Dr Grace Peng
@gspeng.bsky.social
Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
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My heart goes out to the two Asian girls looking at each other with pained expressions after Rev Jackson called out Black, Brown and White kids, while pointedly leaving them out.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
February 18, 2026 at 7:13 AM
My heart goes out to the two Asian girls looking at each other with pained expressions after Rev Jackson called out Black, Brown and White kids, while pointedly leaving them out.
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A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
Fulton Co elections expert: “In all 5 areas identified by ... the [search warrant] affidavit, there are a multitude of false or misleading statements or omissions. ... Once ... corrected, the affidavit loses any basis in reality.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
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Extrajudicial killings have become the norm for this Administration.
From shooting our own citizens in Minneapolis to these lawless killings in international waters.
We must make sure that Hegseth & those who ordered these murders are held accountable.
From shooting our own citizens in Minneapolis to these lawless killings in international waters.
We must make sure that Hegseth & those who ordered these murders are held accountable.
US military says it killed 11 people in strikes on three alleged drug boats | CNN Politics
The US military struck three alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean on Monday night, killing all 11 people on board, US Southern Command said Tuesday.
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Extrajudicial killings have become the norm for this Administration.
From shooting our own citizens in Minneapolis to these lawless killings in international waters.
We must make sure that Hegseth & those who ordered these murders are held accountable.
From shooting our own citizens in Minneapolis to these lawless killings in international waters.
We must make sure that Hegseth & those who ordered these murders are held accountable.
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Read @southbayforward.bsky.social Open Letter: www.southbayforward.org/blog/stateme...
The Metro Board sided with anti-Metro neighborhood groups over their own staff and a coalition of 15+ grassroots organizations. Hold them accountable to this decision. Demand governance reform.
The Metro Board sided with anti-Metro neighborhood groups over their own staff and a coalition of 15+ grassroots organizations. Hold them accountable to this decision. Demand governance reform.
Statement & Open Letter on Metro Board Vote — South Bay Forward
We thank the thousands of South Bay residents and stakeholders and the 15+ organizations representing over 35,000 members in our coalition who joined to support South Bay transit at the LA Metro Board...
www.southbayforward.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Read @southbayforward.bsky.social Open Letter: www.southbayforward.org/blog/stateme...
The Metro Board sided with anti-Metro neighborhood groups over their own staff and a coalition of 15+ grassroots organizations. Hold them accountable to this decision. Demand governance reform.
The Metro Board sided with anti-Metro neighborhood groups over their own staff and a coalition of 15+ grassroots organizations. Hold them accountable to this decision. Demand governance reform.
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Local politics completely hijacked this project. I am still recovering and I am not ok. Reform the Metro Board and keep all eyes on the South Bay.
Good summary of LA Metro K line south shenanigans. Video by @nandert.bsky.social
youtu.be/7Q3zeOAMkcU
youtu.be/7Q3zeOAMkcU
The Metro Board Giveth, and the Metro Board Taketh
YouTube video by nandert
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Local politics completely hijacked this project. I am still recovering and I am not ok. Reform the Metro Board and keep all eyes on the South Bay.
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He is beauty.
He is grace.
He is allegedly getting a buttload of media requests.
It’s the Pebbling Dude, the Michael Jackson of Misting, the head ice technician for curling, Moonwalking Mark Callan.
He is grace.
He is allegedly getting a buttload of media requests.
It’s the Pebbling Dude, the Michael Jackson of Misting, the head ice technician for curling, Moonwalking Mark Callan.
February 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
He is beauty.
He is grace.
He is allegedly getting a buttload of media requests.
It’s the Pebbling Dude, the Michael Jackson of Misting, the head ice technician for curling, Moonwalking Mark Callan.
He is grace.
He is allegedly getting a buttload of media requests.
It’s the Pebbling Dude, the Michael Jackson of Misting, the head ice technician for curling, Moonwalking Mark Callan.
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Raided the camps to confiscate the letters from the kidnapped kids.
Classic Good Guy behavior.
Classic Good Guy behavior.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Raided the camps to confiscate the letters from the kidnapped kids.
Classic Good Guy behavior.
Classic Good Guy behavior.
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Wrote about continued fighting in the legislature over the budget in my latest for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2026/02/taiw...
thediplomat.com/2026/02/taiw...
Taiwan’s Protracted Fight Over the Defense Budget
Defense spending in Taiwan continues to be politically contentious, particularly as the U.S. seeks to pressure the opposition KMT over the issue.
thediplomat.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Wrote about continued fighting in the legislature over the budget in my latest for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2026/02/taiw...
thediplomat.com/2026/02/taiw...
Grab your NIMBY bingo card
The Redondo Beach Planning Commission composed of “environmentalists” & “transit advocates” denied an AB 2011 project in the coastal zone, near frequent bus lines, in part, bc it did not have enough parking.
The project is being appealed at city council now. Watch: www.youtube.com/live/9v8OW64...
The project is being appealed at city council now. Watch: www.youtube.com/live/9v8OW64...
February 18, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Grab your NIMBY bingo card
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Scientists: if you have pursued/secured philanthropic funding in the wake of federal research funding cuts, I want to talk to you.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Scientists: if you have pursued/secured philanthropic funding in the wake of federal research funding cuts, I want to talk to you.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
Two wind-driven wildfires in February in Colorado!
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Wind-driven wildfires prompt evacuations on Colorado’s Eastern Plains
Wind-driven wildfires prompt evacuations on Colorado’s Eastern Plains
Firefighters worked to control the flames as strong winds pushed across dry land in eastern Colorado
coloradosun.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Two wind-driven wildfires in February in Colorado!
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Swept the entrance and put out our new Year of the Fire Horse door mat that I bought in Taipei.
Shopkeepers were so efficient. They segued from Christmas to Western New Year to Lunar New Year merch and decorations so fast.
Shopkeepers were so efficient. They segued from Christmas to Western New Year to Lunar New Year merch and decorations so fast.
February 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Swept the entrance and put out our new Year of the Fire Horse door mat that I bought in Taipei.
Shopkeepers were so efficient. They segued from Christmas to Western New Year to Lunar New Year merch and decorations so fast.
Shopkeepers were so efficient. They segued from Christmas to Western New Year to Lunar New Year merch and decorations so fast.
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People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
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Hahaha sure bring your marriage certificate, normal country
Sen. Mike Rounds on concerns that women will be disenfranchised by the SAVE America Act: "If you get married, you show them your marriage certificate and you're on your way once again"
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Hahaha sure bring your marriage certificate, normal country
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this is kind of spectacular -- you can't escape your hydrological destiny
Melrose is in an alluvial plain and crosses multiple seasonal waterways. Water Always Wins (and Uplift Melrose depaving could have alleviated the severity of this event)
bsky.app/profile/awal...
bsky.app/profile/awal...
February 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
this is kind of spectacular -- you can't escape your hydrological destiny
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Daylight your buried streams or they will periodically do it for you.
You can see the buried waterways of Los Angeles-Orange County in www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Daylight your buried streams or they will periodically do it for you.
Pumping Hydrogen into methane gas pipelines is dangerous, too.
We should not allow it
We should not allow it
@californiapuc.bsky.social should never have let gas utilities propose pumping hydrogen into gas pipelines in the first place. Its a costly ineffectual boondoggle that distracts focus from helping communities realize the health and safety benefits of electrification.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Blending hydrogen into gas pipelines would enrich utilities and harm Californians
Experiments with natural gas pipelines are only a stalling tactic and profit grab that will prolong pollution. The real solution is to go electric.
www.latimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Pumping Hydrogen into methane gas pipelines is dangerous, too.
We should not allow it
We should not allow it
You can see the buried waterways of Los Angeles-Orange County in www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
You can see the buried waterways of Los Angeles-Orange County in www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
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Heart breaking and horrifying. Someone killed in a crosswalk in the densest neighborhood in the state by a driver taking a right turn not paying attention
Fatal crash: Woman killed crossing street Monday night on Capitol Hill www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/02/vict...
February 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Heart breaking and horrifying. Someone killed in a crosswalk in the densest neighborhood in the state by a driver taking a right turn not paying attention
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Jane Ganahl's granddaughter doesn't eat animals and is fine with gay marriage. To some, this looks like indoctrination -- and Ganahl is fine with that.
Is it indoctrination to teach my granddaughter to have empathy?
If so, I’m fine with it. As a lifelong Californian, I’m acutely aware that my common-sense and compassionate life lessons could be viewed as wacko left-wing brainwashing by many.
www.golden-state.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Jane Ganahl's granddaughter doesn't eat animals and is fine with gay marriage. To some, this looks like indoctrination -- and Ganahl is fine with that.
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Every time Jim Jordan releases a report, he leaves personal info exposed:
✔️my home address
✔️the names of undergraduate researchers
✔️and most recently members EU civil society
Tech companies get their employees' info shielded.
Does that remind you of another, bigger non-redaction scandal? 👀
✔️my home address
✔️the names of undergraduate researchers
✔️and most recently members EU civil society
Tech companies get their employees' info shielded.
Does that remind you of another, bigger non-redaction scandal? 👀
The Weaponization of Non‑Redaction
From the Epstein files to congressional “censorship” reports, MAGA is using "transparency" as a weapon—and calling it accountability.
www.thewayfinder.net
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Every time Jim Jordan releases a report, he leaves personal info exposed:
✔️my home address
✔️the names of undergraduate researchers
✔️and most recently members EU civil society
Tech companies get their employees' info shielded.
Does that remind you of another, bigger non-redaction scandal? 👀
✔️my home address
✔️the names of undergraduate researchers
✔️and most recently members EU civil society
Tech companies get their employees' info shielded.
Does that remind you of another, bigger non-redaction scandal? 👀
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I don't post on Substack because I already have my own site where I post stuff, and have done for 27 years, and because Substack makes a lot of money off Nazis and fascists and I'd really rather not, thanks. I do have an account there but it's to secure my name. It has a cat photo.
February 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I don't post on Substack because I already have my own site where I post stuff, and have done for 27 years, and because Substack makes a lot of money off Nazis and fascists and I'd really rather not, thanks. I do have an account there but it's to secure my name. It has a cat photo.
The power of Art. Watch and cry. Then act
February 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The power of Art. Watch and cry. Then act
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hard to communicate how shattered many basic functions in the City of LA are. we've stopped repaving streets, streetslights are dark, sanitation pickups take weeks. departments bleeding staff bc of budget cuts are also being raided to staff the mayor's pet projects. we can't even spend FREE money
The City of LA is about to give back millions of dollars of previously won money for active transportation projects because it can’t build things in any reasonable amount of time.
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 PM
hard to communicate how shattered many basic functions in the City of LA are. we've stopped repaving streets, streetslights are dark, sanitation pickups take weeks. departments bleeding staff bc of budget cuts are also being raided to staff the mayor's pet projects. we can't even spend FREE money