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A little GIS, a little EnviroSci, a little Emergency Management, some Photography, and a lot of UCLA.

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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 5h
We are hosting a FREE Webinar today, Oct. 1, from noon to 1 p.m. to give you earthquake preparedness advice. Reserve your spot using this link.
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 5h
Union of Concerned Scientists. So ... color me surprised!
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Syngenta Harassed the Scientist Who Exposed Risks of its Herbicide Atrazine
Dr. Tyrone Hayes’s work on the dangers of atrazine made him a target for agribusiness giant Syngenta.
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 5h
NPR article...
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Chemical Study Becomes A Tale of Conspiracy And Paranoia
Tyrone Hayes, a biology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has spent the past 15 years to studying the adverse effects of atrazine, a common herbicide used in the U.S. For much of th...
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 5h
Wait... this is now a right wing talking point? The fuck??? This has been an actual story for the last almost 30 years! Just look up atrazine and Dr. Tyrone Hayes. Syngenta stalked and harassed him for his research on how it makes male frogs show female characteristics.
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Tyrone Hayes - Wikipedia
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 6h
But you can buy 10, scoop out the seeds, bake them and have enough for maybe 2 weeks.. maybe not.
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Dave Petley @davepetley.bsky.social · 12h
Examination of @planet.com satellite imagery before the 26 August 2026 Langtang Lirung landslide in Nepal, which initiated the massive debris flow and flood, suggests that there were surprisingly few signs of incipient failure:- eos.org/thelandslide...
Satellite image draped onto the Google Earth DEM for the Langtung Lirung landslide. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 25 August 2026.
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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 17h
“I’m really lighting conscious” A REAL THING SAID BY MIKE FUCKING TOMLIN ABOUT MINECRAFT IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026
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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 19h
He built a CVS????
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Mark Schofield @markschofield.bsky.social · 19h
Mike Tomlin is currently giving a tour of his boutique hotel in Minecraft, which has a multipurpose conference room and an appropriate number of public restroom and I’m losing MY MIND
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 19h
Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft city is legit
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 12h
The comments here are gold. My #steelers are such a clown show of a soap opera... but I'll always have a lot of love for Tomlin!
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 12h
I've never seen Gilmore Girls, but now is always a good time for an Inuyasha re-watch.
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Sit Boy
ALT: Sit Boy
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 12h
The article & headline are a bit slanted, but it's interesting to note OCFA is working on a new contract.
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OC Firefighters Get Nearly 25% Raise, Cities on the Hook to Pay
OC Fire Authority’s nearly 25% increase is going to be funded by member cities, with staff noting they can expect to see their bills increase at the same rate as the new contract.
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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 12h
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Federal health insurance enrollees will pay 10.9% more, on average, toward premiums in 2027 - Federal News Network
The Office of Personnel Management published information about plan options and premium rates for 2027, ahead of the upcoming Open Season this fall.
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 13h
So many people I know talk about book buying bans, and I'm over here going "I probably paid for my favorite used bookshop owners new boat.. probably his 5th boat by now" #booksky
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 13h
ABC7's report on #PebblyIC the REACH helicopter crash off Catalina Island.
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Medical helicopter crashes into waters near Catalina Island
YouTube video by ABC7
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 13h
Mystic was more stuffed animal than real one... If I was stationary for even a split second, he was asleep on me.
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 13h
My advice to the fiancee when everyone is messaging her at once....
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Unplug It!
ALT: Unplug It!
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 13h
Ok this is weird and something I've never come across before. I just grabbed a book from the Los Angeles Public Libraries Overdrive and it's actually an @archive.org scanned book! #booksky
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 15h
Rescue operation underway after medevac helicopter crashes off Catalina Island
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Rescue operation underway after medevac helicopter crashes off Catalina Island
Search and rescue operations are underway after a medevac helicopter departing Catalina Island crashed into the ocean Wednesday night, KTLA has confirmed. Officials with the Los Angeles County Fire…
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 14h
4 rescued, 1 missing after helicopter crashes off Catalina Island
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4 rescued, 1 missing after helicopter crashes off Catalina Island
Multiple agencies were responding to the crash, and a search-and-rescue mission was underway, according to L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn.
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Los Angeles County Fire Department @lacofd.bsky.social · 14h
#PebblyIC
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Subida: Esfuerzo Constante
ALT: Subida: Esfuerzo Constante
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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 21h
"A proposed new entrance along Pasadena Avenue, where the Heritage Square Station lets out, would make it more like a five-minute stroll to the collection of architecturally significant buildings from the late 1800s & early 1900s." @theeastsiderla.bsky.social: www.theeastsiderla.com/neighborhood...
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Closing the gap between Heritage Square Museum and its Metro stop
A proposed entrance could cut the walk from the Heritage Square Metro Station to the Montecito Heights museum from 25 minutes to five.
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Sierra van der Brug @sierravanderbrug.bsky.social · 23h
Exceptionally long October heat wave set to scorch Southern California starting Friday Read here⬇️
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Exceptionally long October heat wave set to scorch Southern California starting Friday
A heat wave with triple-digit temps is expected to begin across Southern California on Friday, Oct. 2, possibly lasting up to two weeks.
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Long Beach Post @longbeachpost.bsky.social · 23h
How to report clogged drains or downed trees and spot flood-prone areas in your neighborhood
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How to report clogged drains or downed trees and spot flood-prone areas in your neighborhood
If you see a blocked catch basin or backed-up storm drain, you can report it through the GoLongBeach app or by calling 562-570-2700.
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CAL FIRE @calfire.bsky.social · 22h
🚁Stronger coordination can mean faster help. The CAL FIRE Humboldt-Del Norte Unit and the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay have updated a longstanding agreement to improve coordination during emergency medical and technical rescue missions across coastal Northern California.
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 23h
Are they all flying into Los Al?
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Dave Petley @davepetley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On 6 August 2025, the Dayuan landslide in Guangzhou, China killed 7 people. It was triggered by rainfall onto an area affected by a wildfire a few months earlier. eos.org/thelandslide...
Google Earth image of the location of the 6 August 2025 Dayuan landslide.
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Bill Tripp @culturalfire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AB 1699 “The Good Fire Act”: Effective immediately! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The Good Fire Act Summary.docx
The Good Fire Act (AB 1699, Rogers, 2026) Over the last decade, the State of California has enacted policy reforms to help support the expanded use of beneficial fire (including prescribed fire, cul...
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 30/09/2026
Name a tv show from before 1980
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Baa Baa Black Sheep Opening
YouTube video by Michael Marco
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 30/09/2026
Over 1k told to evacuate amid ‘imminent’ dam failure in flooded New Mexico | CNN #disaster #newmexico
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Over 1k told to evacuate amid ‘imminent’ dam failure in flooded New Mexico | CNN
A flash flood emergency was issued in parts of New Mexico after officials warned of an “imminent” dam failure. The warnings come on the second day of a multi-day flood threat, fueled by Hurricane Polo...
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Los Angeles County Fire Department @lacofd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The #LACoFD Malibu Forestry Unit welcomed 48 landscape architects from across the US during their annual nationwide conference. Guests toured our demonstration garden to learn about defensive space landscaping and home hardening.
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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The full release is worth reading www.karuk.us/posts/newsom...
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Press Releases - NEWSOM VETOES BENEFICIAL FIRE CAPACITY ACT (AB 1891), MAKING CALIFORNIA LESS FIRE RESILIENT
Tribes and Nongovernmental Organizations will Continue to Fight for Sustainable Funding to Support and Grow the Beneficial fire Workforce; Only Then Will California Be on the Path to Wildfire Resilien...
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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New: More property tax relief for some disabled military veterans in California with expanded exemptions, starting in January. www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/28/g...
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Governor Newsom signs legislation supporting veterans, servicemembers | Governor of California
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 30/09/2026
It looked rather interesting, as does the Japanese food fair in OC
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Get Shit Done Girl 🐕🐕🐕🐕 @tmfloressb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another reason California is an awesome place to live.
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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Currently 5 tornado warnings in the Texas Panhandle
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The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 29/09/2026
Douglas County residents can register for a weekend of free emergency preparedness training on topics from fire safety and medical operations to search and rescue and terrorism. lawrenceks.news/4z8IPjS
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Enrollment open for Douglas County’s free emergency response training
Douglas County residents can register for a weekend of free emergency preparedness training on topics from fire safety and medical operations to search and rescue and terrorism.
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professor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026
more on the toxic flow down the LA River from the Lineage cold storage fire in Boyle Heights earlier this summer #ToxicLA laist.com/news/climate...
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Community testing finds elevated levels of metals in LA River after the Lineage fire
Researchers and scientists from UCLA, UC Irvine and East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice found increased concentrations of iron, zinc, chromium and lead.
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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This 1926 map from the Automobile Club of Southern California shows how one would've traveled from downtown Los Angeles to Pío Pico's adobe (before the freeways). Map courtesy of @usclibraries.bsky.social: digitallibrary.usc.edu/Share/320o6x... #maps #cartography
An excerpt of the map titled “Automobile roads between Los Angeles and Pomona via Whittier or via El Monte and Covina, 1926” from the Automobile Club of Southern California, archived by USC Libraries. Principal features includes municipalities, roads, railroads, road names, mileages, natural features and Auto Club office locations.
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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The crazy fire season delayed it, but my feature about Yellow Pine's one-of-a-kind golf course is finally out. Here are some of my favorite photos from it. To be clear: you DO NOT need to be a golfer to play there. Clubs and balls are free, no greens fees, watch out for elk and pinecones.
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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Department of History is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of History of Science and Technology. careers.historians.org/jobs/2260958...
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Please click to confirm you are not a robot...
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 30/09/2026
Fine. Six miles is enough for horse too.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The hulls are alive, with the sound of mu-" Oh. Oh dear.
Hungarian (I think) postcard of the sinking French Cruiser Leon Gambetta, which we're assured is the victim of a "megtorpedozot". It's certainly been dotted all right. Image via Cartorum.fr, which I highly recommend for all your dubious and saucy French postcards for the discerning gentleman (and no doubt some of the ladies)
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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 29/09/2026
Happy Tarmac Day to all who celebrate! 🛬
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professor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
i'd add: it’s almost impossible to comprehend the degree of toxic inundation if CA ports flood #ToxicLA "Oil infrastructure–including actively producing oil and gas wells, refineries, and fossil fuel ports and terminals–makes up a large fraction of the at-risk sites" pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic...
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Toxic Tides and Environmental Injustice: Social Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise and Flooding of Hazardous Sites in Coastal California
Abstract. Sea level rise (SLR) and heavy precipitation events are increasing the frequency and extent of coastal flooding, which can trigger releases of to
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🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️ @disastergis.org · 29/09/2026
The glow in the dark pin you posted was neat!
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Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management @readylacounty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌎 Join us for The Great California ShakeOut 2026. 📅 October 15 at 10:15 AM 🟢 Ways to participate: shakeout.org/california/howtoparticipate 🟢 Preparing for earthquakes in #LACounty: ready.lacounty.gov #ReadyLACounty #DisasterPrep #ShakeOut2026
Join Us
in the World's Largest Earthquake Drill.
October 15, 2026
Shake
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Janice Hahn @supjanicehahn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@governor.ca.gov is our last hope to stop the Catalina Island Conservancy's plan to eliminate the island's deer population. I am urging him to intervene, revoke their permit, and save the deer.
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