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

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite

A5. As someone who ONLY RECENTLY got back to bicycling after decades. (was bicycling before I was driving, but then life got in the way, and traffic got very bad, and then finally they put some bike lanes here and I decided to quit burning as much gas):

1. BICYCLING IS FASTER IN TOWN THAT DRIVING A CAR!! (in many cases, especially in traffic, and especially to/from school!)

2. LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE TURNING RIGHT AT A STOP LIGHT! So many car drivers don't even look to the right for pedestrians or bicyclists and just look left and cut hard onto the road they're going...

3. YOUR EV IS NOT MORE ECO FRIENDLY THAN PEDALING. I see so many people within bicycle range of stores driving 2000 lbs of batteries and plastic to the store for a stick of butter or whatnot. It just alleviates their guilt, without actually fixing the problem.

4. THE FIELD OF VIEW in cars is very bad. Some cars, VERY VERY BAD. Your field of view in a bicycle is VERY GOOD. I really prefer the bicycle.

5. If you bicycle a lot, riding a car is frustrating... particularly in traffic which is moving slower than you could bicycle (or walk!). It's like you're trapped in the car. On a bicycle, you're not trapped. You can get off. You can take a break. You can go to a nearby store without fighting for parking. You forget that when you are a driver.

Oh look, a whole bunch of Nazi party accomplishments cited on the NASA website for Mr. von Braun (he was a junior SS officer). I wonder if that's new or has always been there....

https://www.nasa.gov/people/wernher-von-braun/

Not this rocket scientist with the arm that wants to do a Nazi salute, the OTHER one. Wait, not these other Nazi rocket scientists, either!

Head's up Santa Barbara!

5:25 am wake up boom courtesy the man with the spazzy right arm that has been possessed by the Third Reich

(Also Ventura County, San Luis Obispo counties as well).

#sonicboom #launch #rocket

Philadelphia

Health Department Issues Notification About Potential Measles Exposure

April 11, 2025

PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is notifying the public of a potential measles exposure at the following locations:

Pennsylvania Hospital Emergency Department
800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Sunday April 6, 2025, between 3:55 p.m. and 11:20 p.m.
Holy Redeemer Hospital Emergency Department
1648 Huntingdon Pike, Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, between 6:05 p.m. to 9:45m.

(more)
https://www.phila.gov/2025-04-11-health-department-issues-notification-about-potential-measles-exposure-3/

#measlesoutbreak #measles #philadelphia #Pennsylvania

My son set the beekeeping nuc (box) we were attempting to catch a swarm with (failed) on my garden bed yesterday after coming home. Less than 24 hours later.... #beekeeping #bee #swarm #gardening #beemudatriangle

Reuters: DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/musks-doge-using-ai-snoop-us-federal-workers-sources-say-2025-04-08/

Ooh, Coachella on Friday is going to be HOT!

(er... temperature hot, 103F. Music/fashion, I do not know. Are we still in "dress like a nearly naked Cowboy" fashion-wise? 🤪 )

#Coachella #music #CAwx

The Verge: Tesla Supercharger damaged in possible explosion in Washington https://www.theverge.com/news/645378/tesla-supercharger-damaged-explosion-washington

#tesla #vandalism

No fluoride, no teeth,
No vaccines, good grief
Kids dead of measles again
Back to the 1880's then
Crypto grifters, no SEC
Stealing money, you'll see
Billionaires pay no tax
Sorry, that's the facts
Spreading hate, Nazi salutes
The US Treasury they hope to loot
Tariffs ream the economy and stocks
Hope you've stuffed money in your mattress and socks
Alas when will this horror end
Hmm, I dunno, depends

#poem (human poem)
#Politics

Texas DSHS: Health Alert: Texas 2025 Measles Outbreak – Expanded Outbreak Counties

"As part of the ongoing measles outbreak response, DSHS is updating the list of counties currently included in the designated outbreak area. It now includes Cochran, Dallam, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Lynn, Lamar, Lubbock, Terry, and Yoakum counties..."

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/health-alert-texas-2025-measles-outbreak-expanded-outbreak-counties

#measles #measlesoutbreak #texas

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Trump supporter pulls out AR-15 at Indiana Hands Off protests (looks like he got angry and pulled it out of the back of his truck, but did not kill anyone with it...)

https://www.wdrb.com/news/wdrb-video/man-pulls-out-gun-at-protests-in-indiana/video_154ba498-3ac1-5890-9213-327e8ade826f.html #HandsOff #protests #Politics

@dougfir @bruce @douglasvb @camless @MsMerope Have actually seen this in person, though. This was a photo I took when I was younger and not so wise of the ways of fire. (hanging out a couple of ridges away. Too close still for being a civilian without fire gear!).

In normal times, defensible space clearance and mitigating attic vents (plus house insurance) would be enough. I don't think we're in normal times.

(defensible space only works if 1. you have enough fire crews and 2. the wind isn't blowing at hurricane force ala the Eaton Fire).

CALFIRE resources on defensible space:

https://readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/

@dougfir @douglasvb @camless @MsMerope Yep... quite the fuel source when dry. 😬

@dougfir @douglasvb @camless @MsMerope No forests here! We're all chapparal.

@bruce @dougfir @douglasvb @camless @MsMerope 😬

@dougfir @bruce @douglasvb @camless @MsMerope 😬

@dougfir @bruce @douglasvb @camless @MsMerope Apparently these are the ONLY photos of the local dozer team in action that have ever been taken, LOL. I copied all the photos for the dozer folks (this was back in 2013) because they wanted to blow them up and put them up at home, ha ha. No one apparently takes photos of the dozers working a fire normally.

Hmm, I have a lot more fire retardant paint left still, so I guess I will keep on going. (siding is painted, working on eaves). The big issue with paint (as usual) is how labor intensive it is, especially on the undersides of the eaves (up on a ladder, arms up...). After it's all painted, will need to cure for 4-5 days before top coat. Intumscent paint, which provides significant protection from ignition. #random #disasterpreparedness #painting #wildfires