Dale Alan Cox
@papacox.bsky.social
Master of Disaster Scenarios (ShakeOut, ARkStorm and HayWired). Builder of Coalitions and proud father of five daughters.
"The glacier, a river of craggy ice nearly 20 miles long, pours out of the cloud-swathed southern Andes like a mirage."
A Famously Stable Glacier in Argentina Suddenly Looks Anything But
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"The glacier, a river of craggy ice nearly 20 miles long, pours out of the cloud-swathed southern Andes like a mirage."
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The $325 million sale of the Connecticut Sun will only intensify WNBA players’ demands for a bigger slice of revenues in the ongoing CBA negotiations.
Record sale of WNBA’s Sun adds fuel to the league’s smoldering contract dispute
The $325 million sale of the Connecticut Sun will only intensify WNBA players’ demands for a bigger slice of revenues in the ongoing CBA negotiations.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The $325 million sale of the Connecticut Sun will only intensify WNBA players’ demands for a bigger slice of revenues in the ongoing CBA negotiations.
This earthquake/tsunami could have been more............................................................understandable.
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
www.tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
This earthquake/tsunami could have been more............................................................understandable.
From Kamchatka Life
July 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
From Kamchatka Life
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With one week left for the Senate to pass his rescissions package, Trump singles out the anti-PBS, anti-NPR part of the package and says "any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement."
July 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
With one week left for the Senate to pass his rescissions package, Trump singles out the anti-PBS, anti-NPR part of the package and says "any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement."
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Resistance to ICE raid at Camarillo farm.
Feds just threw tear gas at protesters so they’d clear the road for a US Marshals bus carrying people they arrested at the farm
July 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Resistance to ICE raid at Camarillo farm.
I'm not sure how I missed this.....
Swiss glacier collapse: How the village of Blatten was wiped off the map - BBC News
Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I'm not sure how I missed this.....
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Why yes, yes it is... ‘the Word Choice of Losers’ There was a lot lost.
Abbott Calls Seeking Blame for Floods ‘the Word Choice of Losers’
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Why yes, yes it is... ‘the Word Choice of Losers’ There was a lot lost.
Flip the fucking script!
June 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Flip the fucking script!
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California has joined 15 other states filing suit against NSF & its acting director, alleging it has illegally terminated millions of dollars in grants & has imposed new fees ending or crippling research vital to health, economy & advancement of knowledge.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
With billions at stake, California joins suit to stop Trump cuts to university science research
Lawsuit accuses Trump's reshaped National Science Foundation of imposing ideology and across-the-board cuts at a cost of scientific and economic advancement.
www.latimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
California has joined 15 other states filing suit against NSF & its acting director, alleging it has illegally terminated millions of dollars in grants & has imposed new fees ending or crippling research vital to health, economy & advancement of knowledge.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
"Magna Carta — “Great Charter” in Latin — has been used to justify many different causes over the centuries, sometimes on shaky historical ground. But it has evolved into a global symbol of the importance of fundamental freedoms, including habeas corpus."
Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Magna Carta — “Great Charter” in Latin — has been used to justify many different causes over the centuries, sometimes on shaky historical ground. But it has evolved into a global symbol of the importance of fundamental freedoms, including habeas corpus."
"It is easier to believe a lie than to learn the truth." -Dale Alan Cox
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"It is easier to believe a lie than to learn the truth." -Dale Alan Cox
Inspired me to get a BJ (not that kind).
May 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Inspired me to get a BJ (not that kind).
10 seconds: Does “bang for the buck” refer to fireworks or prostitution?
April 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
10 seconds: Does “bang for the buck” refer to fireworks or prostitution?
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“Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.”
DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress (Gift Article)
Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.”
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european tourism to the united states: freefalling
April 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
european tourism to the united states: freefalling
“A fourth grader who is below basic cannot grasp the sequence of events in a story. An eighth grader can’t grasp the main idea of an essay or identify the different sides of a debate.”
Opinion | The Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a Lifetime
Maybe we’re just not good at thinking anymore.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“A fourth grader who is below basic cannot grasp the sequence of events in a story. An eighth grader can’t grasp the main idea of an essay or identify the different sides of a debate.”
Sorry! I thought you were Ron Vara!
Trillions down the drain. Trump’s top trade adviser remains unbothered | CNN Business
A top White House trade official has a message for world leaders caught in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans: it’s “just the beginning.”
www.cnn.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sorry! I thought you were Ron Vara!
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Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect theonion.com/musk-signals...
Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect
WASHINGTON—Stressing that he was open to going far higher to close the deal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday that he had made an unsolicited $97.4 billion offer to acquire respect. “This is a ...
theonion.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect theonion.com/musk-signals...
What up with Sir Guy Grand in Wisconsin? #TheMagicChristian
April 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What up with Sir Guy Grand in Wisconsin? #TheMagicChristian
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Off topic but:
New study shows that, when white & minority Lyft drivers drove at identical speeds (N=222,838 incidents), police were 33% more likely to issue speeding tickets to minority drivers & charged 34% more expensive fines, unequivocally revealing bias.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
New study shows that, when white & minority Lyft drivers drove at identical speeds (N=222,838 incidents), police were 33% more likely to issue speeding tickets to minority drivers & charged 34% more expensive fines, unequivocally revealing bias.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding
Prior research on racial profiling has found that in encounters with law enforcement, minorities are punished more severely than white civilians. Less is known about the causes of these encounters and...
www.science.org
March 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Off topic but:
New study shows that, when white & minority Lyft drivers drove at identical speeds (N=222,838 incidents), police were 33% more likely to issue speeding tickets to minority drivers & charged 34% more expensive fines, unequivocally revealing bias.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
New study shows that, when white & minority Lyft drivers drove at identical speeds (N=222,838 incidents), police were 33% more likely to issue speeding tickets to minority drivers & charged 34% more expensive fines, unequivocally revealing bias.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...