Elizabeth

if you felt that lil thump of an aftershock (3.0) about half an hour ago don’t forget to fill out the form! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

What name shall we give Earthquake? I think about earthquakes nearly every day, in one aspect or another. Every now and then I toy with the pre-scientific ideas about them. Before science, before literacy itself, every culture stored…

Earthquake is our uncle

useful to contemplate while you are struggling through Monday morning emails all bleary-eyed from the fault-related sleep displacement

the Hayward usually gives us more gentle reminders, the kind where it feels more like an elbow-nudge to the building. this time we got a (literal) wake-up call!

the Hayward fault

Bar graph showing the aftershock forecast for the magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Berkeley California. There’s a 27% chance of a magnitude 3+ aftershock in the next week. And a very small chance of a magnitude 4+

The USGS has issued an aftershock report for the next week.
🔹There is a 27% chance of M3+ aftershocks
🔹There is a 4% chance of M4+ aftershocks.
🔹There is a 2% chance that this earthquake becomes a foreshock to a larger earthquake.

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

if cell service isn't down, there will be posting

earthquake happens -> determine you're not going to die -> immediately post about earthquake

yes

tabby perched on top of a pajama clad lower body reclining in bed

mine immediately came and sat on me

tfw the fault does some unusually effective advertising for the upcoming CRMP Earthquake Brace + Bolt program application deadline

A USGS “Did you feel it?” Earthquake shaking intensity map for this morning’s M4.4 earthquake in Berkeley showing reports of shaking across the bay area.

It looks like the magnitude has been revised to a M4.4. Still a widely felt earthquake. This is pretty normal for magnitudes to be adjusted slightly in the hour after the earthquake.

🫡 for getting up to skeet about it anyway

Good morning to @andrewalden.bsky.social

did you feel that one in Sacramento?

yeah I was holding my breath to see if it was going to keep going because those first moments really felt like we might be getting it

we sure did (trying to fill this out on my phone with a disgruntled tabby perched atop me)

my entire feed is just Bay Area people who got woken up and I think that’s beautiful

since that clearly woke a lot of you up too, please tell the USGS about it here earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

damn apparently the Hayward fault wanted me to get an early start to the Monday workday

🟡 M4.8 #earthquake detected 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California at 9/22/2025 2:56:12 AM PDT

This reflects data from the U.S. Geological Survey that is subject to change. Visit the USGS page linked below for the latest #quake information

Chaos Inside FEMA as Death Threats Distract From Hurricane Response Internal documents show how online conspiracies and personal attacks disrupted FEMA during back-to-back hurricanes last year.

The new docs on hurricanes Helene and Milton reveal unreported details, including the doxxing of at least 7 senior FEMA staffers. The records also highlight how misinformation remains a major threat to the agency amid recent cuts to its staff and funding

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the population-based version going around that makes you pick between MENA, South Asia, and various chunks of China and SE Asia is way harder

the thing about having lived in the UK for 4 years & TR for 3 is that I already know I can live (a diminished life, yes) without decent Mexican food. whereas the combo of SE Med, Anatolia, the Levant, and South, Central & Southeast Asia covers most of the rest of my range for cooking AND eating out.

cruel to cut off Karadeniz from the rest of Anatolia here but D still wins

Taking the competitive out of competitive authoritarianism

The Decades-Long Plan To Rob FEMA To Pay ICE Trump is using regulatory tricks to funnel disaster-relief funds to immigration enforcement, even as climate disasters threaten millions.

in recent weeks, the Trump admin has siphoned millions of $ from FEMA to fund ICE.

i wrote about how our cruel immigration system became so intertwined with disaster relief, a story that goes back to the early days of the war on terror:
www.levernews.com/the-decades-...

Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

(this also rules because it harmonizes with the campaign's fundamental commitment to the right to the city & celebration of what's so good about living in them)

a friend is texting me from the midst of this and it sounds delightful (if maybe a little more popular than even the campaign was prepared for!)