[-] underisk@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The historical existence of snow depends on where you’re talking about. Climate is changing but not every manifestation of that will cause less snow. It’s possible some places start getting more as rising temperatures create more moisture in the air in places that are historically cold and dry. For example, parts of the mountains here in Nevada had unusually high snowfall, like Lee’s Canyon While looking at (what appears to be) the historical data for the US overall doesn’t seem to show a significant deviation at a cursory glance.

Saying these things are obviously true while not bothering to check if they’re factually accurate is misrepresenting the problem and leaves openings for climate denialists to make themselves more credible. “You said snowfall was going down but it just saw record snowfall in the news!” Which is a bad argument but a convincing one to people who aren’t inclined to deal with a global apocalyptic problem.

[-] underisk@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

If the cameras they use for this are cheap enough to not have an IR filter on them you could maybe blind them with some bright IR LEDs while remaining relatively inconspicuous as long as no one points their phone camera at you.

[-] underisk@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Don’t let Janeway see this.

[-] underisk@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

they've pulled that several times and they were never serious attempts. the key sticking point is always that Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire and Israel insists that it gets the prerogative to start shooting again when they feel like it. he's never put any real pressure on Israel to agree to anything less; the weapons and money flow unconditionally.

[-] underisk@hexbear.net 48 points 3 months ago

Well unfortunately we live in a democracy, so what the majority of people want doesn’t matter.

[-] underisk@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

https://tldr.inbrowser.app/ for anyone curious. There’s also a command line version you can install.

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