As the cold front starts to migrate closer to the coast winds are out of the southwest this evening. This as forecast is moving smoke from southwest to northeast. Air quality levels are improving across Jackson and Josephine counties but dropping off in Douglas and Lane counties.

CAL FIRE is now accepting applications for the Firefighter II (Paramedic) examination year-round! 🚨 Bring your paramedic license to the frontlines—no firefighting experience required. ➡ Apply today: JoinCALFIRE.com #Paramedics #Firefighters

Clear evidence of the negative effect RFK Jr. and his anti-vaxx messages are having on child health. For the first time, vaccination rates among children ages 6 mo. to 17 years has fallen below 50%, and 90% of child deaths from flu were in unvaccinated children. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

“Portland? The place with therapy llamas at the airport?” one user on Threads posted.

Yesterday, I joined the CA Tribal Chairpersons’ Association at the Tribal Leaders Forum to kick off the 58th Annual #CANativeAmericanDay. CA is home to 109 tribes whose rich cultures, traditions, & contributions shape our state. Today & everyday, we celebrate their heritage & honor their legacy.

So the Trump escalator video. The elevator to the right was also going up. Trump and his pilot fish were too stupid to notice it was working. And snap to Melania who chugged up in six inch heals.

Bad choice for Native American Day www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Loyalists weren’t villains. They were neighbors, officials, even family who tried to protect what they believed in. Episode 421 of Ben Franklin’s World rethinks the Revolution through their eyes. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421 #Revolution250 #America250 #Georgia #Loyalism #Podcast

Ancient DNA from Mongolian burials shows two Bronze Age herder groups coexisted for centuries before Slab Grave newcomers displaced them. A rare window on coexistence, migration & identity. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA www.anthropology.net/p/when-two-w...

🚨Research alert! A new study led by scientists at the Museum and the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggests that the evolution of the modern mammalian jaw is more complex than previously thought. Read more: bit.ly/3KnyhJp Illustration of Polistodon chuannanensi by ZHAO Chuang © PNSO

Today, we pay tribute to the rich culture, history, and innumerable contributions of California's First People.  CA is home to more American Indians and Alaska Natives than anywhere else in the nation, which forms the foundation of our state’s rich tapestry.  #NativeAmericanDay

“The California Legislature has passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom should sign, Assembly Bill 288 to protect workers and businesses…” - Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Professor Catherine L. Fisk: bit.ly/4gDYDmw

Brilliant businessman accidentally gives employees 7-month paid vacation.

Historian Greg Brooking joins us to talk about: • Georgia’s founding as a buffer colony • Sir James Wright’s rise, rule, and resistance • What loyalism really meant in revolutionary America This is a fresh look at a forgotten side of the American Revolution. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

Welcome (back), Aggies! Have a great first day of classes! #OurUCDavis

It’s a good day. I didn’t get raptured or eat radioactive shrimp.

Here are the latest maximum observed temperatures across the region as of 5 PM this evening. These are not official highs, but what has been observed by NOAA stations.

California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online. The 1.6-megawatt pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide. grist.org/energy/calif... #Climate #CA #California #Water #Energy #WaterWays

This Latino Heritage Month, we uplift and recognize the history, culture and contributions of Latinos in California. #VivaLaCultura #RaicesFuertes #OrgulloLatino #LatinoHeritage

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/h...

EVENT: Michael Leja will discuss his new book A FLOOD OF PICTURES, which explores how the new and widespread circulation of pictures reshaped a 19th-century US culture that was accustomed to printed and spoken words, at the Wagner Free Institute of Science this Thursday! bit.ly/4ngZaNW

We’re taught the 3 branches of gov’t are “coequal.” But in the 1790s, was one actually more powerful than the others? Spoiler: The answer might surprise you. 🎧 Dive in: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

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Career milestone: Our performance tonight at the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta will be my 2,000th live show!

Former Meta exec who exposed the company’s China ties and treatment of teens is reportedly near bankruptcy after her book’s release, facing $50k fines per violation of a gag order against criticizing Meta. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Holy guacamole. I agree with Ted Cruz🙀🤦🏽‍♀️🥃🛸. www.politico.com/live-updates...

When Harriet Tubman led 300 Black soldiers up the Combahee River, she became the first woman in US history to help a major military operation, and the leader of the largest rebellion of enslaved people in the nation. A new exhibition celebrates her courage without over-mythologizing her.

California’s Supreme Court has cleared the way for public disclosure of the names of the police officers in Vallejo who bent their badges after killing someone.

“We the People” built the federal government, not just presidents and Congress. Do you think of today’s government as being built by everyday citizens too? 🎧 Explore more in Ep. 420: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

You asked for it! We delivered Quack-O-Grams to our members of Congress urging them to #ImpeachRFK, and get that Quack out of office! There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB#ImpeachRFKand keep the momentum going! 🦆

This little butterfly has a whopping 229 pairs of chromosomes! That is, I think, the most of any multicellular animal described so far. www.the-scientist.com/an-elusive-b...

Being a federal employee in the 1790s wasn’t glamorous; it was a steady day job. Some early Americans worked into their 80s! What did the daily grind of early federal workers look like? 🎧 Listen here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

After reading the article on how cheese cave fungus mutates I’m thinking that my fridge is a cheese cave. Occasionally a partial slice or wheel gets lost and emerges with some new growth.

Join us on tour: nataliehaynes.com/tour/ Find out what Medea would do: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/nata... Caroline’s Classics Club, for those interested: www.carolinetutor.co.uk/classicsclub

⏰️ Just two more days! THE SUMMER WAR is out Tuesday, Sept 16🚀 Ask your local bookstore, or find your favorite retailer at: lnk.bio/naominovik You may already know it's a story about a young witch who unintentionally cursed her brother to a life without love...so here's another little teaser 🤫

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🚨 New Episode! What happens when colonial officials are the ones stealing your land and pocketing your taxes? Meet the Regulators—farmers who rebelled in 1760s North Carolina. 🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/419 #HistoryPodcast #EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #NorthCarolina #History #USHistory

How are we not discussing the Evergreen student shooting? www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

Thank you NewYorker.

September 12, 2023, British-Polish geologist Jan Zalasiewicz wins the #IGNoble Prize for answering the century-old question ‘Why Geologists Love To Lick Rocks’ 🪨👅 www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...

Even if you know nothing about William Morris, you will recognise his work. But the prevalence of his prints is ironic, given his principles

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Thriving in Allchar: Arsenic and Thallium Tolerance in Viola Species Viola metallophytes have evolved the rare capacity to tolerate toxic metals, allowing them to thrive in harsh soils. wp.me/pdRZhH-mtb #Botany #PlantScience

The newly dated egg, found in a nesting area in Shiyan, China, is around 85.9 million years old go.nature.com/4nssyQV

📊 In 1790, the U.S. federal government had about 1,000 employees. By 1829? Nearly 30,000. How did a government that small manage diplomacy, law, and westward expansion? 🎧 Find out in Ep. 420 with Peter Kastor: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

First rains of the season have started in Northern California. Hope the water year is as good as it was last year.

The Garnet is the Fire version of Godzilla