Now the same character on Star Trek strange new worlds.

I’m sure I heard that podcast episode when it was out but I’m going to go listen to it again right now! And watch the episode OK.

Bye Sidney! 👋

I’m OK with all people receiving emergency care, regardless of status. You’re a heartless monster if you think any human should be denied that. But that’s not what the right is claiming the democrats are doing, and you are perfectly aware of that, so don’t try to gaslight me.

Illegal immigrants can’t and don’t get free healthcare.

Hunt for Red October, Groundhog Day both come to mind. Or maybe these are just movies I always watch if they come on TV (at least before I cut the cable!)

Co-sign!

I love all the John Sayles movies, but Lone Star and Passionfish are my faves.

Wow it has been ages since I saw that, maybe since 1982!

I cannot believe that I used to enjoy that podcast. A long, long time ago.

Way before Toronto got involved!

Whoa - it’s like nobody is talking about this fire, even on X. I’m the admin for a Facebook group for the Carrizo Plain and that certainly got a lot of attention when the Caliente Range was burning. Bad year for the BLM and biodiversity hotspots.

Uh-oh

Is he trying to eat the weatherstripping like a kea?

Good morning from the burrowing owls!

Totally agree about ST: SNW episode - Anson was acting like a cliche robot, and there was no glimpse of the un-vulcaning procedure. Weirdly choppy writing,

Habitat Conservation, Climate Benefits Secured in Lake County Agreement Center for Biological Diversity: LAKE COUNTY, Calif.— Environmental groups reached an agreement today to conserve more than 3,700 acres of wildlife habitat and implement measures to reduce greenhouse ...

Here’s the latest: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

The wait made it even more delicious when it arrived! Thank you for sticking with it. 💕 I’m glad you’re doing well.

So, as with other famous tourist attractions - it’s commercialized and packaged but I still think it was pretty cool and worth it - I learned a lot and I’m glad I saw it. But I’m American so probably knew a lot less about it than your average Brit, less of a cliche for me.

The website is quite complete and I think you can download the audio tour even if you don’t go there. You can skip the shuttle buses (running continually) and walk to the circle from the entry/museum/cafe/shop, as there are other artifacts and stones scattered across the landscape to see on foot.

My husband remembers going there in the 60s as a child when his family lived in the UK for a couple years, and being allowed to touch the stones, but that’s no longer allowed. Our visit was right after some protesters had thrown orange powder on them, and they were still cleaning up.

Was last summer and I don’t remember exactly, but I don’t think it was timed or limited. We circumambulated the site, taking pictures, listening to the audio tour, and chatting with guides. I think we just left because we needed to get going (also turns out we were just coming down with Covid!)

I enjoyed the museum, then there’s a shuttle bus to the site. A very good audiotour with docents along the loop to ask questions. I really appreciated the whole experience.

Everyone gets vaccinated, full stop. Then there will be no disease and no treatments are necessary. You’re trying to drag us back to the dark ages. No thanks!

It’s from a 1940s National Geographic magazine issue on California wildflowers, I have a copy. However it’s not cornflowers, it’s sky lupines and other native wildflowers in Kern County, California.

California fish and game started importing them in the 50s but kept at it for a while. Now they are basically an invasive species in my opinion.

Yes this is the Rio Grande subspecies that was specifically imported by California fish and game for hunting. I think their effect on things like oak recruitment has not been adequately studied.

“Sky puppy” 🙂

I just about threw my phone against the wall when I heard that that is the most ignorant thing - it’s a huge field of study, obviously.

Cancer-Causing Substances in the Environment This page lists substances that may cause or contribute to the development of cancer, depending on amount of exposure, an individual's genetic background, and other factors.

“We’ve never talked about environmental exposures that cause cancer, we’ve only talked about chemotherapy”!!!!! Is he fucking serious? www.cancer.gov/about-cancer...