I am a 5th generation Southern Californian who grew up in an orange grove and in Hollywood. I fled my home state in 2020.
Los Angeles is burning right now because of what We the People have allowed rich people to do. Here is what has happened: 1🧵
@LeonSimons8 and all public policies pushing to reduce CO2 achieved : 1- A lot of money to subsidize private interests 2- Reduce industries in developped countries (but transferred to developing ones) 3- Reduce food independence in western countries (at least in EU) 4- Chinese cars 4 all
Pictured above is Astronaut Leland D. Melvin's official NASA portrait.
When NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was assigned to a space shuttle mission in 2008, he was told he could bring his family for the official photo shoot wearing the famous orange "pumpkin suit." They didn't specify two-legged or four-legged family members, and even though dogs were not typically allowed on the NASA base, Melvin considered his dogs part of his family.
So, Melvin brought his rescue dogs, Jake and Scout, along with a neighbor who could hold them and keep them quiet in the back of his van. "I got to the guard shack, flashed my badge, and I gunned the van and drove to the photo lab," Melvin said.
He then climbed the back stairs, where the photographer was waiting. Melvin went into the photo lab with 100 MilkBones to keep the dogs busy while he changed into his suit and came out. "They (the dogs) ran toward me, and I told the photographer to hold his finger on the shutter, and that's how the photo was born." After the photo shoot, Melvin had to change, and the MilkBones had disappeared.
"The dogs started barking, and a security guard came in and asked if there were dogs in there," Melvin said. "We said, 'No, that's the doggy screensaver!'" After he changed, he was able to quiet the dogs and leave the area.
My latest blog post takes a deep dive into the anomalous climate conditions this summer, integrating TOA radiation fluxes, surface energy balance components and modes of internal variability, including anomalous forcing from Hunga-Tonga and ship fuels
https://t.co/q3MQOzCcRf
Les récupérations politiques de la dégradation de la note française par l’agence de notation Fitch continuent et les lectures partisanes lassent…
Petit 🧵 de synthèse sur ce que dit vraiment Fitch pour justifier le passage de AA à AA-
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On veut du pain mais pas d’agriculture,
des recettes fiscales mais pas de riches,
des emplois mais pas d’entreprises,
la réindustrialisation mais pas d’usines,
de l’énergie pas chère mais pas de nucléaire,
des retraites mais pas travailler,
la liberté mais pas la responsabilité…
@TyphonBaalAmmon Blatte champêtre - assez inoffensif comparé à son cousin le cafard des villes. Cependant, mieux vaut rechercher et boucher leur voie d’entrée… si on en voit un, il y en a réellement plus. Ils ont tendances à bouffer les restes de bouffe, donc bien nettoyer