Cindy Livingston

On Tuesday at 10am PT (around the time of peak daily high tide in parts of southern CA), I'll have a livestream to discuss the possibly record high ocean levels this week along SoCal coast, plus potential for an unusually warm storm on/around Halloween.

Illegal alien admits to sabotaging U.S. ally fighting former Soviet communists. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

I'm going to listen to these here SCOTUS arguments on video privacy because I *deeply* want the plaintiff suing Paramount to win. He's probably *not* going to win, of course... but I don't *know* that yet.

geotripper.blogspot.com/2026/10/why-did-road-cross-san-andreas-fault-24.html Time for an update on the San Andreas where it crosses Hiway 25 near Pinnacles NP. Many geologic processes are slow, but given time they become more visible. Here's 24 yrs of change on the San Andreas! #SanAndreasFault

FOX Business obtained the response from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to the latest request for information from Senator Elizabeth Warren. He's really a snotty little bitch isn't he?

Imagine paying $50 for an all you can eat buffet. The lines a bit long but the food is ok. Now imagine you only pay $20 to go to the buffet. But Each piece of food costs $500 dollars. Drinks are at a different buffet. Same with silverware. Long lines too. Universal vs whatever our healthcare is.

If this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails

Uh, okay.

I haven't seen any news coverage yet of Cameron Hamilton's announcement that he has re-defined the entire field of emergency management to include only preparedness and response activities related to coordinating police, fire, and EMS. Seems like something that should get some attention.

Lithuanian Gen Vaiksnoras delivered a stark warning on NATO collective security at Euronews Defence Space 2026. Source: Euronews

Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...

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Post THIS, CBS.

Watch Mad God on Shudder. Check out Mad Dreams and Monsters as well, a vast great book about the work of Tippett.

I don't post these images to cause panic. But there is the real possibility that #Lowell will be a major hurricane as it passes quite close to the Hawaiian islands next weekend. And we may have three hurricane strength storms in the east Pacific at the same time. Insane

We need to stop calling them anti-vaxxers and start calling them pro-plague.

🤢 This is more than disqualifying as a future speaker. It’s a betrayal of everything our party should stand for.  www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...

As mentioned in my comment on USPS's new ballot rule, the American postal service was born in 1774 _because_ the alternative system (the Crown's post) let the executive decide which mail not to deliver. For a Court riveted by bespoke historical analogs, this rule is 252 years of unAmerican.

It’s all about the diesel. ⛽️ @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. The entire post-WW2 global order counted on Lindsey Graham being alive to kiss Donald Trump’s ass.

Bamboo fabric is almost always just rayon. Rayon is made by using chemicals to turn cellulose into a goo and extruding it into a fiber, and the process is usually quite toxic. There's a lot I like about rayon as a fabric, but it's not really sustainable and you shouldn't pay a premium for bamboo.

With all August model runs now in (except for SINTEX-F), we now expect this year's El Niño event to peak sometime between October and December at a stunning 4C in the Niño3.4 region. To see all the latest numbers, check out the Climate Dashboard: dashboard.theclimate...

FYI: Abdul el Sayed is a Rhodes Scholar with an MD from Columbia - was a professor of epidemiology who gave the class commencement address. Author of three books on public health plus over one hundred academic journal articles. He was also the executive director of Detroit Health Dept.

Sun Tzu: The wise warrior uses all of their missiles as quickly as possible

Our climate scientist Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social will discuss wildfire & weather with @katiecouric.bsky.social via livestream. Check substack.com/@katiecouric for the link Wed, Aug. 5, at 2:15pm PT/5:15 pm ET

I read the whole thing and I’m quite stunned how NYT focused on Trump, rumors, his desires and completely misrepresented the facts. So let’s do a factcheck, shall we? 🧵 Biden-Harris admin created ICE (Icebreaker Collaboration Effort) Pact partnership in July 2024 alongside Canada and Finland.

News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW

On Wednesday of last week, Trump gave disaster relief funds to red states. On Friday, he denied disaster relief funds to blue states. If you’re wondering why a lot of us are up in arms about the proposed OMB rule that will require political litmus tests for grant funding, THIS IS WHY.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.............

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Discovery will be fun. Then comes the revelation by Trump 💡that this is such a bad thing for him that he has to offer a settlement.

The humiliating Iran deal requires the U.S. to come up with a $300 billion reparations payment to Iran. That's more than Iran's entire GDP. Trump says taxpayers won't pay for it. So I compiled a helpful list.

Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/

Okay, folks: The big El Niño update is now out on Weather West! This sure looks like it's going to be a dramatic year from a global climate perspective, and there are major implications for extreme events (across California, the U.S. West, & well beyond).

And if you are trying to take Hillary's word's to heart and are like, "But what content should I be reading then?" you can always start with my Dee Day thread:

“Producers in Texas are being pressured NOT TO REPORT potential cases” of screwworm

After having spent the last 9 or so months applying for jobs, I can just feel it in my bones that this is true. blacksky.community/profile/did:...

A few critical points: 1) Program officers will be replaced by political appointees in the grantmaking process. The role of peer review—originally introduced into US funding agencies for large part to prevent political interference with scientific research—is strongly diminished.

Proud to file this amicus brief with the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan challenging a ruling that threatens to criminalize pregnancy here in MI: drive.google.com/file/d/1JHCP...