Free article. The graphics used to show the water rising are devastating. The fear those poor girls felt in their final minutes is excruciating to ponder. By far the best account of this preventable tragedy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

On the #Bills - Bucs radio broadcast, Compass Media announcers wanted to describe the shaking stadium, so they hinted at a Richter reading maybe recorded at nearby Rochester Inst of Tech. Disappointed they did not know MCEER national EQ research center is right there in Buffalo ... sigh.

Much clearer optical satellite imagery today from @planet.com shows the landslide that resulted in the collapse of the Hongqi bridge in Sichuan.

As is often the case, the headline is misleading. Watch the clip, from TMZ, available on lots of bsky feeds. She's not saying this as a lament. She's saying it as an accusation. (And while she's mostly right, remember always that Clinton won the popular vote & Harris was right there too.)

Trump just cut farm workers' wages $1-3/hr, and there IS something we can do about it. youtu.be/AnCJfhLxk_c

We currently have all of the ingredients for these debris flows to occur – steep slopes, recently burned hillsides, and the potential for high intensity rainfall.

When asked if he thought Trump was a bad president… Pete: I would go well beyond a bad president. 🔥🔥🔥

Finally, national coverage on the loss of 9 seismic stations in #AK going dark this month due to #NOAA funding cuts. This leaves #tsunami forecasters without vital data used to determine if an #earthquake will send tsunami waves toward the #US West Coast. www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun... #EM #greysky

My immigrant parents didn't know how to do Thanksgiving. My sister and I would bring home tidbits from classmates ("We need to buy 'cranberry sauce!'") and bit by bit, we built Thanksgiving. Not cos-playing, but participating. It's my favorite holiday.

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

(QPing because #structural_engineering is not the original topic.) The article notes a series of damaging events. And that photo of the spontaneous facade failure ... yikes. From 2022: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is really cool. Translation (edited for length) of the intro post from X: "In this EQ, the emergency EQ warning was issued before shaking hit land. (Real-time seismic intensity is calculated every 0.2 seconds from the 5-second acceleration waveform observed by the S-net accelerometer.)"

The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku. Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...

I have some difficult news that I'm finally ready to talk about. Remember when Ryan Langborg played the best 2 games of his career & the Tigers upset Arizona AND Missouri to go the Sweet 16 two years ago? I do. They got big contributions from Freshman Caden Pierce and Xaivian Lee. ...

1-0 Tiger women come back with a 24-11 Q4 to beat Georgia Tech in season opener. Could only see highlights, as I need a special ESPN bundle to see ACC games (wtf?), but: - Good to have St. Rose back from injury. - Olivia Hutcherson is stepping up. - Chea & Belker steady, ready to lead.👍

Large EQ in subduction-prone area (good explainer below), but 0 casualties and no reports of damage to built environment. I sometimes wonder if events like this lead to complacency, but the good news (for Japan) is that their culture of preparedness and collective action is MUCH stronger than ours.

I've included an improved graphic for mobile. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/president-...

In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth." www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...

To my new(ish) followers: It's almost time ... to unfollow* me as my interest turns to Princeton basketball. Let's start with this profile of the great Blake Dietrick-Seifert. * It's only like one post per game, but I get it. See you in April.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House.

Last night's sweep should make the Gut it Out strategy a lot easier and more likely to work ... as long as we keep the energy up and don't overplay the hand. One year to go still. (Then, even in the best case scenario, a treacherous two months of lame duckery.) Liberty and Justice FOR ALL. LFG.

Interesting piece, w/ a link to the hearing video, comparing Nevada fire insurance policy w/ NFIP as a quasi-model. I need to watch the hearing, but I'm curious if anyone mentioned the CEA & CA's experience with earthquake insurance, which cut a similar path 30 years ago, ...

Also this: By June 1, 2026, NY media will chide Mamdani for failing to deliver on his socialist "promises," because they (and their readers) cannot distinguish between a promise and a policy preference that needs major legislative, budget, & institutional support (+ time) to become real.

Just gonna put this here for future reference: Election results today likely to be underwhelming, therefore frightening. Because not enough American voters care until they suffer, and the suffering has not yet undermined the "identity" they are fed by a weak & badly skewed media environment.

I wrote about being in Los Angeles as not a Dodgers fan. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/baseball-a...

HIAS has been fighting for the restoration of foreign aid in court since February. @nytimes.com shares a detailed look at the lawsuit in which we are a plaintiff:

Dems obviously need a broad coalition. They obviously should not sweat “socialism” scare mongering so long as Trump is doing actual crony communism, and, yes, the GOP is the only truly extreme major party. www.offmessage.net/p/exploit-th...

"Wherever the death toll, it will be wrong. A study following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017 found that excess deaths in the first few months following the storm was 70 times as much as the original official toll of 64 — still much more than officials' revision to 2,975 deaths later on."

This is excellent. "I’m just wondering what a World Series parade would look like in a city that’s nearly 50% Latino." I too am hoping the Dodgers can live up to the legacy of Branch, Jackie, Sandy, Glenn, Fernando, and Hideo. They have 5 days before WS G1 ... time to line up Nezza for the anthem.

I knew Smith would be the likely Dodgers hero ... but only because I was sure they wouldn't pitch to Ohtani.

Here is what I wrote about Miguel Rojas earlier today ahem

Will Kershaw be eligible? Gotta think it would be poetic if -- win or lose -- he's on the mound for the last inning of the Dodgers' season.

I mean, there'e NO WAY you pitch to Ohtani in the 9th, no matter the outs or runners, right?

btw, there should be MLB teams in Montreal again, Vancouver, San Juan, Monterrey, Mexico City, and Santo Domingo

are we still calling him a cheater sorry I can't keep up

On the Blue Jays’ class toward Alex Vesia, who is away from the Dodgers while dealing with a family emergency right now:

omg, 2 amazing things in today's Buckeyes game: 1. Jeremiah Smith's one-handed touchdown catch of a tipped ball. 2. Gus Johnson's plaid-on-plaid w/ a square polka-dot tie outfit.

My Halloween costume is always just a name tag with something scary written on it. Usually topical, to humor the parents. This year, I wrote “Nov 5, 2024,” because I find it legitimately terrifying. Really, I do not know how to proceed rationally if he is re-elected today. 8/

This is useful context, if only because of all the good people rejecting him for (he says) being less informed re tattoo imagery than they are (incl me), I've not heard any answer the key Q: *IF* he wins the primary, will they support him over Collins? I say yes. Gift link: bsky.app/profile/sfdb...

The "change a letter" posts are fun. Context can ruin too. Top 5 candies that sound like a Victorian-era malady: 5. Jelly Belly 4. Skittles 3. Pop Rocks 2. Mounds 1. Butterfinger Top 5 that sound like a sex toy: 5. Tootsie Pop 4. Jolly Rancher 3. Almond Joy 2. Three Musketeers 1. Butterfinger

Noem has been stoking rumors and misinformation to help justify tearing FEMA down. In short, the Trump administration is using disaster aid as a political weapon. www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

Vlad slappin' da base mon www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sbj...

L.A. down 5-1 after 7 in WS Game 5, and my Brooklyn-born Mom is once again telling the story of the game she attended at Ebbets Field (a treat for the 6th grade crossing guards) when her Dodgers came back from down 8 in the 8th to beat the Cardinals 9-8. You could look it up: May 18, 1950.

omg, Edman just made up for his huge E earlier. What a heads-up, high-difficulty play.

Two Ranking Members of the senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee sent this letter to the OSC, requesting a swift investigation into the illegal retaliation against Katrina Declaration signers including the investigation DHS/FEMA launched, on Oct 17th.

Hey @neorsd.org , cool marker & peep hole viewer just outside my hotel in Cleveland (next to the Water Division building) -- showing Water Intake Crib #3 several miles out in Lake Erie. Celebrate infrastructure!

Can't find any announcements yet about tonight's pre-game ceremonies, but the Dodgers have had this chance to do good since June ...

Been a fan of Dickerson since his time at Slate -- to me, the most thoughtful presenter in our national broadcast media. My sympathies to him, and I hope he lands well. (He's here, and worth following, but I wouldn't want to tag him into this lament about his employer.)