Jennie Dusheck

U.S. dams, levees, stormwater, and wastewater systems get D to D+ grades, need almost $1 trillion in upgrades » Yale Climate Connections Climate change is increasingly stressing dams, levees, wastewater, and stormwater systems through heavier precipitation events.

The adaptation gap amplified by aging infrastructure.

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/u-s-...

One of only three times I've had hypothermia was from a motorcycle ride between Davis and Winters.

And, importantly, they think their opponents are also sloppy morons who have no idea what they are doing. Our enemies think everyone in government is corrupt and incompetent, that this is normal.

The headline sounds like the deaths are some kind of mystery. But of the 8/10 they accounted for, five were killed by humans—hit, trapped, or shot.

1 by wolf
2 by Mountain lion/s
1 hit by a car driven by a human
1 trap set by human
3 more shot and killed by humans

There are some new sunspot regions emerging in the Sun's east! The SSN nearly doubled in the last few days. Will these active regions manifest into major flare players? We'll see! So far, AR 4290 and 4291 are the most promising of the bunch. AR 4291 has a 15% chance of M-flares.

Globemallows (Malvaceae: Sphaeralcea spp.) include several dozen species that are primarily found in arid regions of North America. Most look similar to each other, with cup-shaped flowers and downy stems and leaves. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 12 Apr 2014.

Globemallows (Malvaceae: Sphaeralcea spp.) include several dozen species that are primarily found in arid regions of North America. Most look similar to each other, with cup-shaped flowers and downy stems and leaves. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 12 Apr 2014.

a drawing of a boat heating torwads an iceberg - lower temps still collide with ice but not as badly.

This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals

"Dominion . . . has proposed a new tariff tier for data centres that will lock them into 14-year contracts in which they pay for at least 85 per cent of their transmission and distribution infrastructure and 60 per cent of generation costs — even if their data centre is never built."

And he doesn't see kids as people to love and to raise, but as mere points towards manliness.

In my teens I bought a shin length salvation army coat from Goodwill that looked just like this. I wore that wool coat for decades but finally gave it back to goodwill a few years ago.

So beautiful. It's been on my (poorly attended to) bucket list forever.

Wow! I had no idea. That is so cool.
I just thought it was the main contributor to "beer belly."

Hope you are home and comfortable.

I'm glad they sustained you!

At some point in my past, I used to take these on backpacking trips.

Btw food systems are the #2 driver of climate change, fix food and fix fuel and we are good on multiple fronts

AI's impact on Black students is horrifying.

I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)

Purple penstemon with anthers visible on curled filaments

Penstemon moffatii, our Moffat's Beardtongue, blooming in
Bangs Canyon #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 22 🌿

There are real perpetrators and victims in the climate crisis - saying all of humanity is responsible erases these crimes and absolves those standing in the way of action.

Alright, Chicago has thrown down the gauntlet: What metro will try to outdo the "bitchy females" of the windy city? Who will dare? Looking at you, Baltimore. Charlotte? I know you got some passive aggression you can drop that feels like getting sliced in the gut, come on. Time to step up, America.

something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked

It left Tokyo on November 7th and arrived in LA on November 19th.

The shelter in place order in the surrounding neighborhoods has been lifted.

Port of LA fire 0% contained, shelter-in-place lifted

As of 7 am, 0% containment.
No injuries.

The burning ship, the "ONE Henry Hudson," sailing under a Panama flag, has been towed ~ a mile offshore.

laist.com/brief/news/u...

Material in the hold of a container ship at the Port of LA exploded around 8 pm on Friday. The crew is safe, but 186 firefighters have been trying to put out a toxic fire.

I've never been so grateful for a paywall.

I try very hard not to listen to economists or political commentators.

Yes. And I've been obsessing over how many of ICE's victims must end up with rotator cuff injuries, the way ICE twists everyone's shoulders.

Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame

"Other major cities such as Cape Town, South Africa, Mexico City and Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as parts of California, are also facing day zero scenarios as they sink and run out of water."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...

I know I'm not saying anything original. Most of us here know it's happening. But it's hard to take in. It's hard to know what exactly it's going to be like.

If I had to choose between modern tech, like say a smart phone, and a functioning public health system, I'd choose public health.

I've spent my entire life with a functioning public health system. It hasn't always been perfect; it hasn't always been appreciated. But it has been far superior to probably any other time in human history.

And now it's being demolished by people like RFKjr and Jay Bhattacharya.