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This is about a wildly successful test of a KN-95 mask, but... let’s get the unfortunate part over with first: Mr pixxer and I have not weatherstripped our house well enough. Our climate makes air conditioning irrelevant; we do turn on the furnace in...
by pixxer
on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Firefighters battling wildfires in western Canada received help from reinforcements and milder weather Saturday, after the nation’s worst fire season on record destroyed structures, fouled the air with thick smoke, and prompted evacuation orders for...
by Associated Press
on Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 03:48 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Jul 28, 2023 at 09:25 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Jul 21, 2023 at 09:57 PM PDT
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Okay, here we go again. I am posting, year by year, the history of each year, every other Sunday, and the hit music of each year, on the alternating Sundays. Here is the source I am using today: en.wikipedia.org/… February 1 Fire breaks out in the...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
on Sun Feb 26, 2023 at 12:23 PM PST
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Behind the information wars is a struggle for power in the world between the privileged classes and everyone else. It cuts across nations and politics today as information itself is now a global commodity. In that sense, World War Three has already...
by psychusa
on Wed Aug 17, 2022 at 01:46 PM PDT
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— Good to see the gloves coming off. Way to go Bernie. Thanks for saying, what we all feel. The time for “playing nice” with this fossil-fool should be over. Dems gave Joe Manchin nearly everything he wanted — and he’s still backing out. It’s time to...
by jamess
on Sun Jul 17, 2022 at 09:13 AM PDT
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Closer to home… A huge storm is bearing down on the entire U.S and Canadian west coasts, with record low pressure. Not a hurricane, exactly, but a monster. It’s likely California will be drenched, totally. A storm like this carries winds of hurricane...
by boomheist
on Sun Oct 24, 2021 at 04:10 PM PDT
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I want to avoid as much as possible wasting rare elements [e.g. making batteries]. How to produce electricity? Wind power Hydroelectric Solar panels Solar turbines Wave and tidal power How to store excess electricity? As hydrogen from electrolysis of...
by LaFeminista
on Sun Sep 12, 2021 at 09:40 PM PDT
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As the climate-change induced western megadrought continues, California continues to be pummeled by extreme fire behavior. The latest, most dangerous new fire has been the Caldor Fire, a 200,000+ wildfire sparked two and a half weeks ago that is now...
by Hunter
on Wed Sep 01, 2021 at 12:30 PM PDT
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Even the caldor fire is fleeing the anti-vaxed in Calif... It will not be a good day today.... Meanwhile the media who don't know a forest fire from a campfire are becoming pests. Regular Weather Forecast CAZ072-NVZ002-020300- Greater Lake Tahoe Area-...
by LL Brown
on Wed Sep 01, 2021 at 04:56 AM PDT
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Dear Citizens and Elected Officials: In the fall of 2015, when John Delaney was my Congressman in Maryland’s terribly gerrymandered 6th Congressional District, he gamely travelled to the far Western reaches of this improbable district, near the West...
by billofrights
on Fri Aug 20, 2021 at 08:19 AM PDT
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Some stories for tonight
Afghans wake up to new world as Taliban takes Kabul
Afghanistan conflict: As Kabul falls, Biden backlash grows
Haiti earthquake: Rescuers search for survivors ...
by side pocket
on Sun Aug 15, 2021 at 09:00 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico, ...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Aug 06, 2021 at 08:51 PM PDT
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"Exclusive: Burners should be sold with health warnings, say scientists who found tiny particles flooding into rooms" Wood burners triple the level of harmful pollution particles inside homes and should be sold with a health warning, says...
by Angmar
on Thu Jan 07, 2021 at 05:00 PM PST
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Who’s up for some dark humor? Is your air worse than mine? It’s 7:40 in south Santa Clara County, and purpleair.com says this is my air quality due to the fires 100 miles away. On October 1st, 2020, 7:34:56 PM PDT 10 Minute Average US EPA PM2.5...
by DocLT
on Thu Oct 01, 2020 at 07:40 PM PDT
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Farmworkers are essential.
by laloalcaraz
on Sat Sep 19, 2020 at 05:12 PM PDT
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According to Trump “It will get cool soon.” Well, per usual, he’s full of shit. (but THE BEST shit) One thing he said was actually damn well true. So now at least two of you are asking, ‘Well where the fuck was Trump right?’* He’s correct that the...
by kellyb2
on Thu Sep 17, 2020 at 12:01 AM PDT
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Oregon Republican State Sen. Fred Girod just blamed environmentalists for the loss of his home to the fires raging in the West. I had predicted that the loss of his home would not change Girod’s mind, and he proved my cynicism correct. Among the...
by Merlin196357
on Wed Sep 16, 2020 at 01:35 PM PDT
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If Dante’s deepest circle of Hell did exist, it would be reserved for Trump and his enablers. “The lowest, blackest, and farthest from Heaven. Well do I know the way.” — Virgil Treachery was the ninth Circle of Hell. This last circle...
by Onomastic
on Tue Sep 15, 2020 at 04:32 AM PDT
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