Joe Minock

When you’ve been fed “alternative facts” that happen to match up with your confirmation bias, you end up believing some really dumb stuff.

While I’m no expert on water management, it’s not difficult to understand that the fire is at a scale unmanageable by any human engineered water supply.

I’m projecting Lindsey Vonn top 5 in tomorrow’s DH at St. Anton, Aut.

LV was 10th in training and within 1.25 seconds of Lara Gut-Behrami (2nd). Federica Brignone had a wicked fast time -1.31 ahead of Gut-Behrami, but that kind of margin is rare in DH races.

#skiracing #fisworldcup

Without words.

Homes along the PCH in Malibu reduced to ash.

www.instagram.com/p/DEleQY2yqz...

I have family in Porter Ranch… keeping a close eye on that one. I hope you stay safe and clear of the fire!

Don’t forget the Hurst Fire in Sylmar. While not within LA city limits, it’s within a few miles.

24hrs in: Bluesky vs the Twitter of old (pre Elmo)

With family in LA, I’m particularly interested in the developments of the various fires.

As far as I’ve observed, no one has been able to do as good of a job as the old Twitter of surfacing timely and critical information.

If you're in Los Angeles, please get and use the Watch Duty app to track the fires. I cannot recommend it enough.

On Bluesky, follow alerts here: @watchduty-bot.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy

My fiancee and I visited Malibu on Dec 30.

It was a gorgeous, calm, beautiful day. We drove through this stretch of the PCH and it was otherwise peaceful and quiet. Little did we know, all of the homes would be gone in a matter of days.

If you have friends in the Santa Monica area and can offer refuge…. Send texts with offers and info.

Do not expect immediate responses over 30,000 people just for an evacuation order.

Good to finally make it. Seems like a solid platform.

Oh, that’s just cruel.

I refuse to EVER treat the users of any application I’m building like that.

1+1=2

California Wildfires Live Updates: Thousands Ordered to Evacuate Pacific Palisades Rapidly spreading flames, fanned by gusts that could reach up to 100 m.p.h., threatened homes along the coastline.

Concerned for our family and friends in the hills around LA today… The Santa Ana Winds are no joke and they’re already feeding the explosive growth of a fire in Pacific Palisades.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

I was trying to pick the worst of the evils… My mental response was a 404.

Shifting my focus here…. Interests include: Product, Ruby on Rails, Ai, Colorado / Boulder / Denver and Michigan / Ann Arbor / Detroit Communities.

Hey Summit County, you’re looking quite nice in that new blanket of snow.

I hear the sky is quite blue over here, ehh.