Ocean temperatures hardly down from their  peak in August and still way, way above normal.
#Climate #Oceans

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 New phrase spotted: 

climatically challenged, adj 

An adjectival  phrase that accurately describes the Conservative Party of Canada, but hey, feel free to apply it wherever warranted.

#Climate #Conservative #Language #Linguistics

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 Musk’s international meddling: first in Ukraine, now Taiwan. 
The man is a menace.

“Taiwan is “not for sale”, the island’s foreign minister has said in a stern rebuke to Elon Musk, who asserted Taiwan was an integral part of China, again wading into the thorny issue relations between Beijing and Taipei. His comments came as dozens of Chinese warships and planes were detected near Taiwan for suspected military exercises.” 
#Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/14/taiwan-elon-musk-china-comments-response-all-in-summit-los-angeles?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

 Coiled basket by Louisa Keyser (Dat So La Lee) of the Washoe people of Nevada, titled “Our Ancestors Were Great Hunters” (1905). (Credit: Donald Ellis Gallery, via New York Times )
#Art

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