»Less than 72 hours after the launch of a reporting form to help #Utah enforce its #transgender#bathroom#ban the Utah auditor’s office says it has received nearly 4,000 complaints — and all of them appear to be “bogus.”«
"You know the toxic dust that you’re talking about? That’s my scientific research."
From October 2023. Cluster member and University of #Utah-based Kevin Perry talks about work studying the shrinking Great Salt Lake with Science Friday.
A close crop of an earlier post from a couple of weeks ago. Also, since I'm on my home computer, I slightly enhanced it using a parametric mask in Darktable to reveal a bit more detail.
Ranger Sarah with the colorful Paria Mountains. The mountains comprise various sedimentary rock layers, each representing different geological periods. These layers have been deposited over 85 million years, creating a rich tapestry of colors and textures.
— at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Ranger Sarah with another amazing view of the Rainbow Mountains. The vivid hues are attributed to the encrustation of iron oxides, manganese, cobalt, and others. These minerals have leached into the rock layers over time, staining them with shades of red, purple, yellow, and blue.
— at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
@ambivalena You nailed it. I always loath any attempt to attribute meaning to pictographs and petroglyphs. They range up to 10,000 years old, however, these are probably around 1,200 years old. Too much has changed and there's just no way to understand what the person was thinking when they drew them
@elaterite in two times in my life I’ve had opportunities to view pictographs/petroglyphs. It’s one thing seeing them in a photograph. It’s downright surreal seeing them in person, right in front of you. What a gift that you were able to find these.
"Local officials said they discovered cracks in the upper portion of Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday, when the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said that the damage was “not severe enough to warrant immediate evacuations.”
On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office announced that there was potential for dam failure and that residents should prepare for possible evacuation. The National Weather Service also issued a flash flood warning along Panguitch Creek on Tuesday night."
New #Utah Law Prioritizes Child Safety in Custody Courts
The legislation, which limits the use of reunification therapies and increases scrutiny of expert witnesses, follows ProPublica’s reporting on courts’ handling of custody cases involving allegations of violence.
UTAH "Payson man was arrested on Tuesday, April 2 in connection to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after prosecutors say he lunged at officers with a stun gun."
@johnelalamo@ProPublica “Utah’s Republican-dominated Legislature adjourned this month after passing a record 591 bills during its session. Lawmakers earmarked nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies to build an MLB stadium and an NHL arena. They doubled funding for the state’s school voucher program. And they cut the income tax rate.
But they made no direct financial investment in child care…”
Utah ranks among worst in the world in this critical climate change metric
The Beehive State’s ranking rises to 19th when compared on a per capita basis. On average, each person in Utah generates more than 18 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
That is about 3½ tons more than the average American, and 10 tons more than the average Californian
@ai6yr A building next to mine had a pile of tumbleweeds 10 feet high and the entire length of the wall. Every single truck/SUV had tumbleweeds caught underneath it, and any truck with a snowplow attachment now looked like it had been plowing thorns. Going outside without being armored in a car meant risking being hit in the face with a thorn bush.
@ai6yr Yes, it's interesting that tumbleweeds are a staple of the "Western frontier" look, when they didn't get here until 1873. They are, rather, a staple of the "Western frontier as seen through Hollywood lenses."
