Mountain scenery; looking east from Gardisky Lake #gardiskylake #inyonationalforest #monocounty #sierranevada #easternsierra
The Calypso Orchids blooming on Mount Tam is a sure sign of spring #calypsoorchid #wildflowers #mttam #mttamwatershed #naturephotograpy
“It has become clear that Trump had no plan in Iran other than to strike it, knock out the leaders he didn’t like, and hope the Iranian people would rise up and put in place new leaders he could deal with. It was supposed to look like what happened in Venezuela.”
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Thought I would have gotten used to it by now, but I’m still grappling with the realization of just how stupid the men running this country are.
A fall day at Gardisky Lake #gardiskylake #inyonationalforest #monocounty #sierranevada #easternsierra
Are we allowed to get the rest of the Epstein files now?
“Recognizing that Americans would recoil from seeing Trump wear a baseball cap at a dignified transfer, the Fox News Channel declined to show how he had looked yesterday and aired old footage of Trump from his first term without the hat.”
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An autumn day at Gardisky Lake #gardiskylake #inyonationalforest #monocounty #sierranevada #easternsierra
So much for the Constitution. The whole “don’t tread on me” crowd is mighty quiet as the federal government violates American citizens' rights.
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“Why has Trump launched a war against Iran on a whim, attacked other countries, and upended world trade, Rothkopf asked. “Because he’s insane. Because he’s venal. Because he’s a malignant narcissist. Because he’s a sociopath. Because he has a fragile ego.”
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2,400 acres of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico have been lost to make room for avocados & a market of organized crime & violence to Indigenous people & forest defenders. A new certification program, Guardián Forestal, aims to change that
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An autumn day around Gardisky Lake #gardiskylake #inyonationalforest #monocounty #sierranevada #easternsierra
“America is not like a blanket—one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size,” he said. “America is more like a quilt: many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.”
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Today, March 6th is my 31st Anniversary of becoming a Park Ranger. But in reality the die was cast at an early age. The second photo was taken on Halloween in 1977, 18 years before I officially became a Park Ranger.
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Photos are from early last October
Anthropic pushed back against the Department of Defense over concerns about mass public surveillance and the use of AI in weapons systems without meaningful human oversight. Now, the DoD has labeled the company a potential national security threat.
Last fall at Gardisky Lake #gardiskylake #inyonationalforest #monocounty #sierranevada #easternsierra
“President Donald J. Trump is behaving more and more erratically these days, seeming to think he can dictate to other countries.”
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These photos were taken early last October
Photos were taken last fall
Arriving at Gardisky Lake at elevation 10,502 ft. #gardiskylake #inyonationalforest #monocounty #sierranevada #easternsierra
“The American people are not on board. The war was unpopular with Americans before Trump started bombing Iran, and support for it has dropped since it began.”
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Getting closer to Gardisky Lake in the Inyo National Forest. #gardiskylaketrail #inyonationalforest #monocounty #sierranevada #easternsierra
“Trump has now taken that power away from the people and their representatives. He has launched a military action that by his own admission is not an emergency situation like those anticipated by the War Powers Act.”
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Coastal Pricklypear at Torrey Pines State Reserve #pricklypear #torreypinesstatereserve #castateparks #americasstateparks #sandiegocounty
My guess would be ice plant.
“As the conflagration spreads, taking the lives of now six of our military personnel, the administration is now discovering that the American people would like to know why we are engaged in what appears to be a war of choice.”
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