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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Cymbals Eat Guitars:
🎵 4th of July, Philadelphia (Sandy)
#CymbalsEatGuitars
https://cymbalseatguitars.bandcamp.com/track/4th-of-july-philadelphia-sandy
https://open.spotify.com/track/0VpiP4vzxGP4bmMS6unzIf

California’s rugged Big Sur coastline is often called a slice of heaven,
120 miles of unspoiled rocky promontories, sandy beaches and redwood forests
at the foot of the Santa Lucia mountains.
This year, it has endured a long summer of hell.
Wildfires, road closures and repeated disruptions to the local hotel, restaurant and campsite businesses
all have posed significant challenges in an era of climate change and unpredictable weather patterns.
One large …

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’
The coastal community in California had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash

„Sorry, Sandy“ – John Carmack bedauert das Ende des „Quake”-Teams
Nachdem 1996 der erste echte 3D-Shooter erschien, verließen zahlreiche Entwickler id Software. Einer der letzten Streits von damals ist nun beigelegt.

„Sorry, Sandy“ – John Carmack bedauert das Ende des „Quake”-Teams
Nachdem 1996 der erste echte 3D-Shooter erschien, verließen zahlreiche Entwickler id Software. Einer der letzten Streits von damals ist nun beigelegt.

The Onion plans to relaunch Infowars on July 2 and will route more than $100,000 to Sandy Hook families, as legal fights over the website continue (Brandy Zadrozny/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/news/onion-sidesteps-courts-launch-infowars

The Onion says it will sidestep courts to launch Infowars and pay Sandy Hook families
The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

Dunes absorb wave energy, reduce flooding, and help shield coastal communities from storms and rising seas.
They also provide habitat for plants, insects, birds, and small mammals, including federally protected species such as the least tern and the western snowy plover.
But dunes are also easy to erase.
They often sit on flat, sandy, highly desirable land near the ocean
— exactly the kind of land people like to build on.

California’s Coastal Dunes Are Vanishing. Over 60% Have Disappeared Since 1850
The loss is accelerating and leaving entire ecosystems vulenrable.

the view from here

Subsoil acidity causes long delays in inorganic carbon sequestration by Enhanced Weathering
S{\o}ren Jessen, Rasmus Jakobsen, Majken Looms, Per Ambus, Dieke Postma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01835 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.01835 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.01835
arXiv:2607.01835v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: While a looming atmospheric CO$_2$ overshoot calls for immediate carbon sequestration, delays associated to Enhanced Weathering (EW) carbon dioxide removal are being investigated. Topsoil acidity is already known to delay EW carbon sequestration, but subsoil acidity remains underexplored. Using century-long agricultural liming of formerly acidic heathland as a proxy for EW, this study provides empirical evidence of subsoil-imposed delays. Below such limed terrain, we observed a downward-progressing front of topsoil-produced alkalinity that still requires 30-100 years to penetrate the approximately 5 m thick acidic sandy unsaturated zone and reach the groundwater table. Subsoil acidity thus may cause beyond-reasonable delays, prohibiting EW as a viable short-term carbon capture strategy even on topsoils made non-acidic by preceding liming. When planning EW schemes, the amounts of stored acidic cations in top- and subsoil, as well as the rate and composition of infiltrating water, controlling the duration of the delay, require careful assessment.
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#MountainMonday #mountains
Indian Peaks mountains along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. August 2013

I spent last week on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, and it really exceeded my expectations. Winter is supposed to be a good time to see wildlife and I was not disappointed. Among the many highlights was visiting a sea lion colony that is thought to house about 8% of the entire population of this endangered species. And since this is the Fediverse I should say that their reputation for making bad faith arguments in comment threads is totally undeserved.

Some work trips are better than others

"For the left, it’s an obvious example of public ownership and access. Italy’s large rump of former socialists and communists say that the perversity of capitalism is revealed by even shade being commercialised. For the activists of Mare Libero, freeing beaches isn’t a frivolous campaign, but a civil rights one informed by ecology and inclusion."

‘Liberate the lidos!’ Who will win the war over Italy’s private beaches?
Almost all of the sandy stretches on the country’s 8,000km of coastline are run for profit. Now ‘free beach’ campaigners are fighting back against the mafia, the military and those profiteering from sun loungers and cocktails

My second #ClimateDiary post:
Water butts all empty, as of last night. We carried dozens of watering cans full of water, both for the containers, and for the first time, for plants growing in our sandy soil, which were beginning to suffer. And of course, all the washing up water goes on the garden too.

I suppose it is quite nice here, yes.

I'm mentally casting Ben Aaronovitch's #RiversOfLondon, which I'm listening to for the umpteenth time. I've just heard Walid described as short and sandy so:
🎬Abdul Haqq Walid: Adrian Scarborough
🎬Thomas Nightingale: I'd have Bill Nighy if he was younger (even though TN is really about 100), so maybe Matthew McFadyen?
🎬Zachary Palmer: Jon Pointing
🎬A…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Alex G:
🎵 Bobby
#AlexG
https://sandy.bandcamp.com/track/bobby
https://open.spotify.com/track/18N9hZG0MZryxpB4H36IyP

An integrated micro-thermometer for mid-infrared photothermal spectroscopy of dense materials built in a CMOS 200 mm pilot line
Sandy Mathew, Sonia Messaoud\`ene, Adrien Poizat, \'El\'ea Bourliaud, Marion Volpert, Jules Skubich, Stanislas Lhomme, Bertrand Bourlon, Kevin Jourde
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.21809

Fascist Paramilitary Smash the Windows of a US Citizen's Car to Abduct the Passengers on Their Way to Work (Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 7/16/26)
Source:
https://iceout.org/en/reportInfo/130800
This occurred on Roswell Road, exit 25 of I-285 east, around 9:45 a.m. According to …

Court Slashes Award Alex Jones Was Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Parents (Elizabeth Williamson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p126#a260821p126

The Onion isn’t waiting for a judge’s order and plans to launch new InfoWars site to help support Sandy Hook families | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-onion-infowars-sandy-hook-families-alex-jones-b2999199.html

👋 If you appreciate the work that #Indivisible #Memphis and the Collective Good #Immigrant #Pantry are doing, p…

Donate to Support Jessica Miller’s Recovery & Family, organized by Sandy E
Over the past year, Jessica Miller has become one of the driving forces behind some… Sandy E needs your support for Support Jessica Miller’s Recovery & Family

#SilentSunday Changing tide. #Shoreham beach, #WestSussex #photography

Texas judge wipes $50 million judgment against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook case (Rena Rowe/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4696202/texas-alex-jones-sandy-hook-case-judgement-reduced/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p94#a260821p94

The Onion's new parody of Alex Jones' Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families (Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/infowars-alex-jones-newtown-shooting-onion-e38e5447435e6dc117e1ce996a58ac5c
http://www.memeorandum.com/260702/p73#a260702p73

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #90TEEN
Alex G:
🎵 Bobby
#AlexG
https://sandy.bandcamp.com/track/bobby
https://open.spotify.com/track/18N9hZG0MZryxpB4H36IyP

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Proa feat. Sandy Nuni:
🎵 Incondicional
#Proa #SandyNuni
https://proa2.bandcamp.com/track/incondicional-ft-sandy-nuni
https://open.spotify.com/track/4HIznuU9F48lRd4bUWrxXK