PTJ North

@ptjnorth
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I’m retired but still care. My work was varied but normally involved systemology. I latterly focused on climate change risks and their mitigation strategies. Cascading trigger events, related risk analysis, funding needs and full scaled solution systems were my scope. We called it planetary engineering.
A federal appeals court clears the way for public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election interference case despite the president-elect’s objections.
@[email protected] Excellent move sir.
I'm surging every federal resource possible to Southern California, including hundreds of federal firefighters, 30 firefighting helicopters and planes, 8 DoD C-130s, and 500 military ground-clearing personnel.

And we’re working closely with @DeptofDefense to identify what more we can surge.
@Shivviness @HeavenlyPossum Your last sentence is likely correct. How we avoid that miserable existence or demise at this point remains to be seen.

I held it all together and actually did all the things I was supposed to do today (and even did one small fun extra thing!)

Except email... I guess I should probably look at that now (almost 100 emails from today?!)

@GottaLaff I just saw that too.

Wow!! #BREAKING #WompWomp 👏🏻👏🏻

Via Katie Phang:

JUST HITTING THE DOCKET:

#SCOTUS has DENIED #Trump’s request to stay his sentencing.

More new geckos have been found hiding in Southeast Asia’s limestone towers 

Nearly 200 new gecko species found in living in karst landscapes reveal the rugged regions as dynamic areas of speciation.

Science News

@knud

Cascading trigger events are a thing for certain.

We’ve had no rain here either. This used to be the rainy season in southern Arizona where I live.

Thanks for the post btw.

I really feel bad for all those people.

"The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded" by Eric Holthaus

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/09/los-angeles-wildfires-climate-disasters

#climatecrisis #wildfires #LA

The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded

Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles like this have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist

The Guardian