Infoseepage

Infoseepage, 6 hours ago to random

It sounds like the Trident pier itself may have been beached/grounded. The ability of the US military to execute JLOTS at this location on an ongoing basis has really been called into question. This just isn't a good system for delivering aid by boat.

#gaza

Infoseepage, 1 day ago to random

Watching Israel horrifically kill 45 people in a nothing-but-tents "safe zone" refugee camp and then say "well, there were these Hamas guys" and the US response is "Israel said there were some Hamas guys" is just breaking me today. This was a flat out war crime. There is a principal in international law that requires the least minimal action to achieve an objective. Dropping a giant bomb to kill a soldier while killing or injuring hundreds is not justified under international law.

#gaza

Infoseepage, 6 days ago to H5N1

We've currently got 2 confirmed dairy worker H5N1/HPAI infections in 2 months from 52 confirmed infected dairy herds. There were 27,932 dairy herds in the US as of 2002. Back of the napkin math tells me that if all those herds became infected, one would expect dairy workers to become infected at a rate of around 537 workers a month, but we're of course taking stringent measures to ensure more dairy herds don't get infected right? Right? Right?

#h5n1

Infoseepage, 8 days ago to Birds

Some of the birds seen today while on my daily walk through Bellevue's wetlands. Made 7,547 steps today before calling it quits.

#bellevue #birds #birding #birdphotography

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Infoseepage, 15 days ago to random

The US has not airdropped any food over Gaza since May 9th. The total dropped by the US in total since March 2nd is 1220 ton. By the second week of the Berlin Airlift, the US had delivered more and by week three was dropping more tonnage daily than the US has dropped in total in more than 2 months. In fact, at its peak, the US and the UK were dropping close to 13000 tons A DAY to supply West Berlin with its food and fuel needs.

#gaza

Infoseepage, 17 days ago to Iceland

Hörður Kristleifsson posted another of his 360 degree aerial panoramas of the eruption site in Iceland. This one was taken right after the eruption officially ended and you can seen down into the splatter cone, now devoid of lava.

Very cool and neat tool for getting an idea of the ground coverage this cycle of eruption produced.

Everyone is waiting to see what happens next.

https://kuula.co/post/5CrzJ

#iceland #eruption

Infoseepage, 17 days ago to Iceland

The Icelandic Met has issued a new bulletin about magma buildup in the Svartsengi area. Their current estimate of magma buildup based on surface deformation/land rise is 14 million cubic meters, which is equal or greater to the amounts which previously triggered eruptions in the area. They're advising that another eruption may be imminent and with very little warning, as the ground is already heavily fractured.

https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/volcanic-unrest-grindavik

#iceland #eruption #volcano #magma

Infoseepage, 20 days ago to Iceland

In Iceland, they're in the process of building a second set of magma defense berms on Grindavik's eastern flanks. The primary berm system has been overflowed twice in recent weeks and lava piled up behind the existing berms is taller than the berms now across much of their length.

The new berms will be 6 meters high and offset from the original ones by about 120 meters.

#iceland #eruption #magma #volcano

Infoseepage, 22 days ago to random

Rafah has twice the population density of the Warsaw Ghetto at its peak during WWII and Israel is telling people to evacuate or its not their fault if they die. Actually it is, Rafah is right up against the Egyptian border and there's nowhere left in Gaza that hasn't been substantially bombed by Israel.

55% of the buildings in the whole of Gaza are damaged or destroyed.

This is genocide.

#gaza

Infoseepage, 23 days ago to Eurovision

So, the Eurovision song contest kicked off today with opening ceremonies. This year's contest is particularly controversial due to the inclusion of Israel (notably not a European nation) and their attempts to submit a song which appeared to reference the October Hamas attacks. Political songs are not allowed in Eurovision.

I've been mostly watching news on the contest through following Icelandic papers as part of my fascination with the ongoing eruption there.

#eurovision #gaza #israel

Infoseepage, 25 days ago to random

I would vote for this man.

I will not vote for Biden.

#gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6xu1mXCbe4

Infoseepage, 25 days ago to random

Here's a story from 2016 from Michigan. Michigan, like North Carolina, has herds currently known to have H5N1 infected animals.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2016/10/06/guernsey-farms-quality-dairy-announce-recalls/91665988/

Infoseepage, 26 days ago to random

According to US Centcom press releases, the US has only made three airdrops over Gaza in the last week.

#gaza

Infoseepage, 26 days ago to random

World Central Kitchen has resumed operations in Gaza, despite having 7 of their foreign aid workers deliberately killed by the IDF. You can read the statement of the organization's founder, D.C. Chef and restaurateur José Andrés here in the Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/30/jose-andres-gaza-feeding-palestinians/

You can donate to their efforts, which have served more than 43 million meals in Gaza so far. They've got trucks filled with the makings of 8 million more.

Donate here:

https://donate.wck.org/give/417669/#!/donation/checkout

#gaza

Infoseepage, 27 days ago to random

Well, my trusty Nikon D7000 really appears to be giving up the ghost. Sometimes I attempt to take a picture and nothing happens and I get an error light. Other times, I try to turn it on and get an error light. Its taken a few really hard knocks over the years, enough to actually crack off a few small bits of metal and I suspect this may have allowed for moisture ingress over time, as I've done a fair amount of photography in the rain.

Infoseepage, 29 days ago to Iceland

Looks like lava is now slowly spilling over a new section of the L7/L12 berm system protecting Grindavik.

#iceland #eruption #magma #volcano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqudj0x0POA

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to random

A veterinary epidemiologist named Andrew Bowman at Ohio State was impatient with the FDA and lack of data on the H5N1 outbreak, so he took a road trip and bought milk in 10 states. 58 of the 150 commercial milk products contained enough traces of viral RNA to light up a PCR test, which suggests the H5N1 outbreak is far more widespread than the US government is letting on.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n1-bird-flu-cows-outbreak-likely-widespread/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to random

The US dropped just 126,588 "meal equivalents" over North Gaza this last week during three sorties. There are ~300k people in the north. An MRE typically supplies around 1300 calories. Lets assume a person would need two a day to survive. Over a week, the north would need 4,200,000 meal equivalents.

The US is dropping ~3% of need. That is dropping, not delivering. 26 pallet bundles went into the sea. The US airdrop effort remains a token one.

https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/

#gaza

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to random

So, is the US doing anything this week to get food not only into Gaza but across Gaza and into the hands and mouths of people that need it? The reports from NGOs on the ground doing truck counts and distribution still look really grim.

Has Israel successfully pulled a "Oh look, squirrel!" maneuver on us with respect to Iran and so the media heat is off the whole genocide by starvation thing?

Because, I haven't forgotten. Have you?

#gaza

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to random

Biden is now in the position of unconditionally supporting a Israel regime which:

1. Thought launching an airstrike against an Iranian embassy was a thing to do.
2. Continues to limit supplies to North Gaza.
3. Assassinated 7 clearly identified foreign aid workers on a highly coordinated aid mission.
4. Destroyed a major hospital complex.
5. Stands back and lets Settlers commit mob violence in the West Bank and blocks ambulances.
6. Massacres hundreds of people attempting to get flour.

#gaza

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to Somalia

A lot of the western navies participating in the naval actions against the Houthis drones/missiles in the Red Sea and pirates from Somalia have been getting their first real combat shakedown and it hasn't always been going well. The French forces seem to be performing admirably and the Indian navy seems ready for gutsy actions, including airdropping troops into the water to conduct naval boarding operations against dozens of armed pirates!

#Houthis #Somalia

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to random

So, basically World Central Kitchen worked with the IDF for weeks to ensure inspection of their cargo, arrive, offload and transport the first hundred tons to their warehouse and are promptly killed by the IDF. That is basically the timeline at this point.

WCK appears to have ready to leave Cyprus with their ships loaded with food as early as the 16th. Then they just anamolously stopped for two weeks (indicative of a Israeli imposed obstacle).

#gaza

https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/national/24225831.ships-leave-gaza-240-tons-undelivered-aid-cyprus-says/

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to random

The IDF has killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers traveling in a convoy of three vehicles. World Central Kitchen aid workers are clearly identified by their clothing and their vehicles always contain highly visible large logos. This isn't imo a mistake. They were targeted.

https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update

World Central Kitchen is pausing all operations in the region.

#gaza

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to Iceland

Fighting the moss fires is providing a unique opportunity to see the lava cones set against human scale objects: humans.

Image from one of the Live from Iceland webcams.

#iceland #eruption #magma volcano

Infoseepage, 1 month ago to Iceland

If you want to get an idea of the size of the magma cones in Iceland, check out the people in the bottom left of this Live from Iceland webcam image for scale.

#iceland #eruption #magma #volcano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEMz0hwyfFs