California bracing for extreme rainfall. Here’s why this atmospheric river will be different
https://msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/california-bracing-for-extreme-rainfall-here-s-why-this-atmospheric-river-will-be-different/ar-AA1ui7yh

@Blueway

Agree. Can’t figure out what to say to convince folks CoSo cannot continue to operate at a deficit.

The number of folks who could #GoPro should.

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Quick poll!

Who had civics in jr./high school?

And GO!

Good afternoon, CoSo. Have some good news for a change, something that ISN'T politics.

https://news.yahoo.com/salmon-return-lay-eggs-historic-052226565.html

Amazing interview worth the read.

"Rick Wilson [and conservatives] did this himself. He attacked reporters as biased against conservatives, knowing that it wasn’t really true in order to get them to rig the coverage in their favor."

#politics

https://newrepublic.com/article/188523/transcript-another-fiasco-trump-pick-pentagon-implodes

Some ballots were never counted originally in several counties.

https://www.wccsradio.com/2024/11/18/some-excluded-ballots-in-eastern-pa-counted-in-mccormick-casey-race/

An undersea data cable connecting Finland and Germany was severed in the early hours of Monday

Trump is going to declare a National Emergency so the military can come to your home and check your immigration status without a warrant.

Make sure you have a valid birth certificate, social security card, state ID etc. This will be important especially if you have a parent who was an immigrant (like my Mom) & or have a Hispanic last name.

Women make sure you know where your marriage certificates, death certificates, divorce papers are as proof of change to maiden name.

#GoodNews There will be at least one positive thing happening in the US in 2025: The USPS will honor #BettyWhite with her own stamp in 2025 https://www.npr.org/2024/11/17/nx-s1-5193852/betty-white-stamp-usps

A pandemic is taking shape.

More than 30% of California's dairy herds are confirmed to be infected.

This isn’t a warning; it’s a countdown.

Each herd is a source of mutations, and with each one, we move closer to a human threat.

#politics

If you can deport *one* person who's a native born citizen, with whatever convoluted rationale you like, then ultimately you can deport *every* native born citizen for *any* reason. The precedent is set.

Aww, poor Vladimir, his hemorrhoids must be exploding

https://youtu.be/MaY-t2YGdA8

: Finally. Asheville gets the boil-water notice that was mandated after Helene.

#news #HurricaneHelene #aftermath #recovery #NorthCarolina

https://www.wyff4.com/article/asheville-lifts-boil-water-notice-helene-nc/62939412

The KGB Never Left—They Just Went Digital 🕵️‍♂️

From cyberattacks to disinformation campaigns, former KGB agents—like Vladimir Putin himself—are still manipulating nations and undermining democracies. Their shadowy tactics shape the world we live in today, and the danger is closer than you think.

🔍 Discover how their legacy continues to threaten global security. Read "The Shadowy Legacy of Former KGB Agents in Modern Espionage": https://osintdaily.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-shadowy-legacy-of-former-kgb-agents.html
#NationalSecurity #security

Mailing out the final batch, and am concluding my zinnia #cosofundraiser for now. I do have additional supplies, but I have zinnia clipplngs all over my office, and completely underestimated how time consuming the packaging I picked would be. I might revisit late winter/early spring.

To all who participated, thank you for supporting CoSo!!! I think I sent out somewhere around 25ish packages. No idea how much was raised to keep the lights on, but it's not nothing.

#cosolove

and so it begins..

yes, please, tell me again how I should be the one to reach across the lines to find common ground and let the evil slide..

Kumbaya my ass.

#politics
#trump

@catlynne333 #Reality #CoSo vs #Bluesky

Local:

32ºF, Light but steady rain, light wind.
Might get first snow this evening, followed by more rain
My place is at about 2,400 feet elevation.
It is snowing up on the pass. (4,800 feet)

Morning Forest Walk About

To Notice:
Some think that the Forest sleeps in winter, not true. Sure many creatures and processes slow down. But just as many are active and thriving. Spring slams your eyeballs with growth, winter is shy and hides away her gifts.

Look close, you will find them.

#aviation #news

-=Bullet strikes Southwest Airlines plane without injuries at Dallas airport=-

-the bullet struck the right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck, while taxiing before the flight.

- plane returned to the gate and the passengers exited, no injuries reported.

note: no pictures yet, images circulating are from the Haiti incidents last week

https://apnews.com/article/dallas-texas-bullet-hits-airplane-southwest-airlines-19feb604518202ef544ce0102e3ea2c3