Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org

JUST IN: Federal appeals court derails Uinta Basin Railway plan to send billions more gallons of Utah crude through Colorado

https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/18/uinta-basin-railway-waxy-crude-colorado/?utm_content=buffer7d6a2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

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)

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)

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

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

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

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.

This has absolutely no business, none whatsoever, being as good as it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzR9HwhhlkA

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

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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/

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.

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

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??🤔