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Plant Scientist PhD. Likes to talk about housing and land use. Strong takes on bike lanes and tomatoes. πŸ“Œ Natomas, Sacramento, CA

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Boy, 7, dies of brain condition caused by world’s most contagious disease β€” years after he had it as a baby Even those who make a full recovery from the initial infection face a lurking threat: a deadly disease that remains latent until striking β€” and killing β€” years later.

California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.

10.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 551 πŸ” 309 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 93

I cannot stop thinking of all the amazing and wonderful people I have known from Israel, Iran, Lebanon and other countries caught up in this war. It is people just like them who are being killed and harmed here.

09.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Every second of free time you have ever had in your life was subsidized by the existence of the combine harvester.

09.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1623 πŸ” 245 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 15
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Ditch frivolous journeys and work from home: What countries are doing to fight oil price spikes In the Philippines, government offices have been told to turn down their air conditioning, while in the UK motorists are being advised to drive less.

Philippines is now doing a 4 day work week for govt employees to ration gas

www.businessinsider.com/oil-price-sp...

09.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A leftist who did activism while I was in grad school would be like:

"I believe we should overthrow capitalism and no housing should be for-profit. But we need new homes in Davis so I am personally Neutral on approving the apartment complex"

09.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, I do see a dog or two off-leash in South Natomas a day. It's very frustrating and I have had to call 311 multiple times due to off-leash dogs running after my dog and me on leash.

09.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am not even sure why this should be listed as a pilot program and not implemented permanently ASAP.

I highlighted the streets in yellow from the article and as said, its a very popular place for families to play and the roads have redundancies already.

09.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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City could test closing streets in Sacramento’s William Land Park Several Sacramento City Council members have sponsored a request to close some streets in William Land Park to cars.

Several Sacramento City Council members have sponsored a request to close some streets in William Land Park to cars.

09.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Map snapshot depicting the predicted relative anomalousness of surface temperatures from the ECMWF ensemble over the Western U.S. in about a week from now. A a huge region of bright orange and red colors (depicting extremely high warm temperature anomalies) is centered right in the middle of the map, and covers essentially the entire region.

Map snapshot depicting the predicted relative anomalousness of surface temperatures from the ECMWF ensemble over the Western U.S. in about a week from now. A a huge region of bright orange and red colors (depicting extremely high warm temperature anomalies) is centered right in the middle of the map, and covers essentially the entire region.

Lots of buzz online about an upcoming major March heatwave for the American SW & California. And in this case, it does indeed appear increasingly likely than an extremely anomalous and even record-breaking heatwave may envelop much of the SW about a week from now.

09.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 670 πŸ” 298 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 134
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Big news! The City of Sacramento's 2025 housing production numbers are out and *significantly* beat expectations β€”Β up 14.7% over 2024 to 2,737 homes. sacramento.granicus.com/MetaViewer.p...

09.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

No one in my household is more upset about DST than my 3 year old who has to get up now

09.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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California's heralded wine industry is running dry β€” here’s why With wine consumption down, major California wine companies are laying off workers and shuttering production facilities.

The problem facing California's wine industry: too many grapes and not enough buyers. Exports have also dropped as Canadians have boycotted American wine in response to Trump's tariffs, @iriskwok.bsky.social reports: www.latimes.com/business/sto...

04.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Feeling deeply uncomfortable seeing a 5 year old boy wear an Adrian Peterson jersey at the local park

07.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dear pesticide manufacturer.

Try a different name next time other than
β€œKillzall”

07.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today I officially filed to run for Congress in CA-06. I’m running to lower costs, protect health care, and stand up for the families of our district. #DrPanforCongress #CA06

07.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

@sodrock.bsky.social

06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wishing I didnt have to commute by car daily even more since Saturday for some reason

06.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s 2026. The World Cup is in North America. The top flight league has so drastically cut its own media presence and has a fully paywalled broadcast that’s effectively made it invisible to casual soccer fans. Second tier league is openly trying to bust a union.

05.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 9

My teams opening day is tomorrow

06.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf Ben Franklin was on social media, he’d be following an infinite number of OnlyFans models” - lol from @patrickwyman.bsky.social

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

I love how this post about I-5 can apply to at least 5 major metro areas

05.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#MAHA

04.03.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The shiny illusion of a career in science communication There's joy to be had, sometimes money, but it's never that straightforward.

billhinchen.substack.com/p/the-shiny-...

03.03.2026 05:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to a local Sacramento realtor give a warning to potential buyers that certain neighborhoods have a very hard time getting home insurance and have to go on the CA FAIR Plan.

But he NEVER mentioned the reason you can’t get regular insuranceis because it a high wildfire risk!!!!

02.03.2026 05:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Logged on to post the sentence β€œI’ve started stress dreaming about granular lab budgets” and what better visual to accompany that than

01.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Mural of Alysa Liu holding her gold medal with the words Shoutout Oakland in the green and yellow Oakland colors

Mural of Alysa Liu holding her gold medal with the words Shoutout Oakland in the green and yellow Oakland colors

Shoutout Oakland!

01.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 382 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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average person cheering for war in iran

28.02.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 12137 πŸ” 2177 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 22
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Never forget who you’re fighting for.

28.02.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 11125 πŸ” 2859 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 57
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β€˜Right thing to do’: Bill would require drunk drivers to pay child support after killing a parent A Missouri lawmaker is pushing a bill that would require people convicted of killing a parent while driving under the influence to pay child support.

I don't often say this about Missouri laws but I wouldn't have a problem with this being the rule nationwide.

www.live5news.com/2026/02/27/right-thing-do-bill-would-require-drunk-drivers-pay-child-support-after-killing-parent

28.02.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 2347 πŸ” 332 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 12
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Congrats to those in the $53M Polymarket trade for when the US would bomb Iran.

28.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 54