I made a second feed that's exclusively experts posting, if you'd prefer that experience (see link below). It is unfortunately impossible to create a social-media feed of everyone's posts about the hurricane without including some unpleasantness—that's just people.
Relevant Texas news for people considering whether or not to vote: the Supreme Court just blessed letting pregnant Texans die in ERs. Dem Senate nominee Colin Allred could help confirm new justices and reform the court www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
The dispute mirrors a similar case the court decided in June concerning the tension between a federal law requiring emergency room care and state laws that ban abortion.
anyways if you wanna watch milton as it progresses today, you can track the wind speeds at surface level and above in real time here earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
Fair warning on this. Read it this morning and spent several minutes tearing up at my gate at DFW.
Read this when you're someplace where you can safely weep.
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...
Every time I see these kinds of numbers, I'm reminded of just how much wealth is sloshing around at the top of the distribution while front-line workers are underpaid. The wage hikes from so many strikes have been high. But companies seem to be able to afford them... www.cnbc.com/2024/06/05/t...
Median CEO pay among S&P 500 companies rose 13% in the last year to roughly $16.3 million.
If you're in Texas & know someone who's not registered to vote, THIS IS ALMOST IT: the deadline is this Monday. And if you think you're already registered, remember to check your own registration status, really as soon as possible: teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do
In Texas you must request to be registered, you cannot register online (the form is mailed or hand-carried to HQ), and you must be registered 30 days before an election to vote in it. So if you’re not registered by Oct 7, you’re not voting in Texas this election. Check your reg!
In much of the US, it’s the last week to register to vote in the US election in November. Do not miss your opportunity (and if you are registered, to check your registration to make sure it is still valid). Get registered and encourage everyone you know to register. Here’s where to start: Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
Members of Congress who voted to defund FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program one day before Helene hit: Sen. Budd (R-NC) Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) Sen. Hagerty (R-TN) Reps. Bean, Bilirakis, Cammack, Donalds, Gaetz, Lee, Luna, Mills, Posey, Waltz, Webster (R-FL) Rep. Bishop (R-NC)
I’ll be visiting the Champaign Public Library on 10/10 at 7:00 PM to give a talk (“Crafting Time: Art in the Age of AI”). Would love to see you there. More info: champaign.org/event/an-eve...