wait, the bear that's on the flag of california is extinct?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_grizzly_bear
The Justice Department sued California in federal court on Thursday,
claiming that providing in-state college tuition to unauthorized students is illegal
and discriminates against Americans from out of state who pay higher rates.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California,
is the latest action by the Trump administration against California.
It is the third lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against the state in a…
Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration;
Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/…
A look at Rupert Murdoch's California Post, which will focus on LA, Silicon Valley, and Sacramento when it launches in 2026; Ian Mohr will lead CA Page Six (Lachlan Cartwright/Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/rupert-murdoc…
Shell explodes over i-5 in Trump stunt
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/shell-interstate-5-marines-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk8.hfLx.5U_7t4fLwrq…
new_zealand_collab: New Zealand scientific collaborations (2015)
A network of scientific collaborations among institutions in New Zealand. Nodes are institutions (universities, organizations, etc.), and two nodes i,j are connected if Scopus lists at least one publication with authors at institutions i and j, in the period 2010-2015. Edges are weighted by the number of such collaborations. Nodes are annotated with the categorical type of institution.
This network has 1511 nodes an…
There is a non-zero chance these dumbasses will accidentally kill themselves, triggering all sorts of assassination disinformation.
“Artillery shrapnel hits vehicles on California highway during Marines celebration”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c051p3981m4o
This wa…
The most prominent American voice at the COP Climate Summit in Belém was that of the California governor, Gavin Newsom.
During the five days he spent in Brazil, Newsom described Donald Trump as an “invasive species”
and condemned his rollback of policies aimed at reducing emissions and expanding renewable energy.
Newsom, long considered a presidential hopeful, argued that,
as the US retreated, California would step up in its place as a
“stable, reliable” climat…
The engraving depicts the waveforms of the spoken word "water" in 103 different languages
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/europa-clipper-vault-plate/