Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it.
People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
McSweeney’s on the economics of the AI bubble. This description of AI driven layoffs is excellent satire.
'The jump' quilt by Spanish quilter and textile artist Cristina Arcenegui Bono, inspired by an illustration by Ukrainian artist Svetlana Dorosheva #WomensArt
Buttons (Ashley) 🏴☠️#OFMDForLife🏴☠️ 🏳️🌈🤡
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RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
Los Angeles uses an iron-based coagulant. The precipitate looks like rusty iron and can be used in road construction. You can recognize it by the color. When driving on the 405 from UCLA to SFV, look east at the hillside near Sunset exit
Congress should not accept Pulte in the position. It has funding and other levers to exercise to get him out. Should be a top priority for Democrats in Congress.
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The sky was amazing on my ride home from Hermosa Beach tonight
The confluence of car and gun violence. 😭
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FYI, 17 hrs later, this shelter in place has NOT BEEN LIFTED
The marine layer is deep this am & cloudy conditions trap pollutants into the air.
AQI is pretty gross in NELA/east San Fernando Valley
Please continue to use caution
Assuming the fire is still smoldering/offgassing toxic yuck
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NSF's grantmaking is miserly when compared to recent years, but when compared it to the historical record, we see it's a radical break from the long-term consensus of investing in scientific innovation. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪
Pulte shows up to his Acting DNI job a day early, surprising outgoing DNI. Wants to fire 100s. Also asks if he has TS clearance, for a security detail, for the PDB at his house, and -- repeatedly -- if he has access to a gov't plane so he can travel between his homes.
www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/p...
President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he c...
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Throttling of science funding is utterly unprecedented and radical when compared to the past 50 years.
Phosphate removal and sequestration is done in wastewater treatment and to manage recreational and drinking water lakes and reservoirs all the time. A water treatment coagulant is all you need to achieve this. These are typically aluminum (or sometimes ferric) based coagulants that are used to 14/19
