Folks we're not Gucci here at all. I stepped out today around sunset but was still got instantly dehydrated. I'm sure crops are going to die and people are going to die independently
this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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How low is the temp getting at night? Frankly surprised the gov't hasn't stepped in to halt daytime activities of all kinds.
The govt. doesn't care..
eh some are more humane than others. see US states that actually try to protect workers like WA vs states that are actively legislating rules to prevent people from protecting workers, like Texas and Florida. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/21/1189179220/amid-a-record-heat-wave-texas-construction-workers-lose-their-right-to-rest-brea
https://cwa-union.org/news/desantis-signs-anti-worker-bill-against-heat-regulation-florida
It's beginning....
Yet we’re still drinking water from plastic bottles and wasting energy on AI.
Sad that the regions that are getting hit first hardly benefited from our climate destroying „prosperity” but that’s the thing about nature. It doesn’t care who and how many it kills. The find out phase is gonna suck more than we think.