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Tiger Lily – Haiku 2024 Week 27: “Crow-Dipper Sprouts”

a swallowtail drinks from a tiger lily pose throat-soothing chakras In response to Mark over at SeasonWords where in Week 27: “Crow-Dipper Sprouts” …

Tiger Lily – Haiku 2024 Week 27: “Crow-Dipper Sprouts”

Caminho sem volta: após 2°C de aquecimento global, perda de biodiversidade da Amazônia e do Pantanal pode ser irreversível! | Barbara Crane Navarro

A ação climática está ficando para trás na escala de tempo necessária para atingir as metas do Acordo de Paris de manter o aquecimento global abaixo de 1,5°C ou pelo menos impedir que ultrapasse 2°C neste século. Muitos cenários apontam agora para uma ultrapassagem dessas temperaturas por várias décadas, enquanto formuladores de políticas públicas e […]

Caminho sem volta: após 2°C de aquecimento global, perda de biodiversidade da Amazônia e do Pantanal pode ser irreversível —

Source: Caminho sem volta: após 2°C de aquecimento global, perda de biodiversidade da Amazônia e do Pantanal pode ser irreversível! | Barbara Crane Navarro

Palm Springs hits 124 degrees, setting new all-time high

Palm Springs broke its all-time high temperature record Friday afternoon, with the mercury hitting 124 degrees at 3:53 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The previous high temperature of 123 was reached a handful of times, most recently on June 17, 2021.

The temperature ticked a degree above that, according to hourly observation records from Palm Springs International Airport.

Other areas in Southern California tied or broke records for July 5.

Southern California towns break daily record highs

  • Idyllwild hit 104 degrees, breaking the old record of 99 degrees set in 2007.
  • San Jacinto hit 114 degrees, breaking the old record of 106 degrees set in 2008.
  • Borrego hit 119 degrees, breaking the old record of 118 degrees in 1989.
  • Campo hit 109 degrees, breaking the old record of 108 degrees in 2007.
  • Palomar Mountain hit 97 degrees, tying a record set in 2007.

Source: Palm Springs hits 124 degrees, setting new all-time high

Arkansas: Volunteers Collect Enough Signatures to Put Abortion on the Ballot | Diane Ravitch’s blog

In the first post today, I wrote that people in Arkansas were trying to collect enough signatures to get a state referendum on abortion. They did it! Under the malign leadership of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and a Republican legislature, the state government passed a highly restrictive abortion law.

The Arkansas Times writes:

They did it. They did it on a shoestring budget, with no organizational support from national groups. Just Arkansas women with clipboards, hustling.

With 100,000 signatures in hand and more still being counted, backers of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment say they’ve got the numbers they need to put reproductive rights on the November ballot. And so far 53 counties reached the qualifying minimum, more than the state’s required 50.

Source: Arkansas: Volunteers Collect Enough Signatures to Put Abortion on the Ballot | Diane Ravitch’s blog