Garry Hayes

I read that it might have been defensive in nature. Those teeth are one of the mammalian characteristics of the therapsids.

Journeys in the Back of Beyond: Wait, This is a National Park? Pack up your stuff kids! We're going to a NATIONAL PARK! Cool! Does it have big mountains? No. Oh, does it have deep canyons? No. Can we g...

geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/08/jour... Hey kids! Pack up, we're going to a national park! YAY! Are there mountains, lakes and rivers to play in? No. Are there trees? Yes, but they're all dead. What kind of a park is that?? #geology #fossils

Blue bird on a branch

Blue bird on a branch

One of my most hoped-for bird sightings this year! A Lazuli Bunting at Basso Bridge on the Tuolumne River. They're not totally rare, but I'm lucky to see one or two in a year.

The monitoring station on Mauna Loa provides the longest direct measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Trump wants to shut it down, which is like taking the batteries out of your screaming smoke alarm and pretending the house isn't on fire. #climatechange

The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau

The amazing thing about brave people speaking out is that it inspires others to do the same by creating a permission structure. Since I published this article 4 hours ago, I've heard from multiple sources confirming what's in it. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...

You know, geology is great and meteorology is great, but when the two combine it can become a transcendent experience. This was our view in upper Pine Creek Canyon near our Honeymoon Lake camp on Wednesday. Rainbows and high elevation glacially-sculpted granites on #publiclands for the win!

Gray fox walking on some road equipment

Fox walking on some equipment

Thrilled to see a native Gray Fox on the Tuolumne River Trail today! #Animalslover

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c... Elections have consequences. The republicans wanted to destroy our government institutions so they could say government doesn't work. And they certainly did it with FEMA. People are dying and suffering for their neglect.

The ugly truth of Trump's America first agenda - Salon.com The president stops the investments that made America wealthy in recent years

An unforced error. Stupidity and ignorance. Par for the course for the fools running our country now. Scientific innovation has driven the success of the US for 70 years, and now they are dismantling it for no reason other than blatant racism.
www.salon.com/2025/06/02/t...

The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Only ICE agents.

Prayer is not a hydrologic function. Prayer won't stop rising flood waters.

But understanding how and why flooding occurs can save lives. Real-time, long-term river monitoring can save lives. Funding USGS & NOAA scientists & research can save lives. Functional emergency management can save lives.

You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.

Please spread the word to the Marines in your network.

They do not have to obey unlawful orders; there are other options.

If they are asked to violate the constitutional rights of anyone on US soil, they can call the G.I. Rights Hotline:

1-877-447-4487

www.girightshotline.org

True enough. I just couldn't use the term by itself.

True. We can and we will. It took a long time to get to this point and there is now lots of work to do. But we'll do it again. Good people have been defeating Evil since the beginning of time. This Evil is certainly no stronger, smarter or more potent than any other. Good, however, has those assets.

No kings poster

Independence Day. I guess the Founding Fathers and Founding Mothers were able to free themselves from the world's most powerful king. Have faith that we'll defeat the petty tyrant of our day and his minions.

To Home a tissue box cover that is 3-D printed with the tissue coming out of the top that changes colors very very quickly from layer to layer to make it look like rainbowINSAR. There is a script “Tahoma“ with Mount Rainier underneath in the style of Forest service signs.

Detail of the 3-D printed Mount Rainier topography in rainbow color gradient

Mount Saint Helens 3-D printed tissue box cover top that is printed in purple and gold so it looks purple in One Direction and gold in the other direction

Black and green Mount Saint Helens volcano tissue box top cover. It looks green from One Direction and black from the other.

Heads-up! I just posted a new batch of Lawetlat’la (Mt St Helens), Tahoma (Mt Rainier) and Erebus (Antarctica) scale model 3D-printed volcano tissue box covers in my shop. This is the first time Tahoma has been offered in InSAR colors.
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I'm not feeling all that patriotic this year. We celebrate the defeat of a king while anointing a new one.

Oh, I had plenty of those when I saw it.

Screen shot of an official letter from the SSA stating in part "The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans."

This is nauseating. And so very wrong. The fawning over trump is disgusting, in an official letter from the Social Security Administration. I guess Dear Leader must have his name glorified.

Leopard lilies in Del Norte Redwoods. One of my favorite flowers.

Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy

Take your masks off ICE, show us how proud you are

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...

I see them maybe 2-3 times a year along the Tuolumne River in the Central Valley

We're lucky to have at least 8 active Osprey nests along the Tuolumne River in Central California.

If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

I know my friends and family from the Pacific Northwest see these birds all the time, but it's quite a thrill for us CA folks to see them, as they are far rarer where we live. This one was at Lake Washington near Seattle. #birds