La botte de poireaux! C’est la nouvelle vedette de la caravane du #TourDeFrance 2024 Les secrets de ce « char » pour @BFMTV

Is this because Elon always clicks "like" on fascists and gets exposed for doing so?

Another shot of the Clovis, NM beast from last night! #nmwx

WHAT A FLOCK! That is not rain. Doppler radar is detecting massive flocks of migrating birds across Ohio and the Great Lakes region. There is an estimated 340,000,000 birds in migration across the United States tonight!

Our eyes and cameras weren't the only things viewing last night's #aurora. Here is composite satellite imagery using @NOAASatellites/@JPSSProgram highlighting aurora over North America. Aurora is colored as green, most notable across the northern tier of the US.

Sniper on the roof of the IMU. Absolutely unhinged response to a nonviolent encampment by a murderous and paranoid police state.

On Iran’s strike: At Stanford, I attended a masterclass on military strategy led by a person with decades of experience, including serving at the highest levels in the military and government. One lesson he thought that I always remember was this: He asked us: “Say the US decided to attack Iraq with a new stealth jet it hadn’t used before that evaded all radars? The attack was a success. Was it strategic?” Many in the class raised their hands to say “yes, it achieved its goal”. But the professor said: “It may not have been”. Why? “Because now your adversaries know your capabilities and it’s a matter of time before they find ways around them. If this attack could be done with conventional weapons, it’s better to keep your top weapons until you need them. Using them creates a disadvantage.” My analysis is that the scale of Iran’s attack, the diversity of locations it targeted, and weapons it used, forced Israel to uncover the majority of anti-missile technologies the US and it have across the region. The Iranians did not use any weapons Israel didn’t know it had, it just used a lot of them. But the Iranians likely now have almost a full map of what Israel’s missile defence system looks like, as well as where in Jordan and the Gulf the US has installations. It also knows how long it takes to prepare them, how Israeli society responds…etc This is a huge strategic cost to Israel, while Arab regimes now are being blasted by their peoples, particularly the Jordanian monarchy, for not doing anything to protect Gazans but then going all out to protect Israel. Crucially, Iran can now reverse engineer all the intel gathered from this attack to make a much more deadly one credible. While the US and Israel will have to re-design away from their current model which has been compromised. Its success in stopping this choreographed attack is thus still very costly. Moreover, with the threat of a regional war that neither the US nor the Arab regimes want feeling nearer, it’s likely their pressure on Israel to back down will increase, making a ceasefire more feasible. Anyone assuming this is just theatrics is missing the context of how militaries assess strategy versus tactics. Theatre is an important factor, but gathering intelligence of the “enemy’s” posture is more valuable, especially if one believes they’re in a long war of attrition. Netanyahu and the Israel government prefer a quick hot and urgent war where they can pull in America. The Iranians prefer a longer war of attrition that bleeds Israel of its deterrence capabilities and makes it an ally for Arabs and the US that’s too costly to have. Lastly, if you are a person who hates war, if you want peace, the best and only way to get there in the region is to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and dignity. There is no sustainable peace possible as long as Palestinians live under an oppressive system of apartheid.

While we didn't see much of the #TotalSolarEclipse2024 here in Hawaii, you can see it on this satellite image as the dark spot heading towards Mexico. For Hawaii, the next partial eclipse will occur on Oct. 2, 2024 but will not been seen from the mainland.

Everyday academia’s structure/organization feels more and more stupid, especially because it’s composed of such smart people ….

Overall the Lower 48 is 10°F colder compared to yesterday (24-hours ago) Largest change is 60°F -- cold, cold purples

!! WE WANT SCREENSHOTS !!

Thank the Great Lakes for keeping Michigan a lot warmer -- about 20°F worth of heating for the state [worth millions $] -- as the cold Arctic air is modified significantly traveling over the state cloud blanket from snowfall. Chicago -7°F

January Snow Drought Update 2024 Begins with Record Low Snow Conditions Across the West Storms over the next week will improve conditions in the Northwest, Great Basin, and N. Rockies, but are unlikely to completely erase existing deficits. drought.gov/drought-status-u… @NOAA

After yesterday’s in bound avalanche in Olympic Valley, everyone is finally realizing the snowpack is unstable… the only reason I have not been in the backcountry yet this season. Pictured here is a massive in bounds avalanche this morning on Climax on Mammoth Mountain

It equally stands out when we look at absolute global temperatures over time:

The first image of another multi-planetary solar system, captured by ESO’s Very Large Telescope

German exports of motor vehicles and parts (blue) to Kyrgyzstan are up 5500% since Russia invaded Ukraine. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that all this stuff is heading to Russia. It's not like Kyrgyzstan is suddenly in a massive boom. Germany has to stop this...

Only one sculptor in history ever came close to Michelangelo. In some peoples' eyes, his technical mastery even surpassed the Renaissance genius. The greatest works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini - a thread 🧵 1. The Abduction of Proserpina (1622)