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Howard Dalton

@howarddalton.bsky.social

“People who love animals once loved people.” - Howard Moss Ancient, gay, occasionally nsfw. 2+ decades with this guy https://bsky.app/profile/where-we-are.bsky.social

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Howard Dalton@howarddalton.bsky.social · 18h ago

I’ve stood a few yards away from one of these exploding on a pole and it was in the top 5 most terrifying experiences of my life. There are millions of them decaying across the country.

BildElectricity distribution transformers are a component of the electric power grid located near the service connection with residences and cor mercial buildings or on industrial sites. There are between 60 million and 80 million distribution transformers in service in the United States2 A transformer changes the input voltage of power transported via the electric grid to the end user, stepping voltage up or down as necessary to synchronize different components and stabilize the grid.3 The parts of a transformer include a silicon-bearing, iron-alloyed steel core, wrapped by insulated electrical conductors.* The core performs its function by relying on the ability of this iron alloy to react with a magnetic field, a specialized property only possessed by certain materials. The assembled distribution transformers are mounted on utility poles and pads and secured in cabinets or underground vaults, operate continuously, and have lifetimes of several decades.-
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 19h ago

The deadly blaze that devastated the Altadena neighborhood in Los Angeles County early last year was ignited by a transmission tower belonging to the utility company Southern California Edison, fire officials said in a report released on Tuesday.

Luke Knox@lukeknox.me · 19h ago

in the Québécois version of King of the Hill (“Henri pis sa gang”), Boomhauer is named Papineau and sounds like this

Howard Dalton@howarddalton.bsky.social · 20h ago

There is a video making the rounds on here from 10 years ago of cheerleaders recreating 9/11 with lifts and jumps as a tribute and I recommend you just keep scrolling if that pops up in your feed.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22h ago

Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

Two orange cats in a cage with food and water.Two orange cats in a cage with food and water.Two orange cats laying on the floor. Two orange cats in a spare bathroom with food and water and a litter box.
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w ago

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

Three kittens in a cage. Two are orange and one is black.
Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 23h ago

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · yesterday

Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.