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The team had braved temperatures of -40C on the sea ice
to drill holes and pump 50,000 tonnes of ocean water up on to its surface.
It froze almost immediately,
thickening the
1.5-metre-deep ice by about 50cm, according to new measurements.
That has protected the ice, at the start of the melt season at least,
and is an early sign that one day, perhaps, it may be possible to refreeze a significant part of the Arctic.
The ice-thickening process gets a …

Purposefully destroying records is a great way of escaping accountability. It will also make it harder for folks in the future to understand the decision-making process. Governments use Teams like this, but they're not alone - other public institutions do it too.
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Ontario government Microsoft Teams messages set to automatically delete
In May civil servants in charge of processing freedom of information requests were told to put down their pens. The message was sent via Microsoft Teams.

Early in his second term, Trump wanted Canada so entwined with the United States that he even set out to make it the 51st state.
Instead, he has driven Canada into the arms of the European Union,
after antagonizing the Canadians for months, taunting the country’s prime minister and waging a relentless trade war.
The invitation by the European Unionon Wednesday for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of the knock-on effects of Trump’s brand of diplomacy,
…

Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union.
The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.

Ice reflects 70% of the sun’s heat back into space, while open ocean reflects just 7%.
The more that melting exposes the sea, the warmer it gets and the more melting there is.
Summer sea ice could be gone as early as the 2030s and scientists worry that the heat boost could push the climate beyond catastrophic and irreversible tipping points.
In January and February, the pumps ran for a total of 1,080 hours,
icing over a square area about 450 metres on a side.
Th…

Trump used his address to call out ABC and NBC
for not airing his live remarks,
claiming the networks declined to do so
“because they know how corrupt our system is and they don’t want to reveal it.”
He also repeated his frequent demand that the networks’ government-issued broadcast licenses be revoked.
“They and others in the media are part of a plot,”
the president said, offering no evidence for his claims.
In fact, ABC and NBC did carry Trump’s spe…

In Prime Time, Trump Criticizes Networks for Not Carrying His Speech
The president also called for ABC and NBC to lose their broadcast licenses, after complaining that the networks were not airing his remarks.

Maine ranks among the least religious states in the U.S.,
with “nothing in particular” outpolling every religious tradition in the state,
at 25 percent.
Nevertheless, there is no midterm election more important to the Catholic Right than the U.S. Senate race in Maine.
The reason is that it could determine whether conservative Catholic power broker Leonard Leo will be able to continue picking America’s judges.

The Catholic Right’s Most Important Senate Race is in Maine
Conservative Catholic Leonard Leo lives in Maine, owns a parish church, and helps bankroll Susan Collins. Her seat could decide whether he continues to pick America’s judges.

A national poll released this week by The New York Times and Siena University found that Democrats entered the fall with an advantage of nearly nine percentage points over Republicans on the congressional ballot
— an edge similar to 2018, the last time there was a so-called blue wave.
“Republicans are panicking and are on the brink of losing the House, with the Senate not far behind,” Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the minority leader, said in an interview.
But…

Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling.
The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.

It was a plan House G.O.P. leaders hoped would satisfy everyone in their party:
With a special budget bill, they would bypass Democratic opposition and provide tens of billions for the Iran war while imposing new election restrictions Trump has demanded.
Instead, a day after the leaders released the plan, which hews closely to a spending request the White House sent to Capitol Hill last month,
it became clear it is a product that no one really likes.
The measure, whic…

Republican Rifts Deepen Over $95 Billion Budget Plan for Iran War and SAVE Act
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.

As higher prices are burning a larger hole in consumers’ wallets,
it may seem counterintuitive that the Federal Reserve made borrowing costs even higher by raising rates on Wednesday.
But the reason stems from the fact that even though rates are higher than they were for much of the first two decades of the 2000s,
consumer spending, business investment and other measures of the health of the economy are all running hot.
And inflation, the rise in prices that can resu…

Why the Fed Might Raise Interest Rates When Borrowing Costs Are Surging
Elevated interest rates have raised the cost of mortgages and car loans without dampening consumer spending.

Mullin threatens states that refuse Trump's election demands
Mullin also repeated his threat of withholding Federal Emergency Management Agency grant funding to states that don’t work to “secure” elections.
“If they’re not willing to do it, it should raise serious questions.
It’s not that hard. This isn’t a partisan issue,”
the homeland security secretary said.
This also comes after the Trump justice department sent letters to election officials in every sta…

DHS chief threatens states that refuse Trump’s election demands after president’s widely condemned speech – live
Markwayne Mullin follows up on president’s unproven claims as Democrats accuse Trump of ‘working to rig the midterms’ in advance