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Next he will be saying that it should be easy to divert more water from the north because it is “up” and the water will flow downhill.

On the flip side, maybe a lot of people in Mobile really want to go to New Orleans.

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

Continued dismantling of American science used for the public good. These earth-observing satellites collect (publicly available) data for basic science, climate forecasts, and used by industry. Publicly available data enable major advances.

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I tried that earlier and wasn’t getting the right location. It put me in the Black Sea, but got it to work now.

New paper by @diegosismologo.bsky.social and others out now about the 2025 M7.8 Myanmar earthquake. Includes some of the paleoseismic results from trenching we did a fews ago before the earthquake.

Vestnik Bay! I still can’t find it on a map, but I’m sure someone will soon if they haven’t already.

Great show. I was telling someone recently that I think they sound better now than they did when I first started seeing them a long time ago. Glad they are still with us doing what they do so well.

And correct number of tails.

Maybe I’ll do the same for my afternoon appt.

Cat watching TV

Not a great photo, but @palmercatsf.bsky.social is intently watching Dead & Co tonight.

We followed the recipe. The toms and beans are roasted in separate sheet pans. The goal is to get the beans a little crunchy. Really good technique and not too hard to do.

It might be a little situationally dependent. That cove might be looks especially good at amplifying waves. The tsunami modeling that is done in CA tries to take into account various configurations of the coastline and seafloor for the hazard maps.

Another week, another constitutional crises. It didn’t have to be this way.

They sounded good on Scarlet Begonias.

No on my end. If there were a specific location would help a lot. I am really curious. I haven’t had time to start searching on google earth, but should be easy to locate. It definitely captures the details of all my recurring nightmares about tsunamis which is a bit eerie.

Rude that the the bot didn’t ask you to fact check.

A sheet pan filled with raw tomatoes and dressing

A pasta bowl filled with pasta

This is the pasta I made with the tomatoes we grew. Based on a NYTimes recipe (Search on: Roasted white bean and tomato pasta). Was really good! Vegetarian, but we could have added meat perhaps pancetta bits or even meatballs. @phaneritic.bsky.social

I was hoping for a good version. I loved the original.

Laws for problems that don’t exist on a scale proportionate to the cost. An invasion of privacy (gov has no business monitoring what people do) and extra costly reporting for business and government. Yet, these same people want to make gov smaller?

Agreed, 🛋️🤴dirty.

Been thinking of subscribing for all the This Old House episodes. Season 46 features a remodel of a house in Ridgewood NJ.

shrek says i like that boulder that is a nice boulder in front of a donkey ALT: shrek says i like that boulder that is a nice boulder in front of a donkey

Ohhhh. That is a nice rock.

Brody!

The thing about steller’s jays I’ve noticed is that they are uncommon in Moraga, but more common in the Oakland Hills. The one time I’ve seen steller’s jays in Moraga was in 1992, and I wondered if it was because they were displaced by the Oakland Hills fires.

Had the turkey landed on my dad, it possibly would have seriously injured or killed him. The bird was dead upon impact. This being my dad, and not knowing what to do, he stuffed the turkey in the compost bin for the garbage company to haul away! 2/2

A kinda weird story: A year or so ago, my father was working in the front yard when some wild turkeys were gliding (flying would be a bit charitable) overhead. One of them hit the overhead powerline, was electrocuted, plummeted to the ground like a bag of wet cement and nearly landed on my dad. 1/2

There are wild turkeys in downtown Sacramento!

In 2-3 years, your amazement will subside as that one turkey will have turned into dozens of turkeys.

Wendy Bohon: Quelling Fears and Sparking Geoscience Joy - Eos This earthquake enthusiast and science communicator wants you to know that a “whole ecosystem” of scientific careers exists outside of academia.

Through social media, talks, and more, @drwendyrocks.bsky.social shares the joy of understanding our planet with audiences that might otherwise have never taken a second look at a rock.

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I was at an FOP a few years back and I think you, of all people, know better.