Vanessa Warheit

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Twitter escapee, climate advocate, democracy lover. Talking about #EVs #equity #climatesolutions & other random stuff. Happy to be here.
I’m not good enough at Mastodon to find the toot that got me here so can’t thank the person who shared it, but wtf: https://www.businessinsider.com/clearview-scraped-30-billion-images-facebook-police-facial-recogntion-database-2023-4
Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook to share with police

Law enforcement officers have used Clearview AI's facial recognition database nearly a million times, Hoan Ton-That, the company's CEO, told the BBC.

Business Insider
Anyone else get a notification that US #Covid exposure public health phone alerts are no longer a thing?
John Oliver is the perfect person to break down how to think about #AI
https://youtu.be/Sqa8Zo2XWc4
Artificial Intelligence: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube

Bay Area Clean Air Hearing

Join us to support the nation's first zero-emission appliance standards for clean air!

When: Wed., March 15 @ 8:30 AM
Where: 375 Beale Street, San Francisco
Wear: Blue top
RSVP: www.tinyurl.com/march15rsvp
Visit www.bayareacleanair.com for more info!

To those in #SantaCruzCounty & elsewhere in #California who’ve lost homes, #FEMA website should soon begin listing info. Disaster declaration made by #Biden Administration. #cawx FEMA provides short & long term funds. Helpline 800-621-3362. Also check county emerg mgmt agency site. 💚

Weather radio channels in California, by county. Also shows their current status including which ones are out of service.

https://www.weather.gov/nwr/county_coverage?State=CA

#CAwx #EmergencyPreparedness

County Coverage

Holy mother of god the current downpour here is insane. And cold. Marble-sized hailstones. Lightning. Thunder. It’s almost like Mother Nature is mad or something. #cawx #climatechange

Fantastic perspective on my home state’s current predicament by @petergleick

Flooding in California has been worse before — and likely will be again. #cawx

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/10/flooding-california-atmospheric-river-climate-change/

Flooding in California has been worse before — and likely will be again

Storms like the ones that began in 1861 could cause worse devastation than an earthquake. We’re not prepared.

The Washington Post
Rep. Katie Porter to run for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat

Rep. Katie Porter of Orange County announces she'll run for the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who at 89 is not expected to seek reelection.

Los Angeles Times

“The problem isn’t that wages are rising. The real problem is that corporations have the power to pass those wage increases – along with record profit margins – on to consumers in the form of higher prices.”
Brilliant analysis of #inflation woes by @rbreich in @TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/08/us-monopolies-inflation-unemployment-rising-prices-federal-reserve?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The US should break up monopolies – not punish working Americans for rising prices

The Fed is putting people out of work to reduce workers’ bargaining power and reduce inflation. They’ve got it all wrong

The Guardian