#instability — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #instability, aggregated by home.social.
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New Sharpest Image of the #Sun Uncovers #Instability
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New Sharpest Image of the #Sun Uncovers #Instability
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ORSINO: These most brisk and giddy-pacèd times.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 7 (2.4.7) (1601)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twelfthnight #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #busyness #change #instability #moderntimes #pace #present #speed #times
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"....If you destroy nature, you destroy the core on which our economies depend."
"The rising frequency of natural disasters linked to global heating poses a threat to financial stability."
"Across France and Spain, wildfires have raged amid record-breaking temperatures, torching land, businesses and homes, in an emergency that will carry a heavy economic cost beside the direct human toll." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/01/ecb-climate-wildfires-global-economy-stability
#FossilFuels #ClimateCost #fires #heatwaves #destruction #degradation #ecosystem #instability #ClimateFiasco #wildlife #economy #ecology #disasters -
"....If you destroy nature, you destroy the core on which our economies depend."
"The rising frequency of natural disasters linked to global heating poses a threat to financial stability."
"Across France and Spain, wildfires have raged amid record-breaking temperatures, torching land, businesses and homes, in an emergency that will carry a heavy economic cost beside the direct human toll." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/01/ecb-climate-wildfires-global-economy-stability
#FossilFuels #ClimateCost #fires #heatwaves #destruction #degradation #ecosystem #instability #ClimateFiasco #wildlife #economy #ecology #disasters -
Múlajökull
Iceland’s Múlajökull glacier is prone to sudden surges, where rapid ice flow is interspersed between periods of quiescence or retreat. The isolated nature of the glacier and its marshy surroundings make approaching on foot almost impossible, but photographer Dani Guindo captured gorgeous aerial images of the glacier’s many rivulets ribboning about the landscape it’s carved. (Image credit: D. Guindo; via Colossal)
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Múlajökull
Iceland’s Múlajökull glacier is prone to sudden surges, where rapid ice flow is interspersed between periods of quiescence or retreat. The isolated nature of the glacier and its marshy surroundings make approaching on foot almost impossible, but photographer Dani Guindo captured gorgeous aerial images of the glacier’s many rivulets ribboning about the landscape it’s carved. (Image credit: D. Guindo; via Colossal)
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ENDING FAT INSTABILITY
For the first time in a long, long life, I feel stable.
It is boring sometimes.
There is less drama, less urgency, less emotional weather pretending to be meaning.
But in a million years, I would not go back.
I would not go back to the fat instability of mind and body.
Six years of fasting have made the body lighter.
A year and a half of breathwork has made the mind quiet.
Routine has made the days trustworthy.
There is coffee in hand, a warm fire, Pete nearby, the dogs moving through the morning, and a body that no longer feels like an emergency waiting to happen.
None of this is glamorous.
It is simply a life that no longer needs to keep exploding into illness, falls, and confusion to prove that I am alive.
Sometimes peace is boring.
Good.
Boring is underrated.
#long #INSTABILITY #FAT #stable #less #boring #drama #meaning #million #Routine #illness #falls #confusion #glamorous #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI
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ENDING FAT INSTABILITY
For the first time in a long, long life, I feel stable.
It is boring sometimes.
There is less drama, less urgency, less emotional weather pretending to be meaning.
But in a million years, I would not go back.
I would not go back to the fat instability of mind and body.
Six years of fasting have made the body lighter.
A year and a half of breathwork has made the mind quiet.
Routine has made the days trustworthy.
There is coffee in hand, a warm fire, Pete nearby, the dogs moving through the morning, and a body that no longer feels like an emergency waiting to happen.
None of this is glamorous.
It is simply a life that no longer needs to keep exploding into illness, falls, and confusion to prove that I am alive.
Sometimes peace is boring.
Good.
Boring is underrated.
#long #INSTABILITY #FAT #stable #less #boring #drama #meaning #million #Routine #illness #falls #confusion #glamorous #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI
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The twilight of the chatbots - Ethan Mollick www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-twilight… #AI #exponentials #change #instability
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The twilight of the chatbots - Ethan Mollick www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-twilight… #AI #exponentials #change #instability
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Why Unpaved Roads Washboard
As anyone who has regularly traveled unpaved roads knows, they have a tendency to develop regularly spaced corrugations, otherwise known as washboarding. In addition to shaking cars and passengers, these uneven surfaces make cars harder to control, sicne the wheels can lose contact with the ground entirely at times.
Unfortunately, this phenomenon is fairly unavoidable. Once you have a wheel moving across a granular surface above a critical speed, you get these self-reinforcing patterns. It’s similar to the way that tidal ripples and sand dunes form, and it’s how you get moguls on a ski run, too!
Although they’re somewhat inevitable, as Grady describes, engineers are hard at work figuring out how to keep them from forming too quickly. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering; research credit: N. Taberlet et al. and I. Hewitt et al.)
#civilEngineering #civilInfrastructure #fluidDynamics #Froude #FroudeNumber #granularMaterial #instability #physics #science -
Why Unpaved Roads Washboard
As anyone who has regularly traveled unpaved roads knows, they have a tendency to develop regularly spaced corrugations, otherwise known as washboarding. In addition to shaking cars and passengers, these uneven surfaces make cars harder to control, sicne the wheels can lose contact with the ground entirely at times.
Unfortunately, this phenomenon is fairly unavoidable. Once you have a wheel moving across a granular surface above a critical speed, you get these self-reinforcing patterns. It’s similar to the way that tidal ripples and sand dunes form, and it’s how you get moguls on a ski run, too!
Although they’re somewhat inevitable, as Grady describes, engineers are hard at work figuring out how to keep them from forming too quickly. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering; research credit: N. Taberlet et al. and I. Hewitt et al.)
#civilEngineering #civilInfrastructure #fluidDynamics #Froude #FroudeNumber #granularMaterial #instability #physics #science -
Starmer’s resignation is latest product of the #chaos of First Past the Post (FPTP)
#Starmer’s #resignation should be a moment of reckoning. It is finally time to ask the tough questions about how we choose our #leaders, and how we choose the system that chooses them.
It would be easy to blame individual leaders. Whilst that inevitably plays a part, the #instability we are living through runs deeper than who occupies Number 10...
#FPTP #UK #elections #democracy #voting #vote
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Starmer’s resignation is latest product of the #chaos of First Past the Post (FPTP)
#Starmer’s #resignation should be a moment of reckoning. It is finally time to ask the tough questions about how we choose our #leaders, and how we choose the system that chooses them.
It would be easy to blame individual leaders. Whilst that inevitably plays a part, the #instability we are living through runs deeper than who occupies Number 10...
#FPTP #UK #elections #democracy #voting #vote
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The #Empire of Caesars and Steel Cages: Donald’s 80th #Birthday and the Quiet Echo of #Rome
On Sunday in #Washington, a birthday will be celebrated. #Donald reaches 80. The city does not feel like a quiet #capital. It feels more like an #arena being prepared.
Parts of the White House have been rebuilt. Parts have been torn down. Some say one third lies in ruins, another third is turning into something like a modern #stadium. The building of power is treated like a construction site in an old empire. Stone replaced by steel. #Ceremony replaced by #spectacle.
It reminds some observers of ancient Rome. Not the Rome of #philosophy or #law. But the Rome of late empire. The Rome of loud #games, public shows, and political #theater.
In the Roman #Republic and later Empire, rulers understood a simple rule: people must be fed and entertained. “Bread and games” was not just a phrase. It was a #system. Food kept bodies alive. Spectacle kept attention away from decay. The Roman poet Juvenal described it as panem et circenses.
Today, Washington looks different. But the logic feels familiar to some critics.
A cage is mentioned. A modern arena. Mixed martial arts fights. No marble floors. No sand from the Colosseum. Instead, metal fences on green grass. The White House lawn becomes a stage. Violence becomes sport. Sport becomes politics. #Politics becomes #entertainment.
The Roman comparison is not new. The late empire under Decline of the Western Roman Empire was marked by internal fragmentation, economic pressure, and political #instability. The borders were large. But the system inside became harder to hold together. In the final centuries, emperors relied more on spectacle and loyalty games than on #reform.
One emperor often used as a symbol of this shift is #Commodus. He fought in staged #gladiator games. He performed as #Hercules. Ancient historians like Cassius Dio describe this as a sign of imperial decline, though modern historians debate how literal or exaggerated those accounts are.
The image is simple. Power turning into performance.
In the United States, the comparison is symbolic, not historical. The country remains economically and militarily strong. It is still a global #superpower. But critics sometimes point to rising political polarization, #media spectacle, and the personalization of politics.
The modern arena is not the #Colosseum. It is #television, #socialMedia, and live events. Attention is the new currency. The crowd is no longer in stone seats. It is online, scrolling, watching, reacting.
In this #story, Donald’s 80th birthday becomes more than a personal event. It becomes a stage. A symbolic moment. A performance of #power inside a republic that still calls itself a #democracy.
Some observers describe it in extreme metaphor. They see gladiators where there are athletes. They see emperors where there are presidents. They see decline where others see transformation.
History, however, is rarely so clean.
The Roman Empire did not fall in a single moment. It changed slowly. Institutions weakened in some places and adapted in others. The “fall” was a long transition, not a sudden #collapse.
The United States today shows no equivalent structural collapse. Its institutions, #economy, and global alliances remain strong. But like Rome in its later centuries, it faces internal tensions. Wealth concentration. Political division. Cultural fragmentation.
Empires do not always fall like buildings. Sometimes they drift like ships. They keep moving, even when the course becomes unclear.
The metaphor of Rome is powerful because it is simple. A great rise. A slow tension. A dramatic imagination of decline. But #history is less like a straight line and more like a spiral.
Still, on this Sunday in Washington, the #symbolism writes itself. A leader turns 80. The capital feels like a stage. The crowd expects a show.
And somewhere in the background, the old Roman warning echoes again: when politics becomes performance, the audience may forget who is acting—and who is ruling.
#usa #news #civilization #future #fail #ethics #problem #humanity #crisis #war #terror #justice #crime #whitehouse #government #game
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“Stellar Iris”
Artist Thomas Blanchard likes to create wild visuals from a mixture of mundane ingredients like ink, soap, oils, and ferrofluids. In this latest video, he’s mixed chemical reactions and physical phenomena into something reminiscent of a god’s eye staring across time and space, creation and destruction. (Video and image credit: T. Blanchard)
#chemistry #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #fractals #instability #physics #science #surfaceTension -
“Stellar Iris”
Artist Thomas Blanchard likes to create wild visuals from a mixture of mundane ingredients like ink, soap, oils, and ferrofluids. In this latest video, he’s mixed chemical reactions and physical phenomena into something reminiscent of a god’s eye staring across time and space, creation and destruction. (Video and image credit: T. Blanchard)
#chemistry #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #fractals #instability #physics #science #surfaceTension -
Climate Warming and Ice Weakening Trigger Alpine Glacier Collapses - The Marmolada Case [Dolomites, Northern Italy]
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121279 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3027-2025 <-- shared technical article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Marmolada_serac_collapse <-- shared Wikipedia page
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[anecdotal – in the early 1990s, I chose to spend a winter as a ski bum/guide, living in Arabba, Dolomites, Sud Tyrol; I still remember the excellent days when I got to ski on the Marmolada]
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“PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: On 3 July 2022, a portion of the Marmolada glacier, near Punta Rocca, collapsed and caused the death of 11 mountaineers. This dramatic event had a considerable impact on the media, and authorities were concerned about the risk that other collapses might occur in this and other glaciers of the Dolomites, a well-renowned mountain region of the southeastern Alps and one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites. [They] analyzed the possible causes of the collapse by developing a three-dimensional thermo-mechanical model. The analysis concluded that the collapse was caused by increased internal ice temperature and the development of a dense network of fractures, reducing the ice shear strength, with melting water that possibly contributed by increasing the basal pressure. [They] also showed that collapsing conditions can be identified with a simplified model version approximating the sliding basal surface as a plane with a slope equal to the surface slope. The developed approach can be used in hazard identification and risk analysis of mountain glaciers…”
#EngineeringGeology #RockMechanics #GlacierCollapse #RiskAssessment #italy #Dolomites #SudTyrol #glacier #melting #massmovement #risk #hazard #analysis #Marmolada #glaciercollapse #cryosphere #warning #mitigation #hazardassessment #alpine #climatechange #globalwarming #massloss #instability #model #modeling #thermomechanical #spatialanalysis #temperature #parameters #ice #shearstrength #water #hydrology #hydrography #basal #waterpressure #meltwater #fracturing #riskanalysis #mountainglaciers -
Climate Warming and Ice Weakening Trigger Alpine Glacier Collapses - The Marmolada Case [Dolomites, Northern Italy]
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121279 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3027-2025 <-- shared technical article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Marmolada_serac_collapse <-- shared Wikipedia page
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[anecdotal – in the early 1990s, I chose to spend a winter as a ski bum/guide, living in Arabba, Dolomites, Sud Tyrol; I still remember the excellent days when I got to ski on the Marmolada]
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“PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: On 3 July 2022, a portion of the Marmolada glacier, near Punta Rocca, collapsed and caused the death of 11 mountaineers. This dramatic event had a considerable impact on the media, and authorities were concerned about the risk that other collapses might occur in this and other glaciers of the Dolomites, a well-renowned mountain region of the southeastern Alps and one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites. [They] analyzed the possible causes of the collapse by developing a three-dimensional thermo-mechanical model. The analysis concluded that the collapse was caused by increased internal ice temperature and the development of a dense network of fractures, reducing the ice shear strength, with melting water that possibly contributed by increasing the basal pressure. [They] also showed that collapsing conditions can be identified with a simplified model version approximating the sliding basal surface as a plane with a slope equal to the surface slope. The developed approach can be used in hazard identification and risk analysis of mountain glaciers…”
#EngineeringGeology #RockMechanics #GlacierCollapse #RiskAssessment #italy #Dolomites #SudTyrol #glacier #melting #massmovement #risk #hazard #analysis #Marmolada #glaciercollapse #cryosphere #warning #mitigation #hazardassessment #alpine #climatechange #globalwarming #massloss #instability #model #modeling #thermomechanical #spatialanalysis #temperature #parameters #ice #shearstrength #water #hydrology #hydrography #basal #waterpressure #meltwater #fracturing #riskanalysis #mountainglaciers -
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In today’s episode, we are diving into a fierce academic debate that completely strips away our human hubris: Can modern civilization survive the sheer velocity of current climate change? On one side, historians argue that human ingenuity is an unmatchable force—that we are evolutionary bottleneck survivors who can engineer our way out of any corner. -
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In today’s episode, we are diving into a fierce academic debate that completely strips away our human hubris: Can modern civilization survive the sheer velocity of current climate change? On one side, historians argue that human ingenuity is an unmatchable force—that we are evolutionary bottleneck survivors who can engineer our way out of any corner. -
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Our entire modern world—our mega-cities, our massive global supply chains, our rigidly optimized agricultural zones feeding eight billion people—is that colossal boulder. It seems permanent. It feels immovable.But it is balancing on an incredibly narrow, highly specific set of environmental conditions.
And right now, the system is sliding into deep, systemic instability.
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Our entire modern world—our mega-cities, our massive global supply chains, our rigidly optimized agricultural zones feeding eight billion people—is that colossal boulder. It seems permanent. It feels immovable.But it is balancing on an incredibly narrow, highly specific set of environmental conditions.
And right now, the system is sliding into deep, systemic instability.
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https://medium.com/speculative-encounters/the-collapse-you-carry-inside-e889019e4378
The internal unraveling that mirrors external chaos.
WTSHTF / WROL / TEOTWAWKI#InternalCollapse #socialchange #medium #wtshtf #wrol #TEOTWAWKI #Chaos #apocalyptic #apocalypse #instability #crises
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Something borrowed, or: Returned
A Sijo
moving day: behind the shelves rectangles untouched by sunlight; nail anchors loosen from plaster with soft clicks into my palm; tomorrow, fresh coats of primer mute the shades of former lives
d’Verse poetics: Something borrowed, something blue
At d’Verse, we are encouraged to compose poems based on the old wedding rhyme “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” Poets may use one of those phrases in their poems or make up their own lucky customs, traditions, or superstitions. Our poems can be happy, funny, creepy, or anything else we choose.
Sijo?
A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
#Change #Instability #Moving #Poem #Poetry #Sijo #Temporary #Transience #Transition #Wistfulness -
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/electoral-reform-reverse-brexit-labour-leadership-eu-debate. "Although [FPTP] elections have long since been regarded as a bit unfair, it used to be argued they at least provided for strong government & kept extremists out of #Parliament. The splintering of the old Labour-Tory duopoly into 5 or even 6 different parties bunched quite close in overall #support, however, means this same #system is now a force for #instability that could allow #Farage to become prime minister with barely a quarter-share of the #national #vote."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/electoral-reform-reverse-brexit-labour-leadership-eu-debate. "Although [FPTP] elections have long since been regarded as a bit unfair, it used to be argued they at least provided for strong government & kept extremists out of #Parliament. The splintering of the old Labour-Tory duopoly into 5 or even 6 different parties bunched quite close in overall #support, however, means this same #system is now a force for #instability that could allow #Farage to become prime minister with barely a quarter-share of the #national #vote."
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The state of young Australians
A crisis of social reproduction* “Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness.”
“…We estimated that reducing factors such as parental psychological distress, hostile parenting and partner violence could potentially prevent up to 40% of severe and persistent mental health problems in young Australians.” >>
https://theconversation.com/to-improve-childrens-mental-health-start-by-supporting-their-parents-271944* Young Australians kept in the dark
Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/19/australias-social-media-ban-preventing-teens-from-accessing-the-news-research-finds* Sydney mum reveals the huge cost of the school run (Young people's socialisation into (car) dependency)
"She would easily spend $170 a week on petrol, and drives between 80km and 90km often six or seven days a week, depending on what’s on. In 2024, the average household should budget between $10,000 and $25,000 a year to own car." >>
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-run-australia-cost-2024/
#SocialReproduction #StateRetreat #CareDeficit #MentalHealth #anxiety #children #parenting #carers #family #DomesticViolence #violence #suburbia #sprawl #cars #MobilityDesign #CarDependency #work #WageStagnation #inequality #housing #instability #DoubleBurden #financialisation #outsourcing #SocialMedia #MSM #independence #citizens -
The state of young Australians
A crisis of social reproduction* “Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness.”
“…We estimated that reducing factors such as parental psychological distress, hostile parenting and partner violence could potentially prevent up to 40% of severe and persistent mental health problems in young Australians.” >>
https://theconversation.com/to-improve-childrens-mental-health-start-by-supporting-their-parents-271944* Young Australians kept in the dark
Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/19/australias-social-media-ban-preventing-teens-from-accessing-the-news-research-finds* Sydney mum reveals the huge cost of the school run (Young people's socialisation into (car) dependency)
"She would easily spend $170 a week on petrol, and drives between 80km and 90km often six or seven days a week, depending on what’s on. In 2024, the average household should budget between $10,000 and $25,000 a year to own car." >>
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-run-australia-cost-2024/
#SocialReproduction #StateRetreat #CareDeficit #MentalHealth #anxiety #children #parenting #carers #family #DomesticViolence #violence #suburbia #sprawl #cars #MobilityDesign #CarDependency #work #WageStagnation #inequality #housing #instability #DoubleBurden #financialisation #outsourcing #SocialMedia #MSM #independence #citizens -
Supersonic Jet Interaction
When supersonic jets get emitted into rarefied air, they behave differently than they do in regular atmospheric conditions. Here, researchers picture three different configurations these jets can take. In the top image, the jets are close enough together that they appear to merge into a narrow supersonic jet. In the middle image, the jets are not quite as close together. They merge but form what appears to be a subsonic wake. In the final image, the jets are far enough apart that they don’t merge, although they do appear to “lean in” toward one another. (Image credit: S. Lee et al.)
#2025gofm #flowVisualization #fluidDynamics #instability #jets #physics #science #supersonic -
Supersonic Jet Interaction
When supersonic jets get emitted into rarefied air, they behave differently than they do in regular atmospheric conditions. Here, researchers picture three different configurations these jets can take. In the top image, the jets are close enough together that they appear to merge into a narrow supersonic jet. In the middle image, the jets are not quite as close together. They merge but form what appears to be a subsonic wake. In the final image, the jets are far enough apart that they don’t merge, although they do appear to “lean in” toward one another. (Image credit: S. Lee et al.)
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#PresidentialSpokesman @Huseindeyr has urged the IC to reassess its approach toward #Somalia, warning of rising #Instability & #ForeignInfluence while calling for formal #recognition of #Somaliland as a stable democratic partner in the #HornOfAfrica.
https://saxafimedia.com/somaliland-presidential-spokesman-reassessment/
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“Everything has changed, and everything remains the same: stuck. Whether Mr. #Starmer stays or goes — and he’s not likely to stay — #instability is now baked into #Britishpolitics.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/o...
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Abductions and Violence Along Myanmar Border: A Pattern of Instability
Violence near Myanmar border leads to abductions and deaths. Learn how this instability affects local people and foreign nationals.
#MyanmarBorder, #Abductions, #Violence, #HumanRights, #Instability
https://newsletter.tf/myanmar-border-abductions-deaths-india/
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Over 10 individuals were abducted in Khaung Pyan village on July 1, 2024, with four bodies found later. This is part of a wider pattern of violence.
#MyanmarBorder, #Abductions, #Violence, #HumanRights, #Instability
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Aflutter in the Breeze
Fabrics flutter in seemingly impossible ways in artist Thomas Jackson‘s images. But despite first appearances, each photograph is true to life; the fabrics are suspended on taut lines. Their dance is driven by wind energy, drag, tension, and flow–not manipulated pixels. I love the (turbulent) energy of them! (Image credit: T. Jackson; via Colossal)
#flapping #fluidDynamics #fluidSolidInteraction #fluidsAsArt #flutter #instability #physics #science #turbulence -
Aflutter in the Breeze
Fabrics flutter in seemingly impossible ways in artist Thomas Jackson‘s images. But despite first appearances, each photograph is true to life; the fabrics are suspended on taut lines. Their dance is driven by wind energy, drag, tension, and flow–not manipulated pixels. I love the (turbulent) energy of them! (Image credit: T. Jackson; via Colossal)
#flapping #fluidDynamics #fluidSolidInteraction #fluidsAsArt #flutter #instability #physics #science #turbulence -
Chairman Anja Karliczek of the Bundestag Tourism Committee (CDU) warned about potential risks associated with long-distance travel due to the ongoing energy cri... https://news.osna.fm/?p=43396 | #news #amid #caution #global #instability
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3061…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #nightwatch #discworld #vimes #counterrevolution #cycleofviolence #government #history #instability #politicalinstability #politicalviolence #radical #revolution
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3061…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #nightwatch #discworld #vimes #counterrevolution #cycleofviolence #government #history #instability #politicalinstability #politicalviolence #radical #revolution
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Hanging Glaciers In Himalaya Reveal Rising Avalanche Risk
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-026-00072-2 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00205-8 <-- shared paper
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Hanging Glaciers In Himalaya Reveal Rising Avalanche Risk
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-026-00072-2 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00205-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #risk #hazard #monitoring #engineeringgeology #naturalhazard #Himalaya #Himalayas #Alaknanda #basin #Garhwal #India #ice #cryosphere #massmovement #avalanche #glacier #hangingglacier #cryosphere #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #sentinel2 #DEM #elevation #model #modeling #GlabTop2 #unstable #hanging #BadrinathMana #impact #infrastructure #damage #HEP #urbanisation #development #population #publicsafety #demographics #glacialretreat #melting #Chamoli #disaster #earlywarningsystems #Himalayan #glaciers #instability #warming #climatechange #riskassessment #riskclassification #framework #avaflow #runout #downstream #downslope #water #hydrology #planning #policy #mitigation #geomorphology #geomorphometry -
"Let me start at the beginning of today’s Trump social media spiral, which kicked off around 3 in the morning. Trump was up in the dead of night reposting a random MAGA account asking 'What will happen next?' with a question mark. Ok?
Then came the follow-up: a repost of another random account calling for Senator Mark Kelly to be arrested."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
/13https://www.meidasplus.com/p/wednesday-afternoon-news-updates-cc1
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"Let me start at the beginning of today’s Trump social media spiral, which kicked off around 3 in the morning. Trump was up in the dead of night reposting a random MAGA account asking 'What will happen next?' with a question mark. Ok?
Then came the follow-up: a repost of another random account calling for Senator Mark Kelly to be arrested."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
/13https://www.meidasplus.com/p/wednesday-afternoon-news-updates-cc1
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Donald Trump’s blend of threats and hubristic commentary, often casually dismissive of Iran, has, as much as the continuation of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, been a key stumbling block to restarting peace talks between the two countries under Pakistan’s mediation in Islamabad."
~ Patrick Wintour
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
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"Donald Trump’s inaccurate or exaggerated claims to reporters about progress in Iran negotiations—such as describing concessions that hadn’t actually been agreed—undermined diplomatic efforts. According to accounts cited by media outlets, even some officials privately acknowledged that these statements damaged trust and complicated talks."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
/11https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-democrats-pledge-maximum-warfare
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"Trump declared the breakthrough was 'A GREAT AND BRILLIANT DAY FOR THE WORLD!' and asked why media outlets questioning the alleged deal didn’t 'just say, at the right time, JOB WELL DONE, MR. PRESIDENT?'”
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire #negotiations
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"Then Trump took to the media to crow that Iranian leaders had 'agreed to everything,' including the removal of its enriched uranium, and that 'Iran has agreed never to close the Strait of Hormuz again.' He promised that Iran had agreed to end its nuclear program forever and that talks 'should go very quickly.'”
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire #negotiations
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"Alayna Treene and Kevin Liptak of CNN reported last night that by the end of last week, negotiators for the U.S. and Iran appeared to be on the verge of hammering out an end to hostilities before the two-week ceasefire ends on Wednesday. Then Trump took to the media to crow that Iranian leaders had 'agreed to everything,'” (continued in /3)
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
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