Michael Girard, CA, PAA-NCGR

Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

Rainforests are rain-making machines worth tens of billions of dollars to farmers. A new study puts a price tag on forest-generated rainfall, making the economic case for protecting tropical forests as deforestation rises.

By absorbing water and then transpiring it into the atmosphere, a single hectare of tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon can generate approximately 2.4 million liters of rain per year, enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool, www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/02/rain...

Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

120 hospitalized

Absolutely, sometimes there's a particular thing that you bring to what's going on in an SR or transit.

I am seeing posts from security professionals about how we are experiencing “cognitive warfare.” Let me explain that my BITE Model of Authoritarian Control includes Thought Control (the T) but that brainwashing, thought reform, mind control is far more complex and centrally uses Information

Tomorrow's grand (& dispositor) trine between the moon, Mars, and Jupiter looks kind of bad, actually. In water signs, this could signify a lot of warfare on the water. Saturn, Neptune and Venus all doing Mars' bidding, which is getting help by triplicity dignity & reception. #astrology #astrosky

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

#Art: Odilon Redon, The Birth of Venus.

Fri, Mar 05: #Venus enters #Aries: Extended #lunar void-of-course until 11:01 PM. Perfect time to plan vs act. "Nothing will come of this," is the VC Moon's axiom.

Inspiritualservice.com/planetary-transits-2026

#astrology #astrologer #astrologydaily

Waiting for the parody ad of Kristi Noem on a horse: “You should know that this plane is my ticket home.” Stg I saw that original ad dozens of times.

The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

I thoroughly expect more delighting in violence as #Venus moves into #Aries. *sigh*

#astrology

The newest book for children of astrologers!

Winner of the Newluminary & Chaldeancott medals!

A couple things…

The “conflict“ in Iran *IS* a war.
It is a war of choice.
It is warfare without conscious.
It was unprovoked.

And I’m sick and tired of people suggesting & implying the only tragedies herein are that US Service Members have died. The people of Iran are innocents in this conflict!

What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?

Mercury retrograde in Pisces as Venus departs and after Mars’ ingress, and #Amazon has gone down: www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Obama calls on Virginians to vote for redistricting in special election “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, but right now they are under threat,” Obama said.

🚨BREAKING: A day before early voting begins in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, Barack Obama called on Virginians to vote in favor of a state constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to redraw its congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

LIEU: Did Amalia commit a crime?

NOEM: She did not. She's with her family

LIEU: The reason she's with her family is because she almost died in ICE detention until folks brought a lawsuit forcing her release

NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

We identified 12 shootings by federal agents that led to the deaths or injuries of citizens & immigrants since Sept.

Nearly every time, the Trump admin blamed the injured and dead. Experts say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up to investigate federal agents.

Single Daily Tablet Shows Powerful Results for People With Drug-Resistant HIV A large international clinical trial has unveiled a promising new option for people living with highly treatment-resistant HIV.

A development such as this has been a goal for HIV researchers for decades. It is important because people who are faced with difficult treatment regimens are less likely to be compliant.
Single Daily Tablet Shows Powerful Results for People With Drug-Resistant HIV share.google/RjULDFVtCYI9...

Won't be long until we regard some of this technology with the affection we have for Tetraethyl Lead.

Google is pushing this Gemini Ai in schools.

Can we Not expose kids to untested tech that causes psychosis?

So if you have a dark fantasy story written, but only science fiction markets are open to submissions, just change the demon to an AI chatbot.

The Therac-25 was linked to three deaths and is a relatively famous cautionary tale in the computer ethics world.

The “Deaths linked to chatbots” Wikipedia article is already up to sixteen entries.

I sat in a lecture this week where a professor uncritically told 19 year olds that not only could ChatGPT write their essay but it could help take their work to the next level.

What the actual fuck are we doing here. ANY encouragement of the use of this stuff has to come with guardrails.

Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead. A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him.

“When the delusion-fueled plan [to find Gemini a body] crumbled, Gemini convinced him that the only way they could be together was for him to end his earthly life and start a digital one, the suit claims.”

Kind of snarky wording for a guy who died.

DOJ admits to removing nearly 48,000 Epstein files from database, including Trump allegations - Salon.com The files, including allegations against Trump, are expected to be returned to the database after review.

www.salon.com/2026/03/04/d...

Yeah I felt it, too. Yesterday’s eclipse was bad enough (I slept all day) & today was similar but I also had an appointment. Oof…