Brad, not actually a cat
@bradpholden.bsky.social
Not as smart or as handsome as my cat.
Me, getting out of meeting about extremely large NSF proposal: Maybe I should pop onto bluesky just to see what is up.....
January 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Me, getting out of meeting about extremely large NSF proposal: Maybe I should pop onto bluesky just to see what is up.....
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Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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Also here is a spreadsheet of displaced Black families from Altadena docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Also here is a spreadsheet of displaced Black families from Altadena docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The National Weather Service has *once again* issued an elevated "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Red Flag Warning for large portions of Los Angeles & Ventura Counties early Tue though Wed due to return of very strong offshore winds and extremely dry air. #CAwx #CAfire
January 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI
And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
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This piece about Toshi Seeger in the new Bob Dylan movie is a hilarious explainer of the very Hollywood problem: “there’s a woman in this story that we can’t get rid of because she kind of ran everything so what can we possibly do?”
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI
And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:37 PM
This piece about Toshi Seeger in the new Bob Dylan movie is a hilarious explainer of the very Hollywood problem: “there’s a woman in this story that we can’t get rid of because she kind of ran everything so what can we possibly do?”
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
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Availability of contraception and abortion are basic to women's political freedom.
Access to Abortion is Political Freedom - Lawyers, Guns & Money
I am grateful to Scott for his continuing posting of atrocities against women experiencing failed pregnancies. Often, I’ve thought “I should post that,” and Scott had published it already. Something t...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
October 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Availability of contraception and abortion are basic to women's political freedom.
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If you have a disaster prep kit somewhere, this is a great time to check on it! Flip food that is nearing its expiration, figure out if you have what you need for your current household.
Not sure where to start?
www.ready.gov/kit
Not sure where to start?
www.ready.gov/kit
October 7, 2024 at 3:25 AM
If you have a disaster prep kit somewhere, this is a great time to check on it! Flip food that is nearing its expiration, figure out if you have what you need for your current household.
Not sure where to start?
www.ready.gov/kit
Not sure where to start?
www.ready.gov/kit
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This is thread 6 of updates and resources for Hurricane
#Helene, primarily covering western NC. Image source in next post.
Please share these threads with people outside this platform as needed; they're public and don't require a Bluesky login.
Previous thread: bsky.app/profile/lind...
#Helene, primarily covering western NC. Image source in next post.
Please share these threads with people outside this platform as needed; they're public and don't require a Bluesky login.
Previous thread: bsky.app/profile/lind...
October 6, 2024 at 1:02 AM
This is thread 6 of updates and resources for Hurricane
#Helene, primarily covering western NC. Image source in next post.
Please share these threads with people outside this platform as needed; they're public and don't require a Bluesky login.
Previous thread: bsky.app/profile/lind...
#Helene, primarily covering western NC. Image source in next post.
Please share these threads with people outside this platform as needed; they're public and don't require a Bluesky login.
Previous thread: bsky.app/profile/lind...
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Update from the city today... The water line that supplies 80% of Asheville's water was buried under 25 feet of soil before flooding from Helene fully exposed and catastrophically damaged it. It's going to be a while.
October 5, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Update from the city today... The water line that supplies 80% of Asheville's water was buried under 25 feet of soil before flooding from Helene fully exposed and catastrophically damaged it. It's going to be a while.
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It's hard to explain to folks who aren't on the ground just how impassable the roads are rn, and a chinook can't do this. www.southernliving.com/hurricane-he...
Mules Navigating North Carolina's Impassable Roads To Bring Supplies To Communities Cut Off By Hurricane Helene
With hundreds of roads still impassable due to storm damage and flood debris, Mount Ulla-based Mountain Mule Packer Ranch is using their “beloved” pack mules to bring supplies to areas not accessible ...
www.southernliving.com
October 5, 2024 at 3:53 AM
It's hard to explain to folks who aren't on the ground just how impassable the roads are rn, and a chinook can't do this. www.southernliving.com/hurricane-he...
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~13,000 missing persons / welfare check requests were completed by local volunteers, who were organized in an emergency by some folks who, IMO should be put in charge of absolutely everything from now on. www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
More than 12,000 requests for help: Volunteers search for missing people after Helene
In downtown Asheville, dozens of volunteers mobilized to answer calls from friends and family of missing people: Can you help me find them?
www.citizen-times.com
October 5, 2024 at 3:46 AM
~13,000 missing persons / welfare check requests were completed by local volunteers, who were organized in an emergency by some folks who, IMO should be put in charge of absolutely everything from now on. www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
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The scale of this disaster is so great that both mutual aid and federal resources have been needed in equal measure. While the military & FEMA are pros, local organizers on the ground are mobilizing distributions of similar scale from scratch, while also managing their own personal losses. Amazing
Mutual aid is the farmer and his neighbors lifting the pallets with their tractors to take them to the Fire house for distribution.
Still doesn't happen without the Army landing a Chinook on his field to work around the destroyed roads.
Still doesn't happen without the Army landing a Chinook on his field to work around the destroyed roads.
The US Army is basically the world’s biggest and best logistics operation and it was only a matter of time until we got videos of Chinooks landing pallets of relief on folks’ lawns.
October 5, 2024 at 3:36 AM
The scale of this disaster is so great that both mutual aid and federal resources have been needed in equal measure. While the military & FEMA are pros, local organizers on the ground are mobilizing distributions of similar scale from scratch, while also managing their own personal losses. Amazing
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If you solder a ~10cm long "antenna" wire to a laptop's DRAM data bus, it makes it extra sensitive to electromagnetic interference.
So much so that clicking a piezo-electric arc lighter nearby can induce bit-flips.
I wrote an exploit to turn those bitflips into a shell:
So much so that clicking a piezo-electric arc lighter nearby can induce bit-flips.
I wrote an exploit to turn those bitflips into a shell:
October 2, 2024 at 10:11 PM
If you solder a ~10cm long "antenna" wire to a laptop's DRAM data bus, it makes it extra sensitive to electromagnetic interference.
So much so that clicking a piezo-electric arc lighter nearby can induce bit-flips.
I wrote an exploit to turn those bitflips into a shell:
So much so that clicking a piezo-electric arc lighter nearby can induce bit-flips.
I wrote an exploit to turn those bitflips into a shell:
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I realize folks in the Southwest are tired of the heat, but...there's now a strong signal for a prolonged autumn heatwave over next wk that may culminate in October monthly record heat by next wknd. & additional warmer-than-avg weather after that, just less anomalous. #CAwx #AZwx
September 30, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Latest storm surge forecast for Helene has raised the high end from 15 to *TWENTY* feet above ground level for a big chunk of the Florida gulf coast.
September 25, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Latest storm surge forecast for Helene has raised the high end from 15 to *TWENTY* feet above ground level for a big chunk of the Florida gulf coast.
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Just to put the size of this storm in context, Florida is basically completely covered already.
Sending love coastward, hang in their friends!
Sending love coastward, hang in their friends!
September 25, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Just to put the size of this storm in context, Florida is basically completely covered already.
Sending love coastward, hang in their friends!
Sending love coastward, hang in their friends!
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Please do share this book review column widely.
Fewer and fewer newspapers have a commitment to review science fiction and fantasy regularly, and it's really good for the genre to have this kind of visibility. Please share this gift link far and wide! <3
Fewer and fewer newspapers have a commitment to review science fiction and fantasy regularly, and it's really good for the genre to have this kind of visibility. Please share this gift link far and wide! <3
My latest SFF book review column for the Washington Post covers three long-awaited books from some of the genre's best wordsmiths. These books feature heroes who are total screwups, amoral jerks, or both!
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These thrilling books demolish the biggest myth in genre storytelling
New novels from Nalo Hopkinson, Madeline Ashby and James S.A. Corey are worth reading, even when their protagonists make a mess of things.
wapo.st
August 30, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Please do share this book review column widely.
Fewer and fewer newspapers have a commitment to review science fiction and fantasy regularly, and it's really good for the genre to have this kind of visibility. Please share this gift link far and wide! <3
Fewer and fewer newspapers have a commitment to review science fiction and fantasy regularly, and it's really good for the genre to have this kind of visibility. Please share this gift link far and wide! <3
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Brendan Loper in the New Yorker
August 13, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Brendan Loper in the New Yorker
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It's also we need improved transit so that there's a need for fewer and better designed (read smaller vehicles that can still account for mobility devices) cars. The goal isn't zero cars. The goal is most ppl being able to do the activities of daily life easily without driving /2
June 19, 2024 at 12:36 AM
It's also we need improved transit so that there's a need for fewer and better designed (read smaller vehicles that can still account for mobility devices) cars. The goal isn't zero cars. The goal is most ppl being able to do the activities of daily life easily without driving /2
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this kind of pollution - pm2.5- also comes from car tires so switching to EVs especially in cities doesn't fully fix this. In fact the pm2.5 from car tires is higher with EVs because they're heavier than comparable internal combustion vehicles. It's not just "stop burning stuff" /1
We need to stop burning stuff. Air pollution killed 8 million people in 2021.
Almost 2,000 children die every day from air pollution, report finds
Global study reveals dirty air is second only to malnutrition as cause of death among under-fives
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2024 at 12:33 AM
this kind of pollution - pm2.5- also comes from car tires so switching to EVs especially in cities doesn't fully fix this. In fact the pm2.5 from car tires is higher with EVs because they're heavier than comparable internal combustion vehicles. It's not just "stop burning stuff" /1
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My analysis of Robert O'Brien's argument for MOAR NUKES!
And explosive testing!
And explosive testing!
June 18, 2024 at 8:59 PM
My analysis of Robert O'Brien's argument for MOAR NUKES!
And explosive testing!
And explosive testing!