On June 6, the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine collapsed. Though it's still not clear exactly how it happened, what is certain is that the aftermath is absolutely devastating:
Since the dam’s collapse Tuesday, the rushing waters have uprooted landmines, torn through caches of weapons and ammunition, and carried 150 tons of machine oil to the Black Sea. Entire towns were submerged to the rooflines, and thousands of animals died in a large national park now under Russian occupation.
Rainbow-colored slicks already coat the murky, placid waters around flooded Kherson, the capital of southern Ukraine’s province of the same name. Abandoned homes reek from rot as cars, first-floor rooms and basements remain submerged. Enormous slicks seen in aerial footage stretch across the river from the city’s port and industrial facilities, demonstrating the scale of the Dnieper’s new pollution problem.
That excerpt is from the Associated Press' recent write-up, which was also published by TIME ... under a very interesting headline:
How Ukraine's dam collapse could become the country's 'Chernobyl' https://t.co/KWPP4aIaKA
— TIME (@TIME) June 12, 2023
Check out those Community Notes.
Okay, this is currently the best Community Note. https://t.co/urBch1zizr
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) June 12, 2023
Pretty fantastic, right?
I think Chernobyl is Ukraine's Chernobyl.
— Brad Pearce (@WaywardRabbler) June 12, 2023
Um. I think Chernobyl was Ukraine’s Chernobyl. https://t.co/2ZS8Fdue4v
— Amy Lutz 🌻 (@amylutz4) June 12, 2023
Yeah, it was.
Bruh 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/1lsvMmd5kU
— Marv 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈 (@marlowc2324) June 12, 2023
Who wants to tell the journos? https://t.co/WebwSA1dVi pic.twitter.com/axXHZ4b7lt
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) June 12, 2023
Oof.
— Amy Lutz 🌻 (@amylutz4) June 12, 2023
TIME has editors, right?
No one tell them... pic.twitter.com/39qOQR82Gu
— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) June 12, 2023
Well someone must've told them at some point, because somebody at TIME went in and changed the headline:
Too bad the internet never forgets.
Oh well, TIME. At least you tried. Not very hard, but still.
In any event, we look forward to TIME's ongoing coverage of world events.
The Fukushima nuclear disaster could becomes Japan’s Nagasaki….. pic.twitter.com/uiWyXas8i6
— Rob G 009 🥚 (@shearersbuddy) June 12, 2023
maybe next week nice piece on how Putin could become Russia's 'Putin' yes 👍
— Tim Hofman (@debroervanroos) June 12, 2023
Maybe Time could become Time’s Time in Time for Time?
— Shav (@Shavghan) June 12, 2023
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