America Is Slow-Walking into a Polymarket Disaster
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/america-polymarket-disaster/685662/
#HackerNews #America #Polymarket #Disaster #Technology #News #Future #Predictions
America is slow-walking into a Polymarket disaster
#HackerNews #America #Polymarket #Disaster #SlowWalking #MarketTrends #EconomicCrisis
The grab list: how museums decide what to save in a disaster
#HackerNews #museums #disaster #preservation #art #history #cultural #heritage #emergency #response
Kathy Reid
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I've uploaded the stylesheet so you can apply it to the VicEmergency website using Developer Tools in your web browser.
It desaturates the basemap, makes fire boundaries opaque and more visible with thicker stroke, hides advice zones and blurs watch & act and emergency zones so it's not as cluttered.
https://www.purecaffeine.com/files/vicfires-map-custom-styles.css
For style purposes only. Use at your own risk.
When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe
https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/4/15/when-kitty-litter-caused-a-nuclear-catastrophe
#HackerNews #When #Kitty #Litter #Caused #a #Nuclear #Catastrophe #nuclear #safety #kitty #litter #engineering #disaster #humor
Michael Bacon
and 2 others
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WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT... #news #USnews #politics #USpolitics #Trump2 #project2025 #disaster #fascism #economy #mentalhealth
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Mt Lawson fire in Victoria as at 8:40am AEDT on 10 January 2026.
Data from emergency.vic.gov.au stylised by me.
Keywords for SEO: Colac Colac, Tallangatta Valley, Mt Granya, Jarvis Creek Plateau, Murray River, Corryong, Wabba, Lake Dartmouth, Tom Groggin, Alpine National Park, Thredbo, Mt Bogong.
I've uploaded the stylesheet so you can apply it to the VicEmergency website using Developer Tools in your web browser.
It desaturates the basemap, makes fire boundaries opaque and more visible with thicker stroke, hides advice zones and blurs watch & act and emergency zones so it's not as cluttered.
https://www.purecaffeine.com/files/vicfires-map-custom-styles.css
For style purposes only. Use at your own risk.
UPDATED
Mt Lawson fire in Victoria as at 8:40am AEDT on 10 January 2026.
Data from emergency.vic.gov.au stylised by me.
Keywords for SEO: Colac Colac, Tallangatta Valley, Mt Granya, Jarvis Creek Plateau, Murray River, Corryong, Wabba, Lake Dartmouth, Tom Groggin, Alpine National Park, Thredbo, Mt Bogong.
hypebot
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The #Trump admin has abruptly begun slashing key #FEMA staff who work on #disaster response & #recovery
On New Year’s Eve, some employees received emails saying their positions “would not be renewed” & “therefore, your services will no longer be needed” after their contracts expire in the first days of January.
#law #policy #DHS #terrorism #NaturalDisasters #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #wildfires #flooding #hurricanes
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/politics/dhs-cutting-fema-disaster-response-staff?cid=ios_app
The #Trump admin has abruptly begun slashing key #FEMA staff who work on #disaster response & #recovery
On New Year’s Eve, some employees received emails saying their positions “would not be renewed” & “therefore, your services will no longer be needed” after their contracts expire in the first days of January.
#law #policy #DHS #terrorism #NaturalDisasters #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #wildfires #flooding #hurricanes
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/politics/dhs-cutting-fema-disaster-response-staff?cid=ios_app
2025 was a disaster for Windows 11 as bugs and intrusive features erode trust
#HackerNews #Windows11 #Disaster #Bugs #TrustIssues #IntrusiveFeatures #TechNews
WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT... #news #USnews #politics #USpolitics #Trump2 #project2025 #disaster #fascism #economy #mentalhealth
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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#DearLazyWeb: As part of #DisasterPreparedness organizing in the past, our group did a table top exercise to identify gaps in our response capabilities. We were fortunate enough to have someone who worked in public health make one and GM it for us.
I found some from FEMA with some quick searching. Assuming a group of 5-10 people organizing for themselves (and maybe folks in their neighborhoods), are there any exercises/table top simulations like these that other folks would recommend?
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/individuals-communities/what-would-you-do-scenarios
I'd be especially interested in anything that considers intentional systemic collapse scenarios, like, "Some jackass shuts down the government and refuses to pay SNAP" and other things like "FEMA doesn't come to help because it's been disbanded by ghouls."
#DearLazyWeb: As part of #DisasterPreparedness organizing in the past, our group did a table top exercise to identify gaps in our response capabilities. We were fortunate enough to have someone who worked in public health make one and GM it for us.
I found some from FEMA with some quick searching. Assuming a group of 5-10 people organizing for themselves (and maybe folks in their neighborhoods), are there any exercises/table top simulations like these that other folks would recommend?
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/individuals-communities/what-would-you-do-scenarios
I'd be especially interested in anything that considers intentional systemic collapse scenarios, like, "Some jackass shuts down the government and refuses to pay SNAP" and other things like "FEMA doesn't come to help because it's been disbanded by ghouls."
Kilauea erupts, destroying webcam [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2N99BDw7A
#HackerNews #Kilauea #Eruption #Webcam #Volcano #Nature #Disaster #Video
In the five years since Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to guard against destructive flooding, at least 90 local governments turned down tens of millions of dollars in grants and loans.
That money went unused for years.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kerr-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Government #Floods #USPolitics #Emergency #Disaster
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03790-2?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Latest science news @latest-science-news-NatureNewsteam
"Academic researchers or clinicians were not among the speakers at the sessions." I would love to know what nasty psychedelic drugs make politicians so unimaginative that they indulge in a death cult and make you wish they had a brain implant.
If you look for a #sciFi plot for a #disaster novel ... https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03790-2
