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2024 is a special year for periodical cicadas:For the first time in 9 years, a 13 year brood will emerge in the same year as a 17 year brood.For the first time in 16 years, adjacent 13-and 17-year broods will emerge in the same year.For the first time in 221 years, Brood XIX and XIII will co-emerge.The next co-emergence of any kind will not happen for another 13 years! Source: The 2024 Periodical…

““If I was allowed to do my job as the chief we wouldn’t be here, this didn’t have to happen,” Sund begins, around 19 minutes into the conversation, during which he describes himself as “pissed off” about being “lambasted in public” over the events. Sund has written a book, Courage Under Fire, about his…

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Beijing-linked hackers accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of U.S. government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Saturday that China is closely watching Russia’s success in Ukraine, with the outcome of Europe’s war likely to have wide-reaching implications for Beijing’s behavior in Asia-Pacific. “Beijing is watching closely what’s going on in Ukraine. And if Putin wins there, of course, that will impact their decisions on how to behave in Asia,” Stoltenberg told…

The Russia-Ukraine conflict accelerated a global trend aimed at creating an economic and financial universe parallel to the existing system. We have in the past highlighted the possibility of the GCC countries joining the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, whose population together constitute 41 per cent of the world.

…..from 2021 These high-altitude balloons are the property of Raven Aerostar, a division of Raven Industries, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In recent years, Raven Aerostar has been known for its collaboration with Google’s parent company Alphabet in Project Loon, an ambitious venture intended to extend Internet access to rural areas. The “Loon balloons” were designed by Raven Aerostar to…

The group, which is named for member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is scheduled to meet next year in Johannesburg for its annual summit. Expansion prospects will likely be high on the agenda, as the bloc is expected to consider adding such nations as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Algeria.

Extreme temperature anomaly scrambles North America’s weather pattern – The Weather Network

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/extreme-temperature-anomaly-scrambles-north-americas-weather-pattern

China – Attacks on party members | Britannica

“When Mao formally launched the Cultural Revolution in August 1966, he had already shut down the schools. During the following months, he encouraged the Red Guards to attack all traditional values and “bourgeois” things and to put CCP officials to the test by publicly criticizing them. These attacks were known at the time as struggles against the Four Olds (i.e., old ideas, customs, culture, and…

https://www.oneworldnews.com/racism-in-ukraine/

They are not hiding any more.

https://privacy.twitter.com/en/blog/2022/an-issue-affecting-some-anonymous-accounts

https://www.ww2history.org/

…… Yes he is. That is all.

North Pacific mystery: Strange red glowing lights observed from commercial flight at 39,000 feet – No land around – Strange Sounds

https://strangesounds.org/2022/07/north-pacific-mystery-strange-red-glowing-lights-observed-from-commercial-flight-at-39000-feet-no-land-around.html

An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security October 2003

An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security October 2003 They have known, and been planning for some time now. Introduction When most people think about climate change, they imagine gradual increases in temperature and only marginal changes in other climatic conditions, continuing indefinitely or even leveling off at some time in the future. The…