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Sarah Boon

@snowhydro.bsky.social

Writer and editor. "Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist" now available-see http://melt-down.ca Bylines in LARB, Science, Nature, Orion, Longreads, Terrain.org, and others. snowhydro1 (at) gmail (dot) com https://linktr.ee/snowhydro

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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More@bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Strong winds fanned the flames of a wildfire in B.C.’s north Okanagan, forcing additional evacuations as crews struggled to battle a blaze which officials confirmed has destroyed some structures.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... - @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social #BCWildfire #BradleyCreekWildfire

‘Everything was orange’: Residents recall fleeing B.C. wildfire, as officials confirm structures lost

Strong winds fanned the flames of a wildfire in B.C.’s north Okanagan, forcing additional evacuations as crews struggled to battle the blaze.

ctvnews.ca

Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 4d ago

In addition to the potential unfolding WUI wildfire disaster in Spokane, WA, numerous other large & fast-moving fires (existing & new) are blowing up under extremely critical fire weather conditions & severe drought conditions from eastern slopes of Cascades eastward into ID/MT.

Snapshot from NOAA Wildland Fire Data Portal depicting numerous large smoke plumes and fire heat signatures (red, orange, and pink pixels) across eastern WA/OR, ID, MT, and southern British Columbia.
Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 4d ago

We already have a shitty, exclusionary place in sports: it's called men's sports. They built it like that on purpose. Let them own it and figure that out for themselves. Women's sports were built in opposition to that structure, built for inclusion. The WNBA has represented the best of that.

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d ago

I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)

Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.

nytimes.com

Lawrence Culver@lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 7d ago

In the 1800s French “wetlands considered unhealthy and unproductive were drained and replaced with pine forest” for timber and resin. Now it’s burning: "This isn't a fire in a natural forest. It’s a fire in a forest that was planted there to support industrial activity." www.cbc.ca/news/world/h...

A human-made forest is at the centre of France's raging wildfires | CBC News

Scientists say climate change is driving the extraordinary fire conditions gripping western Europe, but that the scale of those fires cannot be understood without looking at how humans drastically cha...

cbc.ca

Sarah Boon@snowhydro.bsky.social · last wk.

We get the these on big fires here in Canada. Shocking to see them in Europe, which is so much more populated.

Aarne Granlund@aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · last wk.

"The rising air cools and becomes a cloud, or fire cloud: a turbulent mass that can generate its own winds that worsen fires. If it becomes very large, it can even generate lightning." These clouds are also seen during nuclear explosions and volcanic eruptions. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 2w ago

The extraordinary wildfire outbreak across Oregon, eastern Washington, and southern British Columbia has become even more alarming amid critical fire weather conditions. Over 500,000 acres have already burned in OR & WA alone, and that number could be >1 million acres by Mon.

An alarming snapshot from NOAA Wildland Fire Portal depicting numerous large smoke plumes and large heat signatures from many wildfires burning across Oregon, Washington, and British Colubmia.