Mary (geographile)
@geographile.bsky.social
Natural/scientific pantheist, I homeschool, I am an earth sciences fan if I define earth science to also include the science of things on the Earth and in the cosmos.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
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Once again I ask activists and allies to watch this documentary. It's on Netflix in the US, find it where you can. It is so well done and shows you what we're fighting for.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
Oh crap, Daniel thanks the next storm might be a warm atmosphere river. That's just going to be an awful mess.
I'll have a "late-breaking" livestream session tomorrow (Wed, Feb 18) at 2pm PT to discuss multiple topics, including: Recent switch to colder/wetter conditions (including news re: major avalanche) & updates re: EPA GHG regs & efforts to save NCAR. #CAwx
California thunderstorms, heavy snow & avalanches, and warm storm to come? Plus: NCAR & EPA updates. - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 2/18/2026 topic: Th...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Oh crap, Daniel thanks the next storm might be a warm atmosphere river. That's just going to be an awful mess.
This is right now, come join us.
TODAY at 2pm PST Daniel Swain will talk about the California storms and snow
I'll have a "late-breaking" livestream session tomorrow (Wed, Feb 18) at 2pm PT to discuss multiple topics, including: Recent switch to colder/wetter conditions (including news re: major avalanche) & updates re: EPA GHG regs & efforts to save NCAR. #CAwx
February 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This is right now, come join us.
Also, with regard to weather, which I'm deeply into this week, It is seriously the kind of day where rainbows should be popping up and I don't see any yet. The rain and the sun angle need to get their shit together.
February 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Also, with regard to weather, which I'm deeply into this week, It is seriously the kind of day where rainbows should be popping up and I don't see any yet. The rain and the sun angle need to get their shit together.
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notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
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I just can’t stop thinking abt federal agents raiding the cells of incarcerated children to confiscate their drawings & letters. This is Nazi shit.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I just can’t stop thinking abt federal agents raiding the cells of incarcerated children to confiscate their drawings & letters. This is Nazi shit.
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I'm reading Mountain Voices right now - great repeat photography of western Canadian mountain landscapes, and text to accompany each one.
New Comment: "I came upon this piece by accident, but it brought back splendid memories from the late ’70s. In the summers of 1978 and 1979 I worked as a field assistant on the biophysical inventory – an ambitious ecological mapping project – of ..." - Paul Sanborn
niche-canada.org/2026/02/10/t...
niche-canada.org/2026/02/10/t...
The Ancient Wall
Stephenson's helicopter-accessed alpine fieldwork retraced 1927 survey photos, aligning landscapes, observing climate change, and finding enduring scree.
niche-canada.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I'm reading Mountain Voices right now - great repeat photography of western Canadian mountain landscapes, and text to accompany each one.
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Your periodic reminder that in many rules like this in Kansas mean trans people have to choose between the bathroom they can actually get in trouble for using and the bathroom people will try to get us in trouble for using, so we’re screwed either way.
It also includes a bathroom ban with criminal provisions and a bounty provision allowing anyone to sue someone they believe used the wrong bathroom.
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Your periodic reminder that in many rules like this in Kansas mean trans people have to choose between the bathroom they can actually get in trouble for using and the bathroom people will try to get us in trouble for using, so we’re screwed either way.
I will be interested to see what comes of this, but the experienced guides who led this group into avalanche country during a high avalanche risk storm are definitely going to have some questions to answer.
youtu.be/6nombu_Wep4?...
youtu.be/6nombu_Wep4?...
8 of 9 missing skiers found dead following California backcountry avalanche
YouTube video by ABC News
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February 18, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I will be interested to see what comes of this, but the experienced guides who led this group into avalanche country during a high avalanche risk storm are definitely going to have some questions to answer.
youtu.be/6nombu_Wep4?...
youtu.be/6nombu_Wep4?...
It's so cold that my coffee got cold too early today.
I am a delicate flower.
I am a delicate flower.
February 18, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It's so cold that my coffee got cold too early today.
I am a delicate flower.
I am a delicate flower.
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And this was *before* The Origin of Species.
"But geology carries the day: it is like the pleasure of gambling, speculating, on first arriving, what the rocks may be"
February 18, 1859, Charles Darwin is awarded the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London for his contributions ⚒️
February 18, 1859, Charles Darwin is awarded the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London for his contributions ⚒️
February 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
And this was *before* The Origin of Species.
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the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
February 18, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Who better to oversee a project that destroyed the East Wing and is building a gilded ballroom paid for by pay-to-play donors than a 26-year-old whose only relevant experience is saying yes to President Trump? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom
Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and the president’s longtime executive assistant, is set to be sworn in Thursday.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Who better to oversee a project that destroyed the East Wing and is building a gilded ballroom paid for by pay-to-play donors than a 26-year-old whose only relevant experience is saying yes to President Trump? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
I feel like people I have known with alcoholic parents, the adults changing their minds, the kids never really knowing what to expect.
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I feel like people I have known with alcoholic parents, the adults changing their minds, the kids never really knowing what to expect.
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You realize that once warehouses are converted to concentration camps they aren't going back to warehouses...
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
You realize that once warehouses are converted to concentration camps they aren't going back to warehouses...
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Bullying Elon is good, and 28 Democratic primary candidates must know that we're going to save taxpayers billions by cutting all wasteful contracts with any Musk or Thiel companies.
Correct take: The opposition to the Trump 2 has outpunched its power against the elites because it took fire in an act of economic non-cooperation. The Tesla Takedown drove Elon out of the regime. And everyone who cares now knows it's just a matter of time before he and Tesla Enron the fuck out.
February 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Bullying Elon is good, and 28 Democratic primary candidates must know that we're going to save taxpayers billions by cutting all wasteful contracts with any Musk or Thiel companies.
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Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.
February 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.
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A repair café is a brilliant idea. Sounds like community @protip.altgov.info.
Repair, don't replace: Inside #Winnipeg’s new fix-it café
Spence Neighbourhood Association's repair café gives people a chance to turn broken things into small wins for the community.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Spence Neighbourhood Association's repair café gives people a chance to turn broken things into small wins for the community.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Repair, don't replace: Inside Winnipeg’s new fix-it café
Spence Neighbourhood Association's repair café gives people a chance to turn broken things into small wins for the community.
www.cbc.ca
February 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A repair café is a brilliant idea. Sounds like community @protip.altgov.info.
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Since when is beating up a random woman bystander an ICE operation?
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BARTIROMO: If you've got a protester that is armed with a gun and that person is getting in the way of an ICE operator, you're going to see a reaction
MOSKOWITZ: You have a right to carry in this country and he had a permit for that weapon
MOSKOWITZ: You have a right to carry in this country and he had a permit for that weapon
February 18, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Since when is beating up a random woman bystander an ICE operation?
bsky.app/profile/atru...
bsky.app/profile/atru...
Colbert with no fucks to give is a glorious thing to behold.
Texas Teens Marched, Ossoff Preached Fire, Newsom Delivered, and Colbert Defied Censorship
The resistance is alive and it's everywhere
The resistance is alive and it's everywhere
Great News Trump Doesn’t Want You To See (But We Do)
Texas teens marched, Ossoff preached fire, Newsom delivered, and Colbert defied censorship
www.dworkinsubstack.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Colbert with no fucks to give is a glorious thing to behold.
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Really drives home how inessential and parasitic oligarch sports franchise owners are that the super bowl champs are owned by a guy who's been dead almost a decade.
February 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Really drives home how inessential and parasitic oligarch sports franchise owners are that the super bowl champs are owned by a guy who's been dead almost a decade.
Wait, are you saying they are not always truthful?
"It was not clear if ICE still intends to move forward with its planned purchase of the warehouse."
ICE retracts false claim that it purchased Hudson Valley warehouse
The federal agency said its statement that it bought a former Pep Boys building in Chester to use as a detention center was a “mistake.”
www.timesunion.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Wait, are you saying they are not always truthful?
I really do appreciate that the Jewish people needed a place to feel safe after centuries of oppression, especially after Hitler. I just don't have a good answer for where that should have been. I am glad people are looking *forward* now.
People are hungry – desperate, even – for a place to be Jewish' outside of Zionism.
@haaretzcom.bsky.social @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social
@haaretzcom.bsky.social @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social
Beyond Zionism: After Gaza, the American Jewish left rethinks Jewish identity
A Boston Conference Last Week Highlighted American Jews' Internal Divisions Over Israel Since October 7 and the Gaza War, but Also Their Intensified Commitment, and Even Hope. 'People Are Hungry – Des...
www.haaretz.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I really do appreciate that the Jewish people needed a place to feel safe after centuries of oppression, especially after Hitler. I just don't have a good answer for where that should have been. I am glad people are looking *forward* now.
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Okay so this is true *but* not in the way most people think. Antibiotic overuse is not “I had five ear infections in a year so I took antibiotics five times this year”
It’s
“Farmers feeding antibiotics to chicken to make them fatter and more profitable” and “labs dumping chemicals into the river”
It’s
“Farmers feeding antibiotics to chicken to make them fatter and more profitable” and “labs dumping chemicals into the river”
Although in fun news from science, in some ways antibiotics kinda are causing worsening disease as our overuse deepens resistance. There are people in hospitals right now dying of bugs which would have been treatable 20 years ago. Though something tells me this is not the point being made here
February 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Okay so this is true *but* not in the way most people think. Antibiotic overuse is not “I had five ear infections in a year so I took antibiotics five times this year”
It’s
“Farmers feeding antibiotics to chicken to make them fatter and more profitable” and “labs dumping chemicals into the river”
It’s
“Farmers feeding antibiotics to chicken to make them fatter and more profitable” and “labs dumping chemicals into the river”