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The difference between "There used to be hot summers too,” and a climate crisis.

Look, we all know this is true. But there isn't a SOURCE for this, and the graph itself is basically illegible beyond "ooh colors". If we want to be good stewards of our informational resources, we need to cite our sources.

From a reverse image search, I found the website Show Your Stripes, run by the University of Reading in the UK, which is likely where the above graph originated. It provides temperature data for various regions of the world from approximately 1900-2025. For example, here are graphs for Canada, India, and Papua New Guinea:

All clearly show a sharp rise in temperature beginning around approximately the 1980s, which corresponds with the graph in OP's post. But now we know where this data came from, and we can verify its validity accordingly.

rederiswrites

Look, I realize that the whole Schrodinger's Mitch thing has real political consequences on a national level, but since I'm not from Kentucky and have no say whatsoever in the outcome of the situation, I'm honestly just finding the entire thing grimly hilarious. Has Horrible Turtle Man died? We don't fucking know! Turns out senators can just not show up to work indefinitely and there are no consequences! What fun!

rederiswrites

Cannot believe this post is still relevant completely unedited. This timeline is utterly off the rails.

thegenderienvy

Still fucking missing btw! We have some written statements and some metadata-stripped photos, but no real proof of life! Dude was in a rehab for 53 days apparently

Mitch McConnell, recovering from a fall, plans to handle Senate duties remotely, sparking criticism over his absence and raising questions a

podcastwizard

every day i walk into work and my manager says “here is the rule you must enforce” and i go “got it bossman” and i spend a couple days enforcing the rule and then my manager comes up to me and says “why are you enforcing the rule? we changed the rule yesterday and didn’t tell you” and i go “ok bossman new rule it is” and then a customer comes in asking to break the new rule and i say “sorry you can’t it’s the rule” and they say “but you don’t understand the rule doesn’t apply to me” and then my manager comes out and says “they’re right the rule doesn’t apply to them” and i ask why and my manager says “it just doesn’t.” and then the next day we get rid of the rule entirely and no one remembered it existed in the first place.

anyway this sounds like a metaphor for neurodivergence or something but it’s not this is just my fucking life

clemenss-art

Common/Eurasian kingfisher

geekysteven

Example art from Tumblr users @poltergrease @teenageclown @randomationality

narwhal-art-space

✨Star Trek TNG Miku✨

socialmaya

ode-on-a-grecian-butt

theyer old enough that they used to connect

finnglas

They're older than Florida. The Floridian peninsula is the solidified runoff of the Appalachians that got caught on some coral. It's why we're like this, I think. You don't stand a chance of being normal when you were created by the shed skin of an elder god draping itself over a hollow skeleton. You're always going to be a little Off.

galladegamer

headspace-hotel

They used to be as tall as the Himalayas.

purkinje-effect

dragoninahumancostume

Okay but are they older or younger than sharks?

iota-andromedae

THEYRE OLDER THAN SHARKS BY LIKE THIRTY MILLION YEARS

jaycafe

makes sense when you know that life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains....

spiralatria

'minion' -too closely associated with those yellow things

'goon' -linguistic drift gave her a new meaning. i hope her new life is good for her. i miss her.

'henchman' -too gendered. can be shortened to 'hench' in a pinch, but lacks punch.

'servant' -too domestic to apply to all those who serve evil.

'underling, subordinate' -this one only works if they get off on being beneath you and/or you don't properly pay your workers.

'associate' -this one's good for grizzled mercenaries or lone agents but doesn't work good for broad swathes of an organization.

'slave' -same as underling but more intense. really fun for some of the group. unsavory for others in a way that limits the scope of the thing.

'thrall' -only really applies if you're brainwashing them and that's not something i've learned how to do en masse yet

'flunky, toady, stooge, lackey' -these are just insulting, and that isn't conducive to a healthy work environment. imagine going to work and your job title is 'stooge'.

'acolyte' -works for those that worship you, but again. lacks the scope.

'supporter, follower' -unspecific and vague

'assistant, helper, aide' -not sinister at all. just means you're doing things for me. swagless in this manner. could be good if used to describe someone who's so clearly more that as a way to emphasize their obedience via understatement, but that's only useful for a few members of the organization. and even then, 'associate' works better.

'cohort' -untested in the field. suggests an equal footing in the affair, ideal for post-structuralist evil organizations with a bottom-up power structure that's held in the hands of the evil workers themselves. perhaps we'll explore it together?

seraphalpha

may I suggest: 'grunt' – time-tested by crime bosses with a variety of goals and organizational mandates. implies a subservient position with none of the innate baggage of lackey et al.

spiralatria

GRUNT IS PRETTY GOOD

hellenhighwater

Should I be saving my money for a down payment on a house and getting rid of furniture so I have less to move? Yes. And also yes.

But consider:

She's $300 and I need her

hellenhighwater

She's here!!

This side-by-side was built by the Rockford Desk and Furniture Co., which only existed from 1891-1895. I've found one singular other example of this cabinet, which was auctioned over a decade ago, and was stained a dark cherry color. I personally like the color of the quartersawn oak as it is, so I'm not planning a full restoration.

hellenhighwater

Wait I just realized this puts her in line of sight with my favorite chifforobe and I love how they look together. Very different periods and styles but I feel like there's a dialogue there.

We are not judging the mess in my drawing room, that's a later problem. Work table all covered in nonsense...

bunjywunjy

Do sharks cuddle?

THEY SURE FUCKIN DO.

many sharks are at least moderately social, and if a specific species of shark has the ability to breathe without actually swimming and tends to have a lot of sharks in a fairly small area, well.

they are just going to Pile. and there is simply nothing you can do about it.

bunjywunjy

also, fun fact! whitetip reef sharks in particular are SO damn cuddly with each other that they'll actively seek out a buddy or ten when they get sleepy!

it's pretty much slumber party or nothing for these guys. you won't find a whitetip sleeping alone except in the most dire and tragic of shark circumstances.

(shhh! they are. SLEEBING)

tiktoksthataregood-ish

casuallyodd

Both of these tags are right. I love when a cat will just put up with your silly human games. They love you and know you love them and are just happy with you.

appendingfic

"cats are incapable of love" cats understand affectionate bothering, something it takes years-long relationships to develop between humans

napoleononthebellerophon

the amount of lawsuits these exploited children are going to be filing 20 years from now is going to be crazy and im all for it

souplover13

image: cropped caption of a tiktok. "POV: you're a content creator and your kids can now sense when a sweet moment is about to become content...and immediately shut you down 😂". end ID.

elf-kid2

Some moments are for the family photo-album, that you keep inside your house, and only share with your nearest & dearest.

Forcing your kids to do "Precious Moments" Reality TV is wrong.

crimson-chains

New poster! Gonna get it done with gold foil~ Really love the colors for this one :D

persephobeee

And when u see both juniper and valen on my farm mind ur business

elflutter

what if valen gave me a kiss. what if juniper gave me a kiss. what if valen and juniper kissed each other and then me. what if we were all girlfriends. what then.