As expected a lot of storm spotters active today in Oklahoma. I've found the number of active storm spotters is a good metric for the expected severity. #StormSpotters #StormChasers #Oklahoma
Old and Tired
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Oklahoman. Old. Tired. Live in the countryside with dog, cats and partner. Despite all its many, many problems, I like living in Oklahoma. Plan to die here.
>>In Congressional appropriations hearings for the Department of Homeland Security, lawmakers pressed Secretary Kristi Noem for details about the big FEMA cuts. In those remarks and in following interviews, some Republicans signaled caution on the slash-and-burn of the federal government’s emergency response to disasters.<<
[Please accept my apology for the photo.]
#FEMA #OklahomaWatch #GOP
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/18/cole-and-fellow-republicans-are-uneasy-about-trumps-slash-and-burn-at-fema/
>>The nearly 10,000-acre patch of land located near El Reno in western Oklahoma has been under federal government control since the 1800s and was once used for military purposes. It is now home to a Department of Agriculture center whose research includes forage, hydraulics and livestock. But for decades, the federally recognized Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes have fought for the land to be transferred back to them.<<
#OklahomaWatch #Cheyenne #Arapaho #Indigenous #Oklahoma
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/19/these-tribes-want-a-key-piece-of-oklahoma-land-returned/
K. Latham
Zack WhittakerNew, by me: Dating app Raw (which this week said it's planning to release a hardware wearable for tracking partners' emotions) claims to use end-to-end encryption.
But when we tried the app this week, I found it was exposing users' location data and personal information to the web — no password needed.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/dating-app-raw-exposed-users-location-data-personal-information
Ars TechnicaTexas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride
Colgate and Crest toothpastes are in the crosshairs.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/texas-goes-after-toothpaste-in-escalating-fight-over-fluoride/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Colgate and Crest toothpastes are in the crosshairs.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/texas-goes-after-toothpaste-in-escalating-fight-over-fluoride/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
batmanyyo
This whole thing is bizarre. It was evident from the start (at least to me) that this new ingredient, phenylephrine, wasn't effective in pill form. That the FDA approved it was a joke and a disservice to people who need OTC medication for congestion.
It would be interesting to see if making allergy suffers lives more difficult had any meaningful effect on the production or usage of meth at all. #Pseudoephedrine #Phenylephrine #Allergies #FDA #HealthCare
Johns Hopkins Bioethics (@bermaninstitute@mastodon.world)
FDA Wants to Pull Ineffective Decongestant From Stores: It was added to cold and flu remedies in the 1990s when another ingredient went behind the counter over illicit meth lab concerns | The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/health/fda-decongestant-over-the-counter.html
Chris Pirillo