Seems bad.

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

Climate change continues to find new and unexpected ways to rear its head. #ClimateChange#Switzerland#Italy

Switzerland and Italy partly redraw border over melting glaciers

Glacier ridgelines marking the border near the Matterhorn mountain are shifting as ice continues to melt.

Oh, the Apple Sports app is doing Live Activities support for NHL games this year. That's cool. #Apple#AppleSports#NHL#Hockey

*Reads story that Trump now says the debate audience that didn't exist wildly supported him during the debate.* Can we just have this election already? I'm so tired. #USPol

While driving through some roadwork I noticed that the caution sign said "Roadwork ends 9/27/24. Some delays expected." Delays in the end date? Delays *after* the end date? What?

Business as "usual": #USPol

House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner

A handful of Republicans voted to derail Speaker Johnson's plan linking funding to a Trump-backed voter ID bill. The government will shut down on Oct. 1 unless Congress acts.

I honestly thought it'd be lower than that.

Today I learned there have been fictional characters on the Hollywood Walk of Fame before this: #Batman#HollywoodWalkOfFame

Batman Is Officially the First Superhero to Get a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

The Caped Crusader will be honored September 26 at an event with DC's Jim Lee.

("But not everyone is convinced.") It's funny/neat/amusing though that as we peer into the deepest depths of space that we're still trying to figure out a well-known star that's (relatively speaking) in our backyard. #Star#Betelgeuse#Astronomy

Famous Red Star Betelgeuse Could Actually Be Two Stars

A stellar binary could explain the red supergiant's pattern of intermittent dimming, but not everyone is convinced.

I wonder what it tastes like. "Climate change threatens chocolate. This company invented a substitute" : NPR #Chocolate#ClimateChangewww.npr.org/2024/09/11/n...

Climate change prompted these scientists to reinvent chocolate

Climate change is driving more extreme weather events in the region where many cocoa beans are grown. A brother-sister team in Germany is working on a solution: making chocolate without cocoa beans.