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Retired bricks & mortar architect.
Leans left in Garland TX.
NYC, 20 years.
½ Ukrainian, born Canadian.

Ex-school bus driver.

Author, 'The Zodiac Killer, Group Theory No Nine' available at Barnes and Noble online books

Blog: ZodiacKmak.com. Youtube: 'Carl Karas', 3 vids on Z340; one on the Halloween Card.

Partner/collab w/composer Elodie Lauten, in a former life https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elodie_Lauten

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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a "gigantic global sewer" that was "destroying our democracies" by spreading abuse and misinformation.

Reuters
Sweden’s Tesla Blockade Is Spreading

Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on.

WIRED UK
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

The Conversation
Rishi Sunak asks Suella Braverman for permission to sack her

This was a risky move

Normal Island News
Senate Overcomes Tuberville Hold and Appoints First Woman Head of Navy

From Newsday: WASHINGTON — The Senate circumvented a hold by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Thursday and confirmed Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member...

Daily Kos
Tenn. vaccine chief, fired after promoting COVID shots, gets $150K settlement

Dr. Michelle Fiscus was fired after sending a memo on vaccination rights of minors.

Ars Technica
Dust May Have Triggered the Global Winter That Killed the Dinosaurs

A new study, based on modeling, suggests fine silicate particles could have blocked sunlight and shut down photosynthesis across the globe

Smithsonian Magazine
A hurricane gutted a city of one million, leaving no food or water and the dead to rot.

I have said it before, and I will say it again: the US media is useless and incapable of reporting on today's challenges with the rapidity and fury of the climate emergency. One would think that an unprecedented category-five windstorm that flattened a...

Daily Kos
How Hurricane Otis went from a tropical storm to a Category 5 in 24 hours

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