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Bianca Censori sparks outrage as she goes NAKED on Grammys 2025 red carpet with covered-up Kanye West
Daily Mail
Feb 2, 2025
Bianca Censori sparked worldwide outrage as she went
completely naked at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday alongside covered-up
husband Kanye West.
The designer, 30, who has previously shocked with
risque displays, bared it all in a completely see-through nude mesh
dress, worn without underwear - much to the shock of social media and
onlookers.
Democrats brutally mocked as 'beyond parody' and in 'shambles' for obsessing over gender equality in cringe-worthy new video
By James Gordon
Daily Mail
Feb 2, 2025
Former DNC chair Jaime Harrison announced that the party's leadership
elections had to be conducted in a manner that ensured precise gender
representation, with non-binary candidates included in the equation
The Democratic party was brutally mocked
over a weekend leadership retreat that quickly devolved into a spectacle
of woke-isms and gender ideology.
The Democratic National Committee's leadership vote ignited a firestorm of derision from conservatives who labeled the event as proof the party has 'learned absolutely nothing' from its crushing 2024 election losses.
As the liberal party struggles to recover from losing the White House, Senate, and failing to reclaim the House, the DNC's attempt at a fresh start was immediately branded as tone deaf.
The vote to elect Minnesota Democratic
Party leader Ken Martin as chair turned into a showcase of ideological
purity tests, virtue signaling, and moments that critics have blasted as
'beyond parody.'
Former DNC chair
Jaime Harrison announced that the party's leadership elections had to be
conducted in a manner that ensured precise gender representation, with
non-binary candidates included in the equation.
'Our
rules specify that when we have a non-binary candidate or officer, the
non-binary individual is counted as neither male nor female, and the
remaining six offices must be gender balanced,' Harrison explained, in a
statement that drew widespread ridicule from the right.
Republicans pounced, mocking the DNC's obsession with gender quotas at a time when voters are more concerned with inflation, border security, and crime.
For
critics, the message was clear: the Democratic Party remains in
complete disarray and still appear to have no idea why they lost.
There was also the election of left-wing activist David Hogg, a vocal gun control advocate and co-founder of March for Our Lives, as one of the DNC's three vice chairs.
Newly
elected DNC Chairman Ken Martinfrom, left, is hugged by his son Sam
after winning the vote at the Democratic National Committee Winter
Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National
Harbor, Maryland
Attendees cheer as Ken Martin is announced as the newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman after winning the vote
Conservatives immediately seized on the
decision, ridiculing it as further evidence of the party's detachment
from mainstream American concerns.
'DNC
Vice Chair David Hogg has some legitimately INSANE views that are
wildly out of step with the American people. Good to see that the Democrat Party has learned absolutely nothing,' conservative commentator Steve Guest posted on X.
Hogg, 24, took the stage at the DNC gathering in Maryland, delivering an impassioned speech that only fueled the backlash.
'We're
going to show people that the reason they should vote for us isn't just
because we're not Republicans – it's because we're damn Democrats. We
give a s***,' he declared. 'Now it's time to rebuild the party and
rethink the way we've been doing things.'
Adding to the carnival-like atmosphere,
MSNBC co-hosted a forum ahead of the vote where the eight candidates
for chair were asked whether racism and misogyny contributed to Kamala
Harris' loss.
All eight raised their
hands in agreement, prompting MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart to gleefully
announce, 'That's good. You all passed.'
Senator
Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, reacted to the moment with a prediction
that the GOP will expand its majority in the midterms, while
conservative media figures called it a prime example of Democrats
avoiding self-reflection.
Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote to become the DNC's next chair
Republicans
pounced, mocking the DNC's obsession with gender quotas at a time when
voters are more concerned with inflation, border security, and crime
Dr. Hathaway, a candidate for chair, led the audience in a rendition of 'You Fight On' during Thursday's forum
Dr. Hathaway, launched into another song on Saturday with the lyrics, 'We shall overcome'
If that weren't enough, candidates broke into song multiple times throughout the weekend.
Dr.
Quintessa Hathaway, a candidate for chair, led the audience in a
rendition of 'You Fight On' during Thursday's forum, before launching
into another song on Saturday with the lyrics, 'We shall overcome.'
Harrison, not to be outdone, serenaded the audience with a rendition of Stevie Wonder's 'Happy Birthday.'
As
the vote concluded, Ken Martin, a longtime critic of Trump who
previously called him a 'traitor' who should be prosecuted for treason,
celebrated his victory by reaffirming his commitment to fighting against
the Republican Party.
Many outsiders believe it was ideological theatrics that cost them dearly in the last election
The
DNC's weekend showcase was less about fighting for working-class
Americans and more about doubling down on the identity politics
Among
the most talked-about moments was the election of left-wing activist
David Hogg, a vocal gun control advocate and co-founder of March for Our
Lives, as one of the DNC's three vice chairs
Hogg, 24, took the stage at the DNC gathering in Maryland , delivering an impassioned speech that only fueled the backlash
Martin
offered a warning to Trump and his Republican allies after the vote was
announced: 'We're coming. This is a new Democratic Party. We're taking
the gloves off.'
'We have one team, one team, the Democratic Party,' Martin declared.
'The
fight is for our values. The fight is for working people. The fight
right now is against Donald Trump and the billionaires who bought this
country.'
Martin now becomes one of the
most important players in the Democratic Party´s comeback attempt as
Trump pushes the limits of presidential power.
While
Martin promised bold changes, he said he could not discuss specific
actions until the party conducted a post-election review to determine
what went wrong in November.
It is
unclear how long the process might take. Martin said it would be
completed 'as quickly as possible' and then released publicly.
Martin's
ascendance comes less than two weeks after Trump's inauguration and as
Democrats struggle to confront the sheer volume of executive orders,
pardons, personnel changes and controversial relationships taking shape
in the new administration.
DNC
chair candidate Ken Martin speaks at the Democratic National Committee
Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in
National Harbor, Maryland
Supporters and volunteers of DNC chair candidate Ken Martin cheer outside of the ballroom in the hours prior to the vote
Martin
on Saturday promised to refocus the Democratic message on working-class
voters, strengthen Democratic infrastructure across the country and
improve the party's anti-Trump rapid response system.
He has pledged not to shy away from Democrats´ dedication to diversity and minority groups, a pillar of the modern-day party.
Martin,
a relative unknown outside of the party, stressed the need for
Democrats to reconnect with blue collar voters, and to take the
electoral fight to all 50 states - even bastions of conservative
politics.
The rudderless party has
struggled to respond to Republican Trump's barrage of executive orders,
many of which reversed former President Joe Biden's policies.
'Donald
Trump and his billionaire allies are put on notice -- we will hold them
accountable for ripping off working families, and we will beat them at
the ballot box,' Martin said.
At the same time, public perception of the Democratic Party has hit rock bottom.
Just 31 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this week. 43 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party.
But
to many watching from the outside, the DNC's weekend showcase was less
about fighting for working-class Americans and more about doubling down
on the identity politics and ideological theatrics that cost them dearly
in the last election.
IDF says 50 terrorists killed in West Bank since offensive started two weeks ago
More than 100 wanted Palestinians detained,
some 40 weapons seized and 80 explosives neutralized during ‘Operation
Iron Wall’ in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tamun in northern West Bank
Smoke billows from the site of several explosions during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the northern West Bank, February 2, 2025.
The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday that it has killed over 50
Palestinian terror operatives in the northern West Bank since launching a
major counterterrorism offensive nearly two weeks ago.
Over 35 gunmen were killed by troops during operations in Jenin,
Tulkarem, and the Tamun area, while another 15 were killed in drone
strikes, the military said.
The IDF has acknowledged mistakenly killing several civilians amid the operation, including a toddler.
More than 100 wanted Palestinians have been detained, and troops have
seized some 40 weapons and neutralized over 80 explosive devices during
the operation, according to the IDF.
The offensive, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, was launched on January 21, and the military expects it to last several more weeks.
The operation, which has primarily focused on the city and refugee camp of Jenin, was expanded to Tulkarem last week, and to Tamun on Saturday night.
The IDF says it demolished 23 buildings in the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp which were used by terror operatives.
Troops have scanned hundreds of buildings in Jenin during an ongoing
raid there, locating bomb-making labs, caches of weapons, and command
centers, the military says.
The army publishes footage showing the detonation.
Smoke rises during an Israeli army operation in Jenin, February 2, 2025.
Huge columns of smoke billowed over the surrounding area following the blasts.
The Palestinian official news agency, WAFA, said Israeli forces
“simultaneously detonated about 20 buildings” in the eastern part of
Jenin refugee camp, adding that the “explosions were heard throughout
the city of Jenin and parts of the neighboring towns.”
Witnesses reported a “large” deployment of Israeli forces in the
morning around the towns of Tubas and Tamun, southeast of Jenin.
An Israeli military bulldozer digs up a
street during a raid in the al-Fara refugee camp south of Jenin in the
northern West Bank on February 2, 2025.
The Palestinian health ministry said that an elderly man — named as
Walid Lahlouh, 73 — was killed by Israeli fire in Jenin on Sunday. There
was no immediate comment from the IDF.
Drone strikes in Qabatiya, Jenin
The IDF also confirmed Sunday that it had targeted Palestinian
terrorists in three separate aerial strikes, within several hours, in
the northern West Bank, on Saturday night, including a cell that was on
its way to carry out an imminent attack, confirming that it took out a
prisoner set free as part of a 2023 deal with Hamas.
The military said the strike on the cell on its way to carry out a
terror attack occurred in Qabatiya, with secondary explosions observed
as a result of bombs that were in the car going off.
That strike, the IDF said, killed terror operatives Salah Zakarneh
and Abd al-Hadi Kamil, the latter of whom was released as part of a
hostage deal in November 2023.
The IDF published footage of the Qabatiya strike.
IDF operates in Qabatiya on February 2, 2025
The two other strikes occurred in Jenin, the army said, adding that they targeted two armed terror cells.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry reported two killed in
the Qabatiya strike, two killed in one of the Jenin strikes, and
16-year-old Ahmad al-Sadi killed in the other Jenin strike along with
others critically wounded.
Settlers said to torch mosque
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque overnight Saturday-Sunday in
the Bedouin village of Arab al-Mleihat northwest of the West Bank city
of Jericho, according to Palestinian media reports.
A group of settlers poured a flammable liquid inside the building in
the early hours of Sunday morning, setting it ablaze and destroying it
completely, according to Hassan Mleihat, an official from the local
Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, speaking to
The Times of Israel.
No casualties were reported in the incident, and no evidence was presented for the accusation against settlers.
However, a video circulating on social media of a large burning structure purported to show the incident.
Mleihat said that the Bedouin hamlet has been exposed to harassment
by settlers in the past three years. Last September, 50 goats were
poisoned there, the man recounts. The community is situated in a remote
location and is far from the reach of fire trucks and rescue services,
he added.
The Israel Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Since October 7, 2023, troops have arrested some 6,000 wanted
Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,350 affiliated
with Hamas.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 858
West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the
vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters
who clashed with troops or terrorists carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 46 people, including Israeli security
personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West
Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in
clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.
Since October 7, the IDF has carried out more than 100 airstrikes in
the West Bank, using drones, attack helicopters, and fighter jets.
Israel Hayom has learned that
mass emigration from Gaza, including both Hamas operatives and those
categorized as "uninvolved population," represents a cornerstone of
American regional strategy – beyond mere public statements as many
Israeli observers believe.
Al-Qassam
Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hand over four Israeli hostages
to the Red Cross in Palestine Square, in Gaza City.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarks Sunday on a Washington visit
centered around a pivotal Tuesday meeting with President Donald Trump.
While the Prime Minister's Office announced a Friday return to Israel,
concurrent preparations suggest a possible extension until the following
Sunday.
The leadership summit will
address all major regional and international issues and their
interconnections: Gaza ceasefire status, ongoing hostage liberation
efforts, and subsequent phases of the hostage agreement.
The agenda encompasses Hamas'
eradication from Gaza, Iranian threats – particularly nuclear
developments, and normalization agreements between Israel, Saudi Arabia,
and the broader Arab world.
Hamas
terrorists secure an area in a square before handing over four Israeli
hostages to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on January 25, 2025
Israel Hayom
has learned that mass evacuation from Gaza, including both Hamas
operatives and those categorized as "uninvolved population," represents a
cornerstone of American regional strategy – beyond mere public
statements as many Israeli observers believe.
During his visit,
presidential envoy Steve Witkoff's messages indicated that through
substantial Gazan emigration, the administration seeks to align Trump's
war conclusion objectives with his stance, shared by many in the new
administration, that Hamas must cease controlling Gaza.
Significantly, during his
Israel discussions, Witkoff stressed that considering October 7's
atrocities, he too considers future Hamas governance of Gaza untenable.
The American perspective holds that with minimal or no population
remaining, Hamas control becomes unsustainable.
Arab nations oppose relocation plan
A phone conversation between
Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi took place Saturday
following multiple Arab nations' decisive rejection of Gaza evacuation proposals.
Egyptian Presidential Palace
communications termed the discussion "positive dialogue" without
elaborating. Earlier, foreign ministers of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt,
Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement "rejecting
forced Palestinian displacement while expressing readiness to
collaborate with Trump on Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution
implementation."
Israel would welcome
extensive Gaza emigration, with Minister Ron Dermer, the prime
minister's envoy, initially presenting the concept to Trump. However,
Jerusalem maintains discretion given the matter's sensitivity.
Ruling out Hamas "shadow authority"
In exclusive comments to Israel Hayom,
a senior Israeli official suggested Hamas might voluntarily surrender
Gaza control rather than face war-end demands. "The option of renewed
military action to achieve objectives remains viable, and we stand
prepared," the official stated. However, they consider Hamas
leadership's voluntary relinquishment of control the most probable
outcome.
"Within Palestinian faction
discussions, Hamas recognizes the necessity of transferring authority.
Their desire for ceasefire generates momentum for continued hostage
releases. Consequently, further warfare might prove unnecessary, with
the framework potentially satisfying war objectives," the senior
official told Israel Hayom. However, they emphasized Israel's
rejection of any Hamas shadow authority in Gaza – contrasting with
Hezbollah's years of Lebanese dominance.
AUSTIN — On Friday, Texas Governor
Greg Abbott banned the use of artificial intelligence and social media
apps that were affiliated with the People’s Republic of China and the
Chinese Communist Party—but only on government-issued devices.
According to Abbott, the ban now prohibits
state employees and contractors from downloading and using the following
apps on state-owned or personal devices used for work:
RedNote
DeepSeek
Webull
Tiger Brokers
Moomoo
Lemon8
“Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist
Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through
data-harvesting AI and social media apps,” said Governor Abbott. “To
achieve that mission, I ordered Texas state agencies to ban Chinese
government-based AI and social media apps from all state-issued devices.
“State agencies and employees responsible for
handling critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and personal
information must be protected from malicious espionage operations by the
Chinese Communist Party. Texas will continue to protect and defend our
state from hostile foreign actors.”
A
grand jury indictment accuses John Harold Rogers, 63, of Vienna,
Virginia, of stealing Federal Reserve trade secrets and selling them to
Chinese intelligence officials for at least $450,000 by posing as a
university professor in China. He is also accused of lying to Federal Reserve investigators and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials.
The
Department of Justice announced Rogers’ indictment and arrest on
Friday, the same day he made his first appearance before a Washington
court. Rogers is being held without bond and is scheduled to be
arraigned Tuesday, according to court records.
Jonathan Gitlen,
an attorney for Rogers, said via email Saturday that “Dr. Rogers denies
the allegations as set forth in the indictment.” Rogers will say more
“at a later date,” Gitlen said.
Assistant Director Kevin Vorndran of the FBI Counterintelligence
Division said in a statement that Rogers “betrayed his country while
employed at the Federal Reserve by providing restricted U.S. financial
and economic information to Chinese government intelligence officers.”
The information, Vorndran continued, “could allow adversaries to
illegally gain a strategic economic advantage at the expense of the
U.S.”
The Justice Department said the information “could allow China to
manipulate the U.S. market” in a manner similar to insider trading. The
department noted that China, as of October 2024, held about $816 billion
in U.S. foreign debt and that Chinese financial players could benefit
from inside knowledge of U.S. economic policy, such as advance notice of
federal funds rate changes, when making decisions about buying and
selling U.S. debt instruments.
Rogers, a U.S. citizen with a doctorate in economics, worked for the
Federal Reserve from 2010 until 2021, according to the indictment.
According to the indictment, Rogers, a U.S. citizen with a Ph.D. in
economics, worked as a Senior Adviser in FRB’s Division of International
Finance of the FRB from 2010 until 2021, where he would have had access
to a range of classified information.
Prosecutors allege that
Rogers and two Chinese co-conspirators began communicating as early as
2013. The indictment asserts that Rogers later forwarded protected
information to his personal email or made print copies to pass along to
his co-conspirators. The cache allegedly included proprietary economic
data and analysis, briefing books written for Federal Reserve governors,
details of Federal Open Market Committee deliberations and future
announcements, and accounts of conversations about tariffs targeted at
China, according to the indictment.
Rogers
is accused of meeting co-conspirators in China for multiple visits,
under the guise of him being an academic instructor teaching them as
students. The indictment alleges that in 2023, Rogers received $450,000
as a part-time professor at a Chinese university.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is
warning that Contec CMS8000 devices, a widely used healthcare patient
monitoring device, include a backdoor that quietly sends patient data to
a remote IP address and downloads and executes files on the device.
Contec is a China-based company that specializes in healthcare
technology, offering a range of medical devices including patient
monitoring systems, diagnostic equipment, and laboratory instruments.
CISA learned of the malicious behavior from an external researcher
who disclosed the vulnerability to the agency. When CISA tested three
Contec CMS8000 firmware packages, the researchers discovered anomalous
network traffic to a hard-coded external IP address, which is not
associated with the company but rather a university.
This led to the discovery of a backdoor in the company's firmware
that would quietly download and execute files on the device, allowing
for remote execution and the complete takeover of the patient monitors.
It was also discovered that the device would quietly send patient data
to the same hard-coded address when devices were started.
None of this activity was logged, causing the malicious activity to
be conducted secretly without alerting administrators of the devices.
While CISA did not name the university and redacted the IP address,
BleepingComputer has learned that it is associated with a Chinese
university. The IP address is also hard-coded in software for other
medical equipment, including a pregnancy patient monitor from another
Chinese healthcare manufacturer.
An FDA advisory
about the backdoor also confirmed that it was also found in Epsimed
MN-120 patient monitors, which are re-labeled Contec CMS8000 devices.
The backdoor
On analyzing the firmware, CISA found that one of the device's executables, 'monitor,'
contains a backdoor that issues a series of Linux commands that
enable the device's network adapter (eth0) and then attempts to mount a
remote NFS share at the hard-coded IP address belonging to the
university.
The NFS share is mounted at /mnt/ and the backdoor recursively copies the files from the /mnt/ folder to the /opt/bin folder.
Backdoor in the Contec CMS800 firmware
The backdoor will continue to copy files from /opt/bin to the /opt folder and, when done, unmount the remote NFS share.
"Though the /opt/bin directory is not part of default Linux
installations, it is nonetheless a common Linux directory structure,"
explains CISA's advisory.
"Generally, Linux stores third-party software installations in the
/opt directory and thirdparty binaries in the /opt/bin directory. The
ability to overwrite files within the /opt/bin directory provides a
powerful primitive for remotely taking over the device and remotely
altering the device configuration."
"Additionally, the use of symbolic links could provide a primitive to
overwrite files anywhere on the device filesystem. When executed, this
function offers a formidable primitive allowing for a third-party
operating at the hard-coded IP address to potentially take full control
of the device remotely."
While CISA has not shared what these files perform on the device,
they said they detected no communication between devices and the
hard-coded IP address, only the attempts to connect to it.
CISA says that after reviewing the firmware, they do not believe this
is an automatic update feature, but rather than a backdoor planted in
the device's firmware.
Further lending to this being a backdoor by design, CISA found that
the devices also began sending patient data to the remote IP address
when the devices started.
CISA says that patient data is typically transmitted across a network using the Health Level 7 (HL7) protocol.
However, these devices sent the data to the remote IP over port 515,
which is usually associated with the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) protocol.
The transmitted data includes the doctor's name, patient ID, patient's name, patient's date of birth, and other information.
Patient data sent to remote IP address in China
After contacting Contec about the backdoor, CISA was sent multiple
firmware images that were supposed to have mitigated the backdoor.
However, each one continued to contain the malicious code, with the
company simply disabling the 'eth0' network adapter to mitigate the
backdoor. However, this mitigation does not help as the script
specifically enables it using the ifconfig eth0 up command before mounting the remote NFS share or sending patient data.
Currently, there is no available patch for devices that removes the
backdoor, and CISA recommends that all healthcare organizations
disconnect these devices from the network if possible.
Furthermore, the cybersecurity agency recommends organizations check
their Contec CMS8000 patient monitors for any signs of tampering, such
as displaying information different from a patient's physical state.
BleepingComputer contacted Contec with questions about the firmware and will update the story if we receive a response.
David Hogg has
just been made Vice-Chair of the DNC. He rose to fame by not getting
shot to death at a school shooting and then screaming a lot about how
evil guns are.
He is the
epitome of the whiney, entitled, arrogant, condescending White liberal
male who believes that his virtually zero real world experience and
complete lack of a technical background or training means that he gets
to decide what is best for the country.
With the DNC putting clowns like this in positions of power and authority the Republic is likely safe for another few years.
EDITOR'S
NOTE: I don't like criticizing you, but you are giving Hogg an
undeserved bad rap. Hogg was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Florida in 2018 when a former student entered the
school and shot 34 victims, of which 17 died.
We can disagree with Hogg's activism against gun violence, but that does not make him a "clown" who is "the epitome of the whiney, entitled, arrogant, condescending White liberal male."
Francisco Oropeza, center, is escorted to the San
Jacinto County courthouse by San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers,
right, for a hearing Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Coldspring, Texas.
Oropeza is suspected of killing five people, including a 9-year-old boy,
after neighbors asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard.
Francisco Oropeza, 38, is what used to be called a
Wetback or an illegal alien. Until about 12 days ago they were called
Undocumented Democrats. We can call them illegal aliens again now.
He
had been thrown out of the U. S. four times when he murdered five of
his neighbors, including an 8-year old, because they asked him to cool
it with the random gunfire so their children could sleep. The
chickenshit bastard copped a plea to escape the needle. He will now
spend out the rest of his miserable life at the expense of the taxpayers
of Texas.
He killed the neighbors in Cleveland, Texas on April 28 of 2023. It took the cops a few days to find his miserable ass.
Two
of the victims were adult women who were shot in the head as they lay
on a bed on top of their children, apparently in a successful attempt to
protect them from the gunfire.
Ok, this does not seem to have
been a medial issue per se. Yesterday morning in the Royal Oak Medical
Center in Troy, Michigan, just outside of Detroit an oxygen chamber
exploded. The explosion killed the five-year old in the chamber and
injured the child's mother who was present in the room standing right
next to the hyperbaric chamber at the time. The cause of the explosion
is not known.
Several
medical people in the room were not injured and the fire was put out
quickly. The medical center had been using the hyperbaric chamber for
15 years with zero incidents prior to this.
There are, IMHO, only three good things that ever came out of Oakland.
Me, United Parcel Service and the Raiders. One of those, UPS, took a
large hit on the stock market yesterday. It seems that Big Brown
decided that their large volume - low profit per package business with
Amazon just wasn't worth the effort and they are backing away from their
agreement with Amazon. I guess the market believes more in gross than
does the management at UPS. That's what they pay managers for. Were I a
betting man I would be with UPS on this one.
Revealed: What life on Earth will look like in 2100 - with entire
cities plunged underwater and millions of people perishing in the heat
By William Hunter
Daily Mail
Feb 1, 2025
The Statue of
Liberty underwater
From Snowpiercer to The Day After Tomorrow, countless movies and series have put forward their vision of how climate change might reshape the world.
Worryingly, scientists predict that the reality might be far more shocking than anything imagined by a Hollywood studio.
Now, artificial intelligence (AI) reveals what this might look like.
With Google's ImageFX AI image generator, MailOnline has used the latest scientific research to predict how the world will be in 2100.
As greenhouse gas levels continue to increase, scientists predict that entire cities will be plunged under water.
Meanwhile, climbing temperatures and punishing heatwaves could kill millions of people around the globe.
Professor Julienne Stroeve, a climate scientist from University College London, told MailOnline: 'The largest impacts that affect all of us are sea level rise and changes in weather extremes.
'All of these will increase through the century if we do not do anything to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.'
Scientists
say that the real impacts of climate change could be far more shocking
than anything imagined in a Hollywood studio. Now AI has revealed what
that might look like
Rising temperatures
Scientists have known for years that human-caused climate change is leading to a warmer climate.
As
greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane build up in the
atmosphere, they act like a blanket covering the planet, trapping heat
from the sun and leading to rising temperatures.
Scientists
predict that global temperatures could rise by as much as 4.4°C
(7.92°F) above the pre-industrial average in the worst-case scenario.
This would lead to widespread drought in water-shortage-prone countries
like France
In the middle scenario, CO2 emissions stay
around current levels until the mid-century before declining towards
net-zero by 2100.
Meanwhile, in the
very high emissions scenario, the world does not take measures to curb
greenhouse gas emissions and CO2 levels actually increase by 2100.
Since
1990, arid regions have expanded by an area a third larger than India
and now cover 40 per cent of the Earth's land excluding Antarctica.
If
nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the number of
people living in drylands will more than double from 2.3 billion to 5
billion in 2100.
Likewise, one 2023
paper predicted that the risk of 'flash droughts', in which drought
conditions occur abnormally fast, will increase from 32 per cent to 53
per cent in Europe by 2100.
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That means that countries like France
which already struggle with systematic water shortages are more likely
to face devastating droughts.
Melting Ice and higher sea levels
As the atmosphere gets warmer over the next 75 years, the seas will also begin to warm.
In the 1980s, scientists recorded that ocean temperatures were rising at a rate of about 0.06°C per decade.
Looking
ahead, the researchers say is 'plausible' that the ocean temperature
increase seen over the past 40 years will be exceeded in just the next
20 years.
In turn, that will lead to potentially devastating impacts for all life on Earth.
Professor
Stroeve says: ‘Summer sea ice for sure will be gone well before 2100
but there will be several months of ice-free conditions, not just one
month.
By
2100, scientists say the Arctic will be 'unrecognisable' with sea ice
totally vanishing in the summer, leaving months of ice-free waters (AI
impression)
Antarctic
sea ice also hit near-record lows during 2024. Reduced sea ice means
that less energy from the sun is reflected back out of the atmosphere,
triggering even faster rates of warming
'This will warm up the Arctic even faster,
leading to more melting from Greenland and faster sea level rise,
destabilization of the permafrost areas, and disruption of the
thermohaline [deep ocean currents] circulation.'
For
any people or animals that rely on snow and ice, Professor Stroeve says
this rate of change will simply be too fast to adapt to.
'The Arctic will be unrecognizable from its contemporary state,' says Professor Stroeve.
'Further,
the ice-free conditions exposes the coastlines to waves from storms,
and that combined with permafrost thaw results in entire communities to
be moved.'
As the oceans warm, they will also expand, combining with fresh water from the melting ice caps to drive up sea levels.
Researchers
from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have predicted
that global sea levels could rise by a staggering 6.2ft (1.9 metres) by
2100 if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to increase.
In
the European Alps, glaciers will be reduced by 75 per cent by volume
and snow will be absent for much of the year (AI impression)
Global
heating will melt the icecaps and cause the oceans to expand, leading
to rising sea levels. UK cities like Hull (pictured in AI impression)
could be completely submerged as the sea level rises by a staggering
6.2ft (1.9 metres) by 2100
Meanwhile,
in the US, people living on the East Coast would be hit the hardest -
with large portions of New York City, Boston, Atlantic City and Miami
submerged.
By
2100, one of the biggest ways we will feel the impact of climate change
will be in the massive increase in extreme weather events.
Dr
Suzanne Bartington, associate professor of environmental health at the
University of Birmingham, told MailOnline: 'Climate change is
significantly increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather
events, including heatwaves, heavy rainfall, droughts, wildfires which
affect physical and mental health.'
As
the atmosphere gets warmer, it is able to hold onto more water vapour
before releasing it as precipitation leading to much heavier rainfall.
A
Met Office study predicts that weather rivalling the wettest day ever
recorded could become ten times more likely by 2100 thanks to climate
change in a medium emissions scenario.
Even
as sea levels rise, plunging cities like London underwater, scientists
predict that there will be a significant increase in flooding. The UK
will receive up to 35 per cent more precipitation in winter and
record-breaking days of rain will be 10 times more likely
The
increased temperature led to record-breaking amounts of water vapour in
the atmosphere which created more severe storms and flooding around the
world
At the same time, changing weather patterns mean that some places will experience very little rain at other times of the year.
By 2070, the Met Office predicts that average summer rainfall in the UK could decrease by up to 47 per cent.
Meanwhile, the same study found that there could be up to 35 per cent more precipitation in winter.
When
these sudden bursts of rain hit areas where drought has already
hardened the ground, the risk of flash flooding becomes extremely high.
Unfortunately, we do not need AI to help us imagine such a scenario.
Last
year, Spain was hit by the worst ecological disaster in the country's
history as flash floods tore through Valencia and the surrounding
regions.
In the future, the situation is likely to become even more dire.
In
Valencia, Spain a combination of high temperatures and a long time
without rain led to devastating flash floods which killed at least 213
people. This photo shows residents and volunteers carry out clearing
duties in the flood-hit municipality of Paiporta, Valencia province,
Spain, November 4, 2024
Studies
have shown that the Mediterranean region - which is home to more than
510 million people - is warming 20 per cent faster than the global
average.
The UN predicts that, outside of summer, the Mediterranean will see up to 20 per cent more rainfall events by 2080.
Typhoons,
hurricanes, and tropical storms, which are all essentially the same
weather phenomena, are caused when warm moist air rises from the ocean.
As
human-caused climate change warms the oceans where these form, there is
more energy to drive the storm - leading to ever more powerful events.
Last
year, a group of researchers called for the standard scale used to
measure hurricanes, the Saffir-Simpson Windscale, to be extended to
include these abnormally-strong storms.
For
places like Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the southern states
of the US, these devastating storms may become much more common by 2100.
Warmer
waters also mean more intense tropical storms in Asia and above the
Gulf of Mexico. This puts cities like Toyko (depicted here by AI), which
already experiences typhoons, at serious risk
During
2023 and 2024 a natural weather phenomenon called the El Niño Southern
Oscillation created exceptionally high sea surface temperatures. This
event occurs once every 14 years, leading to warmer temperatures.
However, the end of El Niño does not mean that temperatures will begin
to decline
Raging wildfires
While some parts of the world will be battered by intense storms, others will be baked by stifling droughts and heatwaves.
Scientists
predict that this combination of intense heat and low rainfall will
turn some regions into 'tinderboxes' - regions susceptible to wildfires.
Worryingly, there are clear signs that this process has already begun.
The
devastating Los Angeles wildfires started on January 7 and spread
quickly, killing at least 28 people and destroying more than 10,000
homes, racking up billions in costs and leaving thousands of people
homeless.
At the time the fires started, LA was experiencing its driest start to the year since records began in 1944.
As
of January, Los Angeles Airport had recorded just 0.03-inch (0.08cm) of
rain since October 1, creating 'severe drought' conditions across Los
Angeles County.
Extreme
wildfires are predicted to become 50 per cent more frequent by 2100 as
drier, hotter conditions create highly flammable conditions. In cities
like LA, these fires could cause huge destruction. This is an
ultra-realistic AI depiction of Los Angeles affected by climate change
The
devastating Los Angeles wildfires (pictured in this photo) started on
January 7 and spread quickly, killing at least 28 people and destroying
more than 10,000 homes, racking up billions in costs and leaving
thousands of people homeless
By
2100, the UN Environment Programme predicts that climate change and
changing land usage will make wildfires more intense and more frequent.
Studies
suggest that cities like Delhi (pictured) which already has deadly
levels of air pollution could face even worse conditions. Warmer air and
less rain mean pollution stays in the air longer
Due
to mass urbanisation, industrialisation, and population growth cities
like Delhi, India (pictured) now have worse pollution than ever before
Studies
have predicted that air pollution will lead to 260,000 deaths by 2100
as a result of the changes caused by climate change
In countries experiencing rapid industrial growth, poor environmental regulation has allowed pollution to reach unsafe levels.
Over
the last few years, Delhi's air pollution levels have exceeded 100
micrograms per cubic meter - 20 times higher than the WHO
recommendations.
By 2100, many researchers expect these conditions to get worse for many people around the globe.
Less rain and warmer temperatures mean that pollution tends to stay in the air for longer.
This
means that climate change will increase the amount of ground-level
ozone and fine particle pollution we breathe - leading to lung disease,
heart conditions, and strokes.
Research
published in Nature Climate Change found that if climate change
continues, air pollution will cause an extra 60,000 deaths worldwide by
2030 and 260,000 deaths by 2100 as a result.
Millions dead
Through
a combination of these factors, scientists believe that the world will
see millions of extra deaths by 2100 thanks to human-caused climate
change.
Excess
heat alone is predicted to cause 5.8 million extra deaths in Europe by
2100. The worst affected city will be Barcelona (depicted in this AI
impression) where 246,000 net extra deaths are forecast
As the climate warms, more and more people will be exposed to the effects of deadly heatwaves.
This will be particularly harmful in areas which have never had to adapt to extreme heat conditions in the past.
Even
under the most optimistic scenario, an additional 8,000 people will be
killed by the heat every year while an extra 80,00 could die in the
worst-case scenario.
Dr Bartington
says: 'Under current climate policies it is expected that heat-related
deaths will increase, particularly among older people in the context of an ageing population.'
Between 2015 and 2099, heat alone will
lead to 5.8 million extra deaths with the worst affected city in Europe
being Barcelona - with 246,082 net deaths.
That
is even after accounting for the number of people that climate change
would save from death in the cold European winters - challenging the
popular theory that global heating could be a net positive for cold
countries.
Combined with rising air pollution, the effects on life around the globe could be even worse.
Even
in the most likely scenario, an additional 10.8 million people could
die each year due to heat while 19.5 million might be killed by air
pollution.
Given that these figures do
not even consider the increased risk of extreme weather, wildfires, and
famine caused by disruption to agriculture, the true toll of climate
change could be higher still.