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+6 Jared Kim Nice to see an airline actually testing this in real operations instead of just modeling it on paper. Contrails are a bigger warming factor than people realize.IJR Birth Tourism Is a Loophole. It Is Time To Close It. Rich McCormick · 5 min · 8h El Niño to Reach Record Strength Through 2027 x/el-ni-o — Aug 30, 2026 El Niño is strengthening toward a potential super-El Niño as Pacific waters warm rapidly, a development complicated by a warmer global climate that skews the relationship between ocean temperatures and atmospheric responses. Experts from UM Rosenstiel, NOAA, AccuWeather, and WMO warn of widespread weather disruptions this fall and winter across the United States and other regions, including extreme heat, heavy rain, drought, and shifts in storm tracks, underscoring the need for preparedness. +123
On X · @elonmusk Elon Musk Affirms Energy Abundance as Key to Broader Prosperity Elon Musk replied “True” to a post stating that achieving abundance in energy will lead to abundance in nearly everything else. The short endorsement, quoting @XFreeze, quickly drew hundreds of thousands of views and hundreds of replies/quotes. It is circulating widely among tech, Tesla, and AI communities because it echoes Musk’s long-standing views on solar, batteries, nuclear, and powering future AI/robotics/data centers, landing amid ongoing debates about energy constraints for technological progress. 900 likes · 10m Daily Caller News Foundation Birth Tourism Is a Loophole. It Is Time To Close It. American citizenship should never be for sale. Right now, it is. 8h · 1 reads UNODC: Asia-Pacific online scams hit US$114B World — Jul 21, 2026 A UNODC report says victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to US$114.1 billion in 2025, more than triple 2023, with Cambodia and Myanmar identified as regional hubs for fake romance and cryptocurrency investment schemes; authorities, including the United States, Britain and China, are cracking down and have extradited scam bosses from Cambodia, as the broader illicit economy becomes increasingly integrated across multiple markets. China, South Korea and Taiwan recorded the largest losses among regional victims, signaling a widened and more sophisticated cybercrime landscape. +3