This is no Westeros. On April 8, 2019, the Landsat 8 satellite acquired a scene of contrasts in Russia: a fire surrounded by ice.
Between chunks of frozen land and lakes in the Magadan Oblast district of Siberia, a fire burned and billowed smoke plumes that were visible from space.
Not much is known about the cause of the fire, east of the town of Evensk. Forest fires are common in this heavily forested region, and the season usually starts in April or May. Farmers also burn old crops to clear fields and replenish the soil with nutrients, also known as ‘slash and burn agriculture’; such fires occasionally burn out of control. Land cover maps, however, show that this fire region is mainly comprised of shrublands, not croplands.
At least Amazon is up front with its blatant disregard for user privacy (and highlighting it’s not so subtle goal of selling user data) but holy fucking shit
Agreeing with capitalism ideologically doesn’t make you a capitalist. A
capitalist is someone who owns and manages capital. A person who agrees
with capitalism ideologically but doesn’t own or manage capital is
called a “sucker.”
