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Her first story today appeared to show a rain storm in what looked like Louisiana. That’s the storm that recently swept through the South. Based on that, I think she may have returned to Cali last night.

Beat me to it. She’s back and LA is burning still

I almost forgot about her. Have a few of her classic pop hits that come on shuffle once in a while. Brings back memories of yesteryear. I’ll have to check out her comeback.

It also drives up the cost of insurance and leads many companies to reduce or cut coverage entirely. The climate change aspect is scary. Extreme events seem to be the new norm. Hopefully there isn’t complacency. I think these fires hitting such a large area with significant population will help lead to awareness. Florida was in a false sense of safety after the 2010s saw less hurricane landfalls, but coastal storms have gotten really bad in recent years too.

Yeah, the destruction is going to be in the billions of dollars. Rich area or not, many people’s lives will be forever changed. Some drastically for quite some time. Some insurance companies recently dropped coverage for this type of disaster too. It’s heartbreaking.

Winter air is much drier, especially when winds are coming down the mountains, rather than onshore. It’s just a bad combination of factors coming together. Even if someone is not intentionally trying to set a massive fire, it’s almost certainly human induced. All it takes is a spark or flame to rapidly ignite and spread with these conditions and strong winds. 😞

Ahhhh, I barely use twitter anymore, so I had no idea. Can’t tell what’s true or not, someone else said it didn’t burn, but only saw one person claim that. I wanted to see it on my last Cali trip, but it was too dark. I barely got to the mural before sunset. Hoping it survives 🙏

Yet another sad element to the already depressing story

Recent decades have been very dry and the dying vegetation, trees, etc. become susceptible to ignition*. Geographically, when winds flow out of the northeast in this area, there’s a downslope effect off of the mountains. This brings dry air down toward the coast and downsloping also works to heat the surface, which acts to make the humidity drop even more (drying the air). I can’t speak to this specific fire. All it takes is one spark when conditions are ripe. *It could be a cigarette, a truck sparking a flame on a gravel road, a campfire that wasn’t fully put out, an errant lightning strike, or more nefarious reasons. When the wind is strong and the earth is dry, these fires can spread and get out of control very quickly. Large fires can’t easily be contained, so it usually comes down to atmospheric conditions easing, so the spread slows down and it can hopefully be put out. It looks like the dry conditions and downslope winds will continue through at least Thursday, but gradually fading into the weekend. Hoping that those in the area can stay safe and that destruction is limited 😞🙏

That means a lot. I do feel like I’ve been slacking in the Lana content department this year, but I found a bit of a voice in that thread to share ideas that I can’t really share anywhere else, and feel safe about it

I’m honored to be nominated for something that’s virtually the opposite of what I was nominated for last year

bittersweet

Thankful there’s finally a thread for this!!

Nepo daddy getting excited about Bitcoin

Further erosion of norms, just what we need

Does Biden pardoning his son fall into this topic? I honestly think it was a pretty dumb move, although I get why he did it. The republicans have been going after Hunter Biden for years and with Trump back, you know they’re going to dial it up to 11. I think it was also an FU to Trump. On the flip side, this gives Trump the green light to pretty much pardon anyone he wants. Sure, he was probably already going to, but now it essentially erases the precedent and will probably lead to future abuses of power. The pardon is one of the few power moves that a president has that is without limit. Now Trump can pardon himself too I think it’s a bad look for Biden’s legacy. It’s pretty much a bad look for the outgoing administration as a whole, since no one apparently advised him against it. Even though he completely ruled it out in previous interviews. Get ready for more of the “Biden crime family” talking points.

AOTY contender has to be Girl with No Face by Allie X. Brat is another obvious one, but plenty of people have already nominated it here.

Banned for having an excessively long signature, part of which doesn’t even load correctly I tried two different browsers…

It’s the media bubble. While a small percentage of voters might be shocked, I think most don’t care. The average Trump voting American doesn’t follow politics that closely. If anything, they want Trump to shake things up and tear down the establishment, so they are probably neutral on or even like his policy proposals and nominees It’s like the media making a huge deal about the “large number” of republicans supporting Harris in the election. In the end, it was a really small number. Probably smaller than the amount of republicans who voted for Clinton in 2016. Minority, but vocal.

The problem is, republicans don’t want more regulation and control over stuff, especially food. You’d probably see fast food prices, for example, go UP if the additives and preservatives were banned. There's a ton of shit in our food that’s very unhealthy for us, but I don’t see that changing. Do you really see republican officials voting to approve such measures? While RFK Jr. has a few good ideas, about every good one is counteracted by 5 or 10 horrible conspiracies. Also, big food companies, including factory farmers, are going to lobby hard against more regulation. Even in theory, if a few bad ingredients get banned, it will be more than offset by vaccine requirements getting eliminated and implementation of his other kooky ideas, that will make us even more unhealthy.

As terrifying as these picks are, they still have to be confirmed by the senate. I’m sure some will be confirmed, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s pushback on someone like Gaetz. You’d love to see the republicans fight amongst themselves, not too dissimilar from when they struggled with their votes for speaker of the house. I hope I’m not being naive in my thinking.

Once again, I have embarrassed myself

Is this the right thread for this? I got an email today from the list advertising a “very limited” number of Chemtrail jackets: I don’t care for the design, the font doesn’t even give LDR vibes, but maybe someone will be interested.