See, it's not just me about the January heat being absolutely bizarre.
Mastodon
Daniel Swain (@weatherwest@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also fo...
 #CAwx
Oooh, look, mall in LA (Westminster Mall) has gone post-apocalyptic. There's another one (?) in LA which was used for a lot of zombie movies after similar issues when they shut down.
ABC7 Los Angeles
Vandals target shuttered Westminster Mall, leave behind extensive damage
Instead of shoppers, the once-thriving Westminster Mall is now drawing vandals, leaving behind shattered glass and extensive damage throughout the ...
"door knocking" Sahan Journal (Minnesota): Crowd of 100 confronts immigration agents door-knocking in south Minneapolis Three people were arrested, including two citizen observers, after federal agents descended on a Powderhorn Park intersection Tuesday morning.
Sahan Journal
Crowd confronts immigration agents door-knocking in south Minneapolis
ICE agents detained three people, including two citizen observers, and deployed chemical irritants at a crowd of over 100 observers around E. 34th ...
Intriguing, a user request to join this server with a reference to the Apollo moon landing error codes in their email. Curious if they're an actual human or another (smarter) bot. (they claim to be following over the Bsky bridge). I'll approve if you're reading and you reply (on Bsky) with a screenshot of part of the first page of the August 4, 1969 memo on the alarm that you reference in your email.
re: frogs, boiling
FediScience.org
Zack Labe (@ZLabe@fediscience.org)
Attached: 1 image Last year observed the 3rd warmest global average sea surface temperature on record. Data from https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridde...
 #climate #climateemergency #doomy
Rawstory: Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw' https://www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-data-leak/
Hmm, at what point do entire states stop paying their Federal taxes? Does it require finding some tea to dump in a harbor? image
Feels like people are quieter (probably horrified at the world, IMHO, so no one posting about more mundane stuff). Or am I imagining things?
Video shows Portland officer punch protester during ICE facility arrest
oregonlive
Video shows Portland officer punch protester during ICE facility arrest
Compared with federal officers and their own past practice, Portland police have used force relatively infrequently during immigration protests.
LOL, made the mistake of tagging russia/ukraine in a post and immediately got some random troll account. It appears there is some kind of Russian anti-Ukraine operation active here on the Fediverse. (duly blocked)