It took Hitler less time to defeat France than it takes California to count votes.

Because I just finished writing an 11-page paper on the subject, muffin top. The 1930s drought was forced by a cool equatorial Pacific (persistent La Niña) and a warm North Atlantic. It was indeed amplified by positive land surface feedbacks from bare soil exposure and dust loading from wind erosion, but both were primarily caused by natural devegetation of the landscape from dry conditions. Only ~30% of the Great Plains was ever plowed where deep-rooted perennial prairie grasses were replaced with shallow-rooted annual crops like wheat. Agriculture was overall an insignificant factor in the incidence and continental scale of the drought and complementary heat extremes. Dust loading actually reduced incoming shortwave radiation by over 5 W m⁻², which lowered daily maximum temperatures a few degrees. The term “Dust Bowl” actually refers to a relatively small region in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, southwestern Kansas, and eastern Colorado that were affected by dust storms. But the term is now incorrectly used to describe the entire drought. And, how do I confidently know most of it was natural? Because there have been many droughts like it (or worse) in the past, including two during the 19th century. Care to explain how farmer Johnson’s tilling fits in there, Sparky?

Bill Pulte, the man who's name is synonymous with shoddily built track homes, who's company has been sued in the millions across the country and also can't account for a $900 million dollar federal grant it got.... Is now the acting Director for National Intelligence? 🧐 I thought a short video was in order to remind people how insanely suspicious, unqualified, and weird this little puppet is. And don't think for a second it's an accident Pulte is pushing for "mini data centers" on homes now, after Americans were pushing back hard on the big ones. As usual, I bring the receipts, so enjoy....🍿

This is what Trump's done to the people's house: A third of it is rubble. Another third is a cage match. What a metaphor.

If you're black and you think Republicans are racist, remember which party thinks you're too stupid to get an ID.

Let’s get it clear once and for all. It’s not about race, folks. That’s a Democrat trick. It’s about CULTURE. Am I a racist? Absolutely not. Am I a culturalist? Unequivocally, yes. If you can’t assimilate to this culture, our values, our laws, and our traditions, get out.

A new FDA-tracked pill promises to extend dogs' lives by improving their insulin sensitivity and lowering their insulin levels. But if lower insulin is the key to a longer canine life, maybe our dogs shouldn't be eating carb-rich kibble in the first place. The history of longevity trials — in Labrador retrievers, in rhesus monkeys — suggests that what they eat matters more than how much. So why are we waiting for a drug to solve a problem that diet might already answer? open.substack.com/pub/uncert…