CityMapper Externship: A UN Maps Community Ambassador and Chapter Initiative in Cameroon 🇨🇲 Thirty participants were trained and added #opendaa for social impact thru an exploratory externship initiative. Read more 👉 maps.un.org/news/citymap... #UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #maps #volunteering

tsunami watch triggered after 7.8 magnitude earthquake shakes southern philippines

Sea Turtle Week begins tomorrow! Why should sharks have all the fun? 🐢🦈 Sea turtles have coexisted with sharks for millions of years. Their shells provide protection during predator encounters, helping them survive injuries that might otherwise be fatal. Our patient Drumstick is living proof.

The 16,000 acre H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest hosts one of the longest-running forest research areas in the country. Now, scientists can also examine the effects of wildfire on everything from water quality and carbon storage to biodiversity and regrowth.

Just reading an article where they use NOTUS as an abbreviation for Navy of the United States... and that's a new one to me!

People talk all the time about being nostalgic for Thomas Bros maps & stuff, but the one thing I never hear mentioned is waiting for the specific time to flip over for the radio traffic report. Everyone would stop talking in the car, volume went up, and you waited to hear if the coast was clear!

Like the OP, I don't do coasters. Never have, never will. BUT... Space Mountain is fine, and most people don't realize this but the Matterhorn at Disneyland has 2 entrances... the fantasy side is slower/kiddie version compared to Tomorrowland.

134 years ago, on the 7th of June 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to leave his seat on a train, resulting in a court case hoping to challenge the segregationist laws. The case went to the US Supreme Court where Plessy lost, resulting in the 'separate but equal' doctrine. #otd #history 🗃️

The men died in Cabazon during the Broadway fire.

⚠️🔥Major Incident Alert #MacyIC The #LACoFD remains on scene of the brush fire in #Fairmont. 1,194 acres 0% containment A Shelter in Place has been issued for two zones. For the status of your zone, visit protect.genasys.com. For updates: 🔗 lacounty.gov/emergency

Helicopters, gunfire and explosions — southeast Long Beach was turned into a mock war zone Friday morning for a military training exercise. Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/long-beach-s...

If you're gathered around a fire this weekend, remember: 1. No tabletop fire pits that require consumers to pour isopropyl alcohol or other liquid fuel into an open container or bowl and then ignite the pooled liquid in the same location it was poured. 2. No pouring fuel over an open flame.

Heard a Huey overhead and thought it was the SoCal military exercise starting early, but nope, just LACOFD COPT11 en route to Catalina for a medical call.

Apparently to avoid ADA & #MeasureHLA, L.A. City is now only repaving streets without sidewalks. This means the city is repaving streets in well-off neighborhoods, even many blocks where the pavement is already in good shape & doesn't need to be repaved. la.streetsblog.org/2026/06/04/l...

Just another day working at the lake with some friendly coworkers who prefer duckduckgo

🚨 We’d all like to think, “It won’t happen to me.” But when there’s an incident nearby, it’s important to know the difference between evacuation orders, evacuation warnings, and what is meant by a shelter-in-place order. youtu.be/IFVI0j5EK2A?... #ReadyForWildfire #CALFIRE #Evacuations #Readiness

For anyone following the Screwtape Worm news and curious to know how the United States organizes and responds to incidents like these, I recommend you take a look at the national Food/Ag Incident Annex developed by my team in FEMA’s National Planning Branch. www.fema.gov/sites/defaul...

89 years ago, on the 4th of June 1937, the shopping cart was introduced in a Humpty Dumpty supermarket in Oklahoma. The invention by Sylvan Goldman didn't find wide appeal until he hired several male and female models to push the carts around his store, demonstrating their utility. #otd #history 🗃️

Active fire in NE Ontario this evening. GOES-East geocolor shows a large plume from Timmins Fire -009. The mid-ir shows a very active fire (red and white areas)

Seriously, "cobb" salads are the best way of dealing with leftovers in the fridge!

Is Young Sherlock any good?

Going to have to grab this one! #histbookchat

The small #BearFire vegetation fire north east of Mariposa is close to ALERTCalifornia's Mt. Bullion camera. See live conditions and the emergency response at https://bit.ly/49FLeIB

The eastern Sierra Nevada just got a significant boost to its wildfire response capabilities with a new helicopter stationed at Mammoth Yosemite Airport. Read more: https://www.activenorcal.com/cal-fire-just-got-a-dedicated-helicopter-stationed-at-mammoth-yosemite-airport-for-fire-season/

Here's my #KTLA report on hundreds of thousands of Californians dropping their Affordable Care Act health coverage after the federal government ended subsidies that lowered premiums ktla.com/news/califor...

If you have a fire extinguisher with a plastic handle, check to make sure it's not part of this 2018 recall.

We've already seen some wildfires start, which means it's time to get ready for wildfire smoke. We suggest bookmarking/favoriting fire.airnow.gov so you have the latest air monitor information near you. #SmokeReady

Top 10 bands listened to today while chilling at the park: The Germs Minutemen Bad Brains Minor Threat Descendents Angry Samoans NOFX Pennywise Social Distortion The Vandals

Excited to be participating with the PNNL utility wildfire folks on a solutions oriented webinar. They are a great team that CEPP really enjoys interacting with.

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The pilot of the F-15E fighter jet downed over Iran was also flying one of the jets shot down at the start of the war by Kuwaiti friendly fire, two people familiar with the incidents tell CBS News. www.cbsnews.com/news/fighter...

Go touch some grass!!!

this is my kind of company motto right here

The first tropical depression of the 2026 Eastern Pacific hurricane season has formed. The system's low-level center of circulation spins over the open waters of the ocean.

Through the Wildfire County Coordinator program, Tanya is helping Yolo County residents access #CALFIRE wildfire preparedness materials, increasing their homes' chances of surviving a wildfire. youtube.com/shorts/Rvltg...

Long Beach is bike-friendly! The city was recently ranks 10th most bike-friendly among large 50 large US cities la.streetsblog.org/2026/06/02/l...

Work from home at the park edition! Two coworkers dropped by to discuss the latest development of QuackGIS, open source, open space, and bugs are quickly eaten!

New cameras online: ALERTCalifornia's field team just added the Piru 1 & 2 cameras to the network. They are located between the town of Piru and the Santa Susana Mountains in Ventura County. See the view live at: https://bit.ly/4vsGiiJ

Very active fire (Swede Creek C10467) in the Cariboo (central BC). GOES West mid-ir - red and white areas represent a very active fire. wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents?fi...

Hey folks! Was just made aware of this website that's "selling" Parks passes and USGS maps (which are always free in digital form). Just a reminder that legit government websites ALWAYS end in .gov, and you can only purchase NPS passes from the official NPS and USGS sites.

Currently #Reading! Prodigals by Richard Taylor. He was an advisor with the 7th ARVN in IV Corps and later with the 1st Cav so I'm excited to jump in. #Histbookchat #Booksky #Vietnamwar #nonfiction

My great white shark story aired on KCRW today. Short answer is no, you shouldn't worry about white sharks. They mostly don't want anything to do with you. (Wish there was a better way to embed on BlueSky.) www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-r...

State Parks is hosting its annual Grunion Run Night on June 2, a chance learn about and hopefully see the unusual spawning at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.

Trying to pick my next book and I'm not really sure - Snoopers would continue my exploration of SIGING/ELINT - Crooked Bamboo is by someone who was very close to Diem which would continue my reading of Vietnamese authors about their experiences - Walk Tall is about Aussie Advisors in Vietnam ....

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.2 #Earthquake offshore of #Italy Intermediate depth Strike-slip earthquake mechanism Tectonic setting in 2016 report earthjay.com?p=4400 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Geologic maps! Yay!! 🗺️

Wow. Dismantling the OOI arrays is a major loss for oceanography. 🧪🌊 oceanobservatories.org/2026/05/anno...

Jeez 😢 www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwe...

Spent the day reading on the veranda and exploring the new jellyfish exhibit at @aquariumpacific.bsky.social #longbeach

Just Finished! Marine Defense Battalions is a very dense book that can best be thought of as a collection of "who went where and did what." Page, after, page, chapter after chapter, you're tracking what unit is deployed where, what weapons and equipment they have, how many rounds of 90mm AA they...