And here we have the reason developing new technologies is so critical. Frankly, I don’t know how anyone lives in Phoenix anymore.
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA — This summer, Phoenix has set a new benchmark for extreme heat, with the temperature reaching at least 100 degrees for the 100th consecutive day on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service uses its station at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for the city’s official readings. It hit 100 there around 11 a.m.
The last day the thermometer at the airport didn’t reach 100 degrees was May 26, when the high was 99 degrees.
The current streak has obliterated the city’s previous record of 76 consecutive days at or above 100 degrees from 1993.
Gabriel Lojero, a meteorologist with the NWS, said there is no immediate relief to the string of hot temperatures in sight.
The heat wave is still going strong with new records around the corner
Phoenix will set another heat standard the next time it reaches 110 degrees.
Here is another emerging trend. Our culture is changing. We are becoming two quite different countries in a single nation. Gender and racial relations are changing. Our wealth inequality has produced an luxurious elite of money and vast peasantry of financial stress. It is making us a medieval culture. How the election comes out will determine how all these trends develop, but the United States that I and most of you readers grew up in is gone.
Afternoon commuters sit in traffic on southbound Interstate 5 near downtown San Diego on March 12, 2024. Credit: Kevin Carter / Getty
“Rush” hour isn’t what it used to be.
Commuters are going in later and leaving earlier, according to traffic data.
With more flexible work arrangements, going to the office for only part of the day, or “coffee badging” is now common.
“Rush” hour isn’t what it used to be.
As more commuters settle into flexible working arrangements, fewer workers are making early morning or early evening trips compared to pre-pandemic traffic patterns
The traditional American 9-to-5 has shifted to 10-to-4, according to the 2023 Global Traffic Scorecard released in June by INRIX Inc., a traffic-data analysis firm.
Midday trips are the new normal
“There is less of a morning commute, less of an evening commute and much more afternoon activity,” said Bob Pishue, a transportation analyst and author of the report. “This is more of the new normal.”
Now, there is a “midday rush hour,” the INRIX report found, with almost as many trips to and from the office being made at noon as there are […]
I warned you this weaponization of misinformation (see SR archive) was happening and getting worse and worse as time went on. Here is the latest and one of the most blatant scams using social media and AI, that I have seen. The internet, and particularly social media, have become very murky and dangerous places to visit. Be very careful and check and double check what you read.
Jacob Wohl (right) and Jack Burkman often spend time at Washington-area bars and cigar clubs where lobbyists hang out to try to drum up business, according to former employees. Credit: wohl-1 / Flickr / Creative Commons
A Washington startup pitched as a service to integrate AI into lobbying is covertly run by a pair of well-known, far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons who are using pseudonyms in their new business, according to four former employees as well as photo and email evidence.
LobbyMatic was founded last year by Jacob Wohl, who in 2022 was convicted along with his longtime associate Jack Burkman of felony telecom fraud after running a robocall campaign in largely Black neighborhoods in several states telling people not to vote by mail. An Ohio judge ordered them to spend 500 hours registering people to vote, and the Federal Communications Commission fined them $5 million.
In his role as a founder and CEO of the new firm, […]
MICHELLE FAVERIO , JEFFREY GOTTFRIED , KAITLYN RADDE , CHRIS BARONAVSKI and SARA ATSKE, Research Staff - Pew Research Center
Stephan:
I think it must be harder and lonelier to be a teenager today than when I was a teenager, particularly for teenage girls. The internet and social media are a very mixed bag Here is what Pew Research Center has discovered on this issue.
Why parents say it’s harder being a teen today
There are big debates about how teenagers are faring these days. And technology’s impact is often at the center of these conversations.
Prominent figures, including the U.S. Surgeon General, have been vocal about the harmful effects technology may be having on young people.
These concerns ring true for the parents in our survey. A majority blame technology – and especially social media – for making teen life more difficult.
Among parents who say it’s harder being a teen today, about two-thirds cite technology in some way. This includes 41% who specifically name social media.
While some mention social media in broad terms, others bring up specific experiences that teens may have on these platforms, such as feeling pressure to act or look a certain way or having negative interactions there. Parents also call out the downsides of being constantly connected through social media.
How we did this
“Social media is a scourge for society, especially for teens. They can’t escape social pressures and are constantly bombarded by images and content that makes them feel insecure and […]
I have been telling you for years now that Florida is heading for a massive crisis because of climate change and large parts of the state are going underwater. In part this is because the people of Florida elected such an incompetent governor and legislature of racist MAGAt christofascists who are doing far too little to prepare for climate change. Here is the latest in this trend.
Nearly 90 percent of the 20,000-plus units listed for sale in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade are in buildings aged 30 years and above
Real estate expert and realtor Steven Kupchan has revealed what he thinks the ‘worst case scenario’ would be as the costs of condos have soared, especially in southern Florida.
Kupchan, an agent for One Sotheby’s International Realty, told DailyMail.com he thinks the Florida housing market will become severely affected and cause an intense domino effect.
‘In the worst-case scenario, a significant number of condo associations could go bankrupt due to the inability to cover the costs of necessary repairs and maintenance,’ Kuplan said.
‘This could lead to widespread foreclosures, plummeting property values, and a ripple effect throughout the local real estate market.
Shondiiin Silversmith, Navajo Journalist - AZ Mirror
Stephan:
I confess I had not realized the impact on Native Americans cause by the decision of the christofascist Supreme Court Majority. Here is the story.
An American flag with an image of Native American on it is attached to a fence outside a home in the East To’Hajiilee housing community amid the spread of the coronavirus on May 25, 2020, in To’Hajiilee Indian Reservation, New Mexico. Credit: Sam Wasson | Getty
With the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that now requires potential voters to provide proof of citizenship with their state-created voter registration forms, Indigenous voting rights advocates want Indigenous people to know that they can still register to vote as tribal citizens.
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee said that Indigenous people living in Arizona who are enrolled in a federally recognized tribe can use their tribal identification numbers to prove their citizenship.
“As long as a tribal member is an enrolled member of their tribe, they can use that tribal ID number to register on the state form, and that will prove citizenship for purposes of voter registration,” she said, adding that it’s because all Indigenous peoples were declared citizens of the United States in 1924.
