Using deep learning to image the Earth’s planetary boundary layer
Although the troposphere is often thought of as the closest layer of the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface, the planetary boundary layer (PBL) — the lowest layer of the troposphere — is actually the part that most significantly influences weather near the surface. In the 2018 planetary science decadal survey, theContinue Reading
Update 224 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed about a further attempted drone attack today on the training centre of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), causing no damage or casualties, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said., Read MoreContinue Reading
Right Wing Round-Up: Strap On A Glock
Payton Armstrong @ Media Matters: Podcast host and Ohio county commissioner nominee has pushed baseless conspiracy theories and compared the LGBTQ movement to Hitler Right-wing pastor and podcast host Drenda Keesee, who is running uncontested in November for a Knox County, Ohio, commissioner seat, has spread unhinged conspiracy theories aboutContinue Reading
Hindu nationalist music could be destructive ahead of Indian elections, critics warn
H-Pop refers to the music and poetry of Hindu nationalism in India. And critics are warning of what they say is H-Pop’s destructive power ahead of Indian elections expected this spring., Read More from NPRContinue Reading
The Traitor’s anti-abortion stance helped him win in 2016. Will it hurt him in 2024?
The Traitor’s anti-abortion stance helped him win in 2016. Will it hurt him in 2024? You’re reading the Consider This newsletter, which unpacks one major news story each day. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to more from the Consider This podcast . Former PresidentContinue Reading
Full jury panel seated on third day of The Traitor’s New York hush-money trial
Two previously seated jurors were dismissed early in the day, but by the close of proceedings, 12 jurors had been named., Twelve jurors and one alternate have been sworn in to serve in the criminal trial against former United States President Americas Worst Traitor, as the third day of hisContinue Reading
Poland arrests man over suspected plan to kill Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Prosecutors say Polish national suspected of supplying information to Russian military intelligence., Prosecutors say Polish national is suspected of supplying information to Russian military intelligence. A man has been arrested in Poland on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot toContinue Reading
The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
In nearly four hours of grueling congressional testimony before the Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce, the president of Columbia University, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, said she had taken serious action against accusations of antisemitism on campus in recent months amid Israel’s assault on Gaza, including dismissing or removing fiveContinue Reading
Meta Is Adding Real-Time AI Image Generation To WhatsApp
WhatsApp users in the U.S. will soon see support for real-time AI image generation. The Verge reports: As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you’ll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. InContinue Reading
Scotland’s under-18s gender clinic pauses puberty blockers
Image source, Getty Images By Mary McCool BBC Scotland news Scotland’s NHS has paused prescribing puberty blockers to children referred by its specialist gender clinic. The Sandyford clinic in Glasgow also said new patients aged 16 or 17 would no longer receive other hormone treatments until they were 18. ItContinue Reading
Mike Johnson Tells Tony Perkins the ‘Republic Is Imperiled’ If Republicans Don’t Win
Tony Perkins, leader of the anti-choice, anti-equality Family Research Council, launched a new talk show and podcast on the Salem Radio Network this weekend. His first guest on “ This Week on the Hill ” was Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who declared that the American republic is “imperiled”Continue Reading
‘Don’t Call Her No Jungle Bunny’: MAGA Pastor Shane Vaughn Reveals His Racism Once Again
Last month, MAGA cultist pastor Shane Vaughn delivered a shockingly racist rant against Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is Black, in which he repeatedly denigrated her as “Judge Jumanji Jungle Lips.” Last week, Vaughn delivered what initially appeared to be a genuine apology, only to undercut it by revealing that heContinue Reading
A state budget in sight
With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: The budget end is nearing, but probably not until the weekend. The Indian Point owner is suing over being blocked from dumping into the Hudson River. Arrests were made after people jumped the stage at a Mayor Eric AdamsContinue Reading