A yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, creating spectacular scenes and prompting authorities to issue health warnings.

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I thought it was mars before the humans had to colonize Earth

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Waking up and finding out that it’s snowing in April was super fun. It snowed for two days almost straight and all tram traffic stopped because their power line thingies froze. Isn’t climate change awesome?

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I keep forgetting to take my car in and have the snow tires swapped…but it keeps fucking randomly snowing and the Easter bunny froze to death in a flash hailstorm

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Reminds me of some of the worst smoke seasons we’ve had in the PNW

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I remember a few years back when the skies turned red in SF. It looked so surreal.

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Desert is spreading. Not terrible, not great…

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Pretty sure it’s terrible. It’s not terrible for the overall ecosystem of the world but if major Europran cities suffer desertification as well we’re going to have a huge infrastructure and migrant crisis on our hands. But don’t fret Americans, please keep trying to destroy the EPA and ensure you can burn the dirtiest of coals… and Germany, don’t forget to transition off nuclear and back to coal and gas for the uh… environment?

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The german energy mix is pretty good actually. About 60% is renewable. And a lot the infrastructure was build during our last legislation period. The early transition off nuclear was definitely a mistake but nothing we can reverse now. But even if we count nuclear as renewable, Germany is still way ahead of most big countries.

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Yea, I think Germany is doing well to make up for that transition but it’s still something that hurts me to the core - especially since it was so strongly pushed for by the Greens.

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About the same amount of sand as a chest x-ray.

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3.6 sand per hour.

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There’s burning sand in the courtyard.

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I’ve got more sand than pie between my teeth.

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I’m actually surprised snow is unusual in the spring in Helsinki.

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A takatalvi (literally “backwinter”, it means that when you think it’s spring but then winter weather comes back because fuck you) or two is common, but they usually don’t last as long, occur in March or early April, and ddon’t have nearly as much snow.

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We’ve also got snow in Montreal today… it’s nearly fucking May.

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Helsinki yes, Finland no.

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Fair enough. I associate Finland with snow like it’s some sort of European Hoth.

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I got a chuckle from the line:

While snowfall is not uncommon in Finland’s winter months

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