'A New Age of Climate Extremes'

Monday, November 09, 2026

Extreme changes in weather patterns will become the world's normal, the United Nations weather agency says. "A supersized El Nino is colliding with a planet already superheated by manmade climate change. Climate records keep falling. The human costs keep rising," said Antnio Guterres, the UN secretary general. "And those least responsible are suffering first and worst."

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"No hurricanes through September is unprecedented in the modern record, and it's a little surreal to look at the maps every day this month and see the deep tropics basically shut off."[image or embed]
-- Teddy Wilson (@reportbywilson.bsky.social) 10:20 AM Oct 7, 2026

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"Eighty international scientific societies have endorsed the concept of a primarily human-caused climate crisis that is already starting to threaten the health and well-being of millions, and soon to be billions, of people in the next few decades. The total number of scientific organizations that dispute this is zero. If you were watching a basketball game where the score was 80 to 0, with one minute left in the fourth quarter, and you decided to bet your entire nest egg on that losing team, no one would argue that you were not severely delusional. ... Inability to discern reality is the hallmark of schizophrenia."

Dr Brian Moench

#1 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-11-09 11:10 AM | Reply

Thank goodness there are miles and miles of Soviet bunkers under Sazan Island. Good choice, Kushner. Quite the steal.

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-11-09 11:21 AM | Reply

"Dr Brian Moench"

From what I've been able to find out, he's a retired anesthesiologist with no background in climate science. He's also apparently a cartoonist and a satirist whose writing admittedly relies heavily on deliberate irreverence, sharp sarcasm, and extreme analogies to "grab public attention".

Gee, as if that never ever backfires.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-11-09 12:31 PM | Reply

Basically, the majority of the country flipped blue because gas isn't cheap enough.

#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-11-09 02:20 PM | Reply

Basically, the majority of the country flipped blue because gas isn't cheap enough.
#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Gas, groceries, housing, health insurance. Four things Trump said he'd lower prices on. Trump specifically promised $2 gas and 2% mortgage rates. It's hard to imagine anyone being so stupid they would believe that, though.

Still not sure how much of this election was:
Democrats voted while Republicans stayed home
vs
Republicans turned out to vote against Republicans.
Probably a little of both, just not sure the split.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-11-09 02:30 PM | Reply

Gas, Groceries, Lies, Corruption, Forever Wars, more Lies, Grifts, Scams, even more Lies, Immigrant bashing, Epstein Cover-uping.... ad infinitum.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-09 02:37 PM | Reply

Basically, the majority of the country flipped blue because gas isn't cheap ~~enough~~.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-11-09 02:42 PM | Reply

Even the scientific community has moved on from MMGW mitigation to adaptation.

Our own government and military has too.

#8 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-11-09 02:57 PM | Reply