I'm with Him

Updated on Wednesday, October 14, 2020

I'm with Him

Please vote for Biden. Do it as early as you can so Trump is crushed on election day and we don't have to suffer through weeks or months of uncertainty and possible election stealing.

I'm endorsing Biden because of these 923 reasons (and counting) and the 20,055 lies (and counting). Trump has likely killed tens of thousands of Americans, possibly hundreds of thousands before he leaves office. I wasn't a fan before the pandemic either.

Voting in the presidential election from California sucks. While the largest state burns, Climate Change is #32 on on Biden's list of policies. He's against the Green New Deal (the one that would pay for itself). Our broken electoral system means that the best possible outcome is a milquetoast centrist caretaker who probably won't do too much harm until it's someone else's turn. But make no mistake, it is the best possible outcome so I'll suck it up and vote.

Here's my list from January:

"I'd go Warren, Sanders, Kloubuchar, Biden, Yang, Buttigeg, Steyer, Bloomberg and (sorry again) Gabbard. Although, full disclosure, if it would get rid of Trump I'd vote for a McConnell/Graham ticket."

So at least it isn't McConnell.

We need a National Popular Vote, a representative Congress and more than two viable parties. But before that, we need Biden.

(Previously: I'm with Her)

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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

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4/5

 

Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy #3) by Michael Connelly

Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy #3) by Michael Connelly

3/5

 

The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) by Michael Connelly

The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) by Michael Connelly

4/5

 

The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5) by Michael Connelly

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4/5

 

Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

4/5

 

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

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The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin by Jan Stocklassa

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3/5

 

Fake Truth (Ian Ludlow Thrillers #3) by Lee Goldberg

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4/5

 

Killer Thriller (Ian Ludlow Thrillers #2) by Lee Goldberg

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3/5

 

True Fiction (Ian Ludlow Thrillers #1) by Lee Goldberg

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3/5

 

The Last Human by Zack  Jordan

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5/5

 

Afterland by Lauren Beukes

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4/5

 

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Updated 2020-10-20 17:40:

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Another day, possibly the same hawk, for sure not the same gopher.

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Updated on Saturday, September 23, 2023

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This post is updated hourly with a PM2.5 (2.5 micrometer or smaller particulate matter) map of San Francisco.

The video below shows the past 48 hours at six frames per second.

 

The PM2.5 data comes from the Purple Air API. The map uses one hour average readings from outdoor sensors and interpolates each point in San Francisco based on the inverse of the distance to the four closest sensors. The color scale is green to yellow (0-50), yellow to orange (50-100), orange to red (100-150) and red to purple (150-200+). San Francisco is plotted using elevation contours from DataSF.

Updated 2022-06-11 12:28:

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Updated 2022-06-13 17:28:

Purple Air were kind enough to issue me with an API key so the map is back to updating hourly.

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Updated on Wednesday, June 2, 2021

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Hike starts at: 37.577953, -122.475309. View in Google Earth.

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