#toxicla — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #toxicla, aggregated by home.social.
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"Lineage highlighted the strategic importance of its Boyle Heights facility because of its proximity to the Port of Long Beach and its access to millions of people in Southern California... The harm for residents could be severe"
https://capitalandmain.com/as-cold-storage-company-became-global-titan-fire-risks-piled-up
#ToxicLA #LosAngeles #BoyleHeightsFire #logistics #ports #California
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"Lineage highlighted the strategic importance of its Boyle Heights facility because of its proximity to the Port of Long Beach and its access to millions of people in Southern California... The harm for residents could be severe"
https://capitalandmain.com/as-cold-storage-company-became-global-titan-fire-risks-piled-up
#ToxicLA #LosAngeles #BoyleHeightsFire #logistics #ports #California
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"Firefighters have faced increasingly complex fires at large facilities amid a rapid expansion of the logistics industry... The structures often “represent a unique intersection of high-density combustible loads and complex internal geometries that challenge even the most robust fire protection systems"
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-22/boyle-heights-storage-fire
#LosAngeles #BoyleHeightsFire #BoyleHeights #Logistics #SupplyChain #ToxicLA
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"Firefighters have faced increasingly complex fires at large facilities amid a rapid expansion of the logistics industry... The structures often “represent a unique intersection of high-density combustible loads and complex internal geometries that challenge even the most robust fire protection systems"
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-22/boyle-heights-storage-fire
#LosAngeles #BoyleHeightsFire #BoyleHeights #Logistics #SupplyChain #ToxicLA
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"Wearing gas masks and carrying protest signs, Pasadena housewives calling themselves the Smog-A-Tears parade through downtown Pasadena in 1954, while a newspaper photographer, left, takes pictures" (Los Angeles Times)
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"Wearing gas masks and carrying protest signs, Pasadena housewives calling themselves the Smog-A-Tears parade through downtown Pasadena in 1954, while a newspaper photographer, left, takes pictures" (Los Angeles Times)
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tell me you live in Long Beach without telling me you live in Long Beach
(i would also accept entries centering explosions or sulfurous odors)
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tell me you live in Long Beach without telling me you live in Long Beach
(i would also accept entries centering explosions or sulfurous odors)
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1909 Los Angeles Herald headlines were wild:
SUES COMPANY BECAUSE MULE KICKED HIM AND FAILED TO OPEN DOOR
NIGHTGOWN IGNITED AND WOMAN IS BADLY BURNED
FORMER MINNESOTAN IS KILLED BY CAR
(it me, btw)FONDNESS FOR MACHINERY LEADS TO A FIST FIGHT
END OF OCEAN HATE WAR ASSURED BY WEDNESDAY**
CHURCHMAN'S SON FORCED TO CRIME
GIRL MURDERED FOR HER GEMS
MEETS DEATH AS BURNING TORCH
BIG GOLF BATTLE IS FORESHADOWED
LONG BEACH WINS
EXHIBITION OF CAT CLUB ENDS
GARBAGE CONTRACT SUGGESTIONS MADE
(the actual reason I am reading this, natch)HORSE DEALER CHARGES RANCHMAN WITH SLANDER
**turns out it's actually Ocean Rate War, a pity
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1909 Los Angeles Herald headlines were wild:
SUES COMPANY BECAUSE MULE KICKED HIM AND FAILED TO OPEN DOOR
NIGHTGOWN IGNITED AND WOMAN IS BADLY BURNED
FORMER MINNESOTAN IS KILLED BY CAR
(it me, btw)FONDNESS FOR MACHINERY LEADS TO A FIST FIGHT
END OF OCEAN HATE WAR ASSURED BY WEDNESDAY**
CHURCHMAN'S SON FORCED TO CRIME
GIRL MURDERED FOR HER GEMS
MEETS DEATH AS BURNING TORCH
BIG GOLF BATTLE IS FORESHADOWED
LONG BEACH WINS
EXHIBITION OF CAT CLUB ENDS
GARBAGE CONTRACT SUGGESTIONS MADE
(the actual reason I am reading this, natch)HORSE DEALER CHARGES RANCHMAN WITH SLANDER
**turns out it's actually Ocean Rate War, a pity
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The tiny blooms were strikingly fragrant. I'm going to try to remember to go back and see if I can forage grapes later this summer. (Tho I suppose given their location they will be coated in a light dusting of diesel exhaust, quite the terroir)
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The tiny blooms were strikingly fragrant. I'm going to try to remember to go back and see if I can forage grapes later this summer. (Tho I suppose given their location they will be coated in a light dusting of diesel exhaust, quite the terroir)
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LA fires aftermath: where will all the toxic fire debris go
"The #EPA continues evading questions about where the most dangerous material will ultimately end up"
https://lapublicpress.org/2025/02/fire-debris-landfill-local-los-angeles/
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LA fires aftermath: where will all the toxic fire debris go
"The #EPA continues evading questions about where the most dangerous material will ultimately end up"
https://lapublicpress.org/2025/02/fire-debris-landfill-local-los-angeles/
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The top article quotes an enthusiastic real estate broker: "this will allow a ton of new inventory and capacity that should help the market by providing more warehouse and distribution space”
First of all, not sure why more warehouse/distro space is a good thing to begin with; but there are other reasons to be skeptical, in that the land the refinery was on is EXTREMELY toxic:
https://www.reuters.com/business/150-years-spills-philadelphia-refinery-cleanup-highlights-toxic-legacy-fossil-2021-02-16/ -
The top article quotes an enthusiastic real estate broker: "this will allow a ton of new inventory and capacity that should help the market by providing more warehouse and distribution space”
First of all, not sure why more warehouse/distro space is a good thing to begin with; but there are other reasons to be skeptical, in that the land the refinery was on is EXTREMELY toxic:
https://www.reuters.com/business/150-years-spills-philadelphia-refinery-cleanup-highlights-toxic-legacy-fossil-2021-02-16/ -
The complex has been implicated in lots of #ToxicLA , recently leaking benzene, toxic fires, etc.
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The complex has been implicated in lots of #ToxicLA , recently leaking benzene, toxic fires, etc.
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Long Beach finally stopped burning its trash, earlier this year. Had been about 800 tons daily, which provided some electricity to the #port. Landfilling it costs more.
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Long Beach finally stopped burning its trash, earlier this year. Had been about 800 tons daily, which provided some electricity to the #port. Landfilling it costs more.
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🛢️ 🍌 A nice review of Oil Beach has come in from Choice (American Library Association):
"harbors are regions of complex and global interactions between humans and their environment, complicating #biodiversity #conservation and restoration efforts... Highly recommended."
#Shipping #EnvHist @sts #STS @geography @commodon #Commodon #HistSTM #oil #energy #pollution #ClimateCrisis #ToxicLA #CounterPort @bookstodon
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🛢️ 🍌 A nice review of Oil Beach has come in from Choice (American Library Association):
"harbors are regions of complex and global interactions between humans and their environment, complicating #biodiversity #conservation and restoration efforts... Highly recommended."
#Shipping #EnvHist @sts #STS @geography @commodon #Commodon #HistSTM #oil #energy #pollution #ClimateCrisis #ToxicLA #CounterPort @bookstodon
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My book #OilBeach opens with a vignette about California's oversight of "orphaned" #oil wells. Sadly, per @ProPublica here, I called it pretty well:
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-oil-cleanup-law -
🛢️ 📦 📻 New instance, new #introduction, many hashtags. Hi! I'm an #STS #technopolitics scholar, also thinking w #anthropology #geography #EnvHist #Commodon
This is my non-chattery account for research updates, topics may include:
#feministSTS #multispecies #anticolonial #California #trucks #internet #port #SupplyChain #MediaActivism #labor #FreeRadio #CommunityMedia #SoundStudies #soundscapes #ClimateCrisis #LowPower #LosAngeles #oil #InfrastructureStudies #CriticalLogistics #Radio #FOSS #hacking #Energy #ToxicLA -
🛢️ 📦 📻 New instance, new #introduction, many hashtags. Hi! I'm an #STS #technopolitics scholar, also thinking w #anthropology #geography #EnvHist #Commodon
This is my non-chattery account for research updates, topics may include:
#feministSTS #multispecies #anticolonial #California #trucks #internet #port #SupplyChain #MediaActivism #labor #FreeRadio #CommunityMedia #SoundStudies #soundscapes #ClimateCrisis #LowPower #LosAngeles #oil #InfrastructureStudies #CriticalLogistics #Radio #FOSS #hacking #Energy #ToxicLA