Dear California farmers and Congressional representatives:
Trump has just literally thrown millions of gallons of #water away that farmers were counting on this summer, purely to brag that he could.
That #cawater cannot be captured or used now by anyone: not farms, not cities, not firefighting.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up
This is your timely reminder that you can download an offline copy of the whole Wikipedia.
And you really likely probably should.
Here's how: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/113872764752277451
Attached: 1 image Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨ If you too feel uneasy about the state of the world, and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet, Know that you can download an offline copy of Wikipedia! Here's how 📚👇 1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/ 2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix. Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right :neocat_book: 3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right. 4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍 5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission). Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia 6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦 7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix! 8. Magic! 📖✨ Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️ :blobcatrainbow: #Wikipedia #Kiwix #Offline #KnowledgeIsPower
“I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together,” Caroline Kennedy warned senators about her cousin, Robert Kennedy Jr. “It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/28/kennedy-lettor-rfk/
Not your average baby shark: An aquarium welcomes a pup from an all-female tank
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5276997/shark-shreveport-aquarium-parthenogenesis?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p33pz3pzo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Water supplies strained for 30 million Americans, report finds
Nearly 30 million Americans live in regions with stressed water supplies, with socially vulnerable groups and certain ecosystems at higher risk, according to a new USGS report
#USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Nearly 30 million Americans live in regions with stressed water supplies, with socially vulnerable groups and certain ecosystems at higher risk, according to a new USGS report.Carey Gillam reports for The New Lede.In short:The USGS found 27 million people face "high local water stress," with sociall...
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