Breaking News!
Code: y-Axis alert!
The latest global preliminary sea-surface temperature for August 23rd blew away the previous record set just yesterday. I had to raise the y-axis to accomodate the new record.
Will I have to extend the y-axis again tomorrow? Stay tuned.
Why are we so polarized? Why is democracy is such peril?
Democracy and social cohesion are impossible to sustain when big money completely dominates our politics. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-are-we-so-polarized
EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
Yesterday, Antarctic sea-ice extent reached 4 standard deviations below the 1991-2020 daily mean. The only other years on record where this has happened are 2023 and 2024.
In a normal distribution, 4 SD's represents a 1-in-31,600 event. These are not normal times.
Well, it's official.
Consumers are now paying a higher tax rate in tariffs than corporations pay.
Instead of making multi-billion dollar corporations pay their fair share, we're raising the prices of everything.
This system is so backwards.
Trump during campaign: Starting the day I take the Oath of Office I will rapidly drive prices down
Trump today: Inflation is back...I had nothing to do with it