According to WashPo, the main munitions used in the Haret Hreik strike were US-made BLU-109s (2000 lbs). They're a form of "bunker buster" designed to penetrate hardened structures. Remember that many people were likely vaporized by the explosions, so won't be represented in casualty counts.
Videos shared by the IDF show fighter jets they say were involved in the Nasrallah operation carrying BLU-109s, an American-made 2,000-pound munition.
Accurate. "His signature methodology is to convey relatively boilerplate, already well-known ideas, by rebranding the ideas and wrapping them in stories. And the lubricant of this engine is turning everything into little mysteries.."
"Some may find the faux-thriller construction annoying, but I believe it is necessary as a subsidy to, and concealer of, weak-sauce ideas." Anand Giridharadas on Malcom Gladwell, gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/b...
In “Revenge of the Tipping Point,” the best-selling author looks back at his old theories.
Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks, according to a press release shared by the city on Sunday afternoon.
Asheville may not have its water system repaired for weeks; communities across region under boil water advisories.
For hurricane relief, I made donations to Appalachian Medical Solidarity and Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. VENMO: AppMedSolid CASHAPP: $Streetside (write FLOOD SUPPORT in the description) & PayPal: MutualAidDisasterRelief@gmail.com Venmo: MutualAidDisasterRelief actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Ummm. Yikes.
Official updates here, in case anyone needs them. "At approximately 5 a.m., a sprinkler head malfunctioned at Biolab in Conyers, GA. The water came in contact with a water-reactive chemical and produced a plume. A small fire broke out on the roof."
ALERT: Information and Road closures due to Biolab fire: EVACUATION ALERT ( 1:10 PM): Please evacuate the area if you are inside this zone. I-20 will be blocked off in both directions between Salem Rd...
The federal minimum wage is still $7.25. The tipped minimum wage is $2.13.
Gift link: "DNA might contain health information, but unlike a doctor’s office, 23andMe is not bound by the health-privacy law HIPAA. [...] Consumers have assumed this risk without getting much in return."
The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.
PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off
I just spent half an hour looking up gardening resources and staring at pictures of gardens on IG. Gonna transplant some lantana now.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, posting a salient history from Timothy W. Kneeland and @cornellupress.bsky.social#skystorianswww.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972, just months before a pivotal election and at the dawn of the deindustrialization period across the Northeast. The response by local, state,...