Jim O'Donnell

this is MASSIVE

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2021: Feb 10
2022: Feb 20
2023: Feb 24
2024: Feb 1
2025: Feb 14
2026 February 6

We are a whole month early at this point.

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1/2 For the past 11 years I’ve been keeping an eye on a patch of bulb flowers here in #Taos #NewMexico USA to see when they first break surface. #nmwx #climatechange #NMFire

My observations:

2015: March 2
2016: February 27
2017: Feb 26
2018: Feb 21
2019: Feb 13
2020: Feb 14

see next post....

Not quite t-shirt weather in #Taos but for sure shorts weather. I've got 60F here. #NMwx Barely a lick of snow on the peak.

News - Could Toolmaking Abilities Be Linked to Speech? - Archaeology Magazine CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA—IFL Science reports that the stone knapping skills of Paleolithic humans living in Britain […]

Could Toolmaking Abilities Be Linked to Speech? - Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org/news/2026/01... || #archaeology

Gabbard is a foreign asset.

@22trucks.bsky.social Bummed youre not on Dkos anymore. For sure enjoyed your insights. I will track you here!

The Future of the African American Past – AHA The AHA and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture co-hosted The Future of the African American Past, a landmark conference to celebrate the opening of the NMAAHC.

Looking for classroom resources for courses in African American history? Check out these videos from The Future of the African American Past, a landmark 2016 conference co-hosted by the AHA & the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture that brought together 60+ scholars. 🗃️

Torrey House Press | FOUNTAIN CREEK by Jim O'Donnell From its headwaters high up Colorado’s legendary Pike’s Peak to suburban concrete-lined canals, Fountain Creek has endured nearly everything humans could do to a single watershed. It has been dammed, ...

Torrey House Press | FOUNTAIN CREEK by Jim O'Donnell www.torreyhouse.org/fountain-creek

New Guidebook is out!

Passport to New Mexico Rivers www.nmwild.org/shop/

I wrote about 90% of this and it contains nearly 40 photos of mine.

Awesome guidebook to #NewMexico #Rivers. Check it out!

#NMwx #NMwater #NMTrue

Texas indigenous groups fight to save coastal settlement site Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site on Corpus Christi Bay may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical facilities.

Texas indigenous groups fight to save coastal settlement site www.texastribune.org/2025/12/23/t... || #archaeology

New Mexico's snowpack is at only 50% of where it should be right now. It is the 6th lowest snowpack to date since 1987. #NMwx

It is freaking NUTS.

Big time. This is the second winter in a row of no snow.

62 degrees at my place in #Taos. I am working outside, in shorts. On December 22. #NMwx #NewMexico

I ALWAYS mask up on the plane.

It's warm and dry out there, #NewMexico.

Other than last winter, I cant really recall a winter like this in my whole 55 years. #NMwx

December water forecast a sobering backdrop to #ColoradoRiver conference: Feds lay out tools for dealing with falling reservoir levels -- Heather Sackett (AspenJournlism.org) #COriver #aridification #CRWUA2025 coyotegulch.blog/2025/12/21/d...

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.

COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children

A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children

Wouldn't surprise me.

perfectly said.

Outward Link Trail to reopen | taosnews.com www.taosnews.com/news/local-n... || #Taos #NewMexico #PublicLands #Hiking

Respecting uncontacted peoples can protect biodiversity and our humanity (commentary) Deep within the remaining tropical forests of the world, the last uncontacted peoples live in near-total isolation. Their very presence carries unintended yet powerful implications for all of us. Stud...

Respecting uncontacted peoples can protect biodiversity and our humanity news.mongabay.com/2025/12/resp... || #Indigenous

Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.

Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.

This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵

This book would be a great holiday gift for anyone interested in water, rivers, conservation! #FountainCreek

I hear they work for cat tails!

Thank you so much!

Uranium discovered in newly built Colorado dam pauses $600 million project The new Chimney Hollow Reservoir halts construction and threatens timeline for major water supply

Uranium discovered in newly built #Colorado dam pauses $600 million project www.cpr.org/2025/11/28/u... || #COwx #COwater

Torrey House Press | FOUNTAIN CREEK by Jim O'Donnell From its headwaters high up Colorado’s legendary Pike’s Peak to suburban concrete-lined canals, Fountain Creek has endured nearly everything humans could do to a single watershed. It has been dammed, ...

FOUNTAIN CREEK by Jim O'Donnell www.torreyhouse.org/fountain-creek || #COwx #Colorado #Rivers #NatureWriting #COWater #FountainBook