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The Summer That Keeps Going

According to MétéoSwiss, as the app is called, if you have your iPhone in English, it is currently 34°c in Nyon, that 16°c hotter than the norm for this time of year. After the summer of heat waves the heat persists at least until the anticipated storms this evening.

The storms, yet again, may be torrential. Cycling earlier today around the Vallée de Joux saw me fighting a wind from the west on the way back towards the car. It was strong and persistent.

Years ago I would have loved this summer that never ends. Years ago when I watched Natural History Unit documentaries I couldn’t understand people being impatient for rain, waiting for the rainy season or even monsoons. Due to weather weirding I understand that desire. Who wouldn’t want rain, and who wouldn’t want a drop in temperature after a month of six or more canicules (heat waves) and as a result of life in a Minergie building that was built before the 26.5°c temperature maximum.

In theory this is fantastic for summer sports. If you cycle then this summer was great, especially if you had a cool place to escape to once the ride was over. Some people spent every evening by the lake. This was a fantastic summer for swimming, when lakes didn’t have cyanobactéries, or other forms of health hazards.

I see that the cycling friends are happy to have a long summer of cycling. The advantage of cycling is that it creates a cooling draft, and you can go up the Jura, and through forests, and in so doing find some fresh air, either because of forward motion, higher altitude or evapotranspiration.

A few weeks ago I went from the lake side around Nyon up towards St Cergue, and when I got to the top I actually felt cold, and was impatient to get back down, but every time you cycle down the Jura there is a point where you are hit by a thermocline of heat. When you’re above it you’re cold, and longing for heat, and when you’re beneath it you think “Time to find an ice cream shop.” That’s when you stop at a petrol station on a Sunday.

When it’s hot running, walking, rock climbing and via ferrata become potentially lethal. If it’s 34°c and you’re on a via ferrata then the rocks quickly become hot, and the heat becomes unpleasant. With running, more than once I splashed myself at every fountain I passed, and within a minute or two I was warm again.

I saw that one cycling friend sat in fountains to cool off, during the hottest part of the heat wave. This is a rational thing to do. You lower your body temperature enough to continue.

I suspect that I would be as happy and enthusiastic about the heat this summer if three things were different. The first is that I can’t escape the heat, this summer, so I begin already warm, and I finish without being able to cool properly. The second is that because I live in a village with never-ending construction noise I can only aerate before the noisy people wake up. The third reason is that I know this weather is a sign of global warming, so I can’t enjoy it, like I would have, a few years ago.

In theory the long summer will end tonight. In theory rain is mere hours away, as is a drop in temperature that is in line with normal Autumnal norms. We will see whether the forecast is right.

I posted a #video on #peertube. Why? Because I felt like it, and I was in an #enthusiastic mood. So why not? It's rather useless. But you can watch it here:
https://exquisite.tube/w/kJw7SYmwa4duKnbrnvQrTt

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#KamalaHarris heads into #Trump #debate with #lead, rising #enthusiasm

Harris supporters are now more #enthusiastic about #voting than #Trump #voters.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/03/poll-dems-boosted-gop-shaken-as-harris-trump-race-is-joined/74995919007/

Striking new poll numbers amid Harris’s rise

A large batch of polls this week confirmed Vice President Kamala Harris’s rise in the 2024 presidential race
and suggests it has continued.

She now leads in the majority of national polls.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/15/5-striking-new-poll-numbers-amid-harriss-rise/

#enthusiastic #enthusiasm #optimistic

⭐️ Democrats’ big enthusiasm bump
— and edge

It’s been evident for a while that Democrats have been injected with huge amounts of #enthusiasm since Harris replaced President Joe Biden on the ticket.

Call it “vibes” or something else;
it’s real.

Polls this week reflect that.

While a Monmouth University poll from June showed just 46 percent of Democrats said they were #enthusiastic about a Trump-Biden rematch,
that number has nearly doubled to 🔸85 percent for the Trump-Harris race.

Democrats’ enthusiasm leapfrogged Republicans,
whose excitement stayed steady at 71 percent.

In other words, 🔸Democrats went from a 25-point enthusiasm deficit to a 14-point advantage,
at least on this specific question.

(Other polls have tested enthusiasm to vote, which is a somewhat different question, and the two parties have been closer.)

Also notable from the Monmouth poll:

♦️Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats say they’re #optimistic about the election,
compared with about three-quarters of Republicans.

And an AP-NORC poll this week showed that 🔸63 percent of Democrats are #excited about a potential Harris administration,
compared with 🔸57 percent of Republicans for another Trump administration.

#Transgender #Americans more ‘#hopeful’ about #presidential #election with #VicePresident #KamalaHarris in #race.

32% of the more than 1,200 #trans #adults #surveyed by the group in mid-July said #President #JoeBiden’s #announcement that he was dropping out of the race, made them more #enthusiastic about November’s #election, compared with just 8% who said they felt enthusiastic during his #candidacy.

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4818803-biden-dropout-transgender-enthusiasm/

#DontPanic, #Democrats!
They’re #freakingout about a #Biden-#Trump #rematch. It’s far too early to start worrying.

“Democrats who are not yet #enthusiastic about #Biden will become more #enthusiastic as time goes on. That’s a very conventional finding.” The key moment, if #tradition holds, will be the #Democratic #convention in #Chicago at the end of August.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics

https://newrepublic.com/article/179248/democrats-panic-trump-biden-age

#Journalists Have Already Moved on From #Trump’s #Fascist #Rhetoric—That Is a Serious #Mistake!

#Disgraced #former #president repeats classic #fascist #rhetoric and has received #enthusiastic #support from contemporary #US #fascists

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Transphobia #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate
#EmptyThePews

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/donald-trump-fascism-journalists

@logseq is incredibly good. Just sayin'.

#logseq #enthusiastic

The #Penn #Museum to hold #lecture on #LGBTQ #people in #ancient #cultures.

Delfi eventually approached several #academic #experts in #history and #archeology. The response was immediately #positive and #enthusiastic. This was the #genesis of the #panellecture titled “#TheyWereRoommates,” which will be hosted by #Penn #Museum on Oct. 22.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Representation #Culture

https://epgn.com/2023/10/18/penn-museum-to-hold-lecture-on-lgbtq-people-in-ancient-cultures/

Saudi Arabia Wants Tourists. It Didn’t Expect Them To Be Jesus Freaks.

In a fluid new age for the conservative Islamic kingdom, #evangelicals have become some of its most #enthusiastic #visitors

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-christian-tourists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare