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raphael-pbl.bsky.social
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Used to be raphaelptw on the birdsite. Guy with nerdy/geeky interests who's pretty bad at most of the usual nerd/geek stuff. Will probably use this more for following than posting. he/him (Avatar shows trees reflected in the water of a pond)
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Today Jimmy Carter is officially too old to play with Lego

Lego box 
Ages 4-99
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GPgregpak.bsky.social

Rest in peace, Kris Kristofferson. One of the few stars who stood by SinƩad O'Conner. Literally stood by her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8B_...

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PPphilplait.bsky.social

EVERY place can get a drought. EVERY place can get torrential rain. NO place is safe from climate change. The only difference is what kind of dangerous weather you get.

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DDdandrezner.bsky.social

Folks, Jared Kushner is on the case researching Hezbollah. EVERYONE ELSE CAN STAND DOWN NOW.

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Krockheadkengo.bsky.social

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

Screenshot of PayPal's Terms of Service update, outlining their "personalized shopping" feature where they allow themselves the right to give info about you to other companies
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MHmadamehardy.bsky.social

I'll never forget the staff meeting where the senior engineer, who always knitted during meetings, said at the ending, "Well, I got an inch of sock out of that; I don't know what the rest of you got." She went on to become a professional sock designer and wrote a book on reading charts.

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DLdavelevitan.bsky.social

Meanwhile, red flag warnings (fire weather) cover parts of eight states in the plains and out west, and we approach 8 million acres burned in 2024. That puts it into the upper echelon for the last decade, with a couple months to go.Meanwhile, red flag warnings (fire weather) cover parts of eight states in the plains and out west, and we approach 8 million acres burned in 2024. That puts it into the upper echelon for the last decade, with a couple months to go.

National Weather Service map of the northwest US showing a lot of bright pink for red flag warnings
7,895,785 Acres
Year-to-date Acres Burned
A table showing number of fires and acres burned from 2014 through 2023, with three years over 10 million, one over 8 million, and two others over 7 million.
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DLdavelevitan.bsky.social

Went to look something up from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, which is an absolute treasure of data, and the website isn't loading, and I remembered it is headquartered in Asheville, NC. Christ.Went to look something up from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, which is an absolute treasure of data, and the website isn't loading, and I remembered it is headquartered in Asheville, NC. Christ.

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raphael-pbl.bsky.social
@raphael-pbl.bsky.social
Used to be raphaelptw on the birdsite. Guy with nerdy/geeky interests who's pretty bad at most of the usual nerd/geek stuff. Will probably use this more for following than posting. he/him (Avatar shows trees reflected in the water of a pond)
21 followers36 following166 posts