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Not as warm today. Only 71F right now.

Heat is unfortunately back here today. 80F currently. I didn't miss it.

0.05" here yesterday, 0.01" today.

It appears that US regime authorities have caught up with the alleged leaker of the top secret documents; a US airman of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. A hero, in my book. No different than if Russian or Iranian authorities had caught one of their own doing the same thing. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/13/fbi-arrest-investigation-suspected-leaker-classified-intelligence-00091928

Must be nice

Mostly cloudy and cold this morning. No drizzle since about 3 AM.

For one: The CIA's intelligence-gathering operations have been severely compromised for the near-future and this leak greatly endangers their operatives overseas. The method (SIGINT/signals intelligence), listing of targeted agencies in foreign governments, targeting of supposed allied governments (something they should have already known just via common sense but now is incredibly blatant), rupturing of tensions between said allies and the US government as noted by journalists, and the exposition of the US government fearing its waning influence over the globe are all rather damning in my book and that of just about any given historian and investigative journalist who has looked into this leak so far. Why would Egypt be embarrassed? They can do business with whomever they please, and they don't need permission from Washington. Nobody outside of the US, Canada and western Europe views this as an embarrassment for Egypt. The leak shows how even supposed US allies are seeking to gradually part ways with the US and just generally ignore it just over the past year alone. Even France's Macron, whom I disagree with on many things, appears to see the writing on the wall: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/macron-europe-china-taiwan-usa-outrage-rcna79090 Very interesting timing. The US doesn't have allies, it has loyal vassal states that are now potentially becoming self-aware and jumping ship as they watch the world shifting and changing rather rapidly. Even Israel, as much as I utterly despise them, are distancing themselves from Washington's apparent positions made clear from this leak. The Ukraine War is appearing to be to the US what the Suez Canal crisis was to the British empire. The "dirt" in these leaks primarily reflects on Washington, not other countries and supposed allies. A dying empire frantically grasping at air and trying to control everyone it can while it still has the fading chance to do so. Now all US "allies" will very likely take countermeasures to shore up gaps in security detail, while they have been diplomatically pushed away from the US by Washington's own nosey doings. The leaks even state that we are spying on Zelensky, although I doubt he cares. This leak offers an incredibly rare window into the depth and scope of US spy activities, also exposing Washington's worries over the growing influence of Russia and China in world affairs while the US's influence is put into question even among allies. Note that the majority of the world has been rather silent regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outside of North America and Europe. A few have offered verbal condemnation (Brazil) but continue to do business with Russia or even increasing their trade and violation of US sanctions regardless. Africa has been particularly enthusiastic about expanding relations with Russia and China (especially economically) while saying nothing about the Ukraine war, or in a few cases, openly siding with Russia. The leaks also expose Washington's fears over Turkey (a NATO member)'s cozying-up with Russia in recent years. Further information regarding the damaging potential of these leaks to the US government are assessed here in the NYT article, of all places: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/us/politics/leaked-pentagon-documents-ukraine.html?name=styln-leaked-pentagon-documents I agree that these leaks are far more drastic than even the decade-old WikiLeaks data cables leaks and Edward Snowden global surveillance disclosures. Bad implications for Washington going forward. This should be a wake-up call to all governments, particularly "allies" of the US.

No drizzle here in a few hours now, but did reach 20.50" for the season.

Started drizzling here around 11 PM, measurable stuff came after midnight. 0.04" since then, 0.01" away from 20.50".

57F and cloudy this afternoon compared to 87F and sunny this time two days ago.

Buried under sand?

@Mr Marine Layer It's a Handmaid's Tale reference. On a different note; if the Russia-Ukraine thread was still up, I'd have absolutely loads to post in there, as it doesn't really seem like it would fit in here. Oh well. The recent Pentagon top-secret docs leak is particularly devastating, I have tons to say about that. Again supports my position about how the US government is so absolutely crooked and corrupt on perhaps the largest scale of human history, and this applies to both the Republican and Democratic parties (or D.C. uniparty as I call it), but I could fill a thread of about 40 pages-worth of analysis and dissection of that information (which is potentially dangerous to do).

Low was 50F this morning, as opposed to yesterday's low of 53F.

No gunk here inland yet, but it is cooling faster tonight.

87F again today. Ugh.

We should trade houses

80F+ in my room In the summertime, my Davis indoor console has recorded temperatures exceeding 110F inside my bedroom - and that's in the shade, never in direct sunlight or near heat sources

Low 53F this morning. Stayed very warm in my room, ugh. Harbinger of the awful summer to come.

High was 87F here, low was only 48F and will likely be warmer tonight.

86F right now, warmest day since October. I didn't miss this warm weather at all.

Jesse and I are in agreement. Despite tonight starting out warmer than last night, right now it is 44.7 degrees, where at this time last night it was still 46 degrees and never sunk lower.

Nighttime lows have been gradually creeping back up into the 40s over the past several nights.

Cold tonight. 34F as of 6 AM.

Strange (but interesting) weather today. Cool and breezy, but constantly changing from cloudy to partly cloudy to mostly sunny and back again.

Sky went from completely sunny several hours ago to mostly cloudy and breezy just now. Lots of fast-moving low clouds taking over in a hurry as the sun sets.