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Climate refugee living in reality in the PNW Retired from serving the People of America as a California Public Defender (Trial lawyer) for 25 years. Rescue Dogs are the best. I post pictures and videos for fun. No AI used. All rights retained. Resist
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A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.

Excellent

More severe droughts. If only someone had told us. 🤷

Does anyone know if Barron is signing up for the Navy or Marine Corp or are bone spurs a hereditary thing? #Iran #War

Despite its "climate haven" reputation, Seattle faces significant climate risks, including extreme heat, flooding, landslides, wildfire smoke, and sea level rise. Like everywhere else, these risks will keep increasing until we stop burning fossil fuels. #ShowYourStripes showyourstripes.info

"A push to put all fires out immediately, regardless of their ecological benefit or risks to communities, 'wastes extraordinary amounts of money, puts firefighters at risk, and has all sorts of negative environmental and ecological repercussions'”. 🌏 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"The study shows that such extreme events are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, with last year’s figures reaching twice that of the 2003-2020 average. The steepness of the rise was not foreseen."

Ruby Tuesday and Scooter hope everyone’s Friday is as good as theirs will be. (Dog Park soon)

This is heartbreaking. If you have kids or grands, what are you telling them about what lies ahead?

Here is a random Salmon Plane on the roof of a shop. Only here: #PNW