Wildfire

That’s a good Red Dog.

Bison at 35 below zero. Yellowstone National Park, USA.
Photographer by Tom Murphy Photography

Merry Christmas. Thank you for all the fun stuff you provide throughout hockey season. It is well received.

Is she willing to share the recipe for the clusters in the front? Those look delicious.

The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.

California's insurer of last resort seeks 36% rate hike As authorities solve one mystery—who set the fire that devastated Pacific Palisades—another deepens: how to make the math work for home insurance in California

California’s FAIR Plan seeks 36% rate increase as wildfire risk and insurer exits surge. With $650B in exposure but just $1.5B cash on hand, the math no longer works. Homeowners face costly coverage, rising assessments, and a volatile market going forward. open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

Wildfire alight west of Fort St. John – Energeticcity.ca The wildfire located east of 283 Road currently measures at 0.5 hectares, according to the BC Wildfire Service's latest update.

“FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A new wildfire located west of Fort St. John is being tackled by the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).” energeticcity.ca/2025/10/02/w... - @energeticcity.bsky.social

#BCWildfire #FortStJohn #Wildfires

This only happens to you once

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying

We often treat folks doing critical work as collateral damage.

~ 40,000 Americans fight wildfires; mostly for the Forest Service. They're getting very sick & dying from smoke-related disease.

Excerpts:

🔹️"For decades, studies have consistently linked higher...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

Nearby Creighton, Sask. has now issued an evacuation notice as well.

The City of Flin Flon, located on the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba with a population of 5,000, is now evacuating in the face of a forest fire.
www.facebook.com/thecityoffli...

Out-of-control fire burning at Ukrainian cultural village, closes Highway 16 at Elk Island Buildings at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton are on fire Friday night as an out-of-control grass fire rages in the area, RCMP say.

This is super shitty (especially because the cultural village is right next to a national park). www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

LIVE: Local news crew captures fire tornado in LA.

The largest of the LA fires, in Palisades, is still only 8% contained.

Local news station KTLA 5 captured this fire tornado on its northern flank, funnelling flames hundreds of feet into the air.

(🎥 KTLA 5 News)

A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Photo from movie Strange Brew two people standing in a vat of beer with the caption, “Now he’s not here, and I got two soakers.”

I only know of the term soaker from the movie “Strange Brew”.

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Thank you and Merry Christmas, Loxy!

Alright birdsky, strap in, let me show you how my morning went. 🪶

Since it's getting dark before 5pm I'm trying to move my daily walks to the morning, I went down to the local wetlands to chase the most friendly belted kingfisher on Earth. I got distracted by buffleheads! bsky.app/profile/dptb...

Sesame (Street) Workshop has a heap of resources for grown ups and kids experiencing traumatic or difficult events - displacement, grief, disasters, violence, foster care, divorce, and parents in jail/or struggling with addictions. They've got nice printables you can use with kids or (yourself).

Lucky chicken. That noodle soup looks delicious.

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Coconut cracking tool with split coconut sitting on cutting board.

Coconut tool for removing meat from coconuts.

Love my coconut tools. Makes it way easier to enjoy fresh coconut.🥥

I’d try it. Not a huge fan of tomato with chicken salad for some reason, but otherwise sounds good.

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Sandwich 256

Thank you

Pastry time?

It’s a Festivus Eve miracle.

It does have pedal sustain. That kind of innovation doesn’t come free.