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The Bay Area's first turbo roundabout sent crashes soaring. Commuters and experts say it’s still a better intersection—serious injuries and deaths have disappeared, leaving many to assert that the roundabout is safer. www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/09/t... @lost-steno-pad.bsky.social @mercurynews.com

Big Oil and Wall ST are cutting and in panic mode during a Republican presidency. History's Biggest "I told you so"

History's biggest "I told you so"

"How will the average American make it through this economic crisis?"

repetitio.ai Could be cool

#AlphabetChallenge #LetterLforLyrics Aurora borealis comes in view Aurora comes in view A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

theintellectualist.com/black-saturd...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUyr... One of the last great Americans of a forgotten time. I think I will watch Where the Buffalo Roam later.

A striking new visualization made by climate scientist Zeke Hausfather unfurls like a flower blooming in the spring, its colors moving from blue to red. It may look beautiful but what it reveals is an alarming picture of a heating planet. Read more: cnn.it/4i7b761

www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poes... 🕶 This website is almost 20 years old. I read this roughly when I was 14-15 years old. I was inspired after discovering the Beats, and Bob Dylan to find more art that had this vibe. "Resonated" with me. Both the Rimbaud and Fredreich met that vibe ✔️.

Ahh yes, The Postman. Imagine pitching a post-apocalyptic drama about a civil servant, a Postman, fighting for the soul of America against a band of neo-Confederates led by a con-artist former insurance salesman. Sounds a lot less "out there" in 2025 than it did in 1997!

Tesla is down $207 a share since the middle of December.

USA loses another war 🤦‍♂️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cSk... His own dudes like hahahahhahahahah

He has still got it. What a legend.

DOGE is gutting the federal agency that leads climate research and oversees the weather service, laying off 10% of staff (with the ultimate goal of eliminating 50%) and cancelling office leases, @justcalma.bsky.social scoops www.theverge.com/news/622990/...

Nice, that's always a good thing. After living there for years, I appreciate rain so much.

Supreme Court legalized bribery, took bribes themselves, and declared this was all just how democracy is supposed to work

Assessing CO2 fluxes during enhanced weathering from soils through a mesocosm lens. cdrxiv.org/preprint/331

Elon Musk’s DOGE is now requesting over $4 million from OPM for their “assistance.” Follow the money and see where it goes.

Stephen Spotswood's Pentecost and Parker series is a delight and you should read it!

Let's take that step in the right direction

More Ideas for Collaborative worldbuilding. Using this for an Artic type of city scape. The idea is to actually cut this image up and create styles in actual mapping software. ArcGIS Pro, or FME. Then create scalable maps #maps #writing

I'm making a series of these maps for a collaborative worldbuilding platform that utilizes Obsidian. I have seen this done for D&D but I am doing it just for fun!

Collage

Done doodling for today! I shall name him...Bill

Going on my Story Graph now!

www.msn.com/en-us/news/p... Rough times ahead for many Americans

app.thestorygraph.com This is a really cool App! Glad I found it. One of the first Blue SKY Posts since joining was about this app. So far so Good!

"The Giver" really? Ooo boy

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V Nice indeed