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CathyHSNorCal
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Life-long reading girl. T2D. Married for several decades. Library volunteer 📚Left of liberal 💙. 🏳️‍🌈 She/her.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg, California Space Force Base SpaceX plans to launch 28 Starlink satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, which may be visible above Southern California.

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September 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Friday night calls for chocolate chip cookies. This is my go-to recipe because it makes the perfect amount and I can use a whisk instead of a mixer (which I do despite the directions—it turns out fine).

pinchofyum.com/the-best-sof...
The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are THE BEST soft chocolate chip cookies! No chilling required. Just ultra thick, soft, classic chocolate chip cookies!
pinchofyum.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Under Reagan's tax cuts, the average tax cut for the top 1% was 68x larger than the average cut for middle-class households.

Under Bush's tax cuts, it was 16x larger.

And under Trump, 36x larger. 

The GOP has always governed for the privileged few.
July 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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MFR issues Special Weather Statement [wind: 40 MPH, hail: 0.75 IN] for Modoc County, Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties [CA] till 4:30 PM PDT
at Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:50:56 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Today’s the 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara ~M6.5 quake. Another great article by Rong-Gong Lin II for the LA Times. www.latimes.com/california/s...
An earthquake devastated Santa Barbara 100 years ago. It holds urgent lessons for the next 'Big One'
In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.
www.latimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU.

Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.
June 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I know our attention is (as it should) mostly on the militarized attack in Los Angeles, but please, take a minute to check the eggs in your fridge: there's a #Salmonella outbreak happening in (so far) 9 states:
California
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nebraska
Indiana
Illinois
Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Eggs (June 2025)
Do no eat, sell, or serve recalled chicken eggs distributed by August Egg Company. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.
www.fda.gov
June 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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“Whoa whoa whoa! Stop! That’s a load bearing TBR pile! And so is that one. In fact, they all are. They’re all that’s holding me up.”
May 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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We are living in a time when monsters roam the globe.

They are destroying countless lives, fueling hate, spreading fear.

What is our moral obligation as human beings in the face of this?

How do we maintain integrity in a time of monsters? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-68f
May 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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👉 How will Trump's tariffs impact locally owned restaurants and food businesses? Here's what small Mendocino County business owners have to say.

mendovoice.com/2025/04/how-...

#TrumpTariffs
How will Trump’s tariffs impact local restaurants and food businesses? Owners share their thoughts • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
From coffee to avocados, cookware to catering, local business owners are being impacted by the cost of doing business in the Trump era.
mendovoice.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Without CDFA's Pierce’s disease and glassy-winged sharpshooter prevention, control and research efforts, grape growers’ losses would more than double from $48M to $104M, according to a @ucdavisare.bsky.social @gianninifnd.bsky.social study. www.farmprogress.com/grapes/pierc...
Pierce’s disease research saves wine producers $56m annually
Without the program’s efforts, growers’ losses would more than double from $48 million to $104 million, according to University of California, Davis study.
www.farmprogress.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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March 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.
March 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...
Sex Designation Change on a Birth Certificate
We are currently processing requests in three (3) business days. Please allow up to two (2) weeks for delivery and mail time for ordered certificates.
doh.wa.gov
February 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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There's been a whole lot of evil shit this week, but this is close to the top of the list.
February 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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MFR issues Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) at Feb 4, 9:04 PM PST
at Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:04:54 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
February 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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MFR issues Airport Weather Warning (AWW) at Feb 3, 6:37 PM PST ...AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
February 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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🚨 Flood Warning issued February 3 at 2:53PM PST until February 8 at 10:00AM PST by NWS Medford OR 🚨
Additional Details Here.
February 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC

This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now

#MedSky

www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
ACOG Endorsed
The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.
www.acog.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Jan 24
All applications for gender marker change are on hold while the State Department changes this policy.

Anyone who now submits an application for a change runs the risk of losing access to their passport and documents while their application is being processed.
January 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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I'll have another livestream this PM (3pm PT on 01/19) to discuss the imminent return to "extremely critical" wildfire risk across portions of SoCal amid another very strong/damaging wind event & now record dryness. Bring your questions. #CAwx #CAfire www.youtube.com/live...
Extreme weather and wildfire briefing (01/19/2025): Yet another extreme wildfire risk event in SoCal - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme weather and c...
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Among the reasons the Ettinger #avocado is not too popular: giant pit. 6" chef knife for scale.
January 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM