Featured Links - May 12, 2025

Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about.

Garlic growing at the Crooked Creek Garden Centre

• The New Pope: Who is "Pope Leo XIV" And Why A US Born Progressive Pope Matters in the Age of MAGA. "US Born Cardinal Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV and he's no fan of Trump's America."
• Habemus Papam Americanum. "The elevation of an American-born cardinal to head the Catholic Church carries significant political meaning.."
• Ontario reports nearly 200 new measles cases as virus spreads across Canada. "Public Health Ontario reports 101 hospitalizations, including 75 children." This was entirely preventable. 
• Russia’s coming summer offensive could be deadliest of the entire war. "In the coming months, Russia is hoping to build on more than a year of gradual advances to achieve breakthroughs on the eastern front, while Ukraine aims to demonstrate to the country’s partners that it is capable of stopping Putin’s war machine and holding the line."
• Satellites Tracked a Volcano’s Secret Collapse for 12 Years – Then It Sparked a Killer Wave. "In 2018, the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia collapsed catastrophically, generating a deadly tsunami. Now, researchers reveal that the volcano’s flank had been slowly slipping for years—an invisible danger detectable through satellite radar long before disaster struck."
• New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force. "A new theory proposes gravity isn’t a fundamental force but emerges from quantum electromagnetic interactions, potentially reshaping our view of spacetime itself."
• “Long COVID Mode”: Seeing the crisis through games. "Games are surprisingly useful communication tools in a world in denial about COVID-19 and Long COVID."
• Loss and Degradation of NOAA Sea Ice and Glacier data. "A very short post on breaking news that will almost certainly impact Alaska and Arctic Climate science and the lives, livelihoods and economics of people."