Here is our 11:15 PM ET update on #Idalia, and it's rather grim for the Big Bend and Apalachee Bay, where as much as 12 to 16 feet of water may arrive Wed AM. Winds are now 110 mph near the center, and Idalia landfall is expected as a Cat 4. Major hurricane force winds will come close to #tallahassee Lots of details and most questions answered in our post.

https://theeyewall.com/idalia-about-to-become-a-major-hurricane-and-will-deliver-catastrophic-storm-surge-to-the-big-bend-and-portions-of-apalachee-bay/

#florida #georgia #northcarolina #southcarolina #ncwx #scwx #gawx #flwx #tropics #hurricane #storm #weather #gulf

So, it's #SwampSunday, and time for a #News round-up.

First up, a #NorthCarolina #Swamp is recovering from a recent fire, and local conservationists and experts are giving guided tours of the area to show how it's going.

#GreenSwampPreserve

https://www.wect.com/2023/07/07/nature-conservancy-holds-tour-green-swamp-game-land-following-wildfire/

Nature Conservancy holds tour of Green Swamp Game Land following wildfire

Experts say while the spread of the fire was unexpected, it will go a long way in helping the overall health of the plant and animal life the Green Swamp preserve should easily bounce back.

^WECT

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#NorthCarolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (our presumptive GOP candidate for Governor next election.) says dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao are being taken out of context and "...It is time for us to get back and start reading some of those quotes."

https://newrepublic.com/post/174101/north-carolina-mark-robinson-hitler-taken-out-of-context

#uspol #ncpol #nazis

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Says Hitler Is Being Taken Out of Context

Mark Robinson also encouraged people to read more works from Hitler and other dictators.

^{The New Republic}

"Lost in Transit: Digitization of Mail Expands Surveillance Beyond Prisons"

This is a good article about TextBehind, the predatory mail digitization and surveillance company that the North Carolina prison system and the Buncombe County Jail contracts with:

https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/lost-in-transit-digitization/

#Prison #Asheville #NorthCarolina #surveillance

Lost in Transit: Digitization of Mail Expands Surveillance Beyond Prisons

As analog forms of surveillance and social control are renegotiated toward digital ones, incarcerated people are isolated and made especially vulne...

^{Logic(s) Magazine}