The question of whether a certain discission have more "politics inside" than another is a very political one, especially when someone tries to have a right opinion (even if the advocated opinion is "let us promote diversity and respect different political opinions) and use it to achieve some goals.
I think any reasonable definition of "politicalness" must respect consensus, and I think you'll find significant consensus that things like "abortion" are more political than things like "math". Arguments like "everything is political" are almost always an excuse used by firebrands to legitimize their pet issue--in this case, to make talking about their politics as appropriate in the workplace as getting their work done.
The area with ashes and smoke instead of usual air is several times larger... It covers Siberian part of Russia, Kazakhstan an probabaly China and Mongolia.
This is terrible. Russia is going to lose a pretty substantial chunk of its forests if there are no heavy rains soon. We've had very high levels of air pollution for the last few days here in Kazakhstan, with visibility levels of a few hundreds of meters. I mean, how many trees do you have to burn for the air to be so bad more than a thousand kilometers away?
Imagine we managed to be better than the fire and touch an international community faster, then its smoke will did, could such a level of attention change the situation and and push government(s) to use some kind of aviation to extinguish the fire?
Thanks for sharing. I am in NW Montana and saw the sun like this for the first time a few days ago, I'm not from here.
We have had an unseasonably wet summer thus far, which I understand from the ecologists around me here means there will be more dry brush when the dry season is fully in force, and the fires will likely become more pronounced than usual.
It's absolutely terrifying to know that this is going on, just across the pond. There are usually a lot more fires here, we've been lucky so far this year. (I myself am from Western NY, where we say "we'll gladly take the snow, if it means there are no wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, ...")
Frankly, I have never seen before such a sun during an entire day, and in now it lasts for a several weeks! It is very strange, especially when main news channels says almost nothing about the situation.
There's a calendar date selector which shows history. NYC, Chicago, and LA are strong CO emitters. SO2 is emitted by coal-fired pwerplants, ships (you can literally trace out shipping routes), and volcanos.
I hope so. Some people talk about singularity, others speculates about a great collapse. Maybe thes two just are different names of the one thing? Two sides of the same coin?
I think not, and
I hope that we will find a cure and come back to the point of balance.
* Ross Anderson: https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2020/04/12/contact-traci...
* Bruce Schneier: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/04/contact_traci...
* https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-experts-warn-dont-let...
* Joint Statement by scientists and researchers working in the UK in the fields of information security and privacy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uB4LcQHMVP-oLzIIHA9SjKj1uMd...
* Joint Statement on Contact Tracing: Date 19th April 2020. Scientists and researchers from across the globe: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OQg2dxPu-x-RZzETlpV3lFa259N...