When a ‘fire hurricane’ hit, Maui’s warning sirens never sounded
Steve Strode, one of Les Munn’s neighbours, was first told to leave town after he had cycled through flames as tall as 10ft, reaching the relative safety of the Safeway…
Maui fires: ‘We’re self-reliant people – but where’s the help?’
Some residents on the Hawaiian island of Maui are questioning why there is not more official aid.
Zuckerberg says Musk ‘not serious’ about cage fight
Doubt hangs over the billionaires’ fight plans, but Musk suggests he is open to a bout on Monday.
Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo
The teenager suffered serious injuries when he plunged nearly 100ft (30m).
Hawaii fires: Jason Momoa warns tourists not to visit Maui
However, the loss of tourism would cause a significant shock to Hawaii’s economy – it was the largest single source of private capital in 2019, according to the Hawaii Tourism…
Links 8/14/2023 | naked capitalism
A New Idea for How to Assemble Life Wired. Assembly theory. See NC on May 23 for link (Anthony L) and discussion. Why Florence Nightingale was so much more than…
Wolf Richter: Full Commercialization of Robotaxis Arrives in San Francisco | naked capitalism
Lambert here: As I keep saying, we will need to optimize the driving environment for robot cars, not human drivers (for example, put first responders in robot helicopters), and make…
China’s Two Climate Directions
While the U.S. and Europe have enacted sweeping policies to fight climate change in recent years, China has always had the potential to undermine those successes. China is the world’s…
‘We Are Not Human to Them’: Life for Convicts in Russia’s Army
In a month spent at the front line, Aleksandr, an ex-convict serving in the Russian Army, hadn’t seen a single Ukrainian soldier and had barely fired a shot. The threat…
Its Building Destroyed, a Lahaina Church Finds Sanctuary in a Cafe
The pastor Arza Brown had long told the congregants of Grace Baptist Church that if they left the sanctuary and gathered beneath Lahaina’s mango trees, that then their church would…