KXAN Meteorologist Jim Spencer:

"I'll keep my thoughts on that press conference to myself, but my phone is blowing up with friends asking me if federal cuts and hiring freezes contributed to this disaster to begin with. Currently at our local National Weather Service office, due to early retirement packages to reduce its budget/personnel and a hiring freeze there are: *Warning and Coordination Meteorologist position open (yes they coordinate Warnings) *2 open meteorologists positions (yes they are on call 24(7) *Hydrologist position open (yes, they project floods) *Electronic Tech position open *Manager position open So, | don’t know — you tell me. Look up Josh Hinkle and David Barer's investigation on our website. They've done fantastic, rapid work and are only just beginning."

#disaster #TXwx

The next few years in America are going to be full of predictable and self inflicted disasters such as these.

We’ve traded lives and well being for tax cuts and mass deportations.

NYC, 1919: Perched on a towering pile of donated books, a librarian calls from a megaphone to request more book donations for American troops stationed in France. The American Library Association’s campaign sent up to 55,000 books each month to military camp libraries.

via Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.40926/

#archivespelunking #books #bookstodon

the fact that the Internet Archive got into bigger trouble for lending books they paid for than Facebook did for reproducing books they pirated tells you everything you need to know about copyright.

#fuckAI

Hoping for the survival of this wonderful and sacred place.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/trump-sattitla-highlands-protection-threatened

[NYTimes-Gifted]:Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Set to Debate Bill That Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/29/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.Sk8.YIoe.wCVCGaxLE54y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#budget #deficit

California Republican David Valadao sent a letter politely pushing back on ICE’s abductions of immigrants w/no record.

But it’s his _vote_ that’s actually going to matter when the MAGA Murder Budget gets back to the House. It would turbocharge the brutal abductions we’ve seen👇🏽

https://open.substack.com/pub/americasvoicecnn/p/latino-house-gop-members-oops-you?r=1psrs&utm_medium=ios