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@CharlotteA15906 @RachelMoiselle Not as woke as you might think, but certainly the reviews talk about the books and even the 70s series as problematic and having racist tropes.

@RachelMoiselle I'm getting tired of reading reviews of the new "Little House" consisting of apologies by the reviewer for parts of the books that don't seem woke enough. It's enough to make me dread the new series, which will undoubtedly be ultra-woke.

What I find interesting in this piece is that the author makes a moral argument against the politics of Little House on the Prairie while simultaneously admitting she felt a sadistic level of ‘justice’ in a character going blind because she is pretty.

@ChrisCillizza Happened before and it died in the Senate

HUGE

@OSUWXGUY Cameras on phones are probably one of the greatest inventions ever. Imagine how many of these situations would have never been documented otherwise.

We cannot as a nation grow numb to ICE executing people. Sickening.

@ericfisher Still hit 90 at the airport though...took till 5 pm

Smoke from Ontario did a number on the heat today (smoke blocks sunlight from reaching the surface). Well below expectations

@DogsEnough @martindvz Really wild to be in a place to be 90s during the day and 30s and 40s at night

@martindvz No.

For the first time in recorded history, temperatures in the Arctic Circle have reached 38 °C / 100 °F.

@StatisticUrban Occam's razor for the win again

McConnell lives, not braindead, no heart attack.

@seckhardt That Manhattan hole

Precip totals over the last 7 days

@AndyHazelton I would take the under.

This CSU forecast for 50 ACE, if it verifies, would be the quietest Atlantic season since 2013. I can't say I disagree with how strong the El Niño is, and how it's already dominating the global circulation.

@RyanWeather Wouldn't be surprised to see this fall below 97. We at least were up to D in mid July with a couple of hurricanes. Not happening this year most likely.

El Niño --> wiping out Atlantic hurricane season 🌀 Updated forecast from Colorado State: downgrade to only 9 total tropical storms and 4 hurricanes. (Take the under📉)

@unusual_whales Is this because of remote work or because Millennials are more egalitarian? I think some of both.

Since the pandemic, fathers with degrees and young children have cut their time at the job by 6 hours/week, and increased time on housework by 4 hours/week, per WSJ

@timruss2 Gotta move that yellow downwards another 15 or 20 years

@BigJoeBastardi To be fair, part of this is that NYC is a far safer place than in 1977 and better infrastructure. But yeah, this was not unprecedented at all.

July 1977 heat wave in NYC made this look like chopped liver July 1977, New York City experienced a prolonged heat wave with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees on multiple days, coinciding with a significant blackout that led to widespread unrest. The heat wave lasted until July 21, intensifying the social and economic challenges the city was facing at the time. Overview of the July 1977 Heat Wave In July 1977, New York City faced one of its most intense heat waves, which significantly affected the city amid social and economic turmoil. Duration: The heat wave began on July 13 and lasted until July 21, 1977. Temperature Peaks: During this period, temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit on multiple occasions, with the highest reaching 104 degrees. Context: This heat wave coincided with a major blackout in the city, which exacerbated the already challenging conditions.

@nataliemj10 It's a fringe of a fringe. Not 1966 anymore. We've moved on and evolved.

It's one small slice of America's 250th. We shouldn't turn away from it, but neither should we act like it's the defining element. fwiw, I would have been terrified to be trapped on a train with all these assholes (even as a white woman). I wish we could bury white supremacists in history - but we've never managed to do that as a country. But presenting it as representative? Nah. That ain't it. These jokers are a tiny slice of us.

@burgwx Why is Newark always warmer than Central Park in the summer? Some marine influence in the park or that it is at least to a small extent surrounded by trees?

NYC metro sites in contention of their all-time warmest low temperature record: Central Park: 84F last night (record: 84F [4 times], data since 1869) Newark, NJ: 87F last night (record: 86F [2 times], data since 1843)

@seckhardt I remember it...it was like a 10 or 11 day heat wave in NYC. The numbers were insane and they haven't been repeated since. Same year of the big heat wave in Chicago that killed hundreds.

I tried looking for this recently and can’t find much about it. Yet that 129 was on the front page of the newspaper in gigantic font. Erased from history 🤷

@MarkHalperin All you need now is 25k job growth for steady employment. Everything above that is gravy.

Disappointingly low job growth - especially in the May and April downward revisions where we thought the labor market was humming. But this is good news for the interest rate crowd - the Fed loses some ammunition to raise rates with hiring this slow…

@KathrynProciv What about 1995? Philly got to 128.

New York City has a forecast heat index of 110 degrees tomorrow. Since 1943, NYC has recorded a heat index of 110+ only 3 times: -110 degrees 2016 -111 degrees 1999 -115 degrees 2011 Source: mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/…

@LinkofSunshine Kind of like not eating corn on Passover. There was no corn in ancient Egypt and it had nothing to do with yeast.

I’m not kosher because 1) unlike Hinduism, pigs aren’t holy. Most of the rules are like about cleanliness/food safety, and I think we’ve developed better rules 2) the dairy and meat provision seem fake. The literal text obviously only bans cooking an animal in its mother’s milk

@LinkofSunshine It was more or less over when Koch became mayor in 78....1977 was the most infamous year but it was probably the last really bad fire year

The end of the fires was ultimately when they cancelled the state health insurance plan for the Bronx in 1981, almost 10 years after the bulk of the damage was done

My hot take is that the main fault of the Bronx fires is bad insurance law The state should have simply not keep offering low fire insurance rates in an area where 80% of the housing stock has burned down in 10 years

@HormuzLetter Over by 7:30 am Monday, guaranteed

BREAKING: Iran is now launching multiple drones and ballistic missiles at US military assets in Kuwait, shortly after Bahrain, in response to US strikes on southern Iran. A source close to Iran's Ghalibaf says ''Iran is launching a massive drone and missile attack on U.S. bases and assets in the region.''