
‘I lost 25 pounds in 20 days’: what it’s like to be on the frontline of a global cyber-attack
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

The reason for my OP here is just that it seems highly notable that these people •do• seem to sense that their market is shifting. I have the strong sense that the MAGA Titanic has already hit the iceberg.
The thing is, the actual Titanic took •hours• to sink; this one could take •years•. The question is how much damage it does on the way down, how much damage we can prevent, how much we can help it sink faster.
Courage, not complacency.

‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/food-fossil-fuel-production-5bn-environmental-damage-an-hour-un-geo-report-<…

"‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’"
#FossilFuels #Environment #Nature

FEMA workers pulled from Chicago storm damage surveys because of ICE (Brianna Sacks/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/25/chicago-fema-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p97#a251125p97

Cul-de-sac effect: Why Mediterranean regions are becoming more prone to extreme floods in a changing climate #mediterranean

Cul-de-sac effect: Why Mediterranean regions are becoming more prone to extreme floods in a changing climate
In May 2023, Italy's Emilia-Romagna region experienced devastating, if not unprecedented, floods that caused widespread damage to infrastructure, homes, businesses, and farmland. Seventeen people lost their lives, and the disaster caused an estimated €8.5 billion in damages. The persistent rainfall and resulting landslides and flooding displaced tens of thousands of residents, leaving a deep mark on the region's economy and communities.

'Irreversible damage': DOJ farewell letters warn agency is buckling under Trump demands - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/doj-resigns/

SBU drones destroy Russian Su-27, damage another, at Belbek air base in occupied Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/sbu-drones-destroy-russian-su.html

"Scientists Perfect Cooling Sunscreen from Pollen"
#Sunscreen #Cosmetics
https://happy…

Scientists Perfect Cooling Sunscreen from Pollen | Happy Eco News
Sunscreen from pollen breakthrough achieves SPF 27 protection while keeping skin 5°C cooler and eliminating coral reef damage caused by toxic chemicals in regular sunscreen products.

Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (elbow) has no structural damage but won't play Sunday vs. Giants https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-qb-jayden-daniels-elbow-no-structural-damage-out-week-15-giants

Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--How the internet radicalizes young men,
--The real-life damage of porn deepfakes,
--The JLR attack damaged local communities,
--Amazon is pushing into the police tech market,
--Russian misinformation targeted a Canadian journalist…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 9/27/25
How the internet radicalizes young men, The real-life damage of porn deepfakes, The JLR attack damaged local communities, Amazon is pushing into the police tech market, Russian misinformation targeted a Canadian journalist

In the US, men who smoke are around 21 times more likely to die from lung cancer than men who have never smoked.
But the damage doesn’t stop there:
smoking also increases the risk of other cancers,
including mouth, throat, bladder and pancreatic cancer,
in addition to other health conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
heart disease, and diabetes.
Why does one habit harm so many organs?
Cigarettes carry a mixture of carcinoge…

Smoking increases the risk of death from many causes
Most of us have heard that smoking damages the lungs. The chart drives this home: in the US, men who smoke are around 21 times more likely to die from lung cancer than men who have never smoked.

**Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe #COVID19**
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251008/Brainstem-damage-found-to-be-linked-to-long-lasting-effects-of-severe-Covid-19.aspx

Sources: No surgery for Commanders QB Daniels https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46882135/sources-no-ligament-damage-surgery-commanders-qb-daniels

The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/23/trump-ballroom-white-house-east-wing/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251023/p108#a251023p108

"Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China"
#China #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China
In the Atlantic, we're watching a tropical wave that emerged from the coast of Africa on October 3 that might develop in about a week as it approaches the Lesser Antilles Islands.

Measles is often seen as a routine childhood illness
— a fever, a rash, and recovery
— but complications are common.
Even when it doesn’t kill,
measles can cause lasting damage.
It weakens the immune system,
making people vulnerable to other infections for months or years.
That means children who seem to recover may still face serious health risks long after the illness is gone.
In some countries, measles has re-emerged in recent years,
…

Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years
Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years.

'Food and Fossil Fuel Production Causing $5 Billion of Environmental Damage an Hour' - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/09/2311256/food-and-fossil-fuel-production-causing-5-billion-of-environmental-damage-an-hour

The European Union on Friday
indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe
to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia,
both with Moscow-friendly governments,
can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.
Using a special procedure meant for economic emergencies,
the EU blocked the assets until Russia gives up its war on Ukraine
and compensates its neighbor for the heavy damage that it has inflicted for almost four years.
EU Cou…

EU set to lock up Russia's frozen assets so Hungary and Slovakia can't veto their use for Ukraine
The European Union is set to lock up Russia’s assets in Europe until Russia ends its war on Ukraine and compensates for the damage. The move expected on Friday would allow EU leaders to decide how to use Russian Central Bank assets to support Ukraine financially and militarily when they hold a summit next week. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opposes the decision. He has accused the European Commission of “raping European law.” The EU has frozen $247 billion in Russian assets. Most…

Scientists find hidden brain damage from a common pesticide #UnitedStates

Scientists find hidden brain damage from a common pesticide
Prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos causes widespread brain abnormalities and poorer motor skills in children. Even after a residential ban, ongoing agricultural use continues to endanger developing brains.

Opus Dei’s story is less about religion than about the weaponization of belief
— the transformation of faith into infrastructure.
When devotion becomes a strategy for power, and purity a currency for control,
democracy itself becomes collateral damage.
The deeper question is no longer whether a group like Opus Dei is religious or political
— it’s how long societies can endure when the two become indistinguishable.

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats,
they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/poli

Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

California officials are warning foragers after an outbreak of poisoning linked to wild mushrooms that has killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in several patients, including children.
The state poison control system has identified 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning,
likely caused by death cap mushrooms, the health department said Friday.
The toxic wild mushrooms are often mistaken for edible ones because of their appearance and taste.
“Death cap mushrooms con…

So far in Russia's hybrid war in Europe, most known acts of sabotage have resulted in minimal damage
— nothing compared to the tens of thousands of lives lost and cities decimated across Ukraine.
But officials say each act
— from vandalism of monuments to cyberattacks to warehouse fires
— sucks up valuable security resources.
The head of one large European intelligence service said investigations into Russian interference now swallow up as much of the agency’…

Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say | AP News
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.