Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

Looking at the pictures of snowy I-5 over the transverse ranges suddenly reminded me of a YMCA trip to Disneyland, where our bus broke down on the return north and we all piled into a couple of open stake trucks (!!) with our duffle bags packed around, and a few open sleeping bags covering on top of us all, that night in the winter chill. I was about 12, and somebody stole my Avon Hawaiian White Ginger perfume creme pot. I still remember, whoever you are.

NWS Los Angeles: "A winter weather advisory was added for the Santa Monica mountains (for elevations mainly above 1500 feet) through 11 pm, where a dusting to 2 inches of snow is likely. #LArain #LAWeather #cawx" #CAwx #LosAngelesCounty #VenturaCounty #snow

I need a plugin or app that shows me how far I get down my home page here before squirreling off of some post and forgetting to go back and finish scrolling.

@oskay explained to someone that the version of EM wave theory they learned from talking to ChatGPT got basic concepts wrong and that all the words they use are right, but the meanings have nothing to do with what actual electrical engineers mean when they say "antenna", "transmission line", "characteristic impedance"…

Seriously hope they manage to unlearn all this.

Snow in Venice Beach, CA, less than 1 month away from Spring time & it’s in the mid 80°s in the East coast.

Paris, France.

On the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the Eiffel Tower now looks like this. 23/2/23
#Ukraine️ #Russia

New York Times gets a jump on April 1st with story about Zillionaire's daughter presuming to offer self-help advice based on her heartbreakingly deprived life...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/business/elizabeth-koch-perception-box.html

America’s legal system today

I want to practice law:
—You need a 4 year Bachelors, take the LSAT, then a 3 year JD, then pass the BAR, buy malpractice insurance, & total cost is ~$300K

I want to enforce the law:
—Here’s paid 13-week training & a gun

I want to write the law:
—No qualifications needed and a billionaire can buy you a seat

#California #Snow (via from Michael Steinberg, who really needs to put an account here). #CAwx #Sierra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnXIyq4Bx4U

My own view is that more extensive use of remote work makes more sense than ever. Google operated quite effectively for a prolonged period during COVID with the vast majority of workers remote. // Amid cutbacks, desk sharing at Google Cloud, and office downsizing - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/22/google-asks-some-employees-to-share-desks-amid-office-downsizing.html

Nunca lo habría imaginado...
I never would have imagined it!

#OtD 22 Feb 1943 3 German White Rose activists, students Christoph Probst, Hans and Sophie Scholl, were executed by guillotine for urging the overthrow of the Nazi government. As the blade fell, Hans called out, "Let freedom live!"

Russian propaganda bots are active on the Fediverse. Here’s an example of one, along with the tells:

1. Generic profile picture and name
2. Incomplete or brief bio
3. 90% of posts are re-hashes of Russian propaganda

This post itself was a reply about Russian propaganda bots buying Twitter Blue.

I reported this account to newsie.social.

Please do the same when you see these.

Elon Musk is letting Russian propagandists buy blue checks on Twitter, giving prominence to their disinformation. // Musk even replied to one, giving it even more of a boost. We know whose side Musk is on! - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/22/2154365/-Twitter-s-sale-of-blue-checks-is-enabling-spread-of-Kremlin-aligned-disinformation

Significant snow in the L.A. area mountains is not uncommon. Blizzard warnings don't happen. Until now.