Magnitude: 2.3 Depth: N/A
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Details: 2025/05/12 20:55:53 37.875N 122.216W
Location: 3 km (2 mi) W of Orinda, CA
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°5230%20N+122°1257%20W/@37.875,-122.216,10z
#EarthQuake #Quake #California
Magnitude: 2.3 Depth: N/A
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Details: 2025/05/12 20:55:53 37.875N 122.216W
Location: 3 km (2 mi) W of Orinda, CA
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°5230%20N+122°1257%20W/@37.875,-122.216,10z
#EarthQuake #Quake #California
https://www.europesays.com/uk/97023/ Renowned Salk Institute Studies Native Plants for Drug Discoveries in Weight Loss, Allergies, Asthma, and Headaches #California #Drugs #Health #Medication #NativeAmericans #Nature #plants #Research #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
Gov. Pritzker rocks.
Gov. Newsom, the gauntlet has been laid.
Magnitude: 2.6 Depth: 0 km
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Details: 2025/05/12 18:38:18 36.276N 120.864W
Location: 25 km (15 mi) ENE of King City, CA
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/36°1633%20N+120°5150%20W/@36.276,-120.864,10z
#EarthQuake #Quake #California
Magnitude: 2.0 Depth: 1 km
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Details: 2025/05/12 18:17:59 36.378N 120.959W
Location: 24 km (15 mi) NE of King City, CA
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/36°2240%20N+120°5732%20W/@36.378,-120.959,10z
#EarthQuake #Quake #California
The tone-deafness in wake of the migrant round-up by ICE is mindboggling. Newsom, what the hell, man!?! #migrants #homelessness #california https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/newsom-california-ban-homeless-encampments
#US students enter seventh day of hunger strike for #Gaza
#CaliforniaStateUniversity students from several campuses have gone on a hunger strike in solidarity with #Palestinians at risk of famine in Gaza
from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Syma Mohammed
Published date: 12 May 2025 21:22 BST
More than 30 #California State University (CSU) students are on a hunger strike to protest against #Israel’s blockade of food and water going into Gaza, which has placed the enclave's population at "critical risk" of famine.
In a video released on Sunday, the students said that the hunger strike was growing across campuses: “It’s day seven of the CSU hunger strike for Gaza. We remain steadfast in our struggle for a free #Palestine..."
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-students-enter-seventh-day-hunger-strike-gaza
#EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#StopGazaGenocide
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#USA #US #USPolitics #politics #Trump
#news #press @palestine
Dust and dust storms poses a threat to Californians' health, the state's agriculture sector and more.
Among what the report explores is how climate change is expected to increase dust storms in California.
Wildfires and drought in the state plays a role in dust emissions
"Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new strategy to eliminate the large, long-standing homeless encampments that have been a thorn in his side throughout his administration: Push cities to make them illegal."
https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/05/newsom-encampment-sweep-ordinance/
Wind poppies (Papaver heterophyllum) are fire-followers, their seeds lying dormant for years until fire—through heat, smoke, or charred wood—triggers them to bloom. Their bright flowers bob and sway above the ground, possibly signaling to pollinators to stop by.
Special update - Trump capitualted to China, got nothing, cut the tarrifs (that would supposedly replace taxes and relocate manufacturing) and humiliated himself. Here's a roundup.
The Guardian sums it up. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-china-tariff-victory-capitulation-day
The New York Times (really) even calls him out. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/business/economy/trump-trade-china-tariffs.html
Small vendors are still in trouble, so even less people got helped. https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/china-trade-deal-shein-temu-trump
Paul Krugman breaks down the humiliation. https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/when-an-arsonist-poses-as-a-firefighter
Magnitude: 2.2 Depth: 1 km
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Details: 2025/05/12 13:58:16 33.268N 116.436W
Location: 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Borrego Springs, CA
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/33°164%20N+116°269%20W/@33.268,-116.436,10z
#EarthQuake #Quake #California
And coast to coast...
Point Reyes National Seashore and Boston National Historical Park today.
Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/bost/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #pointreyes Image credit National Park Service Air Quality Web Camera Network and National Park Service and #california #lighthouse #clouds #research #airquality #interpretation #boston #bostonharbor #flag #newtopographics #massachusetts #history
The Great Pushback continues against the GOP assault on America! Here's our wins today.
Trump gets told to stop his layoffs by a judge. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/09/us/trump-news
A majority of Americans see Trump as a dictator. https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/prri-poll-most-americans-trump-dangerous-dictator
Even politico is noting Trump is on the verge of losing MORE to courts. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/trump-transforms-congressionally-mandated-health-offices-into-ghost-towns-00340176
Newsom calls on California cities to ban homeless encampments ‘without delay’ | California | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/newsom-california-ban-homeless-encampments
Inhumane!