#Disasters

Sean Kelly

StorySlug

The reason the South is hobbled by the winter weather is kinda the same reason we were hobbled by the pandemic - GOP politicians refuse to spend money preparing for

Sue Marsh

suey2y

Thread : So my whole family has been shielding since pretty much last March. Had to go out today, FOR THE DAY! Hospital insisted I went for blood test then

jrd &

jrdznn

I don’t know if this is helpful but I’ve experienced hypothermia before and here’s what is important to know:- the fastest and safest way to bring your body temperature up

Clint Watts

selectedwisdom

"7 Potential Disinformation Disasters Headed into Election 2020" - our #FIE2020 team has been monitoring disinfo the last 18 months and headed into election day. No surprise on what #1

tim parke

trjparke

Catching up on news, saw some negative articles on #QEUH. Here’s my experience of the relationship between newspapers and hospitals 1/ All big busy hospitals make mistakes. If the A&E

Caroline

spacecrone

I really recommend reading Rebecca Solnit’s “a paradise born in hell” about the communities that form in the wake of disasters. thesis: people are shocked out of their quotidian concerns

Raffi Melkonian

RMFifthCircuit

I'm not going to get into political recriminations for all this yet. We're still in the thick of it. But I will say - I had dramatically undervalued in my

Indo-Pacific News - Watching the CCP-China Threat

IndoPac_Info

#China’s Monster Fishing FleetThough not alone in its destructive practices, #Beijing’s rapacious fleet causes humanitarian disasters and has a unique military mission, taking over weaker countries’ waters & expanding Beijing’s

Ari Berman

AriBerman

Runoff elections set up in Georgia in early 1960s by segregationists to keep Black voters from participating But high turnout, diverse electorate & 2 years of organizing against voter suppression

Shirley Tillotson

stillots1

I don’t care about wealth taxes. I DO care about a lot of things wealth taxes are supposed to do.I hate to be out of step with my progressive "tribe."

ujsNova ⧖ 🌍🌲🌳...tired of everything 🌅

ujsNova

Week 41 #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeOnline & Day 272 #SaveCongoRainforest. In 1992, 1,575 scientists penned a "World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity" asking people to take immediate action to stop environmental degradati

David A. Evans

david__a__evans

The Antonine Plague worked its way around the Roman Empire for about twenty years, 165 to mid-180s CE. Some estimates suggest 25% of the population died. In response to the

Naomi Hossain

nomhossain

50 years ago today was the Bhola cyclone, one of the deadliest tropical storms in world history. It killed up to half a million people in what was then East

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Everything they say about the environment is wrong- Poverty not climate is biggest env. problem- 100% renewables would require 25-50% of land- Greenpeace worsens deforestation Best summary yet of Apocalypse

Doctora Malka Older

m_older

There is no such thing as a natural disaster. Natural hazards like hurricanes, earthquakes, extreme temperatures become human disasters when they interact with unsafe housing, poor drainage, lack of savings,

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missodessa

The #TexasBlackout got me thinking about being prepared for disasters and having emergency kits. What are some of the main things you keep in yours to stay prepared? Share links

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