Stephany

As a child, I saw families ripped apart by ICE. So this is a massive escalation of kidnapping people and even American citizens from the street. Tear gassing the folks recording ICE criminal activity. We don’t forget. Phones are allowing us to pull the veil and show everyone what is going on

I was born in LA. the city contributed to the fabric of my whole being. Flowing with diversity and chanting “Si se puede” as our motto. Now I see ICE terrorizing my home, tear gassing the witnesses. Threats of the national guard armed to dominate us. Yet LA protests and dances in defiance to facists

Picture of the 14 year old Razzle the raven. Razzle is striking with shiny black feathers perched on a volunteer’s gloved hand. Although she sustained an injury on her left wing she still stands close to two feet tall from head to tail feathers.

The picture shows Bullit, a 14 year old Red tailed hawk. Her left wing lays limp due to an injury. The limp wing still showcases her beautiful feathers with a gradient of brown to light brown. Her flight feathers have striped colorations of dark brown and grey. Her head and her tail feathers are a reddish brown color. She is comfortably perched on a volunteer’s gloved hand.

A front view of Bullit the red tailed hawk as she is perched on a volunteer’s gloved hand. Bullit has a sharp beak surrounded dark feathers that shift to reddish brown and light brown colors. Her left wing lays limp due to an injury. Her black claws are at least an inch long.

On March 30th, I got to see Razzle the raven and Bullit the red tail hawk. These beautiful #birds have sustained injuries which won’t allow them to survive in the wild. Thus they are ambassadors for Wildcare Eastern Sierra. This group does so much to rehabilitate wildlife here!

Doctor prescribed rest & self care to me. But I oscillate between the stresses of my lay off, health insurance, of packing, and the news. Ugh the news! I’m on a news diet just to not overwhelm myself but every time it’s just 🫠 I should join my cats in a blanket fort…..

Happy Birthday Midna from your Tia Stephany!!

Let’s see how this impacts Central Valley long term…..many voted for him around here, and they don’t realize the difficulties this will bring. Planning for water and drought isn’t a one moth issue…..it’s spanning timescales of days to decades
🤷🏻‍♀️ but what do scientist know right? /s

Great……La Migra (ICE) is in Merced CA right now. They are driving in vehicles labeled Dept of Homeland Security. So many Dreamers and hard working migrants are now being scared. I remember growing up and seeing ICE rip people away from their families arms…a memory burned into my mind

We are screaming into the void with you!

Sarah Andersen comic with four panels. Panel one shows a woman sighing in bed. The second panel shows her in bed saying “the only thing I have the capacity to do today is rot”. The third panel shows a reply bubble saying “Nice”. The last panel reveals her black cat coming to join her with a pillow on hand saying “I am so in”, bring a smile to her face.

An overhead picture of an orange tabby on top of an electric blanket laying across a persons lap. The orange tabby has a peaceful face with her eyes closed.

I should have avoided the internet today but I didn’t. Now I’m fighting off that migraine again…..just keep cuddling with my cat and keep breathing. Glad my orange girl 🐈 is totally up for it! I think this #sarahandersen comic is perfect.

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Just saw the moss landing fire alert, and I just want to shove my head under sand or the covers. The first time I ever kayaked was at elk horn slough, and I got to see sea otter pups and adults holding hands. I hope it survives the fire and toxic fumes in the air. All the people in the area 😔

Whoa! That’s awesome! It’s such a beautiful picture and so informative!

People should not be flying drones while firefighters are battling the fires!!!! This is crazy! One less super scooper means less water to fight the fires in LA. I can’t believe one is now grounded because of idiocy 🤬

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Thanks for the resource! I try to add descriptive Information since I always add pictures of my cats or just animals I see. But I did not know about the period to end the sentence to add the pause at the very end. Extremely useful!

A picture at a distance of bird with blue feathers, black beak and white feathers on its chest and along the neck like a collar. This is a kingfisher sitting on a branch on a foggy morning with trees in the background.

On Sat, we stopped by campus to see if my partner could capture photos of the kingfisher 🪶….sure enough it was not there. Every time he brings his fancy camera, he never sees it. I saw it everyday! Oh well, the struggle continues. I just enjoy seeing them. This was my Friday photo #usbirds

Picture contains a small law with tall grass on the right corner. On the left corner is a white bird with a long elegant neck called a grey egret. Further away, there are two ducks, with black and white markings.

A close up of a white bird walking in a body of water. It is a great egret, with a long neck as wide as its body. It is slowly walking behind tall grass that is beginning to cover it all the way to down to its neck.

Walking on campus during break brings quiet moments. We really are lucky to have so many #birds that make it their home. I always see the ducks and the great egret on campus. The snowy egret few off sadly before I could capture it 🪶 #usbirds

Oh yeah I would love it! The campus has sooo many migratory birds and just resident birds here that it’s just fun to see them. My partner is more of a birder than I am but I like taking pictures of them

Two birds on tree branches. At the. Top is a large long neck white bird called a giant egret. At the lower branches is much smaller blue bird with a dark beak and white chest accented with a blue band of feathers across its chest. This is a kingfisher.

Coming to campus for work on the holidays means it’s quiet. The birds are out and I managed to snag this shot unexpectedly! My partner has been trying to catch a photo of a kingfisher on campus for months. I have been seeing them every time I come by campus during break.

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My favorite yarn store, it was very common to say “oh it is soo soft” and was acceptable to ask “can I touch it?” when talking to people during social crafting hours (we want to feel the project someone was working on)

😱 this is why I tell people these rules and regulations were written in blood. Don’t be dumb. Maybe we should start a hashtag on labs safety fails or near misses….and how much could have been prevented with adequate training instead of “here do it and figure it out”

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Felt it in Merced! My cat hid right before. My partner got a text about it right before only to feel it 5 sec later.

Correction it was a 5.7M 😳

Obligatory text of “earthquake!” Reno earthquake felt in Merced. The cool thing was that I noticed my cat jump into our bathroom cabinet with the towels 😂 only for my partner to yell that he got a text about a 3.0M earthquake. 5 sec later we felt the building move and heard it creak

I hope people post summaries of the oral presentations! I always love reading those on the old science twitter! I hope biogeosciences folks do that for #AGU2024 especially for those of us unable to make it in person

This is the 2nd time I caught COVID but 1st time w/ bad brain fog. I oscillate between insomnia and fatigue. I’m lucky for the vaccine and paxlovid! Any tips on dealing with fatigue and brain fog? Lots of folks from OSU and LBL reached out to ask if I was going to AGU, sadly it didn’t work out.

I had to fight the urge to shriek and jump up and down! It’s late, I didn’t want to make a ruckus and with my luck trigger an asthma attack. This was such good news!

Democrat Adam Gray captures California's 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte Democrat Adam Gray has won election to a U.S. House seat representing California’s Central Valley, defeating Republican Rep.

This is why people should vote. Regardless if they don’t think their vote makes a difference in presidential races. Local and state voting is vital! EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!!

District 13 race in CA had a difference of less than 200 votes. Let that sink in!
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