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O=C=O<p>Effective emergency management prevented larger catastrophe after climate change fueled heavy rains in Central Mississippi river valley</p><p> The <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> inundated large rural areas including agricultural fields, especially in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arkansas</span></a> which has resulted in an estimated 78 Million USD of damage due to losses in fields that were already planted. Larger losses were avoided due to the timing of the floods before other <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crops</span></a> like <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/cotton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cotton</span></a> were planted, and since there is still a window to replant crops like <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/corn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corn</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/soybeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soybeans</span></a>.</p><p> Based on gridded data products, we find that the extreme <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a> event over the study region is relatively rare, expected to occur in today’s <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> only once every 90-240 years across different observational and reanalysis datasets. However, in a 1.3°C cooler climate, extreme rainfall such as observed would be even rarer. The best estimates for the increase in likelihood for the 2025 event associated with this warming is between a factor 2 to 5, and the increase in intensity for an event of equivalent rarity as observed is 13-26%.</p><p> To quantify the role of human-induced <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> in this increased likelihood and intensity we also analyse climate model data over the study region for the historical period. The best estimate of the synthesised result, combining observations with climate models, is about a 40% increase in likelihood and about a 9% increase in intensity. These estimates are smaller than the observed trends due to large discrepancies between the climate model results. While some models show increases similar to or larger than the observed trends, others show weaker or even decreasing trends.</p><p> In contrast, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateModels</span></a> consistently project that extreme precipitation events such as the one observed in April 2025 will become more frequent and intense in the future as global temperatures rise. Under current climate policies – which will lead to warming of approximately 2.6°C by 2100 – such extremes are expected to approximately double in likelihood again, and increase in intensity by about a further 7%.</p><p> As the moisture that fuelled the rainfall event was partly coming from the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a> we also assessed the role of climate change in the sea surface temperatures. We found that these waters were heated by approximately 1.2 °C (2.2 °F) due to human-caused climate change, and such <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> conditions are now about 14 times more likely than in a cooler pre-industrial world. This contributed to higher <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/evaporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evaporation</span></a> rates, increasing the availability of moisture in the rainfall event. </p><p> The strong observed trends in precipitation extremes in this region are also found in other studies using different methods, across different regions, including the Central <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> river valley and are assessed as being attributable to climate change by the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IPCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPCC</span></a> AR6 report.</p><p> In conclusion, due to (1) the observed trends that are (2) in line with IPCC assessments and other literature in the region, and (3) the clear emergence of a climate change signal with further <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warming</span></a> in all climate models as well as (4) the availability of more moisture due to higher SSTs, we state that climate change amplified the heavy rainfall leading to the floods and that the estimate from observations and models combined of a 9% increase in intensity and 40% increase in likelihood is conservative and the role of climate change could be as large as the observations alone suggest</p><p> Despite being an extremely complex event, with tornadoes, flash floods, riverine floods and landslides overlapping, the US National Weather Service made a tremendous effort to provide early warnings for the floods, in some cases up to a week in advance of river crests. These early warnings allowed state and local emergency departments to prepare, inform the public, and evacuate those at highest risk. While any loss of life is devastating, the outcomes of this event point to the effectiveness of decades-long investments made in forecasting, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EarlyWarningSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyWarningSystems</span></a>, and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/forecast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forecast</span></a>-based action.</p><p> Nearly half of NWS field offices are facing vacancy rates of 20% or more, double the short-staffing levels of a decade ago. Former NWS leaders have recently warned that layoffs could impact the ability of NWS offices to respond to extreme weather events and keep people safe.</p><p><a href="https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/effective-emergency-management-prevented-larger-catastrophe-after-climate-change-fueled-heavy-rains-in-central-mississippi-river-valley/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldweatherattribution.org/ef</span><span class="invisible">fective-emergency-management-prevented-larger-catastrophe-after-climate-change-fueled-heavy-rains-in-central-mississippi-river-valley/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WeatherAttribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherAttribution</span></a></p>
Bibi<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/EvenIetsDiepzinnigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvenIetsDiepzinnigs</span></a></p>
Graulv [Ulf] 🦥 & 🦤<p>'Seltsame Schilder / Hinweise / Beschriftungen ' <a href="https://norden.social/tags/FotoVorschlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FotoVorschlag</span></a></p><p>Ja, stimmt irgendwie:<br>» Warum Nicht « ? 😉</p><p>(Gesehen und fotografiert 25.08.2019 in Nordsteimke in der Nähe von Wolfsburg)</p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/lucyvanpelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucyvanpelt</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Nordsteimke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nordsteimke</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/wolfsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolfsburg</span></a></p>
James Huff :prami_pride_pan:<p>Random reminder that you can follow <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> via RSS at <a href="https://www.comicsrss.com/rss/peanuts.rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">comicsrss.com/rss/peanuts.rss</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Funny Pages<p>Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Sun, 11 May 2025 <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/05/11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/05/11</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2068890/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2068890/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Washington mother Peggy Bryant dies after eating mislabeled cookie — as family takes action against Safeway grocery store <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/allergies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allergies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deaths</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SUPERMARKETS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUPERMARKETS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a></p>
The Funny Pages<p>Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Fri, 09 May 2025 <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/05/09" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/05/09</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a></p>
QueenFloyd<p>Zum Feiertag habe ich euch von <a href="https://norden.social/tags/BlueBrixx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueBrixx</span></a> in Diamond Bricks mit 1416 Teilen Charlie Brown und Snoopy mitgebracht. Sind die beiden nicht süß 🥰. Das bauen hat sehr viel Freude bereitet auch wenn die Teile sehr klein sind, hab mich aber mittlerweile daran gewöhnt.<br>Ich finde es ist ein sehr gelungenes Set zum kleinen Preis.<br>Ich wünsche allen einen schönen ersten Mai <a href="https://norden.social/tags/feiertag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feiertag</span></a> .<br><a href="https://norden.social/tags/klemmbausteine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>klemmbausteine</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/snoopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snoopy</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/afob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afob</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>For any teachers or parents looking for a last minute way to engage kids in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EarthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDay</span></a> - 22nd April. A little assistance from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.peanuts.com/_files/ugd/999c17_f20155c518464b15a10238c4ba962e5b.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">peanuts.com/_files/ugd/999c17_</span><span class="invisible">f20155c518464b15a10238c4ba962e5b.pdf</span></a></p>
Plumm Bumm<p>Schöne Nüsschen. 🥜❤️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/plummbumm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plummbumm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/kleinekunstklasse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleinekunstklasse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>By complete chance this evening I discovered that Charles Schulz created a kids US history series in the late 1980’s…It’s America, Charlie Brown.</p><p>Maybe this is well known in the US…but less so over here in the UK! </p><p>Anyways…my kid who loves history and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> is super excited! We just watched the first episode ‘Birth of the Constitution’…let’s just say it’s lost none of its relevance! </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/AmericaCharlieBrown/Birth+of+the+Constitution.avi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/AmericaCha</span><span class="invisible">rlieBrown/Birth+of+the+Constitution.avi</span></a></p>
Raj Kshirsagar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OrganicGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganicGardening</span></a> Soil <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inoculants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inoculants</span></a> - Benefits Of Using A Legume Inoculant </p><p>By Heather Rhoades<br>May 18, 2021</p><p>"Peas, beans, and other legumes are well known to help fix nitrogen into the soil. This not only helps the peas and beans grow but can help other plants later grow in that same spot. What many people don't know is that a significant amount of nitrogen fixing by peas and beans happens only when a special legume inoculant has been added to the soil.</p><p>"Using pea and bean inoculants is simple. First, purchase your legume inoculant from your local nursery or a reputable online gardening website. Once you have your garden soil inoculant, plant your peas or beans (or both). When you plant the seed for the legume you are growing, place a good amount of the legume inoculants in the hole with the seed. You cannot over inoculate, so don't be afraid of adding too much to the hole. The real danger will be that you will add too little garden soil inoculant and the bacteria will not take. Once you have finished adding your pea and bean inoculants, cover both the seed and the inoculant with soil. That's all you have to do to add organic gardening soil inoculants to the soil to help you grow a better pea, bean, or other legume crop."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/soil-inoculants.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gardeningknowhow.com/edible/ve</span><span class="invisible">getables/beans/soil-inoculants.htm</span></a></p><p>However, the inoculants for most legumes will not work for peanuts...</p><p>"Will soybean inoculant work in peanuts?</p><p>A. No. The product may be similar in name, but the species of bacteria needed for these two legume crops are different. Bacteria know what their primary host is and the signal chemicals sent out from the roots of the soybean are different than those sent out by peanut. The soil is full of many different types of bacteria, but those signal chemicals tell exactly which bacteria to respond. Putting a soybean inoculant on peanuts is simply wasting money.</p><p>"To get the benefits of nitrogen fixation and the resulting vigorous root growth, disease protection and, ultimately, a boost in yields, an inoculant specially produced for peanuts should be used."</p><p><a href="https://peanutgrower.com/feature/inoculant-guide-q-a/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peanutgrower.com/feature/inocu</span><span class="invisible">lant-guide-q-a/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrowingPeanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowingPeanuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrowingBeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowingBeans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SoilInoculents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilInoculents</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, I had already picked up some "seed peanuts" from the local feed store (which reminds me -- almost time for seed potatoes and baby onions), and I've grown them in the past. However, I've never tried growing them from store peanuts, so if someone else has, let me know how it worked out. Also, peanuts are another plant that benefits from inoculants -- however, peanut inoculant is different than bean inoculant! (More about inoculants in my next post).</p><p>How to Grow Peanuts in Soil from Store-Bought Nuts<br>Lois Capone by Lois Capone <br>March 25, 2025 </p><p>"I’ve always found something magical about growing food from everyday grocery items. Peanuts, in particular, are one of those crops that seem almost too simple to grow, yet many people assume they require a specialized process."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://gardenandcrafty.com/how-to-grow-peanuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gardenandcrafty.com/how-to-gro</span><span class="invisible">w-peanuts</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrowingPeanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowingPeanuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a></p>
James Endres Howell<p>fuck em</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/beethoven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beethoven</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a></p>
In the Dark<p><strong>Trump’s Tariff Tirade</strong></p><p>I didn’t watch the <s>speech</s> tirade by “US President” Donald Trump* last night in which he unveiled his new tariff plan, but people have been talking about this all day so I couldn’t resist a quick comment. There’s a lot I don’t know about economics and trade policy but one thing I do know is that the trad-weighted average tariff on goods from the USA entering the EU is about 3%, not the 39% that Trump alleged. I did therefore wonder where he got this number and all his other “reciprocal tariffs” from. Fortunately a little digging around revealed the answer.</p><p>On the left you see part of the chart showing tariffs country-by-country and the second is an extract from the published <a href="https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">methodology</a> which would be hilarious were the consequences not so serious.</p><a href="https://telescoper.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/trump.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>part of the list of “reciprocal tariffs”<a href="https://telescoper.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bafkreia3gk6dsdlfkf6dinirh6kkibwzxxygfuscandg74l77zeksaalai.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>The magic formula<p>You will see that the second column on the chart is headed “Tariffs charged on the USA”, with 39% listed for the European Union. This number is calculated using the “formula” on the right which has <em>absolutely nothing to do with tariffs charged</em>. Moreover, the denominator contains the product εφ with the values ε=4 and φ=0.25 given in the text so εφ = 1. The expert mathematician who derived this formulae seems to have missed the fact that ε is not less than zero (first sentence) if it is equal to 4, but we’ll let that pass. In fact I can’t be bothered to point out the other errors because no matter how egregious they are, there is no chance of Trumpty Dumpty reversing his decisions anyway.</p><p>To sum up, the notional tariff in column 2 is just the difference between imports and exports (the country’s trade surplus) divided by imports. The numbers in the third column of the chart on the left are just half those in the second column (give or take rounding errors and the fact that there is a minimum of 10%). China faces huge tariffs because it has a large trade surplus with the USA. The EU’s 20% tariff is nothing to do with the tariffs it charges but is due to the fact that it has a trade surplus with the USA; the UK has a lower tariff rate than the EU because it has a smaller trade surplus with the USA than the EU. That’s it.</p><p>I heard a Trump-supporting numpty attempting to justify the calculation shown in the chart on the grounds that it is really an “unfairness index”, it apparently being unfair and worthy of punishment if a country sells more to the USA than the USA sells to it. Following this line of reasoning, I have decided that all shops are unfair because I always buy more from them than they buy from me. </p><p>P.S. I was thinking that in future retaliation I should boycott goods from the USA but this would be an empty gesture because I don’t really buy any anyway. Looking up top imports from the USA to Ireland I find, for example, Bourbon (which I never buy because it is undrinkable) and confectionery (which I don’t buy because I don’t have a sweet tooth). Then I found peanuts, which I do buy occasionally, and will not buy in future. However in the grand scheme of world trade, peanuts are small potatoes.</p><p>*I apologize for forgetting to mention that Donald Trump is a convicted felon.</p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/china/" target="_blank">#China</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/convicted-felon-donald-trump/" target="_blank">#ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/european-union/" target="_blank">#EuropeanUnion</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/peanuts/" target="_blank">#peanuts</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/reciprocal-tariffs/" target="_blank">#ReciprocalTariffs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/tariffs/" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a></p>
Bud<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TwraSun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TwraSun</span></a></span> Ampthor? Rechtsanwalt? Ist das nicht der kleine schwarze Wicht mit dem traurigtropfenförmigen schwarzen Brillenrahmen und der uns immer an irgendso ein dummes Mitglied - nicht der christlichen Parteien - nein, sondern der <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/PEANUTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PEANUTS</span></a> erinnert?</p>
Corinna R.I.P. Natenom :nona:<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/GuteNacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuteNacht</span></a> liebe Tröties und Toots!<br>Trotz Faulenzertag habe ich immerhin das Bett frisch bezogen.<br>Das ist die erste positive Nachricht.<br>Die zweite: es gab das erste Eis 🍨 des Jahres von der Eisdiele.<br>Und die Dritte: eine deutsche Firma gefunden, die Klemmbausteinsets für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Snoopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snoopy</span></a> und die <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> vertreibt.<br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/3PositiveDingeDesTages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3PositiveDingeDesTages</span></a><br>Schlaft bunt und träumt schön 🌈 ✨ 😴 💤 💫 🐈‍⬛</p>
DJM (freelance for hire)<p>Let's do it!</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peanuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a></p>
David :SetouchiExplorer:<p>"Mr Crow and the peanut" a play in two acts.</p><p>Act one: Mr Crow wants a peanut.<br>Act two: Mr Crow got a peanut.</p><p>The End.</p><p><a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/crows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crows</span></a> <a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/corvids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corvids</span></a> <a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/peanuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanuts</span></a></p>