Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
@kathhayhoe Not directly related to your query about LLMs, but I have concern about journaling related to life experiences. Isn't this grading them on what their parents have been able to provide them with, experience wise, up to this point? Part of the point of college is to open eyes to wider experiences, but that is a process over time.
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Today is a good day to learn more about LA County Flood Risks. League of Women Voters posted some links and a video https://lwvbeachcities.org/natural-resources.html (Scroll down to Nov 2022)
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We learned in the Berkeley Hills & Santa Barbara fires that traffic chokepoints are deadly. Yet, we build still entire subdivisions with a few chokepoints (RED X). One cul-de-sac can only evacuate through a flood point (BLACK X)
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One of the things that scares me is that the western approach to the closest major hospital, Torrance Memorial MC, would be under 6' of water. The airport to the S and the discontinuous street grid (everyone in Torrance wants to live in a cul de sac) means a long ambulance detour
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New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749
@donmoyn There is nothing "incompetent" about this. DeSantis has successfully destroyed a liberal arts institution. And sent a strong message to the rest of the Colleges and Universities in the state. He is also obviously working to destroy real K-12 education.
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At five years old, I couldn't grasp the concept of a scapegoat; all I understood was that, because of Japan’s aggression that pulled the United States into the war, my family and I had to leave our home at gunpoint, taking with us only what we could carry. As I got older, I understood scapegoating for what it is: a channel for hate, blame, and bigotry.
My lifelong mission has been preventing this from happening again, yet my heart aches as the LGBTQ+ community faces it now. We've fought for our rights to live, love, and be ourselves—a vibrant, misunderstood, and often mistreated rainbow of identities.
I have seen where scapegoating, if left unchallenged, leads. And it is a very dark place. This week, I chose to share my story with you in the hopes that we never repeat the heinous mistakes of the past. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/takei-scapegoating-lgbtq-japanese-internment
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I write about water. I'm a quasi-academic, currently Writer in Residence at the Utton Transboundary Resources Center at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
I'm optimistic about our ability to solve western North America's water challenges - but less optimistic than I was five years ago.
#ColoradoRiver is my preferred hashtag.
"The authors concluded that the magnificent mammals of the Ice Age vanished with shocking speed when a period of warm, dry climate conditions coincided with the arrival of humans and a tool they struggled to contain: fire." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3594 https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-08-17/wildfires-once-fueled-extinctions-in-southern-california-scientists-say-it-could-happen-again
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This has absolutely no business, none whatsoever, being as good as it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzR9HwhhlkA
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Lunar Trailblazer Gets Final Payload for Moon Water Hunt
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-trailblazer-gets-final-payload-for-moon-water-hunt
Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories
#astronomy #space #science #news #AmateurAstronomy #stargazing #NASA #Moon #Trailblazer
Image: Lockheed Martin Space
"This was supposed to be a showcase for Seattle-based Green Diamond’s forestry strategy for a warming world. The company had committed to century-long plans to slow the pace of logging on some 570,000 acres. In exchange, the company received millions of dollars in payments from Microsoft and other companies seeking to offset their carbon dioxide pollution from fossil fuels by paying to grow more wood on this land. " https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/a-giant-oregon-fire-shows-the-limits-of-carbon-offsets-in-fighting-climate-change/
@bloodravenlib Oh dear what? Colorado election security is actually quite robust.
@bloodravenlib Also the wrestling coach who taught 9th grade "science"
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🆕 from me, Bob Herman, @adamfeuerstein, Mohana Ravindranath, and Lizzy Lawrence: we spent the past few months digging through financial filings to analyze how top health care CEOs hauled in $4 billion last year.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/17/health-ceo-salaries-compensation/
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Trump knows there are crazy people out there who will take violent action on his behalf if asked. He knew that on January 6, and he knows that today. That’s why he must be stopped from publicly attacking judges and prosecutors. He’s a threat to the system and to lives.
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In Florida, hours of delays and dropped calls are keeping many Hispanic families out of Medicaid, report says https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/florida-hours-delays-dropped-calls-are-keeping-many-hispanic-families-rcna99971
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5th circuit MAGA judges banned Mifepristone because the “FDA failed to address concerns about whether the drug is safe for women.”😐
Mifepristone reports 5 deaths for every 1M people who use it—a death rate of 0.0005%. Viagra has a 10X greater death rate.😳
So…when do MAGAs ban Viagra??🤔
@GottaLaff In Colorado, most voting is by a ballot mailed to the voter and returned either by mail or to a drop box. But there are also voting centers where people can vote in person, and it is possible to register and vote at those centers up through early voting and on the day of the election. Colorado is not the only state that does this. https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/same-day-voter-registration "Colorado developed its own e-poll book system that is networked to communicate with the statewide voter registration database in real time. All jurisdictions have access to the system to check that a new registrant has not registered or voted in a different county in the same election."
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Outrage as Arkansas tells high schools to drop AP African American course
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/15/arkansas-high-school-african-american-ap-course
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
