Dr Grace Peng

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Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co.

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What is this shrub?

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Today I stand in the presence of immortality #ea-nasir

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I remember this and it was a 1 day at most story in the MSM.

A reminder of how Trump responded when a supporter broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and brutally attacked her husband with a hammer:

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It’s constantly astonishing to me how determined nearly every major cultural and governmental institution is to pretend not only that the pandemic is over but that it never happened at all

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I'm a boring loop on this but the 2016 electorate was seriously misled on Hillary Clinton's legal risks. She would have been totally fine. No constitutional crisis. Win election, server story goes away.

Trump was supposed to be sentenced today in this case

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“Data doesn’t grow on trees. It doesn’t magically come to us. This bedrock information cannot be replicated.” apnews.com/article/data...

'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gatheringapnews.com Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. in a new report and a letter to U.S. congressional leaders.

Passion fruit flowers remind me of circuit diagrams

My camera cannot capture the ultraviolet color of artichoke flowers

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The owner of Saks Fifth Avenue will acquire Neiman Marcus under a $2.65 billion deal announced Thursday, culminating years of fitful talks between a pair of legacy retailers vying to attract a new generation of well-heeled shoppers.

Saks parent company will acquire Neiman Marcus in $2.65 billion dealwapo.st The merger of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus culminates years of fitful talks between the legacy retailers, vying to attract a new generation of well-heeled shoppers.

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this would absolutely work on Teslas, because they don't have radar or lidar to bounce off the picture of the tunnel in order to confirm that it is in fact extremely solid

My plan to destroy the Tesla fleet:

RE the eia.gov guidance to set AC to 78, I pre-cool my house to 70-72 before 5 pm, then turn off the heat pump until 8-9 pm. In CA, renewable energy is abundant until late afternoon, but our grid is strained 5-8 pm on hot summer evenings

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If they lower the fee to 5 or 8 bucks or something, it won’t reduce congestion and that will doom it to failure not just here but everywhere. People will point to New York and say, “It didn’t even work there!”

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39% of hiring managers say their company posted a fake job in the past year. www.resumebuilder.co...

3 in 10 Companies Currently Have Fake Job Postings Listed - ResumeBuilder.comwww.resumebuilder.com We surveyed 873 buIn May, ResumeBuilder.com surveyed 649 hiring managers to assess the prevalence of posting fake job listings.

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The Court ruling today is terrible but expected. I will just gently remind everyone that the election hasn’t happened yet. We shouldn’t assume the worst outcome as a foregone conclusion. That only encourages more apathy than many are already feeling.

We're just at the start of a 10 day heatwave and I am still mad that we didn't build infill homes along the temperate coast and pushed people inland.

If anything, this heatwave has trended even a bit *hotter* & *longer* in duration than ensemble guidance indicated yesterday. It's possible that inland areas may see little relief for next *10 days.* Check out this WW post; I'll also have live YouTube session @ 2pm.#CAwx #CAfire

If you see this post a photo without explanation

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Look at this magnificent fellow

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reminder that there was a time when they were literally selling radium soft drinks in the USA that were so toxic that the biggest fan of the brand had to be buried in a lead coffin because of how much radiation poisoning he got from them and this death led to the FDA regulations that exist now

Everyone knows Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine, but people don't talk as much about how 7 Up used to contain lithium as a mood stabiliser.

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“Public health officials are bracing for the virus to crop up in more temperate regions, including the southernmost portions of the United States.” (gift link) wapo.st/3zpmNj9

Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse.wapo.st Climate change helped fuel an explosion of dengue cases in the Americas, including Puerto Rico, as mosquitoes multiply in warmer, wetter weather.

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Clarence Thomas unquestionably committed tax fraud on his motorcoach deal and the president has the power to put him in handcuffs this afternoon, in his official capacity in charge of the IRS and federal law enforcement

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On the same morning, the Court said: 1) We should not presume to know more than small town mayors regarding complex, technical questions like whether to arrest people for being poor. 2) I don't see why a "PhD" in "nuclear physics" should have any latitude to implement ambiguous energy rules.

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It's such a wild coincidence that the court legalized bribing public officials a few days ago and today says that every activity the US government regulates now goes through them

Chevron famously said, "Judges are not experts in the field, and are not part of either political branch of the Government." Today, Roberts and the other chaos agents on the court say: "Judges are the only experts in any field, and can dictate policy to either political branch of the Gov't"

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Recently, I was peer reviewing a paper, and it cited one of my papers. Except... it wasn't anything I had written. The title sounds like something I'd write. It included coauthors I work with, and was in a journal I've published in. But it wasn't real. AI is not good for science.

Everything is horrible. But I beat Wordlebot twice in one week.

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If you've ever thought Reader's Digest contributed nothing to society, let me tell you that two of the Klansmen in the Mississippi Burning conspiracy were badly beaten in the federal prison in Texarkana when fellow inmates read an article about them in a Reader's Digest in the prison library.

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Welp, looks like you’re not getting any work done this morning 🪶 www.audubon.org/magazine/202...

The 2024 Audubon Photo Awards: The Top 100www.audubon.org Each year of the Audubon Photography Awards is exciting, but this one is especially celebratory: 2024 marks the 125th anniversary of Audubon magazine—and the 15th installment of our annual photo...

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At the end of the day, I don't need to be excited about the top of the ticket to be excited about this election. The presidential election is a root canal. Unfun but probably important not to avoid. DOWN BALLOT IS WHERE IT'S AT! Let's codify abortion! Let's kick these bitches off school boards!

Good report “Good management and policy for this situation requires organized serious attention, without complacency or panic.” mavensnotebook.com/2024/06/27/r...

REPORT SUMMARY: The Magnitude of California's Water Challengesmavensnotebook.com California is on the brink of a water crisis, with projections showing a potential decrease in water availability by 4.6 to 9 million acre-feet yearly. Despit

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Holy shit @mattdpearce.bsky.social and journalists in CA just had potentially the biggest legislative win in America - still more hurdles to pass but GOD DDAAAMMNN mattdpearce.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Breaking news: California Senate advances a major data mining tax to fund journalism jobsmattdpearce.substack.com Senator Steve Glazer's Senate Bill 1327 secures a two-thirds majority.