Éric P. Meyer
@ericpca.bsky.social
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30 maja 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Emma van der Sluis, was born in Veghel.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Belia and he sisters Henriëtte and Elizabeth (in the pic). They were all probably murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Belia and he sisters Henriëtte and Elizabeth (in the pic). They were all probably murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
May 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
30 maja 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Emma van der Sluis, was born in Veghel.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Belia and he sisters Henriëtte and Elizabeth (in the pic). They were all probably murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Belia and he sisters Henriëtte and Elizabeth (in the pic). They were all probably murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!
May 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!
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Local authorities estimate the volume of the 2.3 km-long and several tens of metre-high (at max.) deposit mantling the Blatten valley floor to be ~10 million m3! 🧊🌊
www.vs.ch/de/web/commu...
www.vs.ch/de/web/commu...
May 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Local authorities estimate the volume of the 2.3 km-long and several tens of metre-high (at max.) deposit mantling the Blatten valley floor to be ~10 million m3! 🧊🌊
www.vs.ch/de/web/commu...
www.vs.ch/de/web/commu...
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Stunning false colour satellite images
Before and after the catastrophic glacier collapse and consequent mudflow in #Blatten, Switzerland. Note the lake that has formed behind the accumulation zone.
(white=snow, red=vegetation, grey=mud/debris, blue=water)
Before and after the catastrophic glacier collapse and consequent mudflow in #Blatten, Switzerland. Note the lake that has formed behind the accumulation zone.
(white=snow, red=vegetation, grey=mud/debris, blue=water)
May 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Stunning false colour satellite images
Before and after the catastrophic glacier collapse and consequent mudflow in #Blatten, Switzerland. Note the lake that has formed behind the accumulation zone.
(white=snow, red=vegetation, grey=mud/debris, blue=water)
Before and after the catastrophic glacier collapse and consequent mudflow in #Blatten, Switzerland. Note the lake that has formed behind the accumulation zone.
(white=snow, red=vegetation, grey=mud/debris, blue=water)
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It is well established that Birch Glacier front has slightly thickened (~20 m) and advanced (~50m) over the last decade because of rock fall activity 🧊
Explained here: polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
Here is the evolution between 2017-2024 ⌚️
🎥 Mylene Jacquemart @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
Explained here: polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
Here is the evolution between 2017-2024 ⌚️
🎥 Mylene Jacquemart @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It is well established that Birch Glacier front has slightly thickened (~20 m) and advanced (~50m) over the last decade because of rock fall activity 🧊
Explained here: polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
Here is the evolution between 2017-2024 ⌚️
🎥 Mylene Jacquemart @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
Explained here: polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
Here is the evolution between 2017-2024 ⌚️
🎥 Mylene Jacquemart @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
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Based on this information not much (< 1 m^3/s) is flowing through the debris.
May 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Based on this information not much (< 1 m^3/s) is flowing through the debris.
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In a new video the water level is higher (1542.5 m) than before (yesterday). The difference in volume roughly comes down to an addition of about 4 m^3/s assuming 24 hours difference with the previous video level (1538 m). This is also about what the river discharge was before the event.
May 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In a new video the water level is higher (1542.5 m) than before (yesterday). The difference in volume roughly comes down to an addition of about 4 m^3/s assuming 24 hours difference with the previous video level (1538 m). This is also about what the river discharge was before the event.
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Blatten/VS/CH: before (left) and now (right), flooded as of 29 May 2025 afternoon. Water level at 1539 m, in line with the latest imagery I have seen (= SRF). About 13 m of maximum water depth (bottom left, next to the rock fall). Houses fully flooded. 😞
May 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Blatten/VS/CH: before (left) and now (right), flooded as of 29 May 2025 afternoon. Water level at 1539 m, in line with the latest imagery I have seen (= SRF). About 13 m of maximum water depth (bottom left, next to the rock fall). Houses fully flooded. 😞
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May 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Seems there is stil rockfall activity in the cirque this afternoon (?), as seen from the plume visible in this video!
www.20min.ch/story/lageue...
www.20min.ch/story/lageue...
May 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Seems there is stil rockfall activity in the cirque this afternoon (?), as seen from the plume visible in this video!
www.20min.ch/story/lageue...
www.20min.ch/story/lageue...
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Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s recent uninformed comments on autism are deeply worrisome due to their reminder of dangerous ideas espoused during the eugenics movement.
Cornelia Schneider and Martha Walls write.
Cornelia Schneider and Martha Walls write.
RFK, Autism and the Rising Eugenics Movement | The Tyee
Neoliberalism's decree that people with disabilities are less worthy brings real danger.
thetyee.ca
May 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s recent uninformed comments on autism are deeply worrisome due to their reminder of dangerous ideas espoused during the eugenics movement.
Cornelia Schneider and Martha Walls write.
Cornelia Schneider and Martha Walls write.
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Nawrocki is backed by Putin, Orban, Simion, Trump, Vance, Noem, and all those who back russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That alone should make it clear: it’s in Poland’s interest that Nawrocki does not become the president. Vote for Trzaskowski if you can!
May 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Nawrocki is backed by Putin, Orban, Simion, Trump, Vance, Noem, and all those who back russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That alone should make it clear: it’s in Poland’s interest that Nawrocki does not become the president. Vote for Trzaskowski if you can!
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The Onion really pegged this one.
Have seen a lot of Harvard commencements.
Usually the Harvard prez is greeted by brief pro-forma applause. Or nothing. Or in my era, waves of protests and boos.
Never heard of *anything* like the sustained standing ovation Alan Garber got today.
Deserved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiT0...
Usually the Harvard prez is greeted by brief pro-forma applause. Or nothing. Or in my era, waves of protests and boos.
Never heard of *anything* like the sustained standing ovation Alan Garber got today.
Deserved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiT0...
President Alan Garber's Welcome | Harvard Commencement 2025
YouTube video by Harvard University
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The Onion really pegged this one.
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🚨 Putin's mafia paid Washington DC law firm Rathmell Short LLP millions of dollars to try to overturn US sanctions.
Contract signed in March 2025.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-s...
Contract signed in March 2025.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-s...
Russian oligarchs spend millions lobbying to lift US sanctions over Ukraine war
Read more
newsukraine.rbc.ua
May 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
🚨 Putin's mafia paid Washington DC law firm Rathmell Short LLP millions of dollars to try to overturn US sanctions.
Contract signed in March 2025.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-s...
Contract signed in March 2025.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-s...
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All these events register nicely on the map. This is the biggest rockfall event and the seismic signal geolocates just at the base of the ridge. Also the geological situation and the permafrost question is illustrated (darker violet/blue means permafrost is more likely than yellow).
May 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
All these events register nicely on the map. This is the biggest rockfall event and the seismic signal geolocates just at the base of the ridge. Also the geological situation and the permafrost question is illustrated (darker violet/blue means permafrost is more likely than yellow).
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Another magnitude 1.0 event was registered yesterday at 2025-05-29 12:34 in #Blatten. In the line of the 15 events registered over the past two weeks this one parks in at a moderate scale. And just another reminder that the mountain has not yet reached an equilibrium state yet.
May 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Another magnitude 1.0 event was registered yesterday at 2025-05-29 12:34 in #Blatten. In the line of the 15 events registered over the past two weeks this one parks in at a moderate scale. And just another reminder that the mountain has not yet reached an equilibrium state yet.
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Water is slowly making its way across the deposits blocking the Lonza River without overtopping according to the Canton's Geologist Raphaël Mayoraz on RTS/SRF (good news). The deposit is very muddy and unsuitable for heavy machinery (pumping). 1/2
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Bergsturz Blatten - Gestautes Wasser fliesst ab +++ Überschwappen nicht zu erwarten
Der See sei aktuell nicht hoch genug, dass er den Schuttkegel überschwemme, sagt der Kantonsgeologe.
www.srf.ch
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Water is slowly making its way across the deposits blocking the Lonza River without overtopping according to the Canton's Geologist Raphaël Mayoraz on RTS/SRF (good news). The deposit is very muddy and unsuitable for heavy machinery (pumping). 1/2
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
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The Birch Glacier pre-event (23.05) 3D model is available here! 🏔️🚁
Impressive work to see the pre-failure situation with the glacier overloaded by the 3.5M m3 debris of the Klein Nesthorn collapse 🧊
Can't wait for post-event model!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/kl...
Source Terradata/Sixense Helimap
Impressive work to see the pre-failure situation with the glacier overloaded by the 3.5M m3 debris of the Klein Nesthorn collapse 🧊
Can't wait for post-event model!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/kl...
Source Terradata/Sixense Helimap
May 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Birch Glacier pre-event (23.05) 3D model is available here! 🏔️🚁
Impressive work to see the pre-failure situation with the glacier overloaded by the 3.5M m3 debris of the Klein Nesthorn collapse 🧊
Can't wait for post-event model!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/kl...
Source Terradata/Sixense Helimap
Impressive work to see the pre-failure situation with the glacier overloaded by the 3.5M m3 debris of the Klein Nesthorn collapse 🧊
Can't wait for post-event model!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/kl...
Source Terradata/Sixense Helimap
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Lawyers for the Trump administration said officials are complying with a federal judge’s orders to return a wrongly deported Guatemalan man to the United States, one of the first public signs of a turnaround by a government that has aggressively resisted returning deportees.
Trump administration says it is making plans to return deported Guatemalan man
U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy recently ordered the Trump administration to “take all immediate steps” to facilitate the man’s return to the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Lawyers for the Trump administration said officials are complying with a federal judge’s orders to return a wrongly deported Guatemalan man to the United States, one of the first public signs of a turnaround by a government that has aggressively resisted returning deportees.
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What is left of #Blatten this morning at 10:35 am! 😭
The lake has grown since yesterday, with only the roofs of the lowest buildings still visible! 🌊
📷 @ABettmeralp
The lake has grown since yesterday, with only the roofs of the lowest buildings still visible! 🌊
📷 @ABettmeralp
May 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What is left of #Blatten this morning at 10:35 am! 😭
The lake has grown since yesterday, with only the roofs of the lowest buildings still visible! 🌊
📷 @ABettmeralp
The lake has grown since yesterday, with only the roofs of the lowest buildings still visible! 🌊
📷 @ABettmeralp
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A long series of similar rockfall/rockslide events in Switzerland now has another BIG dot in the upper right hand corner:
May 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A long series of similar rockfall/rockslide events in Switzerland now has another BIG dot in the upper right hand corner:
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Helicopter view published by Pomona Media (🔗 below) shows the lake building up by the end of the day. 5 m3/s is a lot of water.
youtu.be/R0YlCNDW2l4?...
youtu.be/R0YlCNDW2l4?...
May 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Helicopter view published by Pomona Media (🔗 below) shows the lake building up by the end of the day. 5 m3/s is a lot of water.
youtu.be/R0YlCNDW2l4?...
youtu.be/R0YlCNDW2l4?...