Notices by Hippy Steve (exador23@m.ai6yr.org), page 3

@ATLeagle

I'm imagining someone rummaging in the electrical box going, "hey, I wonder why this sticker is here..."

Remember when that boat lost power and took out the bridge in Baltimore?

NYTimes: At a hearing on the crash that led to the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, investigators said a tiny sticker had caused a wire to disconnect, prompting blackouts and system failures.
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One sticker to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.

Seems dangerous to be a part of JD Vance’s security detail. Two police vehicles in his detail were hit by shrapnel during his live munitions over the 5 freeway wankfest, and now an officer in Tennessee was seriously injured in a crash while part of his motorcade and not so much as thoughts and prayers for his recovery from the White House. https://www.wbir.com/article/news/update-officer-critical-condition-motorcade-accident-identified-justin-brown/51-27abee2e-1697-4b84-92bd-9cf038f4b2f6

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The FBI is warning about people impersonating ICE agents to commit violent crimes.

In a bulletin, the bureau cites several examples in which criminals have targeted victims while identifying themselves as immigration agents and wearing shirts or jackets with the ICE label.

There have been reports of threats, robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults, according to the FBI bulletin.
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Really, though. Are the kidnappers impersonating ICE or is ICE impersonating kidnappers?

Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-sends-troops-to-combat-deadly-wave-of-bear-attacks

SoCal Edison CEO admits their equipment likely caused the deadly #EatonFire

https://abc7.com/post/socal-edison-equipment-cause-eaton-fire-altadena-ceo-says/18082954/

Lovely...

Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research Suggests
The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue. https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-could-be-weakening-your-bones-research-suggests-osteoporosis/

The study also found that, in relation to bones, plastic particles can reduce the viability of cells, induce premature cellular aging, modify gene expression, and trigger inflammatory responses. The combination of these effects generates an imbalance in which osteoclasts destroy more bone tissue than is regenerated, causing an accelerated weakening of bone structure.

#MicroPlastics

Perhaps lost in all the attention Jimmy Kimmel has received...

1200 people detained at Alligator Auschwitz are now missing.

Best I can tell, the fire is located somewhere around here...

I see smoke over in Deb's Park. on the El Sereno side.

#LosAngeles #wildfire

NYTimes: A federal judge in Louisiana expressed concern on Friday that the Trump administration had deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process” and against the wishes of her father.

ruh roh.

A Grim Signal: Atmospheric CO2 Soared in 2024
Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down—a major problem for the world. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24042025/global-carbon-dioxide-concentration-in-atmosphere-soared-2024/

In recent decades, the increase has been in annual increments of 1 to 2 ppm. But last year, the increase measured by the NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory was 3.75 ppm, according to the lab’s early April update of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. That brings the annual mean close to 430 ppm, about 40% more than the pre-industrial level, & enough to heat the planet by about 2.7F (1.5C)

Even if the growth rate slows again in 2025, “the worry is that this year’s jump might include non-El Niño factors like temperature responses from soils & vegetation that might persist or intensify as the Earth warms.” The unprecedented increase of atmospheric CO2 is just one of several red lights flashing on the climate dashboard.

Damn, The Onion. That's some dark ass satire. (prediction of the future?)

Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester In Daring Overnight Raid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1v1xtRrOI4

Some may find this video news satire piece disturbing.

Say what now?!?

Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes https://newatlas.com/drones/faraday-caged-drone-lightning/

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod might capture and store lightning energy.

There's a decent bit of energy in the average lightning strike, as you might expect; Real Clear Science estimates about a billion joules. That translates to around 278 kilowatt-hours, or enough to charge a standard Hyundai Ioniq 6 nearly six times over. There are around 1.4 billion lightning strikes every year globally, or about 44 every second, representing some 383.6 terawatt-hours of electricity flashing out of the sky for free. That's nearly 1.5% of global electricity consumption (at 2023 levels) – and quite a decent resource if we could capture it.

yep.

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NBC: A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months — putting crucial scientific advancements at risk.

The scientist, the 30-year-old Russian-born Kseniia Pertova, worked at Harvard’s renowned Kirschner Lab until her arrest at a Boston airport in mid-February. She is now being held at ICE’s Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana, and fighting possible deportation to Russia, where she said she fears persecution and jail time over her protests against the war in Ukraine.

AP: The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans.

The Trump administration ’s announcement marks an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. No federal student loans have been referred for collection since March 2020, including those in default. Under President Joe Biden, the Education Department tried multiple times to forgive millions of people’s student loans, only to be stopped by courts.

Head of Homeland Security can't even secure her purse.

CNN: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night. Noem, who was asked about the theft at the White House Easter Egg Roll, acknowledged the incident & said the matter has not been resolved.

The Secret Service, which provides security for Noem, reviewed security camera footage at the restaurant & saw an unknown white male wearing a medical mask steal her bag & leave the restaurant. The thief got away with Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks, and about $3,000 in cash.
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Who the hell carries around $3000 in cash?!? Did she just take a bribe or something?

@evan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyVTgYjwjeQ

@evan

Looks like maybe the animation was the same folks who did the old Time for Timer PSAs