Cyrus Farivar
@cfarivar.bsky.social
"suh-ROOS" / سیروس
Sr. Director, Community Resilience Marketing
🔥🌲🏡 Fire Aside (http://fireaside.com)
🕵️ 20+ years in journalism (Forbes, NBC, and more)
🐻 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA
📥 [email protected]
📱 +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
Sr. Director, Community Resilience Marketing
🔥🌲🏡 Fire Aside (http://fireaside.com)
🕵️ 20+ years in journalism (Forbes, NBC, and more)
🐻 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA
📥 [email protected]
📱 +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
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Cyrus Farivar
@cfarivar.bsky.social
· Mar 20
After 3+ years at Forbes, Friday March 21 will be my last day.
After 20+ years of doing professional journalism, I’m moving on to a new challenge with @fireaside.bsky.social.
After 20+ years of doing professional journalism, I’m moving on to a new challenge with @fireaside.bsky.social.
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How to use the internet, 1995
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November 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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The Toronto area is packed with highrises + sprawling suburbs, but it’s not exempt from rising wildfire risk. I was at Queen's Park yesterday to hear about a new bill introduced by the Ontario NDP that would require the province to create an urban wildfires advisory committee. @nationalobserver.com
Growing urban wildfire risk spurs Ontario NDP bill
On Thursday, the party introduced legislation to address the rising threat of fires that could jump from nearby natural areas into metropolitan centres.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Toronto area is packed with highrises + sprawling suburbs, but it’s not exempt from rising wildfire risk. I was at Queen's Park yesterday to hear about a new bill introduced by the Ontario NDP that would require the province to create an urban wildfires advisory committee. @nationalobserver.com
Replanting Hope: Will Rogers State Historic Park Begins Renewal After 99.5% Wildfire Destruction
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Replanting Hope: Will Rogers State Historic Park Begins Renewal After 99.5% Wildfire Destruction - Santa Monica Daily Press
Will Rogers State Historic Park, nearly wiped out when the Pacific Palisades fire scorched 99.5% of the park, is officially on the path to renewal. The fire reduced the canyon landscape to ash and tra...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Replanting Hope: Will Rogers State Historic Park Begins Renewal After 99.5% Wildfire Destruction
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The wildfire crisis: underlying barriers that impede mitigation – Wildfire Today
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November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
LAFC just announced its home opener for the 2026 season on Feb 21 against Miami FC at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum! ⚽
Son vs. Messi & Bouanga vs. Suárez 🤩
Son vs. Messi & Bouanga vs. Suárez 🤩
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
LAFC just announced its home opener for the 2026 season on Feb 21 against Miami FC at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum! ⚽
Son vs. Messi & Bouanga vs. Suárez 🤩
Son vs. Messi & Bouanga vs. Suárez 🤩
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I will never let them take the em dash from me—they’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I will never let them take the em dash from me—they’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands
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Currently revising an article which kept getting dinged by reviewers for using the em dash and I'm sorry if I didn't let fucking Richard Spencer ruin my clothing aesthetic I'm not going to let AI ruin my favorite punctuation mark
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Currently revising an article which kept getting dinged by reviewers for using the em dash and I'm sorry if I didn't let fucking Richard Spencer ruin my clothing aesthetic I'm not going to let AI ruin my favorite punctuation mark
NM Insurance Superintendent asks for extension of nation’s largest wildfire mitigation program sourcenm.com/2025/11/20/n...
NM Insurance Superintendent asks for extension of nation’s largest wildfire mitigation program • Source New Mexico
The Legislature gave $10 million to the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance during the session in January for grants to homeowners who live in increasingly wildfire-prone areas.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NM Insurance Superintendent asks for extension of nation’s largest wildfire mitigation program sourcenm.com/2025/11/20/n...
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"THEY HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT WAS INFECTIOUS" 🇺🇸
@herculezg.bsky.social dishes out praise for the USMNT's mentality against Uruguay. An intensity we've been waiting for 💪
@herculezg.bsky.social dishes out praise for the USMNT's mentality against Uruguay. An intensity we've been waiting for 💪
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"THEY HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT WAS INFECTIOUS" 🇺🇸
@herculezg.bsky.social dishes out praise for the USMNT's mentality against Uruguay. An intensity we've been waiting for 💪
@herculezg.bsky.social dishes out praise for the USMNT's mentality against Uruguay. An intensity we've been waiting for 💪
Reposted by Cyrus Farivar
Just 204 days until the World Cup; 42 berths secured ⏳
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just 204 days until the World Cup; 42 berths secured ⏳
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
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@gollnerfire.bsky.social am I missing a reason why y'all aren't shouting this result from the rooftops? Says to me that much cheaper veg mitigation is *way* more effective than expensive project of whole building retrofit.
Cc @cfarivar.bsky.social - also WAY drives up value of inspection services
Cc @cfarivar.bsky.social - also WAY drives up value of inspection services
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@gollnerfire.bsky.social am I missing a reason why y'all aren't shouting this result from the rooftops? Says to me that much cheaper veg mitigation is *way* more effective than expensive project of whole building retrofit.
Cc @cfarivar.bsky.social - also WAY drives up value of inspection services
Cc @cfarivar.bsky.social - also WAY drives up value of inspection services
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Was digging through the supplementary data from the excellent study, as one does, and found the buried nugget that building survival increases from 20% to 40% with building hardening + zone zero... but you get to 37% with zone zero alone????
California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how:
Our new study "Fire risk to structures in California’s Wildland-Urban Interface" was published in Nature Communications today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/28/c...
Our new study "Fire risk to structures in California’s Wildland-Urban Interface" was published in Nature Communications today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/28/c...
Fire risk to structures in California’s Wildland-Urban Interface - Nature Communications
Wildfire risk in California’s WUI is rising. Analysis of past events shows home hardening and defensible space can reduce structure loss by up to 52%, but coordinated, community-scale action is essent...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Was digging through the supplementary data from the excellent study, as one does, and found the buried nugget that building survival increases from 20% to 40% with building hardening + zone zero... but you get to 37% with zone zero alone????
You don't say.
"The poll, conducted by David Binder Research, found that nearly 90% of Californians surveyed supported their energy company burying power lines to eliminate nearly all wildfire risk posed by that equipment."
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"The poll, conducted by David Binder Research, found that nearly 90% of Californians surveyed supported their energy company burying power lines to eliminate nearly all wildfire risk posed by that equipment."
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Californians Express Overwhelming Support for Undergrounding Powerlines to Reduce Wildfire Risk
/PRNewswire/ -- Just days after Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it had energized 1,000 miles of undergrounded powerlines, a new public...
www.prnewswire.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You don't say.
"The poll, conducted by David Binder Research, found that nearly 90% of Californians surveyed supported their energy company burying power lines to eliminate nearly all wildfire risk posed by that equipment."
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
"The poll, conducted by David Binder Research, found that nearly 90% of Californians surveyed supported their energy company burying power lines to eliminate nearly all wildfire risk posed by that equipment."
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
A reminder, the USFS says: "There is a seven-dollar return on investment for every dollar spent on fuel treatments and forest management informed by fire research."
research.fs.usda.gov/fire
research.fs.usda.gov/fire
Fire | US Forest Service Research and Development
The Forest Service is the world’s leading wildland fire research organization. Forest Service applications and tools help prevent catastrophic wildfires that threaten lives and communities, damage hom...
research.fs.usda.gov
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A reminder, the USFS says: "There is a seven-dollar return on investment for every dollar spent on fuel treatments and forest management informed by fire research."
research.fs.usda.gov/fire
research.fs.usda.gov/fire
Oakland council committee rejects Flock surveillance camera expansion oaklandside.org/2025/11/19/o...
Oakland council committee rejects Flock surveillance camera expansion
Scores of people voiced concerns about growing police surveillance, while others support more cameras to fight crime.
oaklandside.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Oakland council committee rejects Flock surveillance camera expansion oaklandside.org/2025/11/19/o...
Nevada County honors CAL FIRE Chief Brian Estes yubanet.com/regional/nev...
Nevada County honors CAL FIRE Chief Brian Estes
November 19, 2025 – Supervisors presented a certificate of recognition to CAL FIRE NEU Chief Brian Estes at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting. Estes, who is retiring after 35 years of servi...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nevada County honors CAL FIRE Chief Brian Estes yubanet.com/regional/nev...
Balance of Idaho’s state wildfire suppression fund drops to $15 million after 2025 season idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/19/b...
Balance of Idaho’s state wildfire suppression fund drops to $15 million after 2025 season • Idaho Capital Sun
As Idaho state agencies navigate budget holdbacks, officials will likely need to request extra money to pay the 2026 wildfire bills.
idahocapitalsun.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Balance of Idaho’s state wildfire suppression fund drops to $15 million after 2025 season idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/19/b...
This week, Piedmont, CA -- a tiny, rich town surrounded by Oakland -- declared its entire town as a WUI zone. That means it will "adopt strict construction and vegetation management standards for all private property in Piedmont."
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‘Above and beyond’ | City Council affirms its commitment to wildfire mitigation measures at Monday meeting
City updates fire codes for new construction and major renovations.
piedmontexedra.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This week, Piedmont, CA -- a tiny, rich town surrounded by Oakland -- declared its entire town as a WUI zone. That means it will "adopt strict construction and vegetation management standards for all private property in Piedmont."
piedmont.ca.gov/common/pages...
piedmontexedra.com/2025/11/abov...
piedmont.ca.gov/common/pages...
piedmontexedra.com/2025/11/abov...
