Hasnain says:

“Wet bulb thermometer readings are significantly lower than the more familiar dry bulb readings, which do not take humidity into account. Researchers say that at a wet bulb reading of 35C, the body can no longer cool itself by sweating and such a temperature can be fatal in a few hours, even to the fittest people.

“It approximates how warm it feels to humans because we cool via sweating,” Mr Matthews says. “We rely on that exclusively. When you use that measure, the wet bulb temperature, the two regions that stand out on earth are the shores of the Gulf and the Indus Valley in Pakistan. They are truly exceptional.””

Hasnain says:

These weather events are absolutely insane - if I read this right Portland is hotter than most of the world except Death Valley and parts of the Sahara.

Especially given the lack of AC and building designs not accounting for this and how unprecedented this is, I’m sure people will die.

“The strength of the heat dome, or sprawling zone of high pressure centered near the U.S.-Canada border, promoting these temperatures is simply off the charts. Its intensity is so statistically rare that it might be expected only once every several thousand years on average. But man-made climate change has made exceptional events like this many times more probable.”

Hasnain says:

We ended mask mandates too early, and now the problems are starting to show up. :|

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Covid-19 Task Force have discussed whether to press mayors and governors in the Midwest and South, where the highly transmissible Delta variant is spreading quickly, to once again require mask mandates, according to three senior Biden health officials. But the administration ultimately concluded that many people who are not vaccinated are also those who have resisted wearing masks.”

Hasnain says:

The underlying issue seems to be an RCE (per WD’s latest update) which was reported in 2019 and has been unpatched since the product hit end of life in 2016. I expect there to be litigation here, this is definitely not a good look and really sucks for those people who just lost data.

And I just bought a WD drive this week (not using any internet capabilities though).

“The My Book is a popular storage device for consumers and businesses. It plugs into computers, typically through USB. The affected model here, known as My Book Live, uses an ethernet cable to connect to a local network. From there, users can remotely access their files and make configuration changes through Western Digital cloud infrastructure. Western Digital stopped supporting the My Book Live in 2015. The support forum thread was first reported by Bleeping Computer.

On its website, Western Digital advised customers to disconnect their My Book Live devices to prevent further attacks while the company investigates the mass wiping.”

Hasnain says:

“That's how you're supposed to handle these people," Trump told his top law enforcement and military officials, according to Bender. "Crack their skulls!"

Trump also told his team that he wanted the military to go in and "beat the f--k out" of the civil rights protesters, Bender writes.

"Just shoot them," Trump said on multiple occasions inside the Oval Office, according to the excerpts.”

Hasnain says:

So many well reasoned points here. Also goes into the failures of contemporary media.

“America’s experiment with mass incarceration has been such a clear and profound disaster that even conservatives have come around to the idea that it must end. Not everyone cares that it was a racist atrocity, but all corners of the political spectrum have been forced to admit that it is a staggering, unsustainable waste of resources that doesn’t work. Accepting this reality, it is perfectly rational — unremarkable, even — to shift resources from our armed police forces and into social services and other areas that address the root causes of crime. The failure of mass incarceration as a viable public safety strategy is quickly reaching conventional wisdom status, so it would be irrational not to execute a shift in policing as well.”

Hasnain says:

Power to the people!

“"It just speaks volumes. We have these experiences outside of TikTok. As Black folks, we're used to galvanizing, marching, protesting, having to scream and yell to have our voices heard. It's weird that it's also having to be translated onto a space where people are supposed to divulge their creative endeavors and engage creatively," Louis said. "It's supposed to be a safe space but even in those spaces we're forced to make a statement and protest."”

Hasnain says:

This is enraging.

“In another shocking revelation, Spears said that she wanted to have another child, but has been forced to keep an IUD in place.

Throughout her statement, Spears reminded the judge that it was her work financially supporting the people controlling her — namely her father, Jamie Spears.

"All I want is to own my money and for this to end," she said.”

Hasnain says:

Ironically this (history, sociology, psychology) is one thing I regret not learning more about in college. Despite that this seems to sound pretty fascistic.

“None of Florida’s school districts taught the theory before the ban, state education officials acknowledged. But DeSantis, leading up to his reelection bid in 2022, has railed against critical race theory, a legal academic concept that examines systemic racism in American institutions and policies, because he says it is an attempt to indoctrinate children against the United States.”

Hasnain says:

Looking through some of the data and … ugh.

“The department limited disclosure to cases where officers were judged guilty or pleaded no contest in its trial process — some of the most severe cases.

What those records show is that the most common form of punishment was docking vacation time. In some 89% of the cases made public, reduced vacation time was one of the penalties levied, and in more than 60% of the cases it was the only punishment. Officers in the database can have multiple cases filed against them.”