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  1. http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/two-degrees-celsius-no-longer-seen-as-global-warming-guardrail

    - Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in a score of scientific studies released on Monday (April 2).

    A world that heats up by 2 deg C - long regarded as the temperature ceiling for a climate-safe planet - could see mass displacement due to rising seas, a drop in per capita income, regional shortages of food and fresh water, and the loss of animal and plant species at an accelerated speed.

    Poor and emerging countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America will get hit hardest, according to the studies in the British Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions A.

    "We are detecting large changes in climate impacts for a 2C world, and so should take steps to avoid this," said lead editor Dann Mitchell, an assistant professor at the University of Bristol.

     

  2. 12 hours ago, HiggyBaby said:

    I’d like to see Jack Reacher rebooted with a worthy (read: physically huge) actor, either as a movie or a Netflix series. Probably the latter.

    Jack Reacher on Netflix would be awesome. Make it episodic, with the length of each episode adapted for the need of that particular story.

    Who would play him?

  3. (And let's not argue cargo shorts here.  They deserve their own thread.)

    Skinny jeans are ubiquitous now, and it's backing in to sweat pants?  I bought some Nike's online and they're tapered.  Roomy up top and tight on my calves.  Dumb. 

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  4. https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/01/us/stephon-clark-protests/index.html

    A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy struck a protester with his patrol SUV as she and others gathered in the street to denounce the killing of Stephon Clark, then left the scene, according to video of the incident.

    The incident Saturday night threatens to exacerbate an already tense relationship between police and protesters in California's capital. Observers say the deputy struck the woman at a high rate speed of speed, while authorities say the vehicle was moving slowly and the deputy was responding to a dangerous situation created by some of the demonstrators.

     

  5. On the old board, someone suggested the R's are goading her to get all whipped up and open her mouth.  They think the more she talks, the more she'll alienate centrist voters.

    If that's the plan, it's a good one.

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  6. On 3/28/2018 at 11:33 AM, Handcruser said:

     

    How do I turn off this "view 10 related pages" bullshit that's now popping up on my phone? I tried googling to no avail (sent a strongly worded feedback though) and this kind of intrusive, overhelping, meddlesome bullshit annoys me as a matter of principle.

    That and a good ad blocker in general.  I want.

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