Arianna Smith

Nevada

👀 Is it happening? It might be happening. We'll be keeping an eye on the model runs but early next week is looking pretty good... ❄️❄️❄️

#Snow #CAwx

"The Raft" in Neal Stephenson's /Snow Crash/

Cap-and-Trade investments in transit tackle overlapping challenges including congestion, pollution, climate change, and economic disparity. (1/3)

YouTube video by TopPop KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up • TopPop

I am not wrong about this one even if the world thinks I am

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A simple trick can save pedestrians’ lives. What’s Sacramento doing about it? Giving pedestrians a head start at intersections in New York City has prevented crashes.

Something we could try to stop pedestrian fatalities...

(gift article)
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San Mateo, Santa Clara join regional Bay Area transit funding measure - The Voice of San Francisco Two more Bay Area county transportation agencies are joining to support a regional measure to fund transit operations. The San Mateo County Transit District board, which oversees SamTrans and Caltrain...

San Mateo’s SamTrans and Santa Clara’s VTA boards vote to join SB 63—a regional half-cent sales tax measure aiming to raise critical transit funding to prevent service cuts and boost reliability. Read more: thevoicesf.org/san-mateo-santa-clara-join-regional-bay-area-transit-funding-measure/

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I just donated & subscribed and you should too! 🧡

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This is specific to inspiring trust in a newsroom, but the findings are applicable to universities, associations, govt depts, politicians...anyone who represents a "legacy institution" in which public trust (and subscriptions, and attention) continues to decline

Another #CALeg #CABudget account here now! CA Coalition for Community Investment - ‪@calcci.bsky.social‬

I didn't know that tsunami warnings could last for so many hours but this thread is helpful and useful to understand what's expected to happen in north state

Tufa at Mono Lake under a blue sky

Mammoth Lakes system under a blue sky and fluffy clouds

Parker Lake and the mountains framing it in the background

Pumice stones and ponderosa pines at Obsidian Dome in Mono County

Eastern Sierras - California is so beautiful ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Still applies

I know the original post meant urban coffee shops and bookstores but it also applies to all the best local fish stores in random suburban strip malls

I saw Flavor Flav in the mirror

As a scientist, it's your job to vet the press release before it goes out and make sure there's as little room for misinterpretation as possible.

Albino pleco on an Amazon sword plant

New pleco

New Mexico for all the reasons listed here, but I gotta say the South Dakota Custer State Park is incredible for wildlife - like Yellowstone but even more different types of amazing animals

During a press conference organized by the Climate Safe Infrastructure Coalition earlier today, Executive Director Michael Pimentel emphasized the impact of Cap & Trade program investments to date and emphasized the importance of continued investments to support California's climate goals.

Sacramento Bridge.

How major new housing reform will affect homebuilding in California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators passed a major reform of the California Environmental Quality Act on Monday. The new laws remove a key point of leverage for project opponents that has bee...

My analysis of this week's major development reforms in California and what it means for homebuilding. In short, those who live across the street from a proposed apartment building will have to find a way other than a 55-year-old environmental law to stop it. www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

Don't jinx it

Ngl when I got to these chapters I thought "oh this is where it's gonna get boring" and instead they were some of my favorites

Hot tip, go watch all the videos on the Nantucket Whaling Museum YouTube channel, it provides a lot of critical visuals for some of the ship vocabulary

I think it's a Japanese maple. Comes in lots of sizes and can deal with being potted

When I was a kid, my parents quietly pointed out that Adam West was sitting at the table next to us. "Who's he?" I asked, and they said "Batman." I was incredibly confused and disappointed to see that Batman was about 60 years old and not wearing the Batman costume.

This when writing about the state budget

A good lesson for bill introductions too #caleg

California Senate leadership shakeup: Monique Limón has the votes to be next leader, sources say Six sources close to the situation confirmed as of Sunday morning Limón, a Latina from Santa Barbara, had at least 16 votes from her fellow Democrats to be the next Senate president pro tem to replace...

Breaking: @zavalaa.bsky.social @kcranews.bsky.social reports that Sen. Monique Limon has the votes to be the next senate pro tem

The California Transit Association recommends the Legislature and Newsom Administration reach agreement on a final Cap-and-Invest Plan that honors all existing commitments from the GGRF.

Full statement: caltransit.org/News/News-An...

Opinion: San Diego transit faces 'fiscal cliff' if California backtracks on funding MTS is serving more and more riders, but faces a financial crossroads, with once-dependable transit funding from the state in jeopardy.

MTS is leading the nation on transit recovery.

🚌 80M trips annually
📍95% pre-pandemic ridership
📈 2nd fastest ridership recovery

But the state budget threatens this progress with $3B in cuts to transit funding.

Sharon Cooney, Chair
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