It is no secret: things right now aren’t that great. We’ve killed off a fair chunk of the animals on this planet; catastrophic climate change is swiftly approaching even as our politicians question its existence; and racist, xenophobic, and anti-semitic far-right conservatism has had a powerful resurgence globally. The world is becoming an increasingly grim place to live.
What do you do in the face of a time like this? Do you succumb to despair? No. You find the joy wherever you can. You eke whatever happiness you can out of whatever thing could possibly bring you any. Like this chart from the Bureau of Meteorology that looks a bit like a penis:
Tropical #CyclonePenny has redeveloped over the northwest Coral Sea. Penny, Category 1, is expected to continue moving east away from the #Qld coast as it develops further. Check https://t.co/rVLE6inkt8 for the latest! pic.twitter.com/zTYJUeHI2q
— Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland (@BOM_Qld) January 2, 2019
Tropical Cyclone Penny has spent the last few days transitioning from a tropical low into a category one cyclone, then back into a tropical low, before forming once again into a category one cyclone.
As you can see from this delightfully phallic chart, BoM is currently predicting that she will continue to head eastwards, forming into a category two cyclone in the Coral Sea by tomorrow.
The olive-ish coloured area on the map that quite clearly depicts, to my eye, a glans, a shaft, and a ballbag of some description, shows the likely area in which the eye of the cyclone will pass, which is why it gets wider as it gets further away from the tip of the penis. The very clear ballbag effect is happening as a result of BoM’s prediction that the cyclone will likely swing sharply southwest on Friday afternoon.
Yes, this counts as news.
