It's not just about screen free time. Many traditional hobbies include a celebration of complexity and skill that you can develop slowly over time. That is extremely attractive. Life is long, and getting good at a craft (or for me, an instrument) is well within reach.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2w ago

“More people are seeking screen-free hobbies or ‘side quests,’ sustainable clothing options and hands-on skills such as knitting, pottery and woodworking. Downtown Sewing meets those demands, offering a space for people to connect with each other and their clothing.”

In recent weeks, there has been a remarkable surge in large, intense, fast-moving, and unfortunately in many cases destructive/deadly wildfires in multiple Northern Hemisphere regions spanning a wide range of climates & ecologies, but they all share one key commonality. [Thread]

#Genevive is the proverbial canary in a coal mine. This storm is making a run a Category 5 status. Thankfully, it will die in a few days with no threat to land. But if there was ever a sign showing that the Pacific Ocean is loaded with heat, this is it.

Zooming in on Oregon, the enormous scope of ongoing wildfire outbreak is clear. Numerous large smoke plumes from dozens of active fires--which have now burned over 1 million acres in Oregon alone--are casting a broadening pall across the interior Northwest & N. Rockies. #ORwx

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

Hear me out: this is even wilder than it looks. Out in the ag world, Taylor Farms was THE instigator for a lot of the big food safety moves for lettuce over the last 20 years. That's a legacy that just should NOT have ended up like this.

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3w ago

it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption

Well... that's a lot easier when the laws aren't very good, perhaps as a result of one's own lobbying 🥲

Don Gibson@dongibson.bsky.social · 3w ago

I was really sad to see Taylor Farms in all of this. I saw a talk just last month from a Taylor Farms representative bragging about them having better safety controls then required by law.

Every single regulatory grade monitor in the Chicago area is recording over 400 µg/m³ of PM2.5 smoke pollution. This is so far beyond anything in the historical record it’s difficult to communicate how extreme this event really is

A major new wildfire outbreak is now underway across interior Pacific Northwest, with dozens (or more) new wildfires already popping up in eastern Oregon & Washington following tens of thousands of lightning strikes in region experiencing moderate to extreme drought. #ORwx #WAwx

Hello friends with smoke concerns, I'm a wildfire and hazmat expert and lived for months with terrible smoke during California megafires. Creating a clean air refuge in your home is a really good idea, even it's one interior room. I follow the same principles as sheltering in place from radiation.

I am regularly surprised to be reminded that I live in the United States of America. I definitely feel like a Hawai'i local. 🤙 I definitely feel like an adopted Californian, and people readily tolerate me here. But I've never felt all that welcome anywhere else in the U.S. Too weird I guess.

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Nome@nome.bsky.social · 4w ago

There's a sex robot company trying to pivot to having their sex robots be teaching robots for rural schools instead. And I swear to God, we got all of the dumbest parts of Cyberpunk.

I keep running into more examples of evacuation failures - this one for the tsunami evacuation in Hawai'i in July 2025. I remember my brother had to secure the UH-Hilo campus and set up an evacuation center while also juggling his family whereabouts. download.veoci.com/ZFOi6y4jRaAV...

The incredibly limited number of people and equipment to respond to wildfire in Europe is compelling when talking about people dying in wildfires in Spain. wildfiretoday.com/wildfire-dea...

‘I’m so frustrated I could cry’: Federal firefighters describe burnout, staff cuts www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

‘I’m so frustrated I could cry’: Federal firefighters describe burnout, staff cuts

A collision of risky conditions have made things harder as summer begins. But before these elements aligned, the pressure on federal firefighting capacity had been building for years.

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Saipan's Mayor urges immediate restoration of water and power as the island begins recovery from Super Typhoon Bavi, highlighting critical public pressure on utilities. www.nminewsservice.com/saipan-mayor...

Turn the Water Back On Now: Saipan Mayor Pressed CUC Before Feeders Lit

Mayor RB Camacho called CUC's restoration delay completely unacceptable in a Tuesday release issued hours before Saipan's first feeders lit and water began returning.

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New video! The NYT did a sad tear-jerker "They lost the family farm!" story about…a wealthy family that still has its far & money. Not really shocking that the NYT bungles its reporting! But hey, this time it's a farmer yelling about how the NYT doesn't know jack. That's fun & different ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This Farmer Played Himself. The NYTimes Wants You To Feel Bad For Him

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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As Super Typhoon Bavi approaches Guam, forecasters monitor its path and prepare for potential impacts on the islands. www.guampdn.com/news/super-t...

1:40 AM: Bavi edges closer to Guam with winds up to 180 mph

As of 1:40 a.m. Monday, Super Typhoon Bavi was located 115 miles east of Guam and moving about 10 miles per hour towards the Marianas with maximum sustained winds of

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New York City's large building owners will soon be able to buy credits instead of cutting emissions to comply with Local Law 97. As a candidate, Mamdani said he'd limit that option, but he hasn't taken a position as mayor.

Could Hydropower Credits Undermine NYC’s Climate Law?

Mayor Mamdani is facing pressure to limit an avenue for large building owners to buy credits instead of cutting emissions.

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This is a terrific story.

Jim Dixon@pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our friend Greta, who occasionally parks her little Airstream up at our shack near The Dalles for rock-flipping fun, discovered a new spider species

(Interesting) www.interconnectedcapital.com/research/dat...

67% of registered US voters think global warming is affecting the cost of living in the US: They say global warming is increasing the costs of their home utility bills (66%), groceries (61%), car (56%), home insurance (51%), home repair and maintenance (43%), and health care (35%)

In the M7.8 earthquake near Mindanao, 22 million people received Intensity V-VIII shaking so USGS estimates losses >$100M and fatalities >10. It looks like part of the complex subduction of the Philippine plate below the Sunda plate. Tsunami warning for Mindanao. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Today we launched the California Wildland Interface Structural Look Book Dashboard. The Dashboard visually conveys information about wildfire hazard zone classification information for structures throughout California. Link: wuistructurallookbook.stanford.edu

I am loving the new Structural Lookbook from Stanford CEPP that summarizes the number of structures in different WUI zones in California. It aligns with an analysis I did for Plumas County, although at that time I was only looking at residential parcels. cepp.substack.com/p/do-you-kno...

Do You Know Your Home's Wildfire Hazard Zone? Introducing Our Structural Look Book & Dashboard

The California's Wildland Urban Interface Structural Look Book & Dashboard

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This evening, Plumas County’s Planning and Building Departments met with Greenville residents to talk about some hard topics, including moving RVs with fire survivors out of downtown commercial, multi-family, and residential parcels.

2025 was the most economically damaging wildfire year on record The LA fires and a few severe blazes in other countries, inc. South Korea and Spain, drove up losses worldwide to at least $54 billion - not including indirect losses like missed work days, business closures and health care costs...

I’m proclaiming a state of emergency in Orange County as California continues to respond to the hazardous chemical incident in Garden Grove.

The three tanks that are being cooled at the GKN facility look like they have nitrogen blanketing, and I wonder if that system failed to start this crisis in Orange County. The thing about methyl methacrylate is that it needs at least some oxygen present to maintain...