“…. a deputy with Manatee county jail told Newsweek that the jail would reportedly be stocked with sandbags and other supplies and in the event of flooding residents would be moved to the top floor of the jail. The Guardian could not reach a representative of the jail for comment.”

Several Florida jails and prisons refuse to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton

Despite being in evacuation zones, correctional facilities will keep thousands of residents on site

@darth my children do not like any form of potato that is not a French fry and it is breaking me as a person

a cartoon of snoopy laying on the ground with the words `` good grief '' written on it .

ALT: a cartoon of snoopy laying on the ground with the words `` good grief '' written on it .

“… Project 2025 has another vision for the future of American disaster preparedness. Under the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for the next conservative administration, FEMA would be gutted.” www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Ali Velshi: Why a future hurricane season with Trump in the White House should worry you

In a second Trump administration, the desperately needed resources Americans depend on after major weather events could be gone.

Sorry to the squirrel who buried an acorn at the very bottom of my gd planter, but the garden cleanup work has been done this weekend.

Anyways, I'm on inaturalist now

Like, YES, graph that data by species AND ward, I am so into it

Watching my city's new pollinator action plan and the way the entomologist is going through all the research data is so satisfying to all the nerdy parts of my brain.

Having written a book about formulaic communication in the middle ages, let me assure you the key is in the personal, distinctive bits. Formula is the structural background against which we understand that substance. Some formula is good; but all-formula has been putting people off for centuries.

Hhypervisible.bsky.socialOct 5, 2024 11:50am

In the last few pieces I’ve read on chatbots, there’s been a distinct shift: people asserting that bots producing rote, formulaic texts is a strength not a weakness, and that this makes them *better* at human interactions because people value communication that is familiar.

Opinion | I’m a Doctor. ChatGPT’s Bedside Manner Is Better Than Mine.

My job is no longer safe.

At the time, legal experts said it was just a temporary maneuver, but that was ignored because people are so addicted to doomerism. Well, they're liquidating Infowars. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Alex Jones' Infowars set to be auctioned off to help pay victims of Sandy Hook defamation case

On Tuesday, a U.S. Bankruptcy judge in Houston said that he would approve an order to auction off Alex Jones-owned Infowars' assets in November.

Fucking hell