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Irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa are consistently falling short of their promises
https://t.co/F9OlCXfKPZ
#africa #irrigation
‘We feel incredibly betrayed’: Thousands of Guardsmen forced to vacate Capitol
https://t.co/laCWjytrLn
#military #deployment #domestic
The New York Times Introduces a Web Site
https://t.co/0e0vadzDyS
#websites #anniversaries #journalism #newspapers
How will Democrats’ control of an evenly-divided Senate work? | US Elections 2020 News | Al Jazeera
https://t.co/nK5irhQQIO
#government #PartisanPolitics
Irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa are consistently falling short of their promises
https://t.co/F9OlCXfKPZ
#africa #irrigation
‘We feel incredibly betrayed’: Thousands of Guardsmen forced to vacate Capitol
https://t.co/laCWjytrLn
#military #deployment #domestic
The New York Times Introduces a Web Site
https://t.co/0e0vadzDyS
#websites #anniversaries #journalism #newspapers
How will Democrats’ control of an evenly-divided Senate work? | US Elections 2020 News | Al Jazeera
https://t.co/nK5irhQQIO
#government #PartisanPolitics
More from Climate change
I previously 👇 documented 20 mechanisms through which climate change is 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 disrupting food production.
Below I am adding to the list including several newly documented mechanisms.
*thread*
Several primary impacts relate to altered soil & plant chemistry & biology:
1. Disruption of the phosphorous cycle - the second most vital element for plants after nitrogen
2. Decreased content of key nutrients in major
3. Reduced chill hours required for many plants to bloom normally in the
Other additional primary impacts include:
4. Fossil fuel pollution impacts on crops - this is not a result of climate change per se, but is included since it is due to the same root cause (fossil fuel use):
Below I am adding to the list including several newly documented mechanisms.
*thread*
1. Heat stress reducing crop yields https://t.co/7SNN00rNox\xa0
— Jim Baird (@JimBair62221006) February 14, 2020
2. Heat stress on farmers (sometimes fatal) https://t.co/jYKjwATe5S, https://t.co/wtcp0kT8Wk\xa0
3. Heat stress on livestock (often fatal) https://t.co/MxogLlksC2, https://t.co/RiJ0A7ezld, https://t.co/rGX2UTTUJM
Several primary impacts relate to altered soil & plant chemistry & biology:
1. Disruption of the phosphorous cycle - the second most vital element for plants after nitrogen
2. Decreased content of key nutrients in major
3. Reduced chill hours required for many plants to bloom normally in the
Other additional primary impacts include:
4. Fossil fuel pollution impacts on crops - this is not a result of climate change per se, but is included since it is due to the same root cause (fossil fuel use):
'future warming and unmitigated ozone pollution in the US, could cause a decline\xa0of 13% in wheat crops, 28% in soybean yield, and 43% in maize by 2050'
— Jim Baird (@JimBair62221006) September 19, 2020
& in India, ozone is 'killing crops that could feed 94 million'#ClimateCrisis #AirPollutionhttps://t.co/T3iTCj5C0X
1/ In reflecting on my work this year I have just realized that everything I published concerned climate change: here is a roundup of my 2020 writing on #climate #justice, climate #reparations, climate #debt, climate #displacement, climate #mobilities & #disaster #recovery
2/ My most recent online piece is on #Arctic #Mobilities, #climate #displacement and #Indigenous rights, originating from a great workshop @PennLaw_CERL
3/ Last month I also wrote about #climate #displacement and the case for #climate #reparations and #open #borders for those fleeing climate disasters
4/ Which originally appeared here
5/ Both of these came out of thinking about Caribbean #climate #colonialism and #climate #debt in my book Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene @DukePress YOU CAN STILL GET IT for 50% off with the code E20SHELL https://t.co/i5DIaNAgsg
2/ My most recent online piece is on #Arctic #Mobilities, #climate #displacement and #Indigenous rights, originating from a great workshop @PennLaw_CERL
3/ Last month I also wrote about #climate #displacement and the case for #climate #reparations and #open #borders for those fleeing climate disasters
4/ Which originally appeared here
5/ Both of these came out of thinking about Caribbean #climate #colonialism and #climate #debt in my book Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene @DukePress YOU CAN STILL GET IT for 50% off with the code E20SHELL https://t.co/i5DIaNAgsg

I don't have time to make this detailed, but here's a little thread about the world's first major politically-charged blackout that was blamed on renewables, in South Australia, in 2016............
On September 28, 2016, an unprecedented tropical storm progressed rapidly across South Australia. Truly - this thing was unusual. The sky folded in on itself. It tore towns to bits.
Australia's @climatecouncil pointed out that the storm was so unusual at least partly due to the influence of climate change, and that this is due to get worse.
https://t.co/76ekkfJpR8
I'm going to use brief snippets from my book to fill this out! The storm's primary impact on the grid was the destruction of several major transmission lines. When I say destruction - I mean they snapped like twigs.
Here's what happened in the following seconds:
- A voltage spike from the line falls
- Wind turbines automatically shut off due to software settings that trigger shutdown during a spike
- The interconnector to Vic tried to compensate, failed and died
- All of SA blacked out
On September 28, 2016, an unprecedented tropical storm progressed rapidly across South Australia. Truly - this thing was unusual. The sky folded in on itself. It tore towns to bits.

Australia's @climatecouncil pointed out that the storm was so unusual at least partly due to the influence of climate change, and that this is due to get worse.
https://t.co/76ekkfJpR8

I'm going to use brief snippets from my book to fill this out! The storm's primary impact on the grid was the destruction of several major transmission lines. When I say destruction - I mean they snapped like twigs.

Here's what happened in the following seconds:
- A voltage spike from the line falls
- Wind turbines automatically shut off due to software settings that trigger shutdown during a spike
- The interconnector to Vic tried to compensate, failed and died
- All of SA blacked out

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BREAKING: @CommonsCMS @DamianCollins just released previously sealed #Six4Three @Facebook documents:
Some random interesting tidbits:
1) Zuck approves shutting down platform API access for Twitter's when Vine is released #competition
2) Facebook engineered ways to access user's call history w/o alerting users:
Team considered access to call history considered 'high PR risk' but 'growth team will charge ahead'. @Facebook created upgrade path to access data w/o subjecting users to Android permissions dialogue.
3) The above also confirms @kashhill and other's suspicion that call history was used to improve PYMK (People You May Know) suggestions and newsfeed rankings.
4) Docs also shed more light into @dseetharaman's story on @Facebook monitoring users' @Onavo VPN activity to determine what competitors to mimic or acquire in 2013.
https://t.co/PwiRIL3v9x
Some random interesting tidbits:
1) Zuck approves shutting down platform API access for Twitter's when Vine is released #competition

2) Facebook engineered ways to access user's call history w/o alerting users:
Team considered access to call history considered 'high PR risk' but 'growth team will charge ahead'. @Facebook created upgrade path to access data w/o subjecting users to Android permissions dialogue.

3) The above also confirms @kashhill and other's suspicion that call history was used to improve PYMK (People You May Know) suggestions and newsfeed rankings.
4) Docs also shed more light into @dseetharaman's story on @Facebook monitoring users' @Onavo VPN activity to determine what competitors to mimic or acquire in 2013.
https://t.co/PwiRIL3v9x
