Veteran meteorologist and hurricane expert John Morales breaks down in tears on an NBC Florida broadcast as he warns what's happening with Milton:

[kentwillard@zirk.us]

@wdlindsy
Homer: Oh Lisa! There's no record of a hurricane ever hitting Springfield.
Lisa: Yes, but the records only go back to 1978 when the Hall of Records was mysteriously blown away.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"One of the jarring developments of the past few weeks of the campaign has been the sight of Republican officials begging their own to stop spreading lies that will directly harm the communities over which they preside."

~ Jonathan Weiler

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
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The pathological endgame

The hurricane of disinformation threatens to consume everyone in its path

(jonathanweiler.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@kentwillard I've just seen on social media the most astonishing lisst of reasons why we should all understand that "they" — the Democrats, and Biden and Harris, in particular — are "controlling" the weather right now. People's willingness to take flight from reality, sanity, reason, logic, facts, and truth right now is astonishing and frightening.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@cavyherd Yes, good caveat, for sure.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Osteopenia_Powers He's as drearily predictable as indigestion after a rich six-course banquet, isn't he?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Kierkegaanks It's not clear to me what you're calling pap – Sexton's ideas or the climate change denialism he's combating. What you say seems to me to describe exactly the point he wants to make.

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@wdlindsy ecofascism is an established term for a real genocidal movement and he’s faffing about confusing it with something else

That’s not to say denialism isn’t real or serious. But spreading possibly confused disinformation is dangerous

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Kierkegaanks I think we're seeing something very different in his essay — and I appreciate your sharing your viewpoint.

[kentwillard@zirk.us]

@wdlindsy They've passed Jim Jones and Branch Davidian paranoia and entered Heaven's Gate insanity.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@kentwillard Well-stated. Yes. It's a total cult.