@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-10-15 04:09:42
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
☑️ Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids - ABC News
@cdarwin@c.im2025-09-16 03:29:10
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, …
@ethanwhite@hachyderm.io2025-10-18 00:59:00
If you’re ever flying through ATL (and have time to sit down for a meal) I cannot recommend One Flew South strongly enough. I will choose a longer layover just to get to eat here.
@emd@cosocial.ca2025-09-17 15:57:37
I’m sad and embarrassed and angry that Canada is failing at all of these
#cdnpoli https://jawns.club/@skyfaller/115220184382251240
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-08-15 16:32:39
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/
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-09-15 10:24:44
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:
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social2025-09-17 00:30:02
On The Road - To Xi’An/ Urban Spots 🟤
在路上 - 去西安/ 城市的点 🟤
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Fujifilm Neopan F, expired 1993
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@arXiv_condmatother_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-09-16 15:48:52
Replaced article(s) found for cond-mat.other. https://arxiv.org/list/cond-mat.other/new
[1/1]:
- Free Electron Theory for Thin Metal Films
Philip B. Allen
@StephenRees@mas.to2025-09-15 16:08:56
From Clean Energy Review
In Edmonton’s Blatchford neighbourhood, a new “virtual power plant” is flipping the script on how communities use energy. Twenty (but soon-to-be 100) townhomes, each equipped with rooftop solar panels and energy storage, are not just powering themselves—they can feed the grid, manage peak demand, and even provide emergency backup when the lights go out. It’s a glimpse of what clean households could look like across Canada.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-08-11 14:15:52
Calls coming in are reports of homeless encampments, mental health crises and people sleeping on sidewalks.
Those calls will now be directed to Los Angeles County’s Emergency Centralized Response Center,
a new department designed to consolidate over 150 outreach teams across 88 cities, all under one roof.
The department soft-launched in January of this year following a motion that was introduced by LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath back in September 2024
Officials…
