Buildings. Earthquakes. Public policy. Functional Recovery <--> Community Resilience. Giants baseball. Princeton hoops. contact: djbonowitz (with a 'j') at gmailhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3muzmlkjbr222Nat Haz, Disaster, & Emergency Mgmt folks: NHLP's fully detailed and sourced letter is here: https://www.nhlp.org/wp-content/uploads/Floodplain-Guidance-Rescission-HUD-Comment.pdf What comes through is that this reversal of 2024 policy is being made with no new science, no new analysis, and no new evidence on the ground. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzmlkjbr222https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3muwswipbpk22Interesting Labor Day post. I appreciate Harry and Meghan as public figures (they probably do more good by themselves than the rest of that clan), but ... "non-working royals"? I mean, is there another kind? No Kings means no kings. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwswipbpk22https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mupfppxqik2lYes, and what would be REALLY cool is if we have someone to get on base reliably in front of them. Someone like Luis Arraez maybe? That guy's amazing. #sfgiants [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupfppxqik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mun6bwjf222lOnce again I am asking if anyone has a reliable breakdown of "data centers" by use, size, and location, and I note that the building code does NOT make useful distinctions between what is becoming a highly varied set of facilities. https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3lvgkkprknk25 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun6bwjf222lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mug6zsvbgc2slol [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mug6zsvbgc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3muewm2drbc2ssmdh, ahead of the national average. Seems like Ohio could use a Governor who knows something about healthcare policy ... which is why maga Ohioans are viciously and falsely attacking Acton's exceptional pandemic leadership. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3muewm2drbc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3muazyjwe622sHuge missed opportunity for me. Two days before the EO, my brother and I road-tripped to Detroit for some baseball. Hit Toledo for lunch at Tony Packo's, then a stop at the National Museum of the Great Lakes. Coulda bought every item that said "Ontario" and made a killing! Oh well. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3muazyjwe622shttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mu2uvve5u223Note how this (and the Trinity press release) references a need/desire for fast post-hurricane recovery: "24/7 reliability," "cannot tolerate outages," "maintain continuity." But it doesn't note the code provisions or design criteria. Is "the grid" now backup for PV -- flipping the old script? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2uvve5u223https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mtqqhyjf5223Before touching grass today, just gonna note this post is now 1 year old, and as relevant as ever. Come at me, Dems ... [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqqhyjf5223https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mtjrydnpd223#SanJose, Albany, Mill Valley, Oakland: CA has seismic retrofit money for you (~$5K/unit) if you retrofit your "soft story" residential building. (links below) Registration opened yesterday thru Sept 30. Share with owners you know. I'm happy to answer Qs, gratis, here, by DM, or by email in bio.20 Aug 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjrydnpd223https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mtah3qcnfs2jThe Rabbis anticipated summer road trips with kids. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtah3qcnfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mt7kypnuq524In light of Speaker Jeffries' swing-and-miss on MTP today, just gonna repost this from A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. Schumer & Jeffries are skilled politicians, but @kenmartin.bsky.social needs to keep them away from cameras and mics through election day. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7kypnuq524https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mt76jedhgk2aI echo the many endorsements (see what I did there)? I especially liked the science and history in the early episodes, but there's interesting sociological stuff throughout (plus some Elvis dissing), and the interview with Ann Druyan in the final ep is great. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt76jedhgk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mt4kzlbuw22aBonne Maman mentioned! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4kzlbuw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mt2md3c7hs2atfw you work at the Administrative Office of the Courts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2md3c7hs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3mt2dflckk224Another short thread about this, now that I've finished (I hope) my review of the Public Comment draft and am starting to write up my comments ... And it's tying all my bsky threads together: the ICC, the Dem party, my #SFGiants, and maybe even Princeton basketball in the NIL era ... I want ... [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2dflckk224https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3msyag6yqr224On 8/11, we had a 4hr outage in Eastmoor (scrabble play continued), but parts of East side are still out, expecting to go 72 hours. Hmm. When I proposed designing utility scale PV & BESS for high wind, flood, & EQ, Big Solar & Wind objected, claiming that power outages were a thing of the past. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyag6yqr224https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3msvhnus2k224How is it possible that ORGAN was not in today's pile?12 Aug 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvhnus2k224https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3msvgib3yg22gEarlier I posted about TODAY's Beutler column but wrongly linked this one. But this one is good too! Woke 1 was a desperate response to official impotence. W/ this nutshell: "Dems want to win elections; progressives want to be viable in more places. But it should probably be the other way around." [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvgib3yg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3msvfmm63ks24Spot on as usual: "the R Party is different in kind in its indifference to truth, hostility to expertise, tolerance for in-house corruption." Also important: "Rs have been doing this to innocent public servants & other high-profile figures (& even just random citizens) since long before Trump ..." [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:mflagjqmkons2hxtdgtyh64x/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvfmm63ks24