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Kiddos selling lemonade at my local park. If you’re in Tucson let me know and I’ll fill you in on the details.

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Finally reading Marry Shelly’s “Frankenstein”. It is a compelling narrative… But Victor Frankenstein needs to get over himself! You abandoned your child, Victor! You don’t get to play the victim!

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Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring: - earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings - landslide risk assessments - water quality testing - wildlife conservation - wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation - invasive species tracking

submitted 10 days ago • 112 comments

The Trump administration is using loopholes to maintain spending freezes despite court orders, with political appointees invoking legal authority to justify the pauses while distancing them from Trump’s directives.

submitted 20 days ago • 95 comments

Trying this just in case, since we’ve tried everything else: Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow, By fire, sun and moon, harken now and hear us! Come, Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us!

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This comports with my experience: I haven’t been able to get through to anyone at any of his offices: www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭

submitted 26 days ago • 1957 comments

You know what? It’s a symbolic act and a small one, but I’ll take it. Any act of open defiance from their own caucus is welcome. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

How evil do you have to be to declare war on lovable, furry, old Grover? Was Elon too afraid to make it to the end of the Monster at the End of this Book?

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It is not civil, productive, or polite to call Elon Musk a dick. But I’m sure it felt great when Rep. Garcia did so on the floor of the House. And the metaphor is an apt one: Looks big, shrinks when not the center of attention, incredibly delicate and easily damaged.

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Look, just because the bullies won the US election doesn’t mean that we need to just LET them give us wedgies. I’m looking at you, Senators.

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This week sucked. Who has some hope to share?

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

What if we all went back to LiveJournal?

submitted 59 days ago • 4 comments

Manhattan smog: fog + pollutants. From 1971-77, the Documerica project captured 20,000 images of America’s environmental impact. Explore these through the National Archives. The photo below is from Documerica—join the movement! Let’s not forget our past, or we’re bound to repeat it.

submitted 59 days ago • 166 comments

With H5N1 on the rise, it’s a good thing the incoming administration has experience in dealing with large scale health emergencies. How did they do last time? Oh. Oh no. Oh no no no no no.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Back when I was a defense attorney I never had a client who was found guilty of 34 separate felony counts. I also never had a judge signal in advance that their intention was to impose “no penalty.” In fact, I don’t believe that option is even available under Arizona law.

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

This is important info for anyone who cares about public health: theconversation.com/3-ways-trump...

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It is finally winter in Tucson. Stay warm, folks. Stay safe. We have an air quality warning today.

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My eldest is having trouble sleeping. She and her mom are currently planning her birthday party down to the half hour. She has thoroughly upended modern American birthday party tradition by planning to have the cake *before* the games and the piñata. None of this could go wrong…

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

www.ajc.com/news/health-...

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

So what are people doing here on Bluesky when fake accounts follow them. Block? Leave be? What’s the etiquette on this site?

submitted 67 days ago • 3 comments

OK, New Year's Resolution for the rest of you - if you see someone enjoying some innocent thing that you personally do not enjoy, kindly take that urge to make a snarky edgy comment, roll it into a sharp cone, and push it firmly so far up your fundament it pokes you in the eye from the inside. Ta.

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments