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You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
Imagine watching disaster movies like The Day After Tomorrow or 2012 and thinking that the apocalyptic weather scenes were the “unrealistic” part.
Turns out those scenes were almost bang on.
The unrealistic part was the humans working together to overcome the problem & save the world. Sigh.
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
They are taking back campaign promises faster than they made them.
they said in 2025 i will say "Heavens to betsy" . I wont be incorporating the phrase "Heavens to betsy" into my posts, not in 2025, not ever
Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
DEI is the bogeyman for those who believe that if I’m gaining, they must be losing.
The idea that everything would be fine if only white men ran the world is a weak argument—clung to by insecure men who can’t handle reality.
DEI ensures women & BIPOC are looked at fairly IN ADDITION to white men.
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
An astrophysicist and a neurosurgeon concluded that the human brain and the universe basically grow as a result of similar physical principles.
Today’s House of Study goody looks at a myriad of similar connections, with many exquisite photos:
im sorry for re-posting that television`s ed mcmahon was seen running full speed into one of the fires. that was chinese disinformation
In Russia, the "Cherkizovo Chicken Kingdom," one of Russia's leading poultry producers, is reportedly on fire. Russians report that debris from Ukrainian drones, shot down by Russian air defenses directly over the facility, caused the blaze.
That naughty debris again.
lots of devastation and negativity on the feed today.
i know this won’t solve anything, but maybe it’ll make someone smile and just forget for a small moment.
the beauty of the cosmos 🌌
DEM L 190, a supernova remnant around 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu
I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥.
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC
I don't know if the LA fire department is properly funded or not but the claim that the city cut its budget last year — which is circulating widely on the right — is false.
As Politico notes, the budget actually INCREASED by $50 million. A portion of the funding was approved in a separate bill.
insects who prefer warmer weather? why the fuck are you so sensitive all of a sudden. your entire body has like 2 nerves in it. you are shit
The current and all of the former presidents gather to honor President Carter.
The Park City ski patrol strike is over. The workers got every major item they wanted from Vail Resorts.
-Starting wages up by $2/hr.
-Senior workers get pay raised by as much as $7.75/hr.
-Better parental leave and professional development.
-A better wage scale and more.
The reason we are seeing floods in new places and wildfires in the “wet” season, the reason we spend hundreds of billions on disaster response, is that climate change makes bad weather more common and more intense. Climate inaction costs you money and puts you in danger.
From a FB post. Hey California friends…my friend’s dog sanctuary in Topanga has burned to the ground. 30 dogs looking for fosters ASAP. Please contact me if you can help, even help for a temporary basis it would do so much . Please call or text me on 248 520 0054
I miss mixtapes. Mostly, as someone who is bad at discovering music, I miss other people making mixtapes for me.
Today I used algebra to solve a graphic design problem
Be careful out there kids, math will get you when you least expect it
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