Lara Williams
@lararhiannon.bsky.social
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I write about climate change for
@opinion.bsky.social
and pursue the outdoors
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Count Binface
5 days ago
Is Trump on Ozempic? If so, it's done wonders for his ankles. Fair play.
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Jim Waterson
11 days ago
Real reporting: Is this London's busiest Lime bike parking space?
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-und...
And, if this one space contains 415 bikes, HOW MANY BIKES IS LIME HIDING FROM US?
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Kate Marvel
12 days ago
is there life on Mars? maybe. is it puppies? definitely not. Earth forever
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HappyToast
12 days ago
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cannot stress how crazy it is to say no to a solar farm because of a coal-mining related disaster
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now do one for EVs!
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Dave Vetter
12 days ago
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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ā ļøYou received the emergency alert on Sunday, but do you know how to prepare for a crisis? As I discovered, waiting until the alarm sounds is too late
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love to Prep
With natural disasters increasing, stockpiling food and water and packing a grab-bag of necessities makes sense.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-11/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-to-prep?srnd=undefined&sref=r4AzvICB
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Flickytwit
18 days ago
The finest response I've seen so far.
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Chris Nagano
19 days ago
Welcome to the Global Climate Crisis Mosquito borne diseases surge in Europe as temperatures warms creating optimal conditions for the insects
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe
Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome
https://www.science.org/content/article/mosquito-borne-viruses-surge-warming-europe
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Molly Jong-Fast
21 days ago
You guys see where this is going? Right?
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Tidal power would be great -- reliable renewable energy, with the benefit of providing flood defences, too
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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A humble book doesnāt stand a chance against the modern internetās sophisticated algorithms -- that's now showing up in reading performance and enjoyment around the world š via
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Edward Jenkins
about 1 month ago
My considered analysis on this is that, on the one hand, the WRU can get fucked, while on the other hand, the WRU can stick it up their arse. You could make a compelling case for either.
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
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Welsh Rugby Union to propose halving professional sides to two
The Welsh Rugby Union is poised to unveil a plan that would cut half of the Welsh professional sides, leaving Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets under threat.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/c2enjxpmgm8o
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This piece published last week, as I was at Green Man, swimming in the River Usk and dancing under ancient trees. If companies get legal personhood, then it shouldn't be a stretch to give rights to nature too š link via
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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We Grant Personhood to Companies. Why Not to Nature?
Giving legal rights to rivers, forests and mountains is a useful way to elevate consideration of the ecosystem.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-14/nature-rights-we-grant-personhood-to-companies-why-not-to-rivers?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NTU5Njc4MSwiZXhwIjoxNzU2MjAxNTgxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMFlUU1VHUTFZWlIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFQUM5MEQ5ODAzNTU0ODdEQjQ2NDFDMjdGRDVBMzUxNiJ9.S5FSLnx5loMO9S1aJcKLwRISFggM3Q_fRL9YQIovN_I
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derek guy
about 1 month ago
me working to solve the rising sea levels
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Mark Gongloff
about 1 month ago
Even new buildings in the UK are foolishly not designed to deal with heat. As
@lararhiannon.bsky.social
has explained, UK laws and regulations just have a massive blind spot when it comes to heat. People will die as a result
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Brits Keep a Sweaty Upper Lip on Air Conditioning
Government policy in the UK has focused almost exclusively on making homes warmer. Itās far too hot for that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-18/uk-heatwave-brits-keep-a-sweaty-upper-lip-on-air-conditioning?sref=ZtdQlmKR
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We have plastic in our brains. And our livers, kidneys, heart, bloodstream and more. In just 8 years, scientists have observed an increase in the amount of bodily plastic. The outcomes of becoming part-plastic are not good. š via
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Carbon Brief
about 2 months ago
NEW ā Explainer: What is āclimate anxietyā? āļø
@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
with comment from
@clarakuehner.bsky.social
and Prof Kim-Pong Tam ā”ļø Read here:
buff.ly/yNIZpuu
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Right now, as I type this, there's plastic in my brain. And my liver. And my kidneys. And in yours too. Makes my insides feel itchy š¬
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Plastic Aināt Fantastic When Itās Hiding in Your Brain
Microscopic polymer particles threaten our health. Itās time for a global treaty to tackle the issue.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-07/global-plastics-treaty-time-to-recognize-human-health-impacts?srnd=phx-opinion&sref=r4AzvICB
about 2 months ago
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Adam Vaughan
about 2 months ago
98% That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p) Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well
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Mark Gongloff
about 2 months ago
OK, this is actually pretty good
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzE...
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Samuel L. Jackson Wants You to Eat Seaweed (and Back Wind Farms)
YouTube video by Creative Boom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzEzU7kwyQ
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Mark Gongloff
about 2 months ago
You might want to sit down for this, but the Windmill Hater in Chief has said a lot of wrong things about windmills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Tilting at windmills? Trumpās claims about turbines fact-checked
The US president has taken a swipe at wind power as the blades visible from his Turnberry golf course turn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/28/are-trump-claims-about-wind-power-correct
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doing the lord's work aka lurking in r/DIYUK and upvoting all the pro-heat pump comments
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"One doesnāt decide whether to embark on brain surgery by focusing on the price of the knife." Solar geoengineering might be TECHNICALLY cheap but it's extremely expensive once you factor in the social costs
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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The social costs of solar radiation management - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - The social costs of solar radiation management
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00273-y?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-07-22&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+Shell+abandons+emissions+standard+Sizewell+go-ahead+Storm+Wipha
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Mark Gongloff
2 months ago
Cutting weather forecasters off from military satellite data to possibly enrich private companies will make hurricanes more dangerous ⦠and our growing home-insurance crisis even worse š link to my
@opinion.bloomberg.com
column
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Hiding Weather Data Harms More Than Hurricane Forecasts
The Trump administrationās decision to stop sharing military satellite information with meteorologists will accelerate the nationās growing home-insurance crisis.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-21/hiding-weather-data-harms-more-than-hurricane-forecasts?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MzEwMTk0MSwiZXhwIjoxNzUzNzA2NzQxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWlFYODdHUTdMNEIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxMkE1QzVFRUNERDg0NUJEQjVFOTM1MUE0Mzk4QTAxNCJ9.snEP2RofTguUU9D33w-bw_-0d87FhU1dAOypgzuKWtw
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Ben Elgin
2 months ago
While British Airways' parent IAG and Alaska Air lead in cleaner jet fuel, climate gains are being wiped out by growth in air travel. Some industry insiders are now calling for a more candid conversation about aviation emissions. Gift link here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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British Airways, Alaska Air and Peers' Cleaner Fuel No Match for Emissions Rise
Although carriers are using more sustainable aviation fuel than before, any climate benefits are outweighed by the increase in air travel.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/airlines-cleaner-fuel-is-no-match-for-rising-emissions-as-people-fly-more?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MzExMjIwMiwiZXhwIjoxNzUzNzE3MDAyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWlFSTzdHUEZIT00wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIzRjRGRUZFRDYwMzQ0Q0RDQjlGMTIwNTMyNzFCMUVBQiJ9.0lhohChGKJz_-1Xmok1wv7IwKZYzTfwBychVaG3jymM
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so there's a theory that, in the netherlands (& probs elsewhere): š±there's PFAS in the soil šŖ±earthworms absorb the PFAS šgarden hens munch worms š„eggs from those hens have really high levels of PFAS so Dutch people have been told not to eat the eggs from their own chickens and isn't that so sad?
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Stop Playing Whac-a-Mole With Forever Chemicals
What the world needs now is a universal ban on PFAS. We know restrictions work.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-17/pfas-pollution-universal-bans-are-our-best-hope?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1Mjc0NzEyNywiZXhwIjoxNzUzMzUxOTI3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWklaNExEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFQUM5MEQ5ODAzNTU0ODdEQjQ2NDFDMjdGRDVBMzUxNiJ9.4f7ETb7GcHmDVN6oPTiEFxVISomZQqj__GijUiKB4G4
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Gov policy has quite rightly focused on making our homes warmer to reduce energy bills and carbon emissions. But with extreme heat becoming a greater issue, is it time to add cooling measures to the retrofit agenda? via
@opinion.bloomberg.com
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Brits Keep a Sweaty Upper Lip on Air Conditioning
Government policy in the UK has focused almost exclusively on making homes warmer. Itās far too hot for that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-18/uk-heatwave-brits-keep-a-sweaty-upper-lip-on-air-conditioning?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MjgzNzc3MiwiZXhwIjoxNzUzNDQyNTcyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWktUU0NHUTdMMTIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFQUM5MEQ5ODAzNTU0ODdEQjQ2NDFDMjdGRDVBMzUxNiJ9.de0x7TDMj6YyKhAHRkbLN6GQ_DGGWhXmtQ-UrrFZ6kE
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spotify made me a great playlist of nearly exclusively irish music but had the gall to describe it as "english"
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Thus far, the world has been taking a piecemeal approach to PFAS -- a group of more than 10,000 toxic, persistent chemicals. The EU is working on a universal ban, but progress elsewhere has been pitiful. Free read via
@opinion.bloomberg.com
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Stop Playing Whac-a-Mole With Forever Chemicals
What the world needs now is a universal ban on PFAS. We know restrictions work.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-17/pfas-pollution-universal-bans-are-our-best-hope?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1Mjc0NzEyNywiZXhwIjoxNzUzMzUxOTI3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWklaNExEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFQUM5MEQ5ODAzNTU0ODdEQjQ2NDFDMjdGRDVBMzUxNiJ9.4f7ETb7GcHmDVN6oPTiEFxVISomZQqj__GijUiKB4G4
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Prof Friederike Otto
3 months ago
About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels.
www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
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Paul J Davies
3 months ago
The reality: From brain rot to induced psychosis, the psychological cost of generative AI is growing and flying under the radar,
@parmy.bsky.social
writes
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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the idea of an ai powered mental health platform actually makes me feel physically sick
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Bloomberg Opinion
3 months ago
Mike Bloomberg: The horrific flooding in Texas isnāt just about a natural disaster in one state. Itās also about political failures all over the country
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The Texas Floods Were Made Worse by Climate Denialism
Elected officials must be held accountable, now and in the future, for the lives lost in disasters brought on by increasingly extreme weather.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-08/michael-bloomberg-texas-floods-made-worse-by-climate-denialism?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=view
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Adam Bell
3 months ago
Every day I creep closer to recommending a lifetime achievement carbon tax.
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Adam Vaughan
3 months ago
A mass lobbying exercise of UK MPs on climate change and nature is taking place on Wednesday at 9.30am
www.theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-chan...
Will it get as much coverage as the NFU's mass lobby over IHT on 19 November? I doubt it, unless WWF's Tanya Steele rides into Westminster on a bison...
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ACT NOW, CHANGE FOREVER
On 9th July, thousands people from every corner of the UK will come to Westminster to tell our MPs: this is a moment for leadership that protects what matters most ā our health, our nature, our commun...
https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-change-forever
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steve blueberry
3 months ago
taking a āsabbatical, jr.ā (trip to the bathroom)
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Desert Star
3 months ago
why is everything so fucking weird
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so so tired
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I cannot stress enough: people should NOT use ChatGPT as a therapist. Its habit of fanning "the flames of psychosis" is way too serious an impact to ignore. From my colleague
@parmy.bsky.social
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ChatGPTās Mental Health Costs Are Adding Up
From brain rot to induced psychosis, the psychological cost of generative AI is growing and flying under the radar.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-04/chatgpt-s-mental-health-costs-are-adding-up?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MTYxOTQ1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzUyMjI0MjUwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWVVXR0xUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFQUM5MEQ5ODAzNTU0ODdEQjQ2NDFDMjdGRDVBMzUxNiJ9.nXpJW4oLc_HqV_PmscoujSffhdzJHbKSHSK1jRyi5ss
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Dave Vetter
3 months ago
By every metric, wherever they've been trialled, shorter working weeks are better for business, workers and the economy at large.
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Yep, people probably flocked to the beach but also: Lots of people died. Hospitalizations spiked. Forest fires broke out. Food prices rose 12% because crops failed. Reservoirs almost dried out. So I think the health alerts this time around are reasonable
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/ins...
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David Ho
3 months ago
Let's see if this is clearā¦
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Robert Jameson
3 months ago
Gift Link / Free to Read Opinion |
@lararhiannon.bsky.social
, Columnist The UKās Record-Breaking Sunshine Isnāt All Good News One of Britainās warmest ā and sunniest ā springs ever may be lifting spirits, but it comes with challenges.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
via
@opinion.bloomberg.com
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The UKās Record-Breaking Sunshine Isnāt All Good News
One of Britainās warmest ā and sunniest ā springs ever may be lifting spirits, but it comes with challenges.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-30/uk-s-warmest-and-sunniest-spring-isn-t-all-good-news?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MTM2NDM4OCwiZXhwIjoxNzUxOTY5MTg4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWU5IU1ZEV0xVNjkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4M0E0Njg5QzBGNzI0MTkzOEJBMzJCM0VCMDQ5RUFEMSJ9.WzV-FL3dEEEBX_3loULz5K9VYg_Pb2CCnThbhkOVUPg
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Record-breaking spring sunshine in the UK was welcomed by many -- solar industry, retailers, the general public -- but there's a flipside which is only getting worse in the extreme summer heat: the lack of rain & threat of excess deaths via
@opinion.bloomberg.com
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Mark Gongloff
3 months ago
That is one ugly chart
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...
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