A reminder of what the Bay looked like before environmental regulation—open dumping of industrial waste, raw sewage, and fuel, and constant oil spills.
Before EPA and laws like the Clean Water Act, America's waters were choked with pollution. Ohio's Cuyahoga River, which became a symbol of environmental degradation in the 60s, was so polluted that it repeatedly caught fire.
Today, it's estimated that the #CleanWaterAct alone prevents 700 *billion* pounds of toxic pollution from entering US waters every single year.
We MUST defend these vital laws and institutions.
#EPA #bayarea #sanfranciscobay #SFBay #environment #waterpollution
Photos courtesy of EPA's historic archive
Ugh. Anxiety dream last night. One of my recurring settings: an imaginary scenario at my former place of work. A bizarre scenario: we were supposed to look out the window and write down all the billboards we could see - but I couldn't find a window which wasn't already occupied. And then I couldn't find a *desk* which wasn't already occupied. And then I got scolded for slacking off.
I hate how these dreams linger in my brain even though the events in them *didn't happen*. My brain doesn't know that.
Internet Archive has a lot of recordings of sound effects records from the 78 rpm era:
archive.org/search?query=colum…
I didn't find the legendary Columbia YB-20, but I'm sure it's around
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for the highlights between Kilkenny and Killarney: Kilkenny Castle and the Waterord Museums - Ireland Purple Travel Guide
Today, we start with a tour of Kilkenny Castle and then spend much of the day in the Waterford Museums. We provide detailed information and the best things to see and we show lots of photos so you know what you can expect.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
—Timothy Snyder, The Road To Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
#russia
Read your severance agreements carefully, people. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sa...
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir
An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.Mike Isaac (The New York Times)
I've got to set up my new computer now.
See you later. I'll post alerts as I grit my teeth and try to move everything over properly and organize.
How Meta’s take on Community Notes misses the mark
Crowdsourced moderation is better than nothing — but how much better remains an open questionCasey Newton (Platformer)
Instead of F-35, #Portugal turns to Europe in search of new fighter
The change in the United States government’s policy towards #NATO has prompted the Portuguese Defense Minister to consider an agreement unlikely
airdatanews.com/instead-of-f-3…
Instead of F-35, Portugal turns to Europe in search of new fighter - Air Data News
The Portuguese Air Force is no longer expected to acquire the 5th generation F-35 fighter from Lockheed Martin, all due to the review of the US positionRicardo Meier (Air Data News)
I'm watching a reaction video to Everlast's What It's Like and thinking about what a huge effect that song had on me.
My mom (yes, toxic mom) always talked about how she tried not to judge (yes, that mom) and told of various situations where she judged and then found herself in that situation and understood why people did what they did. I guess this lesson didn't stick with her, but it stuck with me, and I related it to this song.
There was important music playing constantly on the radio in the 90s. Some of us were paying attention. There's alotta folks today who need to hear this song and really think about what it means.
Women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate
nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-11/nh…
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.Todd Bookman (NHPR)
Full moon, just risen,
stained rusty red, lurking low
behind the buildings.
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Full Moon
Pixie-cup lichen (Cladonia sp.) and Sand-loving Iceland lichen (Cetraria arenaria).
#lichensubscribe #Mosstodon #naturephotography #closeup
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@sero_one
I... If I had smoked an entire joint, just one, once, in college, not only would I have never graduated but I would still currently be high. When I smoke pot, I put a bud the size of a pinhead (the head of a pin, not the character from Hellraiser) in a pipe and take maybe two hits and I'm done. I'm not a lightweight. I'm not even a featherweight. I'm whatever weight class is "literally unable to fight way out of paper bag." I take two hits of extremely mid-grade weed and I'm seeing visions for hours.
So please, don't feel guilty, but know that if I partook of even half of your RDA of reefer, I would probably suffer from terminal mellow. You're like a superhero to me. Your tolerance is like being able to swim in lava as far as I'm concerned.
Like this #meme? Try the #stream!
FunHouse Radio
Novelty Records, Parodies, Weird Covers, Outsider Music, Oddities, Mashups, Comedy, Nonsense & Cringe.FunHouse Radio
So my kid and I jokingly named my new Honda Pilot the “brotato”.
I think this name deserves a personalized plate.
#honda #pilot #hondapilot #brotato
I Played Six Call of Duty Campaigns Because I Hate Fun and Happiness
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When I said I knew exactly what I’d play next at the end of my Halo post, this isn’t what I had in mind. I procrastinated a ton and played barely anything at all since then, let alone what I had intended to play. I have a lot of different writing projects at 10-20% completion instead.
All the while, I’d been planning to return to streaming games for a long time already, and when I finally […]
I Played Six Call of Duty Campaigns Because I Hate Fun and Happiness | Kit Does Things
When I said I knew exactly what I’d play next at the end of my Halo post, this isn’t what I had in mind. I procrastinated a ton and played barely anything at…Kit (Kerosyn)
You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory
Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr.The Conversation
BREAKING NEWS: BC Hydro, the British Columbia electric utility, has ceased giving rebates to customers buying Teslas and Tesla home chargers as of March 12th.
In unrelated news, Elon Musk and Tesla continue to move into the FO phase of FAFO.
#FAFO #tesla #musk #teslatakedown #trumptariffs #canada #news
食べ物じゃないの
肩こりがひどくなるので
Mom says Canadian woman in 'inhumane' U.S. detention, Global Affairs can't intervene
Global Affairs says it can’t intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman’s mother says conditions are “inhumane and deeply concerning.”
Francisca Sinn
Unknown parent • • •and another, different author…
#Tariffs #ElbowsUp #Canada #Never51
theconversation.com/attempting…
Attempting to annex Canada would spell disaster for the U.S. at home and abroad
The ConversationFrancisca Sinn
Unknown parent • • •You’ve likely seen analysis outlining how an attempt would destroy the US.
But for those that haven’t…
“insurgents would unleash physical devastation on American targets. Even if 1% of all resisting Canadians engaged in armed insurrection, that would constitute a 400,000-person insurgency, nearly 10 times the size of the Taliban at the start of the Afghan war. If a fraction… engaged in violent attacks, it would set fire to the entire continent.”
theconversation.com/why-annexi…
Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
The ConversationMadeleine Morris
in reply to Madeleine Morris • • •If Americans couldn’t take the attrition in Iraq, Canada will bleed them dry.
Do not mistake us for friends just because some of us speak English.
Mercurius Goldstein
Unknown parent • • •Mercurius Goldstein
Unknown parent • • •‘Good Germans’ can get in the bin again.
Like in 1939, the world has to get kinetic to stop a maniac.
I don’t like it either but I don’t make the rules, it be how it is.
Madeleine Morris
in reply to Mercurius Goldstein • • •@MercG
What I found interesting was the almost instant, entirely fabricated, ‘you are attacking my family!’ outrage.
That the immediate response to someone asking not to be victimized is to take on the entirely fictitious mantle of being victimized himself.
This is, for sure, a very MAGA response. They’ve been groomed to it. Even people who don’t see themselves as Trump supporters.