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The Parlour of Peculiar Words — In parlours where the lexicons convene, A skedaddled breeze disturbs the antique air; The nincompoop mistakes highfalutin sheen, While malarkey waltzes through with jaunty flair. Comeuppance sips his tea in tempered grace, As skullduggery…

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CAL FIRE and our partners use several proven methods to reduce vegetation and lower wildfire risk across California. 🌿 Each project, whether it’s mastication, manual clearing, targeted grazing, or beneficial fire, helps protect communities and improve landscape health.…

Things were getting spinny in San Diego this morning! That is quite the storm structure out over the ocean 😍🤯

Thanksgiving brings family, food, and a whole lot of cooking—and it also makes it one of the busiest days of the year for kitchen fires. Before you fire up the oven or frypan, keep these safety tips in mind: 🔥 Always stay in the kitchen when cooking. 🚫 Never use water to put…

Rising Atmospheric River — From isles of Marshall, vapor threads ascend, Through Hawaii’s path they twist in silver skeins; Now Central California feels their bend, As night and wind translate those veiled rains. By Point Conception, low and shadowed deep, The axis…

Matt Mikalatos <<<<<VIA! I keep looking at this picture of Michael Woolf, a minister in Illinois who was arrested today for exercising his freedom of speech outside of the Broadview ICE facility... the same facility that has turned away priests offering Communion to detainees,…

New collected podcast. Links below. In the Arena 0:00 Inspiration All the Way Down 2:40 Life is Lived in the Arena 4:51 If You Want to Learn, Do 6:14 In Most Difficult Things in Life, The Solution is Indirect 7:30 When You Truly Work for Yourself 10:11 Find Your Specific…

A Union Square Garage claim is held in hand, Where blue reflects the city’s fleeting mood; A barcode stands—a modern, silent brand, And digital resolve beneath is glued. The late hour’s stamp and evening’s chill impress Their mark on time—an engine’s hurried heart; November’s…

CAL FIRE has used aircraft for wildfire suppression since the 1950s. By the early 1970s, we began establishing Helitack bases to strategically position crews and helicopters for rapid, aggressive initial attack. A foundational step in this evolution was the activation of the…

RXRX -/2025-11-14 Upon the ledgers cold, where RXRX lies, A contract drawn with hope, now bruised by red; The price, four dollars, short on promised skies, Slides downward, chilling all the dreams ahead. Long calls—futures scribed in careful ink— Bear losses vast as ocean’s…

Upon the stage of risk, LUMN calls play, April’s distant promise, nine dollars guessed— Five thousand contracts owned, the bold array Of hopes and fortune, market’s iron jest. The value tallied—seven hundred grand, Yet losses swell as red outpaces green. Today’s cruel wind, the…

When day withdraws its golden, lingering hand And dusk ascends behind the urban frame, A hush prevails across this storied land; The city’s pulse is softened, never tame. From high-rise windows, squares of light appear, Each one a hearth—unseen, yet warm and real— And…

Sleepwalking to the Wires — The engines hum where once the poets dreamed, Their silicon hearts grow faster than our fear; What once was craft now coldly re-redeemed, And truth dissolves as lies grow ever clear. The schools stand silent—chalk turns into code, While…

🔥 Using fire for good. CAL FIRE crews are implementing prescribed burns as part of the Vegetation Management Program (VMP), a proactive approach to reducing hazardous vegetation, restoring native species, and improving overall ecosystem health. Each prescribed burn is…

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Holiday spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly,…

Upon the screens in pulsing, fervent light, Two hundred contracts caught the autumn air— November calls on NVIDIA’s might, At one nine five, a wager sharp and rare. A premium wagered: eight and forty-five, Each option tied to hundreds standing tall, While silicon and…

🔥 What’s a “Contract County”? California’s fire protection system is unique. While CAL FIRE directly operates 21 Units statewide, six counties run a little differently: Marin, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Orange. In these counties, the county’s fire…

What happens when a small mountain town takes connectivity into its own hands? Pine Mountain Club, CA went from dropped calls & lost business to reliable coverage w/ the Helium Network. This is what community-powered connectivity looks like. Read More: blog.helium.com/pine-mountain-…

Seven years ago today, a wildfire sparked in Butte County and quickly grew into the Camp Fire—the deadliest wildfire in California’s history. Eighty-five lives were lost. More than 18,800 homes, schools, and businesses were destroyed, and entire neighborhoods were forever…

Contract’s Dance - Ten thousand calls upon the stock now fly, December’s breath descends—but forty days remain, Where RXRX ascends through market sky, And options dance between the loss and gain. Six hundred thousand invested, bold and deep, Already ninety-five thousand gleams…