[File Under: Disaster Capitalism] People saw dollar signs’: a year after devastating wildfires, an LA community is fighting displacement “Altadena is known for its thriving Black community that moved there when redlining kept them from buying homes elsewhere. Now […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

New article: High pressure continues to dominate Pacific Northwest weather ingallswx.com/2026/01/19/h... #weather #BCstorm #WAwx #ORwx

The effort to explicitly protect NCAR during the appropriations process has, unfortunately, been unsuccessful. For now, NCAR is still operating as usual. While the future remains uncertain, and disappointingly entwined with partisan political retribution, the broader fight continues.

Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also for most individual Western states). It has been an extraordinarily sustained period of winter warmth, and this eerily balmy winter continues into Jan.

My parents had a print of Walter Crane's "Neptune's Horses" painting hanging throughout my childhood. It is what I think of whenever I get to watch big waves cresting and breaking like I did this week out on the coast. I don't really know anything about Walter […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more: www.404media.co/police-unmas...

@CultureDesk Today I learned 1 in 12 sheep are gay.

@camless Us too! And lots of primates, according to this post from our @ScienceDesk! https://flipboard.social/@ScienceDesk/115883629970692015

When a job posting asks for a cover letter, that probably means somebody is reviewing the cover letters and taking them seriously. Writing a good one bumps your resumé to the top of the pile. Writing none counts as a strike against you. Writing a really bad one is worse than writing none and […]

The potential dismantling of NCAR remains, unfortunately, a very real threat (despite falling out of the news amid everything else going on right now). I'll be discussing this more in the days to come. #SaveNCAR

Messinian salinity crisis (Paleogeography 🦕) The Messinian salinity crisis was an event in which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation throughout the latter part of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma. It ended with the […]

A study this week found that approximately six thousand child sex abuse and sexual harassment images are now being generated (and published online) every hour by the X Internet Unlimited Company. https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the-abuse-factory/

Please take a moment to sign this petition demanding that federal workers' telework accommodations are protected. https://c.org/SXDGSTm2Ys

ICE shot two people in East Portland this afternoon. They know they can get away with it now. Don't let them. From @opb.org. #PDX www.opb.org/article/2026...

Those of us who express our concern about the various risks and disadvantages of AI are sometimes reminded how valuable it is in the fields of radiology and meteorology....

Weird thing with the #mastodon app for #android I can see post replies, but when I open them it's the single message with the thread missing and the rest of the thread does not load. Kind of a bummer when you miss 80% of the context.

Portland’s gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect 🙌 [sometimes it’s the small victories] https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/01/portlands-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban-goes-into-effect.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/missing-teen-december-winnipeg-9.7032819 Missing #indigenous girl in #winnipeg #manitoba. Please share. Hayleigh Clearsky, 16, last seen #dec19 500 block of Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg. Info above. #mmiwg #indigenous#winnipeg#manitoba#dec19#mmiwg#missinggirl

Does anyone here attend the #criticalmass bike ride in #salemoregon? FanDom says it happens every first Friday at 5:30p. Curious if it is still a thing. #BikeTooter

Does anyone here attend the #criticalmass bike ride in #salemoregon? FanDom says it happens every first Friday at 5:30p. Curious if it is still a thing. #BikeTooter

Lest anyone following me not get why the #kingtides are a big deal… this photo captures the scene not far from us yesterday #california #sfba NY Times […]

My friend Brad Bazemore KK4PWJ wanted a totally free — **zero cost, 100% open source** — comprehensive US Amateur Radio study app. His day job is in testing, and he _really knows his stuff_. So he built Open Ham Prep. I'm _super grateful_ for […] [Original post on social.makerforums.info]

and as a follow-up: a little upper Umpqua zen

I'm two weeks from presenting How to use #ttrpg to help you prepare for disasters at OrcaCon 2026! https://www.orcacon.org/first-timers-guide-to-orcacon/

Hi folks, can you recommend any portable #co2 monitors? #askfedi #ppm #indoorairquality

Hi folks, can you recommend any portable #co2 monitors? #askfedi #ppm #indoorairquality

Heavy to locally torrential rainband slowing down and intensifying as approaches central Los Angeles County. Widespread roadway flooding and debris flows are already being reported; this could escalate considerably over next 2-3 hours especially if this band stalls out. #CAwx #LArain

Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn and takes care of the baby. Granville County, North Carolina #granvillecounty #northcarolina #DorotheaLange #undefined #photography #dorothealange#undefined#photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017772477/

Special Event: RPGs as Natural Disaster Prep Tools (with ME att OrcaCon 2026) Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes! Learn how to prepare using TTRPGs. Themed around community, and helpful for memory retention, these small, educational TTRPG games can help a community prepare for the natural […]

1005mb to 983mb in 24 hours. Well within the criteria for a bomb cyclone. That's this morning's European model simulation for the central pressure of a rapidly-deepening cyclone off the California coast next Tuesday. Strong winds expected across NorCal and the PNW into Christmas Eve. #CAwx

Tangibly, that means widespread 50+ mph gusts are probable from Bay Area northward Dec. 23-24. Localized gusts of 60+ mph. Downed trees and power outages likely.

@ai6yr Smart, I've been too busy with damage assessments from the atmospheric rivers to spend much time on the fedi, but I'm glad to know these are back up. Running into so many issues with local govs uploading impact photos and video to Facebook and sending us a link. I don't have an FB […]

Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDC) for rapid wildfire spread issued for Colorado’s Front Range The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Boulder issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDC) for rapid wildfire spread affecting the foothills and along Colorado Highway 93 through Friday […]

Weather models are signaling a possible return of atmospheric river activity for the Pacific Northwest the week after Christmas. Lots can change between now and then but watching closely. #bcstorm #WaWx #OrWx #weather

@ai6yr these best practices are well known, tested and yet so many local groups ignore them https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/public-safety-officials/toolkit/templates