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Outrage continues to grow against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over her response to the deadly floods that ravaged Texas last week.
According to a Friday report from The New York Times,
more than two-thirds of phone calls to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from flood victims went unanswered
after Noem allowed hundreds of contractors to be laid off on July 5, just a day after the nightmare storm.
According to The Times, this dramatical…

'Unforgivable': FEMA Missed Thousands of Calls from Texas Flood Victims After Noem Fired Contractors | Common Dreams
FEMA missed two-thirds of calls from Texas flood victims after DHS Sec. Kristi Noem allowed hundreds of call center employees to be fired. "They are intentionally breaking government," said Sen. Chris Murphy.

The vast majority of the plastic flotsam and jetsam in the North Pacific subtropical gyre (the North Pacific Garbage Patch) consists of discarded fishing gear.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16529-0

Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre - Scientific Reports
The subtropical oceanic gyre in the North Pacific Ocean is currently covered with tens of thousands of tonnes of floating plastic debris, dispersed over millions of square kilometres. A large fraction is composed of fishing nets and ropes while the rest is mostly composed of hard plastic objects and fragments, sometimes carrying evidence on their origin. In 2019, an oceanographic mission conducted in the area, retrieved over 6000 hard plastic debris items > 5 cm. The debris was later sorte…

On a planté un albizia il y a plus de 6 ans au centre du jardin. D'année en année, on l'a vu grand... Rapetisser, au gré des gels tardifs. Cette année, il a enfin dépassé sa taille initiale, affichant une taille impressionnante... D'1,20 m. Mais cette année, pour la première fois, il arbore ses premières fleurs. On atteindra encore un peu pour manger sous son ombre, mais le voir fleurir, ça n'a pas de prix...

Im Mai 2025 erlebten große Teile Mittel- und Nordeuropas – darunter Südskandinavien, die #Ukraine und Teile Russlands – deutlich trockenere Bedingungen als im langjährigen Mittel.
#Niederschlag, #Bodenfeuchte

Governments that want to make the switch to Linux should actively contribute. They shouldn't rush into anything. They should figure out possible technical difficulties beforehand and even fund open source software to help deal with those issues.
They need to plan for pushback from employees. Change is difficult and people will complain about stuff that they will grow to appreciate over time.

Not so much, really.
This is yet another case of an academic setting up a very special circumstance that doesn’t match the real world to create a “vulnerability” that is never going to be used in the real world.
Ever been in a proper data center? Was it quiet?
#InfoSec

Gear Fever - Musicians, Take Your Temperature
#MusicianTips #GearAquisitionSyndrome
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Gear Fever - Musicians, Take Your Temperature
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Two wildfires are burning at or near the North Rim, known
as the White Sage Fire
and the Dragon Bravo Fire.
The latter is the one that destroyed the lodge and other structures.
The park initially was managing it as a controlled burn
but then shifted to suppression as it rapidly grew to 7.8 square miles (20 square kilometers) because of hot temperatures,
low humidity and wind, fire officials said.
No injuries have been reported.
Millions of peo…

A historic Grand Canyon lodge has been destroyed by wildfire, park official says
The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the park at the North Rim, was consumed by the flames, park Superintendent Ed Keable told park residents, staff and others in a meeting Sunday morning. He said the visitor center, the gas station, a waste water treatment plant, an administrative building and some employee housing were among the 50 to 80 structures lost.

Bigoli in salsa
live large! Buon appetito ! '
#veneto

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor der Columbia University und Wirtschafts-Nobelpreisträger bekommt von der #Trump - Regierung die Mittel für eine Vortragsreihe in Dänemark gekürzt, die der dortige Botschafter schon frei gegeben hatte. Es geht um lachhafte 10 tsd Dollar. Stiglitz bedankt sich mit dem Florett in einem Meinungsartikel in der NYTimes