A “tipping point” is when a system, with just a small amount of additional energy, is pushed from one stable state to another suddenly and dramatically. This can be a chair falling backwards. Or it can be a major earth system collapsing.
The IPCC recently identified 15 potential climate-related tipping points that scientists have grown increasingly worried we are getting close to crossing due to global warming. In this episode of Weathered, we look at 6 of the major candidates, how they are all interconnected and influence each other, and what it would mean if they were triggered. These tipping points or tipping elements are the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the Amazon rainforest, global monsoons, the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) and the earth’s permafrost and coral reefs.
The consequences for any of these systems being pushed over the edge would be truly catastrophic and would encompass everything from massive droughts, loss of biodiversity, increased flooding, heat waves, large scale climate migration, food shortages, and much more.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
DOJ appeals decision to order special master to review evidence seized in Mar-a-Lago search
The Justice Department is appealing a court-ordered special master review of the materials seized by the FBI at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday took a much-needed swipe at disgraced ex-President Donald Trump, highlighting the significance of a peaceful transition of power in American democracy. Francis Maxwell reports.
Following news that the top secret documents Donald Trump stole include nuclear secrets, his legal team led by Alina Habba went on radical right wing media to discuss the “funny memes” about Trump stealing the records. File this under insanity.
Again that law pushed by DeathSantis and adored by the maga bigots is preventing the teaching of US history and the education of the students is white washed to remove any LGBTQ+ achievements or advancements. If you go to the article linked you will find more information such as below. Also please notice that the Brownshirt enforcement arm of the republican party the Proud Boys showed up to make a show of threating the board to intimidate the board to vote for the dictates of the right wing. Is this what US democracy has become, that might makes right, that threats and intimidation will win any contest. I worry about the up coming election due to this stuff. It is worth noting that all across the country the right is using violence to stop legal LGBTQ+ events simply because they don’t like them and they hate LGBTQ+ people. Now in Florida it is illegal to even tell students that gay couples exist and that they cannot bully gay students. In Florida it is illegal to mention court cases dealing with same sex marriage and cases where trans gender students won the right to use the bathrooms they identify with. It is illegal to teach facts in Florida schools. Hugs.
Aside from recognizing October as LGBTQ history month, the proposal was tweaked this year to explore the possibility of providing resources for teachers in 12th-grade social studies to teach about “important landmark civil rights” cases. That includes the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling which recognized same-sex marriage and Bostock v. Clayton County, a 2020 high court decision that protects gay or transgender employees from discrimination.
Some speakers at the meeting urged the board to pass the designation, contending that it would benefit marginalized LGBTQ students who face a higher risk of depression and suicide. They said that “LGBTQ history is American history” and it would help students be better allies to their peers.
That law, FL HB1557 (22R), prohibits teachers from leading classroom instruction on gender identity or sexual orientation for students in kindergarten through third grade. It bans such lessons for older students unless they are “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate.”
Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the law is facing several lawsuits and is making an impact on how school districts approach local policies this year. Miami Dade, for example, wavered over proposed sexual education textbooks in July, rejecting the books before later reconsidering the vote and approving their use. Other school districts have reviewed LGBTQ student support guides in response to the law. These guides are used to help support LGBTQ students and offer guidance to teachers on how to handle such issues.
While some board members agreed with facets of the proposal, the overwhelming majority opposed the resolution this time around, warning that it could run afoul of the new parental rights law.
The Miami Dade School Board on Wednesday night struck down a proposal that would have recognized October as “LGBTQ history month” out of concern that it would violate the state’s Parental Rights in Education law, known by opponents as “Don’t Say Gay.”
Miami school board members passed a similar resolution acknowledging LGBTQ history month in 2021 by a 7-1 vote but found themselves in a different situation this fall under the Parental Rights in Education law.
Although the board’s own attorney said the recognition was on a solid legal footing, board members voted 1-8 against the idea after dozens of parents and community members raised their opposition at a marathon meeting. “I do believe this is in direct violation of our parental rights bill,” said board member Christi Fraga, who voted against the measure.
Watch the clip and you’ll see that the Proud Boys showed up to scream against us. Give the many tweets below a minute to fully load so you can see the photos.
When Miami's School Board considered observing LGBTQ History Month, opponents accused them of "indoctrination" and "imposing ideology" and said teachers should leave conversations about sexuality and gender identity to parents.https://t.co/fVNOFXYfzf
Miami-Dade School Board rejects motion to recognize October as LGBTQ History Month and teaching 12th graders about two Supreme Court cases (recognizing same sex marriage & finding employers can't fire someone for being gay).https://t.co/VZ7LOCjuaQ by @smbrugal
🚨 Outside the Miami-Dade school board right now — a group of 10+ Miami Proud Boys and allies are huddled around intimidating community members from supporting a resolution to declare LGBTQ History Month for October.
Fortunately public comments overwhelmingly support LGBTQ History Month: 24 in favor, 12 opposed. 🥳🌈
Let’s meet the Proud Boys: This is Nowell Salgueiro, a Miami Proud Boy with a criminal record and an elected member of the Miami GOP executive committee. @MiamiDadeGOPpic.twitter.com/WHikypRP6v
Next up is a secret Proud Boy, an 81 year old man named Herbert Silver aka “Vaca Loca.” He’s been hysterically screaming outside there for 4 hours about media, Hitler & more.
He’s a regular at demos & events with the Miami PB + can be seen wearing their hat at a holiday party. pic.twitter.com/ugI5aJkAP4
Next up we have Maurice Symonette of “Blacks for Trump” & a regular at Proud Boy functions.
A former member of the anti-Semitic Yahweh Ben Yahweh cult linked to murders and sex abuse, he was recently spotted hanging out w members of the -48 QAnon cult. https://t.co/n5klLlnKRipic.twitter.com/TnPGp5BKFt
The notorious far-right disinformation account “Gays Against Gr**mers” teamed up with the Miami far-right to fund a billboard truck in front of the school board.
As part of their harassment campaigns GAG recently inspired a bomb threat against a children’s hospital in Boston. pic.twitter.com/UBiAuLMTds
Miami Moms for Liberty leader Eulalia Jimenez-Hincapie (bottom L) looking exhausted & tired today inside the board meeting.
Maybe she’s worried her hate agenda is gonna lose? Maybe thinking about how her masked Proud Boys pals outside are a bad look? Maybe picking her nose? 👃 pic.twitter.com/dsRlaH1n83
Is opposition to LGBTQ History Month at the Miami-Dade school board @MDCPS motivated by hatred?
From the mouths of the Proud Boys outside:
“Get that gay shit outta here … f**got” says the PB known as Lex 305 reacting to a trans pride flag. He then gives the white power sign. pic.twitter.com/iLaVL0MPV6
Here’s Miami CCDF leader Alan Chovel posting as “Voltron Leonidas” celebrating in the telegram channel of local QAnon maven Isabella Rodriguez, aka #RedPillBabe.
Alan also posted pictures of himself attending the attempted January 6th insurrection in DC. pic.twitter.com/QYxeK9gOSQ
This is exactly what DeathSantis wanted in his first step law. The eventual goal of the far-right fascists is an anti-gay “Gay Propaganda” law like in Russia which if in effed here would shut down everything we’ve ever achieved.
He also is glad to see the goon squad come out to intimidate the board. He forgets that thugs remain thugs, and can also bully the folks who think they can manage them. This is why we discourage people from letting their leopards sleep on the bed, in case they happen to wake up without a face…
I similarly ask people when they choose their religions and if they actually tried out other ones to see what fit or if they just always went with what they were socialized into.
I’m struck again by how the “Proud Boys” are pretty much straight up thugs – and how they don’t seem to understand that ‘their’ group was stood up by the anti-minority DeVos family. I guess those leopards won’t eat their faces?
At the rate things are going backwards in Florida, I wouldn’t be shocked to see the Miami School Board voting to recognize October as Anita Bryant month. : (
If Florida teachers can say gay, then students might learn that American might not have existed without a gay man.
Baron Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian military man hired by George Washington to whip the Continental Army into shape during the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, is known for his bravery and the discipline and grit he brought to the American troops.
I don’t get it. A lot of these “proud” “boys” are POC. It’s kinda like Jews joining the KKK. They might allow you to join but you’re just a ruse. They use you so they can say, “We’re not white nationalists. Look how many ‘spics’ we have in our group.”
Christian preacher Vlad Saychuk spreads misinformation (screenshot via YouTube)
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For the past few days, Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke has been hosting a “National Deliverance Training Conference” at his Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Deliverance, in fundamentalist parlance, means saving people from demons.
That implies that attendees all believe demons are actual, literal beings that cause people to do very bad things… and that the right set of magical Christian incantations might rid them of the demons inside… and that they can all be trained to become Christian demon magicians. Or something like that.
But that’s not even the issue here.
Even if you set aside the bizarre belief in demons, a couple of the speakers spoke about masturbation in ways that suggest they have no idea how it works… or how often most people do it.
Consider Daniel Adams, who said masturbation opens a portal to demons… before adding a very specific complaint: “If you look at porn long enough, or if you masturbate long enough, the thing you’re imagining becomes in the flesh.”
Daniel Adams, speaking today at a conference hosted by hate-preacher Greg Locke, said that masturbation opens a portal to demons.
Also, um, breaking news: "If you masturbate long enough, the thing you're imagining becomes in the flesh." pic.twitter.com/YplT21nlan
As many, many Twitter users pointed out, years of celebrating Palm Sunday did not result in the supermodels or actresses of their fantasies (or Jason Momoa) showing up in their bedroom.
TIL I never did it long enough. Which is to say, I have a new goal in life. https://t.co/HTOfWwf7oG
"What's the one thing I could say to encourage half the planet to masturbate constantly?" Daniel Adams wondered as he prepared his speech. https://t.co/tv67OIP5Db
In a separate sermon, Vlad Saychuk claimed the demons inside people are hungry for ungodly things. The demons of pornography, for example, needed to be fed “every single three weeks”… and once you cast them out, “you no longer have those cravings.”
Three weeks. As if people look at adult content once every three weeks.
It’s just an oddly specific number. Definitely not a personal admission…
Vlad Saychuk, speaking at a conference hosted by hate-preacher Greg Locke, said that the demons inside you are hungry for ungodly things.
The demons of pornography, for example, demand to be fed "every single three weeks."
Incidentally, most people take self-guided tours waaaaaay more often than that.
Before this weekend, I thought the worst take on hand-to-gland combat came from abusive pastor Mark Driscoll, who called it a form of homosexuality because “it is a sexual act that does not involve a woman.” (He didn’t have much to say about women touching themselves because, I assume, that would require him acknowledging that they enjoy the practice.)
It’s bad enough that Locke’s circus tent event was premised on the idea that demons are real and that the congregation can destroy them. It turned out to be a conference on sex miseducation.
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