Dr Grace Peng
Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
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- #Bloomscrolling Saw this flower on the cusp of unfurling yesterday
- Fantastic episode of Good on Paper with Paul Niehaus. It doesn't debunk poverty traps. It's a nuanced conversation about how poverty (and it's solutions) vary around the world. Also riffs on positive outcomes (time w/ kids) that appears to decrease income podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
- I read the Nature article and zoomed in on the map of Los Angeles. Blue is where ground is rebounding (groundwater recharge spreading grounds and injection wells). That red line seems to be our new subway line! Synthetic Aperture Radar @metrolosangeles.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
- 🎯 The NYT reporting describes not just cracked foundations but the fact that subsidence from overpumping can collapse the gravelly spaces where the groundwater is held. This is how you break an aquifer. It will never recharge with rainwater again. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Broad daylight. 85 year old driver of an SUV kills a priest
- I supported myself in grad school as a teaching assistant for upper division quantum mechanics. This is not how physics works
- The latest pick for Surgeon General seems to echo the New Thought movement. 🗃️ “Perhaps the body is simply the material ‘radio receiver’ through which we can ‘tune in’ to the divine." “Humans are out of alignment with the Earth and depleting its life force." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
