The installer was actually angry when I told him I had to get a permit. The city building inspector closing the permit was confused about what she was supposed to inspect!

Reporting in from Davis, CA: fully electrified my '89 townhouse, jumped through documentation hoops & now waiting for a $7k rebate from CA Energy Smart Homes. Only bummer: Davis required a building permit for installing an induction stove ($200!) despite not doing any upgrades caenergysmarthomes.com

Here is their "AgPass data dashboard" presenting their findings (scroll down, keep scrolling down, it's there at the bottom)
humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/cal...

An academic paper presenting their findings "Evaluation of 'Agricultural Pass' Program and Farmworkers’ Experiences Working During Wildfires in Sonoma County, California" (Hyland, et al.) was published yesterday in the Journal of Agromedicine www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Your post inspired me to update my adaptation research blog with a link to this Hasler et al. study and resources for people trying to plant the right tree in the right place in California pacificadaptation.blogspot.com/2025/08/righ...

If you prefer the YouTube
youtu.be/SHb-3oIAFTs?...

Made me rewatch this gem of satire by Neural Viz
www.instagram.com/reel/DJiKtmo...

As a public service, people will find the original pdf files of all the U.S. National Climate Assessments, 2001-2023, publicly available at: www.patrickgonzalez.net#us_national_...

Same. Clowns have to be subtle & clever to be successful. Clowns hold a mirror up to those in power in satire, help them find their humanity. I do not love this administration's henchmen being called clowns as an insult.

So, this is from like 2019 and Agence France-Presse says it's fabricated - created as a joke

factcheck.afp.com/story-us-hac...

Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number—
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you
Ye are many—they are few.
—Percy Shelley

Is this information current? The date on that article is March 2023

Please write more when you have a chance! I love your writing & really want to know more about this