bumblecat (78)in #la • 4 days agoBel Air fire in the 60s.In 1961, the Santa Ana wind combined with dry brush around homes led to one of many massive Los Angeles fires - this…bumblecat (78)in #ackman • 6 days agoIs there any need to over think it?I get the intent, but this seems like an overreaching technocratic solution to something that can be solved with…bumblecat (78)in #wildfire • 6 days agoThis is a useful list and I'm glad it's making the rounds.That said, it's a bit Boomer / out of date. Most of the list is easily recoverable and isn't urgently needed…bumblecat (78)in #psychogenic • 8 days agoWhy were passengers “terrified” to briefly fly through low-density smoke from a forest fire?I see a lot of social media claiming people are scared about not scary things. Have we all become wimps? There seems…bumblecat (78)in #california • 9 days agoSo what are the odds that the LA fires are similar to those in Lahaina?Smart City plans + 2028 Olympics = Planned Destruction. The theories that they're also trying to destroy the…bumblecat (78)in #canada • 9 days agoContra whatever THIS is:Look around. Everywhere, there are good, serious, intelligent human beings doing hard things that need doing.…bumblecat (78)in #sowell • 9 days agoGhetto culture according to Sowell.Thomas Sowell claims the corrosive ghetto culture to be an appropriation of Scots-Irish (and related) settlers redneck…bumblecat (78)in #music • 11 days agoJacob Collier might be the most gifted musician in the world right now.He just creates perfection in everything he does. He invented a 5 string guitar this past year with tuning that's…bumblecat (78)in #trump • 11 days agoTrump sentencing.As far as I know, the justice department is silent on the issue of whether a sitting president is immune from criminal…bumblecat (78)in #canada • 12 days agoTrudeau has resigned.Much like the US and pretty much everywhere else, Canada isn't immune from the post pandemic backlash against…bumblecat (78)in #twitter • 13 days agoTown square.Twitter really is one of the only places where information can be shared that the media and government can't…bumblecat (78)in #audiobook • 14 days agoSoothing voices for audiobook listening.When I'm doing stuff with numbers, I don't wanna listen to music, because I'll be distracted, and I don't wanna listen…bumblecat (78)in #h1b • 15 days agoBernie is wrong on immigration.ahem lemme clear my throat and project for those that didn't hear me the first 50 times: I agree with Bernie on a…bumblecat (78)in #hydrogen • 15 days agoThat’s what we should be transitioning to for our energy.There is way for the USA to be the dominant power for the rest of the century on EZ modern. One of these is stop…bumblecat (78)in #new • 16 days agoThe global intifada.I'm not one to delve into microagression bullshit, or to attribute acts of violence to generalized violent speech.…bumblecat (78)in #airlines • 18 days agoThrowback to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 over eastern Ukraine.All 298 onboard died. Here were Russians posing at the wreckage. A Russian FSB officer, Igor Girkin, who led death…bumblecat (78)in #rowling • 19 days agoThis is dumb and wrong.Every trans adult was a trans kid. Anywho, even if a person agreed with her it still wouldn't explain why this…bumblecat (78)in #us • 20 days agoImmigration.Musk is right to praise "Anyone – of any race, creed or nationality – who came to America and worked like hell to…bumblecat (78)in #uk • 22 days agoTIL British retail establishments say "thank you for your custom."(at least when they're being formal or fripperish). Makes sense, of course, given "customer" and "customs duty" and…bumblecat (78)in #israel • 22 days agoGenocide.I guess this is the part where we pretend that the Israeli Depopulation Force that has been bombing apartment…