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Eos @eos.org · 25/09/2026

Fast fires burn more area, and more of that area is severely burned. What’s more, new research finds, severely burned patches will struggle to find seeds to regrow the same tree types. 🔥🧪🌍 eos.org/articles/fas...

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Fast, Severe Wildfires Can Change How Forests Grow Back - Eos

These blazes can cause ecological shifts even in fire-adapted forests.

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#California #Voters: Please read up on #Prop39 and vote NO! Prop 39 would make it harder for citizens to vote & would expose our private info to identity theft to satisfy #Trump’s vanity. #NoOnProp39 noonprop39.com/wp-content/u...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans - AP News apnews.com/article/clim...

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My dear friend @seislologist.bsky.social has launched a cool new earthquake app called Seismoscope! It’s fantastic for visualizations but has lots of other functionality as well. Check it out! (It’s free and available on iPhone and Android) apps.apple.com/us/app/seism...

Map of North and South America showing the location of earthquakes marked by symbols with different shapes and colors

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#StatesUnited has created #LostFunds to help us understand the #TrumpAdmin's impact on the states through withholding funding. Below is a pic showing the impact on #disaster funding in #CA alone. $1.8 Billion slashed. That hurts disaster survivors, local govts, and tribes. www.lostfunds.org #EM

Screenshot from StatesUnited' Lost Funds online tool shows pic showing the impact on #disaster funding in #CA -- $1.8 Billion slashed.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The very first line is a lie, and we all know it. *None* of this was ever designed to help us, which is why it hurts us and we hate it. It really is that simple, but the media simply cannot bring themselves to say it.

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The humans are rejecting the machines that were supposed to help them | CNN Business

Touchscreens and self-checkout machines were designed to help customers. But restaurants and retailers are ditching them to humanize stores and attract workers.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. Now, two MORE unvaccinated people have died from measles. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 18/09/2026

The San Francisco woman from Ukraine whose arrest by immigration agents at SFO was caught in a viral video is home after seven weeks in a detention center, she announced on social media.

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Ukrainian woman in viral SFO arrest video released from ICE detention

The San Francisco woman from Ukraine whose arrest by immigration agents at SFO was caught in a viral video is home after seven weeks in a detention center, she announced on social media.

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#Firefighting is inherently dangerous but it’s unconscionable that the #Trump admin is heightening that danger by refusing to adequately staff & provide resources & support to the #USFS. Congress must act to safeguard USFS personnel so they in turn can protect us. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season

US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season

US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026

Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#NYT: The #FloridaEverglades concentration camp operated by #KevinGuthrie & #FDEM “failed to comply with a host of federal detention standards, creating cramped conditions & confining migrants in ‘small metal enclosures,’” according to new report by #DHS ’s #OIG. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... #EM

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says (Gift Article)

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Instead of preparing for #disasters, #FDEM went millions over budget to prey on people who worked, paid taxes, tried to make a better life for themselves, as new Americans have done for decades. #Shame on #DeSantis, #KevinGuthrie, & every #MAGA enabling this. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/12/f...

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Florida disaster agency projects $1.5 billion deficit, gets extra money for immigration

The extra $250 million will pay for overdue bills, including those for immigration enforcement activities.

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#PG&E has issued a #PSPS #Warning for parts of #Nevada & #Placer Counties due to high winds and dry conditions, requiring electricity shutoff starting today through Sunday. pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools...

Map of areas likely to be affected by a PG&E PSPS this weekend. https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools/outage-map/

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When your country is attacked, it feels quite personal. But for me it was personal for another reason. I spent the rest of that day trying to reach my Uncle Herb, who as far as we knew was at work at 1 Liberty Plaza, one block from the #WorldTradeCenter. edieschaffer.com/blog/blue-sk... #Sept11

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Blue Sky, Dark Day | Edie Schaffer

Blue Sky, Dark Day | I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday. Where I was, how I heard. When the phone rang -- not usually a good thing at 6:20 a.m. -- my mom said, "Are you

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You cannot understand emergency management today without understanding how the Bush administration & Congress took advantage of the post-9/11 shock to create the homeland security apparatus.

Just a few months later, two planes crashed into the Twin Towers and the window was opened for the largest reorganization of the federal government since the National Security Act of 1947. US emergency management was turned upside down, as reckless policy decisions that contradicted decades of disaster research and emergency management expertise were imple-mented. 402 The cataclysmic post-9/11 policy changes laid the groundwork for the failed response to Hurricane Katrina and the levee failure only a few years later, 403 and still contribute to slow and ineffective responses today.

The most significant of these changes was the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. A month after 9/11, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) cosponsored a bill that took inspiration from the concept of the National Homeland Security Agency, proposing the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As had happened when Representative Thornberry introduced nearly the same bill in the House months before, hearings were held, but no vote taken. The Bush administration, with support from the Hart-Rudman findings, presented a similar bill to Congress in June 2002. With pressure from the White House, the bill finally passed, and DHS was created. FEMA was subsumed by DHS along with other agencies, including the Coast Guard and Secret Service. In the reorganization, FEMA lost its status as an

independent, cabinet-level agency. Across the country, emergency management agencies got whiplash. 404
As this drastic reorganization and refocus of the federal government was underway, Congress wanted answers about the circumstances that led to the 9/11 attacks including an analysis of how intelligence agencies had failed to communicate with one another before the attack. Most relevant for emergency man-agement, Congress also wanted a better understanding of the effectiveness of the response at the Pentagon and in New York City. The answers to these questions were compiled into the 9/11 Commission Report released in 2004.405 The 9/11 Commission's findings concerned many emergency management ex-perts. 406 The Commission found that the immediate life-saving response measures conducted at the Pentagon had been success-ful. On the contrary, they criticized the response measures in New York City as uncoordinated.

This conclusion ran counter to the findings of disaster researchers in important ways. Disaster scholars documented first responders running into the towers, despite knowing they might never run back out. Inside the towers, people banded together to help each other out of the buildings, carrying coworkers who were disabled down dozens of flights of stairs, resulting in upward of sixteen thousand people evacuating in just 102 minutes.
Those who died were largely located on the floors above where the planes collided, making evacuation impossible.
Those who escaped the towers found people outside ready to guide them out of the dust. Local businesses opened their doors to offer refuge, and others handed out water or bandaged

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#PG&E has issued a notice that a #PublicSafetyPowerShutoff or #PSPS may be needed starting 9/12 in parts of following counties: #ElDorado #Lassen #Nevada #Placer #Plumas #Shasta #Sierra #Tehama #Colusa, #Glenn. #Yolo may also be impacted beginning on 9/13. pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/psps-updates...

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PG&E Outage Center - PSPS 7-Day Forecast

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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 09/09/2026

The Trump Admin is attempting to override CA laws that protect meal and rest breaks for pilots and flight attendants. We’re opposing. Our pilots and flight attendants work hard to make air travel safe and comfortable for passengers—they deserve the same consideration. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

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Attorney General Bonta Leads Defense of Flight Workers’ Rights from Federal Overreach

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing a proposed rule from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would preempt state la...

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sf-emergency.sf.gov @sf-emergency.sf.gov · 09/09/2026

A large, unplanned power outage is impacting PG&E customers in Hayes Valley, South of Market, Mission, and adjacent areas.

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NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory @ncar-ral.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

✈️ Turbulence can be unpredictable, but we’re continually working to develop better tools to anticipate it. Our latest GTGN Ver. 2 tool provides higher resolution with new data inputs to deliver improved turbulence nowcasts. Advancing safer, more informed travel. 🤩 More: ral.ucar.edu/news/turbule...

Turbulence is nearing a less bumpy future: Improved turbulence forecast thanks to the upgraded GTGN Ver. 2 system

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NYC releasing the documents that show city officials lied to the public about the air quality post-9/11 and evidence being published that show Netanyahu ignored specific warnings about Oct 7th ON THE SAME DAY is wild stuff y'all.

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Natural Hazards Center @hazcenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Disasters pose escalating risks to non-traditional animals, like those at urban farms and sanctuaries. The latest Quick Response study provides insights to improve evacuation and sheltering for these animals and their caretakers: bit.ly/4hh8VLf

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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📢 Our ASP Graduate Visitor Program Fellowship is accepting applications for the 2027 cohort of fellows. This program is intended for graduate students to work on their thesis, dissertation, or final project w/ guidance from NSF NCAR scientists and engineers in Boulder. bit.ly/4nBRgOG

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Acting by himself (as Circuit Justice for the Eighth Circuit), Justice Kavanaugh has *denied* Missouri's (fairly ridiculous) emergency application asking #SCOTUS to put back into effect its 2026 gerrymander. The Missouri Supreme Court's ruling that reverted back to the 2022 map will stand.

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 06/09/2026

A Berkeley restaurant manager spent a week in ICE custody — in facilities in California and Washington — before a federal judge ruled Friday that his detention was illegal.

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Exclusive: Inside the fevered fight to free an East Bay man from ICE detention

A Berkeley restaurant manager spent a week in ICE custody — in facilities in California and Washington — before a federal judge ruled Friday that his detention was illegal.

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NWS Bay Area Bot @nwsbayareabot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Minor coastal flooding is possible this evening for low-lying bay shore locations of Marin County. High tide will occur at 7:53 PM with minor coastal flooding possible for approximately an hour around the time of high tide. #CAwx x.com/NWSBayArea/status/20965762866…

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 28/08/2026

California ❤️ Sea Otters 🦦 I just signed legislation restoring the California Sea Otter Voluntary Contribution Fund. Californians can support sea otter conservation and research through voluntary donations on state income tax returns.

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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 28/08/2026

The Trump Administration is illegally throwing $120 million in federal taxpayer dollars at Golden State Wind to shut down offshore wind development and threaten thousands of good-paying jobs. We’re suing to stop it.

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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 28/08/2026

We’re aware of the reporting that the Trump Administration is seeking to give a portion of Yosemite to a private developer and are monitoring the situation. Our national parks belong to the people. They’re not the property of any one administration.

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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 29/08/2026

NEWS: Secretary Weber & I have secured a court order maintaining the block on Measure B, which would overhaul Shasta County’s election system & undermine state election law protections. With November drawing near, this ruling solidifies that the county’s midterm elections will be conducted fairly.

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Donald can’t even SAY #Yosemite. Leave this most beautiful of our national parks alone!!! #HandsOffYosemite

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

BTW this kind of thing is why you don’t have to ever give DeSantis or anyone who works for him the benefit of the doubt. He’s very clear about who he is… www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...

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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

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Caltech Seismological Laboratory @caltechseismo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Earlier today, Margaret Vinci was recognized by the ShakeAlert System Executive Committee and the ShakeAlert Commissioners, Education, Outreach, and Technical Engagement Core Committee for 33 years of exemplary service to earthquake preparedness, safety, and communication!

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Latest reveal of the “censorship industrial complex” fizzles. One former senior official: “In the end, it’s not the greatest consolation on earth to find out that the people who wrecked 10 years of your work and your career are a bunch of galaxy-level dipshits.” www.ms.now/news/trump-u...

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The State Department promised proof of a censorship conspiracy. The plan backfired.

The State Department leaked documents to prove that officials were censoring conservative Americans. It outed a secret Pentagon employee instead.

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It was lovely to work on this article with @meghansmiller.bsky.social and @ahusker.bsky.social. Hopefully it will help answer some of the ongoing questions about the recent destructive earthquakes. theconversation.com/are-earthqua...

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Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers say

Scientists have been able to catalogue the largest earthquakes for a very long time.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

People are finally learning that capitulating to a mob boss only brings more pain. Standing up and speaking out is effective. And contagious. Pass it on. . Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/u...

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In Canada and at Home, Deference to Trump Turns to Defiance on Tariffs and Other Issues (Gift Article)

While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was not just a legendary singer-songwriter, actress, or deeply beloved queer and style icon. She was a feminist and a humanitarian. Her quiet generosity and inclusive philosophy changed modern activism. Dolly will be remembered dearly, and truly missed.

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