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burritojustice, 25 days ago to random

‘When she came back out, 17 hours later, Gubser was at the Farallon Islands, 29.7 miles away…’

“I was pretty steady for the most part, but at the end we hit a strong current and the water got colder,” said Gubser. “My progress was slowed because I was chilled to the bone. I did not expect 43 degrees. That was nuts.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/woman-first-to-swim-golden-gate-bridge-farallons-19457394.php

burritojustice, 30 days ago to random

“A Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm is LIKELY - possibly as early as later today and continuing through the weekend; exact timing remains somewhat uncertain. At least seven
earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are in transit

Only three Severe (G4) geomagnetic storms have occurred so far this solar cycle (since 2019); the last was a brief occurrence on March 23. This is SWPC's first G4 Watch since 2005”

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storming-likely-continue

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

omfg TEXTURE

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burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

in which the Vancouver Canucks join together to form one giant goalie

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

ACCESSING THE PAST AT SCALE
https://hcommons.social/@wragge/112375354334429112

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“When the people and institutions that are funded by tax dollars simply choose to stop doing their job or disregard elected civilian leadership at the local or national level, we cease to have a democracy. If what it takes to get police who are well paid to do their job is a veto over democratic elections, then we no longer have a democracy” https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/san-franciscos-former-da-chesa-boudin-reflects-on-recall/article_36ff9c7a-03fa-11ef-9187-bfb40d473c0b.html

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

oh wait Washington Post sorry now 10GW https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/california-energy-storage-system-survey https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/25/california-achieves-major-clean-energy-victory-10000-megawatts-of-battery-storage/ https://mastodon.social/@burritojustice/112322972926799767

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burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“Just last week, for the first time ever, battery storage discharge exceeded 6,000 MW and batteries were the largest source of supply to power the grid at one point during the day” https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/19/californias-grid-keeps-setting-new-clean-energy-records/
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGerdes/112356105490737360

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“It's truly absurd that transit riders, cyclists, and even pedestrians are guaranteed travel on a very limited number of streets, while drivers are granted virtually every road and cry discrimination if a portion of one is given to someone else.” https://darrellowens.substack.com/p/businesses-are-getting-their-customers

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

omfg FLOATPLANE CAMINO

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burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“The simple fact is the merchants who are protesting safety improvements drive. And they don't want anyone interfering with that” https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/04/25/commentary-there-is-zero-ambiguity-to-the-west-portal-tragedy

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“Those who still protest safety improvements to West Portal know no shame and keep grousing about a supposed loss of parking and their need for "more time" to analyze what they claim is a rushed plan. Their behavior was and continues to be puerile and contemptible” https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/04/25/commentary-there-is-zero-ambiguity-to-the-west-portal-tragedy

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

@rollovereasy hey so SFMTA has a survey for the West Portal safety improvements — really important given the big boomer car energy against removing [checks notes] two left turns

https://www.sfmta.com/projects/west-portal-station-safety-and-community-space-improvements

https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7807748/West-Portal-Project-All-Languages

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“more than 40% of San Francisco’s traffic deaths have been a result of drivers making left turns and hitting pedestrians in crosswalks”
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/west-portal-crash-sfmta-proposal-19421048.php

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

ok this Washington Post article is pretty stupid, barely mentions California’s astonishing utility scale battery installations which are already at 6GW and will grow to 52GW https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/22/california-solar-duck-curve-rooftop/ https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/california-energy-storage-system-survey https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/california-has-nearly-doubled-its-battery-energy-storage-capacity-two-years