📢 I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR 4 YEARS AND RESPONSES RANGE FROM "WELL THE MARKET WILL CORRECT ITSELF" TO "INSURANCE IS A SCAM ANYWAY" AND HONESTLY BELIEVING THAT CAPITALISM WILL SAVE YOU IS THE DUMBEST TAKE OUT OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS.

One year after this historic storm, decisions at both the state and federal levels are undermining efforts to protect lives and property from future disasters. ncnewsline.com/2025/09/24/a... (commentary) #ncpol

....none of the employees are in Congress but sure let's fire them anyway. 😒

It sucks the way the humanities are being eroded & labeled unimportant. For every rant against a “new identity,” there is an ancient poem or painting or song or or or that tells us there is nothing new under the sun

Today I feel like I am a collection of broken glass shards walking around and doing my best imitation of being human. The grief of mourning a relationship fucking sucks because I feel like I am 16 again but instead I much older than that and feel like I should be handling this better? Ugh.

I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today: Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.

Hollow Knight Silksong is out and I got a copy for my birthday and I know what I'm going to be doing this weekend. Can't wait to play!!!!

A vote for #perovskite - at Sydney #Physics we're using it to develop new solar cells anitagroup-perovskite.sydney.edu.au

The more I read about #perovskite the more I love it. A vote for perovskite is a vote for the future. #mincup25

She's volcanic, she is grace, she's going to be chrysotile in this race! #Pectolite is volcanic! It's photosensitive! In certain pictures it looks like blue meat! As a Dominican - and before this Hispanic Heritage month - I'm telling you that it's racist to not vote for #pectolite! #Larimar 4ever!

Yessssssss #MinCup25

I drove to Tennessee and saw just walls of mountains and forests and it was just so great.

Using ChatGPT

There's an academic paper to be written about managing trash and solid waste after a catastrophic incident and the ways in which is hinders psychological recovery when you're faced with your trash in your face and can't hide it away. This free idea brought to you by my inbox.

Being a local government entity and navigating recovery from a disaster was hard today. People saying "We've got buckets of money for you -- BUT ONLY AFTER YOU GET/CAN ANTICIPATE FEMA FUNDS." is definitely not the vibe. Residents who deny the truth of what the local govt has done bc it's not perfect

Last call for nominations! We’re about to start sorting and picking this year’s competitors

Very important question - which one are you?

The snowman scene in the new Naked Gun movie should be a meme post haste.

I have so many books I'm culling now that there is officially no space and I don't know what to do with them. Normally I'd save them and sell them to McKays but that's no longer an option. Donating to Goodwill feels like just throwing them out. What's a girl to do?

We’re drafting the bracket next week, so get those nominations in! Voting starts September 1st

The only thing that sucks about have a short commute is that I have no time to decompress between work and home. Today is a day that needs decompression.

Happy Taylor Swift new album day to those that celebrate.

It's almost time for my favorite event on the internet - MINERAL CUP 2025. Meat rock fever persists but mostly I'm here for geologists telling me why I should dunk on another rock. It's perfect and fun and sorely needed right now. Olivine forever!

My most ridiculous complaint today is that android phones don't have nearly any options for cute phone cases. I am just a girl, who doesn't like iPhones, asking the internet for a holographic magsafe phone case that's like the popsocket one I accidentally ordered.

I want to complain, but every time I fix my fingers to type something it just seems so stupid compared to the grand scale of things happening *gestures vaguely around* everywhere. But just know that I am the president of sad girls inc. and would pay actual money to get out of my feelings rn.

And lo, after a shit show of a move, we made it.

It's moving weekend!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to have my kids and my stuff with me. 🥰

A thread 🧵 on the importance of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, from the point of view of Washington State (unofficially, of course; this is just my opinion). Don't just take my word for it, though - read the NTHMP 2024 annual report here: www.weather.gov/media/nthmp/... 🌊

I want to find a real life d&d group.

btw "tsunami probably won't happen *and you're stupid for worrying about it*" is exactly what gets summer camps filled with little kids killed in a natural disaster when there's an active warning happening so maybe shut that shit down lol

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11. We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

A Sunday haiku: Locked out of the house today Husband has spare keys First experience with lock smith.

Most unrealistic thing about Fantastic Four was that evacuation scene.

I went to Hickory and finally found a couch after searching for 2 weeks. The couch won't be delivered for 2-4 weeks but hey, at least it's what I wanted at a good price. Now I'm drowning psychologically with the fact that I'm buying furniture while kids are starving to death in Gaza. 😮‍💨

Albanese Sour Gummy Bears are the superior gummy bear.

Is it just me or is there a dearth of peer reviewed papers on evacuating rural communities for #disasters? I am hoping to find some case studies to review but nothing. Is this a gap in the literature?

How much does it cost to commission a study guys? I feel like saying $10K is too low. I'm giving Jessica Walters vibes and I don't love it.

STOP SAYING "DISASTER SEASON". THERE IS NO "DISASTER SEASON". YOU ALL SOUND RIDICULOUS! Thanks.

A reporter very seriously asked me yesterday to respond to the public officials who have claimed the Texas flood was “an act of god” and when I tell you I had to summon every ounce of strength to respond professionally. We simply can’t be doing this.

The inability to get grants from FEMA at the local level is SUCH A BIG PART OF MY LIFE NOW.

my 38th is in two weeks i am just saying

TFW you lose your allergy pills and the store is closed and you're itching all over.

Also - in case you were wondering - I have solved the survivor assistance problem now that I've been on the local side. It's a totally novel concept. Nobody has ever thought of it before. (deeply sarcastic) It comes down to centralizing information collection for the end-user. In this essay I will -

One week in a hotel and you know what I miss the most right now? Cereal. I would absolutely crush a bowl of cereal at this moment. Frosted Flakes, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Corn Pops, all the greatest hits.

Source: www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...

Another way to visualize the data from our blog post on state fiscal capacity and potential increased disaster costs...certain states jump out as potentially highly impacted w/relatively low fiscal capacity (LA, KY, NC, etc.)

I have an office for the first time in 5 years. It's getting painted but I have all these blank walls and not a clue what to put on them.

You can spend time arguing over the difference between shutting down FEMA & rebranding it but the reality is that the Trump admin has already dismantled FEMA to the point that it could not efficiently respond to a relatively small disaster in a state with a relatively large capacity EM system.

Start my new job so I'm up in NC this weekend. I was at the local Ingles and heard messaging that discussed how Ingles was in partnership with the local EM agency and urging shoppers to buy emergency supplies. Very cool and nothing I've heard before in any of my grocery stores.