Mastodawn

A remarkable, and ominous, satellite snapshot this evening of Hurricane #Melissa as it continues to move very slowly westward just south of #Jamaica. The storm will likely further strengthen into a Category 5 storm before turning northward & making landfall in Jamaica on Tue.

TimKN6FGH Oct 20

@ai6yr
#GoFundMe #hamradio #scam #nonprofit

Our ham radio club found out this morning that GoFundMe had created an unauthorized donation site and pages for it. If you have a nonprofit, but don't have a go GoFundMe account, you should check to be sure they have not created one unbeknownst to you.

https://nonprofitnewsfeed.com/news/1-4-million-donation-pages-without-permission-created-by-gofundme/

https://abc7news.com/post/gofundme-created-14-million-donation-pages-nonprofits-bay-area-organizations-had-no-clue/18013410/

1.4 Million Donation Pages without Permission created by GoFundMe – Nonprofit News Feed

TimKN6FGH Jul 10, 2025

CalFire releases AI chatbot … oh boy!

https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/07/cal-fire-chatbot/

California launched an AI chatbot for wildfires. It can’t answer one crucial question

The bot fails at some basic questions. Cal Fire says it is working on fixes. Experts wonder if it launched too soon.

CalMatters

TimKN6FGH May 19, 2025

Natasha

🇪🇺May 19, 2025

Because today you really needed to see a corgi skateboarding. Just trust me on this ...

TimKN6FGH Jan 3, 2025

Dan Gillmor Jan 3, 2025

An honor for one of America's greatest journalists. https://johnwalcott.substack.com/p/hail-and-farewell

Hail and Farewell

This afternoon, President Biden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to Joe Galloway, a longtime friend and colleague at U.S.

Making Sense of a Mad Mad World

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