Patrick Atwater
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“Poverty brought him from the backwoods, preaching God’s word in the street and from flatbed trucks. In an ancient Plymouth he criss-crossed the South in the 1950s, making perhaps $30 a week, finding beds where he could. He anointed the sick with oil. If, after many devoted years, he had become a billionaire, with two Lincoln Town Cars, a private jet, an estate of 200 acres and a plantation-style house of 9,000 square feet; if he wore a gold Rolex encrusted with diamonds and had, in his master bedroom, a Jacuzzi with solid gold taps in the shape of swans, this was God’s reward for his faithfulness.” 0 reply
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"For the first time ever, CalFire announced that it has met its prescribed fire goals through the month of May and also noted its fuel reduction goals were met as well. They are now treating 700,000 acres a year, along with their federal partners, and in 2023, set a record of 730,000 acres of treated landscape.
So far, there have been 3,200 wildfires in California, with 95% of those being human-caused. The stated goal of the representatives was to keep all these fires small and respond to them quickly with a rapid initial attack. They pressed on, stating that fuel projects and Rx burns will be a priority going forward, with increased funding, grants, and reduced regulations to complete the projects."
Remember 57% of land in CA is federal including the San Gabriel national forest. 0 reply
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Something subtle is shifting beneath our thumbs.
In this short podcast https://overcast.fm/+AA-HuY0P2vQ, Ali Abdaal explores how chat-based communication—texts, voice notes, async exchanges—is quietly transforming how we connect. Less broadcast, more presence. Less stage, more thread.
But in a world of constant messaging, how do we stay grounded?
In “Is Context the Critical Ingredient for Not Getting Buried by the Information Avalanche?”, we’re reminded: it’s not the flood that overwhelms—it’s the lack of context. And context, etymologically, means “weaving together.”
Maybe we should take that literally. Weaving, not just consuming. Threading meaning through fragments. Gathering the scattered into fabric. 0 reply
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