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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2229487/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2229487/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Immigration NZ: What happens to passengers refused entry to New Zealand <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/away" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>away</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/being" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>being</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Continue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Continue</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/denied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denied</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/does" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>does</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Donald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Donald</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/entry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/from" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>from</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/happens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>happens</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Headlines</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/imposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imposed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/like" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>like</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/look" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>look</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/make" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>make</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/number" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>number</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Passengers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Passengers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/refused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refused</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/restrictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restrictions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TRAVELLERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRAVELLERS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/turned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turned</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/what" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>what</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zealand</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2143050/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2143050/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Lotto Powerball: $15m prize not struck as NZ mourns death of former co-host Marise Wipani <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/15m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>15m</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/as" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>as</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/been" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>been</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cohost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cohost</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/draw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>draw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/former" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>former</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hefty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hefty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Jackpot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jackpot</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lotto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lotto</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lottos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lottos</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/marise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marise</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/million" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>million</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mourns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mourns</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/not" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>not</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>of</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/powerball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerball</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/prize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prize</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/struck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>struck</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tonights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tonights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wipani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wipani</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/with" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>with</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2117090/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2117090/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Department for Environment and Water <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/basin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>black</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FISH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FISH</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/improved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improved</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/including" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>including</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/increased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increased</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>native</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/outcomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outcomes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resilience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2062376/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2062376/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Budget 2025: Govt invests $774m into improving state abuse redress system, but no new scheme #2025 #774 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/774m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>774m</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/already" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>already</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/average" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>average</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/But" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>But</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/claims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claims</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/govt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>govt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/have" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>have</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/improve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improve</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/improving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improving</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/into" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>into</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/invest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invest</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/invests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/million" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>million</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/no" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>no</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/providing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>providing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/redress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/scheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheme</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/settled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>settled</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Survivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Survivors</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/those" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>those</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/topups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>topups</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/will" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>will</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/with" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>with</span></a></p>
Preston Austin<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Please" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Please</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/more" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>more</span></a> of your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stuff</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> en la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedi</span></a>.</p><p>I will — in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> with your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfServing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfServing</span></a> effort to get monetary <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/permission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permission</span></a> you use to let others know they're <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/allowed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allowed</span></a> to give you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> to eat and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> to sleep under a roof and such without themselves <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> of having neither — at least block people who complain about it.</p><p>Don't mistake this for endorsing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sponsorships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sponsorships</span></a>, because I do not.</p>
Chuck Darwin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> is the<br>⭐️ most widely available energy resource on Earth, <br>and its economic attractiveness is improving fast in a cycle of <a href="https://c.im/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/investments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investments</span></a>. </p><p>Here we use data-driven conditional technology and economic forecasting modelling to establish which zero carbon power sources could become dominant worldwide. </p><p>We find that, due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, <br>a global <a href="https://c.im/tags/irreversible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irreversible</span></a> solar <a href="https://c.im/tags/tipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tipping</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/point" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>point</span></a> may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to <a href="https://c.im/tags/dominate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dominate</span></a> global <a href="https://c.im/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a>, <br>without any further climate policies. </p><p>🆘Uncertainties arise, however, over <a href="https://c.im/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/stability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stability</span></a> in a renewables-dominated power system, <br>the availability of <a href="https://c.im/tags/sufficient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sufficient</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> in underdeveloped economies, <br>the capacity of <a href="https://c.im/tags/supply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supply</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/chains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chains</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> from regions that lose employment. </p><p>❇️Policies resolving these barriers may be more effective than price instruments to accelerate the transition to clean energy</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41971-7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-023</span><span class="invisible">-41971-7</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>For as long as I can remember, Americans have been concerned that the government’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/Social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Social</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> program will run out of money by the time they get to use it because the Baby Boomers will suck the well dry. </p><p>But as former Secretary of Labor <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Robert</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reich</span></a> explains, <br>❇️Social Security trustees planned for the Boomers <br>🆘but will face a shortfall in the next decade 💥because of increased <a href="https://c.im/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> in the US.💥</p><p>The Social Security trustees anticipated the boom in boomer retirements. <br>This is why Social Security was amended back in 1983, to gradually increase the age for collecting full retirement benefits from age 65 to 67. <br>That change is helping finance the boomers’ retirement.<br>❓So what did the trustees fail to anticipate? ❓<br>Answer: ❗️the degree of income <a href="https://c.im/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> in 21st century America.❗️</p><p>Put simply, a big part of the American working population is earning less than the Social Security trustees (including me) anticipated decades ago <br>— and therefore paying less in Social Security payroll tax.</p><p>Had the <a href="https://c.im/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a> of American workers kept up with what had been the trend decades ago <br>— and kept up with their own <a href="https://c.im/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <br>— their ⭐️Social Security payroll tax payments would have been enough to keep the program flush.</p><p>At the same time, 🆘a much larger chunk of the nation’s total income is going to the top than was expected decades ago.</p><p>Here’s the thing: 🔥Income subject to the payroll tax is <a href="https://c.im/tags/capped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capped</span></a>. <br>Every dollar of earnings in excess of the cap is not subject to Social Security payroll taxes. <br>This year’s cap is $160,200.</p><p><a href="https://kottke.org/24/08/the-reason-social-security-currently-has-a-funding-shortfall" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kottke.org/24/08/the-reason-so</span><span class="invisible">cial-security-currently-has-a-funding-shortfall</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble</p><p>Energy firms have made <a href="https://c.im/tags/record" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>record</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> by <a href="https://c.im/tags/increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>increasing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/16/big-oil-climate-pledges-extreme-heat-fossil-fuel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/16/big-oil-climate-pledges-extreme-heat-fossil-fuel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Why <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nighttime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nighttime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> can be so dangerous and why it’s getting worse</p><p>On average, nights are warming faster than days in most of the United States, a national climate assessment found.</p><p>By Rachel Ramirez, CNN, Jun 30, 2023 </p><p>"Summers are getting hotter than ever, shattering all-time high temperature records, straining the energy grid and damaging critical infrastructure.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeatWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWaves</span></a> also are coming to include another increasingly dangerous element: overnight temperatures that don’t cool down enough to offer sufficient reprieve from stifling heat, particularly for people without access to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirConditioning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirConditioning</span></a>.</p><p>“'Most people don’t realize that hot nighttime temperatures have been outpacing daytime temperature increases across most populated regions worldwide in recent decades,' Columbia University’s Data Science Institute postdoctoral research scientist Kelton Minor told CNN.</p><p>“'We think it’s because as the days grow warmer, there is more moisture in the air that traps the heat,' the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health’s executive director, Lisa Patel, told CNN. 'During the day, that moisture reflects the heat, but at night, it traps the heat in.'</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Increasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Increasing</span></a> nighttime heat is even more common in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> because of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UrbanHeatIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanHeatIsland</span></a> effect, in which <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/metro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metro</span></a> areas are significantly hotter than their surroundings.</p><p>"Places with a lot of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asphalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asphalt</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concrete</span></a>, buildings and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freeways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeways</span></a> absorb more of the sun’s heat than areas with ample <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parks</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tree</span></a>-lined streets. At night, when temperatures are supposed to cool down, the retained heat is released back into the air, said University of Washington climate and health expert Kristie Ebi.</p><p>"Areas with a lot of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSpace</span></a> – with grass and trees that reflect sunlight and create shade – are cooler on summer’s hottest days, she said.</p><p>“'Many cities put together <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoolingShelters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoolingShelters</span></a>, but people have to know where they are, how to get to them and what hours they operate,' Ebi told CNN, noting city officials must rethink <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> to consider <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeatIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatIndex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WetBulb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WetBulb</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/why-nighttime-heat-can-be-so-dangerous-and-why-its-getting-worse/1551868" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/weather-new</span><span class="invisible">s/why-nighttime-heat-can-be-so-dangerous-and-why-its-getting-worse/1551868</span></a></p>