Former dev, Infosec-curious. Pronouns: she/her/OMG not her again. Married lesbian gal.
Since one of my hobbies is not dying of preventable diseases, I often post about vaccines. My handle is completely unrelated to this! Think VAX as in DEC, not vaccines. It's a misspelled ill-advised ancient Usenet joke, and now I'm stuck with this handle for as long as the Internet lives.
Remember the joint US/Ecuador military operation to take out a narco terrorist training camp? Yah, it was a dairy farm.
Excellent reporting by Luis Ferré-Sadurní, José María León Cabrera, Annie Correal and Eric Schmitt. #GiftLink https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.2eNA.--wgABjCCf7U&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 levels has come up somewhat from the nice low numbers we've been seeing lately. The last calculation was made on 3/17.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
My Astrophotography in the Movie Project Hail Mary
https://rpastro.square.site/s/stories/phm
#HackerNews #Astrophotography #MovieProjectHailMary #SpacePhotography #SciFiArt #HailMary
A beautiful re‑edit of a Milky Way timelapse from Akamas. It’s a great example of what’s possible with a wide‑angle lens, steady skies, and a bit of time outdoors. You don’t need exotic gear—just a clear night and a location with minimal light pollution.
Images like this always make me want to step outside and look up for a while.
@mlanger it seems pretty unlikely that the entire vote by mail system in the state will get invalidated. Tightened ballot return time cutoffs due to this ongoing court case, I’m not so sure about.
I’m leery about returning my ballot by USPS, though. I’ll use the elections-run drop boxes instead, and get processing tracking texts to make sure it gets counted.
Regardless of what happens, I would crawl on my hands and knees through a field of broken glass to vote this year.
Washington State will have two initiatives on the ballot this November, thanks to right wing billionaire Brian Heywood. One would repeal the school Safety Act, and the other bans transgender girls from afterschool sports by requiring a special medical certification for all girls who want to play sports.
No Hate In Washington State is organizing against these initiatives, and you can find out more here: https://nohateinwastate.org/
Hey, No Kings day[*] is coming this Saturday! You can find an event near you at: https://www.nokings.org/
[*] it’s also Abolish ICE day, as well as WTF Are We Doing In This Insane War day
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