Notices by AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)

Hmm, what useful item can I make out of these? (About 1.25 yards each). Male clothing... lumberjack style shirt is the only thing I can think of. #sewing

Mercury News: WHO chief says Ebola is spreading rapidly in Congo, upgrades risk assessment

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was revising upward to “very high” its assessment of the risk within Congo, which had previously been deemed as high.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/22/who-chief-ebola-outbreak-very-high-risk/?

#ebola #publichealth #outbreak

@markwyner

1. Human health

Scientific American: The Health Risks of Gas Stoves Explained

Gas stoves produce emissions that can harm human health and the environment. Experts answer questions about the dangers and how to limit them

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-health-risks-of-gas-stoves-explained/

2. Planet health

Stanford: Climate and health impacts of natural gas stoves

Natural gas stoves release methane – a potent greenhouse gas – and other pollutants through leaks and incomplete combustion. Stanford researchers estimate that methane leaking from stoves inside U.S. homes has the same climate impact as about 500,000 gasoline-powered cars and the stoves can expose

https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/climate-and-health-impacts-natural-gas-stoves

3. Cleaning -- so many boiled over batches of jam, all in the inside of the current very-hard-to-clean stove ( high end, Wolf... before they were acquired). Wolf was acquired in 2000... so the stove is at least 26 years old.

4. (most importantly!) The Wolf gas range currently here is starting to have issues (parts no longer available, igniters cannot be replaced, knobs/mechanisms aging).

Looks like we're a "go" for switching to an induction stove/range Probably from Costco. Anyone have any recommendations? (I know folks have mentioned that physical controls a lot better than touch screens, for sure) #appliances #inducation

Woohoo! QSL card from the International Space Station!!!! #hamradio #space #NA1SS #postcards

The Guardian: Video shows ICE violently arresting Oregon farm workers and using facial recognition

Exclusive: Body-cam footage shared with the Guardian shows agents forced workers out of a van in what a judge has called ‘unlawful’ arrest

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/ice-immigration-oregon-facial-recognition

#ice #fascism #law #oregon #uspol

LA Times: Disney accused of misusing facial recognition technology

"...A visitor has filed a $5-million lawsuit against Disneyland for allegedly failing to properly disclose the use of facial-recognition technology at park and collecting sensitive data on guests...."

(paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-05-20/disney-faces-5-million-lawsuit-over-use-of-facial-recognition-technology

#lawsuit #disney #privacy #bigbrother #law

KTLA: Nearly 6,000 rare rainbow trout rescued after getting stranded in California creek

https://ktla.com/news/california/nearly-6000-rare-rainbow-trout-rescued-after-getting-stranded-in-california-creek/

#wildlife #trout #drought

@Beachbum @paul_ipv6 @Anne_Delong @douglasvb @natesiggard @MsMerope There's quite the misinformation effort out there...

NPR: An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/18/1154867064/solar-power-misinformation-activists-rural-america

@douglasvb @paul_ipv6 @natesiggard @MsMerope The last house with shake roof in this neighborhood burnt down 😬 (I think wood stove fire, the embers from their own stove set the roof on fire).

@Anne_Delong @douglasvb @paul_ipv6 @natesiggard @MsMerope There's a lot of FUD (Fear Uncertainty Doubt) about solar panels among the right wing, conspiracy theory people. Lots of disinformation trying to dissuade people from solar panels.

Payback time on panels (due to cost of electricity) in California has been about 5 years recently, it was 2 years for a bit. Probably will decrease with all the power companies jacking up rates, UNLESS, all the solar surcharges and whatnot they are putting into play counteract those savings. (huge push by the established utilities to NOT have people install solar panels, because they are worried about their profits and paying for infrastructure).

@Anne_Delong @douglasvb @paul_ipv6 @natesiggard @MsMerope

Gizmodo: Republican Operatives Are Astroturfing Opposition to Solar Power

A new report looks at a well-connected nonprofit that has been helping grassroots groups across the country fight local solar projects—with misinformation.

https://gizmodo.com/citizens-for-responsible-solar-susan-ralston-npr-1850141936

Wow, these folks either have serious prior wildfire PTSD or just don't like vegetation, look at that clearance!

Smoke report, 2088 Casual Court. (Note: typical for when the sun comes up, smoke starts becoming apparent and homeowners who are not evacuated will call in) 5/19/26 0758 #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #LACounty #wildfires

Air attack also launched from Hemet. 5/19/26 0744 #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #LACounty #wildfires

4 copters being launched to help keep Sandy Fire under control. Frequencies being used is CDF A/G and air tactics is 166.615Mhz. 5/19/26 0742 #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #LACounty #wildfires

@douglasvb @natesiggard That's where the hardened attic vents etc. come into play

@natesiggard I mean, if I lived there at the top of a hill, I might do that lol. (I do like a garden etc. though)

@douglasvb @MsMerope @natesiggard Ahh, may be specially formulated to not ignite? Vinyl raingutters are definitely not.

@douglasvb @MsMerope @natesiggard Plastic planks are WORSE than wood, once they catch fire... There was a video from Palisades of a plastic rain gutter melting from the heat, and then rapidly catching fire 😬