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Lorenzo T. R. Flores

@lorigga.bsky.social

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Software Engineer at the San Francisco Estuary Institute (https://www.sfei.org/). This is a personal account and does not reflect the views of my employer. he/him latino/latinx

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Lorenzo T. R. Flores @lorigga.bsky.social · Nov 15

I'm Lorenzo, I work for an environmental non-profit as a software engineer.

I love learning about things other people nerd out about. Lots of interests, too many to list.

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Dr. Athena Masson @weathergoddess.bsky.social · Jul 30

Live news from #Japan for thise interested in the #earthquake and #tsunami threat. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

www3.nhk.or.jp

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NWS Bay Area Bot @nwsbayareabot.bsky.social · Jul 30

⚠️TSUNAMI ADVISORY in effect for the California coast. Stay away from the water! Stay away from beaches and waterways! Remain away from shore until local officials say that it is OK to return. #KnowYourZone at . #CAwx #Tsunami https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1950370981848961247

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Jenée Desmond-Harris @jenee.bsky.social · Jul 3

I will never recover from the years I spent working in media amid a totally deranged obsession with empathy for Trump voters who wanted nothing but to make other people suffer

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Lorenzo T. R. Flores @lorigga.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you for the reply. Of course I mistook this for US news. Apologies for my lazy American ways....we're a in a bit of a situation down here. I didn't look up Melissa Lantsmann. We had something similar in CA which has been blocked at the federal level.

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Lorenzo T. R. Flores @lorigga.bsky.social · Jun 19

Sigh...so...are they starting to seed the idea of some liberal "Project 2035"? Cause I'm so tired...

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InRangeTV @inrange.tv · Jun 17

Here's an interactive map:
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

wilderness.maps.arcgis.com

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · Jun 18

Republicans want to sell over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas!
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill

The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

www.wilderness.org

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Mariposa Girasol @cynic4hope.bsky.social · Jun 18

Site w/ info 4 keeping👁️ on fascists' anti-immigrant, anti-human policies of #TrumpIsATraitor ship. #NoKKKings #LaMigra #LaResistencia #Resist #NoKings #UniteBlue #BlueCrew #LBGTQ+ #BLM #Latinx #BadassFeminists @vetsat.bsky.social #AmericanOpposition
#StrongerTogether 💙
www.aila.org/deaths-at-ad...

Deaths at Adult Detention Centers

AILA provides a continually updated list of press releases announcing deaths in adult immigration detention.

www.aila.org

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 17

There are widespread reports of ICE agents abducting people while masked, without warrants or identification. Due to recent events, we strongly advise: do not open your door or car for anyone you don’t know. That’s the message. No need to elaborate.

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404 Media @404media.co · Jun 11

CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/cbp-confirms...

CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE

The confirmation follows 404 Media's reporting using flight data and air traffic control (ATC) audio that showed the agency was flying Predator drones above Los Angeles.

www.404media.co

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · Jun 10

BREAKING: ICE is preparing to deploy tactical units to five cities run by Democratic leaders, according to two sources familiar with the planning of future ICE operations.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · Jun 10

Los Angeles population is roughly 4M+ people.
It’s a massive city, folks.

The combined 4700 National Guard and Marines have been sent to about a 3-block area to aggressively eat lunch and watch peaceful protestors sing and dance. 👇🏽
💃🏽🎶🕺🏼

So now you know.

Keep lifting the veil, LA fam!

A map of protests and deployed National Guard troops in Los Angeles, on June 9,2025.
ARCGIS

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · Jun 10

BREAKING Truth: The situation in LA.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 9

Let this sink in.

Even the Los Angeles Police Chief, Jim McDonnell, made it clear: the people protesting immigration raids were not the ones causing violence.

During a Sunday evening press conference, McDonnell condemned the violence as “disgusting”

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · May 20

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · Apr 22

#Harvard University has made it possible to virtually explore the Great #Pyramid of Giza in stunning 3D and 360º! Now you can take a digital tour and uncover the mysteries of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Tour here: giza.fas.harvard.edu/giza3d/

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Lorenzo T. R. Flores @lorigga.bsky.social · Apr 17

Lot's of NOAA datasets are slated for decommission soon:
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...

Notice of Changes

Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.

www.nesdis.noaa.gov

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Lorenzo T. R. Flores @lorigga.bsky.social · Apr 15

Really sad news. My condolences to his family and the frogpants community.

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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · Apr 4

Still enraged they cut the NIH Bridges programs. 13 students in my lab came as CC students through Bridges. Students who had little/no support or guidance before. They could now be in lab instead of needing to make ends meet off-campus. Most are now in PhD progs (incl GRFP awardees) or applying. 1/2

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · Mar 18

betty white as roses: thread

Betty White in magenta jacket with yellow collared shirt underneath.

Yellow and magenta colored rose to match.

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Lorenzo T. R. Flores @lorigga.bsky.social · Mar 18

Great segment that gave me a lot of chuckles this past weekend:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Vz...

Lovett and Ari Test Their Relationship Against Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne

YouTube video by Lovett or Leave It

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Lorenzo T. R. Flores @lorigga.bsky.social · Mar 13

Doctor Manhattan sitting on Mars, word box says "I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this."

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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · Feb 25

A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of “processing camps” on military bases and a “small army” of private citizens empowered to make arrests.

Documents reveal how military contractors want to take over mass deportations

The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.

www.politico.com

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andy™ @andylevy.net · Feb 6

lil psa for those who use chrome on their computer and have been driven crazy by the constant "sign in with google" prompts that pop up at various sites and didn't realize they could disable them and have been suffering in silence until now like i've been: here's how to get rid of them

To select your third-party sign-in prompt preferences:

On your computer, open Chrome.
At the top right, select More More and then Settings.
On the left, select Privacy and security and then Site settings.
Under “Content,” select Additional content settings and then Third-party sign-in.
Select to show or block sign-in prompts:
Sites can show sign-in prompts from identity services: If you enable "Sign in automatically," you won’t need to confirm before you log in to a website with your identity service. Learn how to sign in to sites & apps automatically.
Block sign-in prompts from identity services: If you block this feature, Chrome won’t show sign-in prompts through your identity service. The website you visit or your identity service can still show you similar prompts. You can still log in with your identity service through the typical sign-in buttons or your username and password.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Jan 29

If history is a guide, Spending Freeze 1.0, now dead, will be followed by Spending Freeze 2.0 and maybe Spending Freeze 3.0, each of which will be better written and lawyered than the one before.

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · Jan 29

JUST IN: The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded a Trump administration directive pausing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, a White House official said reut.rs/4hruGWg

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