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1/2 Thanks to @… for this interesting article. It speaks to me. :)
I’ve been weather blogging @… since 2005. It is interesting how it has changed, and how I have changed.
My website used to be just data from the (expensive) station I bought when I moved back to Port Alberni. It was a hobby and a side project to practice web/coding skills I use at work. My focus was on creating useful data for people that was more local/relevant than the official EC station outside of the city.
Then I put up a webcam and learned how to make timelapses. This got the attention of local media… because pictures. :)
Then I added a blog and started to write about the weather almost daily. This was before Facebook. There was a popular local online forum where I would post things. The media would also follow my website and they started to call me when there was extreme weather (usually very hot or very wet/stormy).
Then Facebook started to get big and I made a page that eventually had a few thousand followers. I would blog often. Lots of traffic from Facebook… this was 2010 and on. I blogged about climate and weather pretty equally.
Like anyone in Port Alberni, I was/am obsessed with the Martin Mars and got wrapped up in that issue along with others which combined with the weather following probably gave me just enough exposure to have me elected as a councillor in 2014.
I continued through that 4 years, blogging often in addition to councillor duties and work, heavily on facebook, then it all went sideways on my own poor judgement (go ahead and google it, it’s ok :)) and I was not reelected, but Facebook by 2018 had also changed. Cambridge Analytica, etc.
….Continued…
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-weather-apps-data-wildfires-storms-preparation-obsession-social-media/

Folks, Mohammed ( @…) has taken ill after his trip to the South to try and secure a place for his family.
It’s likely Covid.
It’s the second account I’m seeing of someone who visited the South falling ill with Covid in as many days.
Please help him cover cost of treatment in addition to everything else.
This is his fundraiser:

No shelter, no safety - Help Mohammed survive genocide in Gaza
My name is Thomas and I live in France and in the UK. I'm hosting Mohammed's campaign because Palestinians cannot host their own campaigns. If you've got any questions or if you'd like any proofs, I'm happy to provide you with these. Please support! Peace ✌️

Cleric, failing to negotiate with a junior red dragon, casts Invisibility on himself and runs into the tall grass.
Dragon watches invisible cleric’s trail in the grass.
Dragon, muttering: “Why are humans so stupid.”
Dragon flies to end of trail in grass, breathes fire over it.
Cleric: “AAAAAGH!”

toot of, tootles ⚙️🛠️
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Ich bin völlig

Gelassen
Ruhig Seriös
Konzentriert

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Frisch Flink Froh
Munter
Reaktionsschnell
#ooommm

#Continuity im #Filmgeschäft.
Sooo wichtig.
Sooo peinlich.
Beim ZDF.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Mei Semones:
🎵 Dumb Feeling
#MeiSemones
https://meisemones.bandcamp.com/track/dumb-feeling
https://open.spotify.com/track/4HPd9WMnQqp3xXAOYeGexw

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Monday she plans to file a resolution to strip her House colleague,
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), of committee assignments
following comments from Omar in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.
Omar had said video and news of Kirk’s assassination were “really mortifying.”
Omar also criticized Republican attacks on the left after the fatal shooting of Kirk, calling them “full of s‑‑‑.”
“You have people like Nancy Mace, …

"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
—Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

August 14, 2025 -- Today, flanked by California's Democratic elected officials and union leaders ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-14-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p43#a250815p43

The rain has topped up the pool pond! 🙏 🌧️
It is overflowing at the overflow and only at the overflow, that I can tell :). I powered the pump up from its 40% (34W) to 75% (120W) to get things moving in the filter while we have the rain.
I might as well use it to allow it to clean the gunk out of the system naturally!
Still feels like I got rushed into filling it, but it is really satisfying nonetheless to see it functioning as designed in my head! lol
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject