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La Niña is back. It could mean another dangerously dry winter for Southern California La Niña has reemerged in the eastern Pacific, a climate pattern that typically drives dry winters across the U.S. Southwest. Last winter's weak La Niña helped push Southern California into drought, and experts say it could be even more dramatic this year.

La Niña is back. It could mean another dangerously dry winter for Southern California

Photo of succulent in my garden. Aeoniums are popular for their architectural shape and can be grown in gardens or containers. They are drought-tolerant plants that store water in their leaves, stems, and roots.

Aeonium, a type of succulent plant known for its rosette shaped leaves. These plants are native to the Canary Islands, Madeira, and North Africa.
My garden has many. I began growing and propagating them 7 years ago and can't stop.
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#Plants
#Photography
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardens

Will Netanyahu torpedo the ‘Gaza peace plan’ sooner rather than later?

Here’s Noam Chomsky explaining the cyclical pattern of Israel reaching a ceasefire with Hamas, and then openly breaking the ceasefire and resuming the slaughter.

So, they’re allowing the aid they “weren’t blocking.”

Israel says 600 aid trucks, carrying food, medical equipment, shelter supplies, fuel and cooking gas, will be allowed to enter Gaza daily through the UN, accredited international organisations and the private sector.

LIVE updates: aje.io/87zdo6

Anyway. Free Palestine and End Antisemitism. These are not remotely conflicting statements.

A slice of chocolate cake with white frosting with the headline: Five-Star Chocolate Guinness Cake

"For me, a chocolate cake is the basic unit of celebration," Nigella Lawson writes. Try her five-star chocolate Guinness cake recipe: nyti.ms/4355for

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

It was actually only 1.4%.

It’s time to stop shaming an entire race for the sins of a few, centuries ago.

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "i am perfectly content to not be a part of your bullshit"

Urgent Help for Tasneem My name is Tasneem, I’m 19 years old, and I’m from Gaza.

Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.

Directly asking people you know is most effective

Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to north Gaza on Friday, making their way along the coastal Al-Rashid road after the ceasefire took effect at noon. Israeli troops withdrew to agreed lines, retaining control of 53% of the Strip.

Journalist & Drop Site contributor Abd Sabbah captured...

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Can we stop saying this is what fascism looks like, Jesus Christ we know

Trans: "Instead of asking about things that have not happened, try to take a lesson from what has happened!' Hz. Umar

Digital painting of a dark haired woman in a pale dress and sun hat, from a reference photo online.

Goddamit. Every now and again FB throws me a reminder that I could once make art and I need to find the time again.

I need to quit my day job lbh.

I was hospitalized with #HemiplegicMigraine that nearly killed me. My family were called to the hospital and they brought my two year old daughter to say goodbye to me, as well as a lawyer to write a will giving my child and assets to my parents. It was a horrible moment. I lapsed into a 4 day coma.

Quay with Men Unloading Sand Barges, 1888 #vangogh #vincentvangogh

Santa Maria de Idris is entirely carved into the rock, illuminated by the sunset as people ascend the stairs.

The rock churches of Matera, Italy 🌄🌟⛪
#RockinTuesday

Hi Readers and Writers,

I have a single post on my Substack that you easily review some of the micro and flash stories and decide which one you might want to read.

Stop by any time.

Enjoy your day!

Scott, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Whelan, RIAM, Dublin review - towards a Mozart masterpiece One miracle of musical performance is that a work you’ve loved for years can be revealed as never before in an outstanding interpretation. That happened to me last week at the New Ross Piano Festival ...

★★★★ @annekescott.bsky.social #IrishBaroqueOrchestra #PeterWhelan #RoyalIrishAcademyofMusic Dublin - Towards a #Mozart masterpiece, with characteristic joy and enlightenment from this team, but a valveless horn brings problems - review @davidnice.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

Close-up of Scottish activist Margaret Pacetta lying in a hospital bed with a clear oxygen mask over her nose and mouth. Her eyes appear tired and half open, and a blue hospital blanket is draped over her head. The image conveys exhaustion and the physical toll of her detention and illness.

Scottish flotilla activist Margaret Pacetta is currently hospitalized with leg complications, multiple infections, and severe dehydration, consequences of her harrowing detention conditions in Israeli prisons.

blackleftiss 7h IOF DRONE FOOTAGE REVEALS THE SCALE OF DESTRUCTION IN GAZA #freepalestine IM YINONEWS Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism.” - Lenin.

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We're settling in for @aelang.bsky.social's @scholarslab.bsky.social talk connecting literary studies w/explorations in 3D making to visualize, explore, inspire new approaches to interpreting & appreciating poetry. Lovely to see colleagues from the west coast & UK time zones! Livetweeting 🧵: +

"This is the pro-Israel looking after one of its own. This is DEI for pro-Israel folks. This is, 'How do we help Bari Weiss and how do we help ourselves control CBS News?'"

Me on 'Ask the Editor' yesterday on CBS's purchase of The Free Press.

Full show: zeteo.com/p/dei-for-pr...