Jim O'Donnell
@jimodonnell2.bsky.social
Walker. Writer. Reader. Storyteller. Photographer. Author NOTES FOR THE AURORA SOCIETY and THE FOUNTAIN from
@torreyhouse, speculative fiction, archaeology, history. Слава Україні!
www.aroundtheworldineightyyears.com
@torreyhouse, speculative fiction, archaeology, history. Слава Україні!
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Jim O'Donnell
@jimodonnell2.bsky.social
· Jan 13
FOUNTAIN CREEK, can be found at the following locations:
SOMOS, Taos, NM
Analogue Books, Pueblo, CO
El Pueblo Museum, Pueblo, CO
Fountain Creek Nature Center, Fountain CO
Poor Richard's, Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain Chalet, Colorado Springs, CO
& www.torreyhouse.org/fountain-creek
#FountainBook
SOMOS, Taos, NM
Analogue Books, Pueblo, CO
El Pueblo Museum, Pueblo, CO
Fountain Creek Nature Center, Fountain CO
Poor Richard's, Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain Chalet, Colorado Springs, CO
& www.torreyhouse.org/fountain-creek
#FountainBook
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Ancient RNA offers a snapshot of a mammoth's life 39,000 years ago www.nbcnews.com/science/scie... || #archaeology
Ancient RNA offers a snapshot of a mammoth's life 39,000 years ago
New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ancient RNA offers a snapshot of a mammoth's life 39,000 years ago www.nbcnews.com/science/scie... || #archaeology
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"The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while treating every ungrazed acre as a missed opportunity to squeeze and extract." oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/u...
USDA’s beef industry plan sells out public lands • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while degrading recreational experiences like hunting and fishing.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while treating every ungrazed acre as a missed opportunity to squeeze and extract." oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/u...
This.
The thing that really trips me out about the Epstein files is that we all...all of us, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, journalists, Congresscritters...know that Trump raped children. We know. We all know it.
And yet we can't just be honest about it. We have to play to dumb ass game.
The thing that really trips me out about the Epstein files is that we all...all of us, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, journalists, Congresscritters...know that Trump raped children. We know. We all know it.
And yet we can't just be honest about it. We have to play to dumb ass game.
The scandal is that people actually voted for him 3 times, knowing full well he was a rapist.
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This.
The thing that really trips me out about the Epstein files is that we all...all of us, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, journalists, Congresscritters...know that Trump raped children. We know. We all know it.
And yet we can't just be honest about it. We have to play to dumb ass game.
The thing that really trips me out about the Epstein files is that we all...all of us, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, journalists, Congresscritters...know that Trump raped children. We know. We all know it.
And yet we can't just be honest about it. We have to play to dumb ass game.
This photo speaks to the state of our nation right now.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This photo speaks to the state of our nation right now.
Ancient Map of the Cosmos Uncovered in Mexican Jungle | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/arch... || #archaeology #indigenous
There’s a Monumental Cosmic Map Hidden beneath Mexico’s Oldest Maya Site
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ancient Map of the Cosmos Uncovered in Mexican Jungle | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/arch... || #archaeology #indigenous
POST-WAR RUSSIA: A SCENARIO – The Military Analyst themilitaryanalyst.com/2025/11/03/p...
POST-WAR RUSSIA: A SCENARIO
Putin is dead, the regime paralyzed, which of the former empire’s republics will rush for independence?
themilitaryanalyst.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
POST-WAR RUSSIA: A SCENARIO – The Military Analyst themilitaryanalyst.com/2025/11/03/p...
Humans Used to Sleep Twice Every Night. Here's Why It Vanished. : www.sciencealert.com/humans-used-...
Humans Used to Sleep Twice Every Night. Here's Why It Vanished.
Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3 am and wonder if something's wrong.
www.sciencealert.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Humans Used to Sleep Twice Every Night. Here's Why It Vanished. : www.sciencealert.com/humans-used-...
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Trump administration is making another behind-closed-doors attempt to gut environmental protections in the Northwest Forest Plan that covers most of the country's remaining old-growth forests. 🌏 www.opb.org/article/2025...
Forest Service restarts effort to change decades-old Pacific Northwest forest policy
The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.
www.opb.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump administration is making another behind-closed-doors attempt to gut environmental protections in the Northwest Forest Plan that covers most of the country's remaining old-growth forests. 🌏 www.opb.org/article/2025...
The Arkansas River’s Big Timbers region reflects a complex history coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/a... || #Colorado #COwx #COwater #Rivers
The Arkansas River’s Big Timbers region reflects a complex history of Western expansion, Indigenous displacement
The waterway cuts through a tangled and tragic past in southeastern Colorado that still echoes Western expansion, Indigenous displacement.
coloradosun.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Arkansas River’s Big Timbers region reflects a complex history coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/a... || #Colorado #COwx #COwater #Rivers
River users want legislation to settle Colorado's river access conflict coloradosun.com/2025/10/27/r... || #COwater #COwx #Colorado #Rivers
River users, landowners and lawmakers revive decades-long debate over river access in Colorado
Paddling groups hope legislation will provide clarity for boaters and private property owners over public access on Colorado waterways
coloradosun.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
River users want legislation to settle Colorado's river access conflict coloradosun.com/2025/10/27/r... || #COwater #COwx #Colorado #Rivers
One of those da....weeks.
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of those da....weeks.
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www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Lashing winds and storm surge devoured dozens of feet of shoreline, disrupting a culturally significant archaeological site and washing away possibly thousands of unearthed artifacts.
Lashing winds and storm surge devoured dozens of feet of shoreline, disrupting a culturally significant archaeological site and washing away possibly thousands of unearthed artifacts.
Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup'ik life is ravaged by Typhoon Halong
Typhoon Halong destroyed dozens of feet of Alaska's most significant Yup'ik archaeological site, scattering potentially thousands of irreplaceable artifacts along the Bering Sea coast.
www.latimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Lashing winds and storm surge devoured dozens of feet of shoreline, disrupting a culturally significant archaeological site and washing away possibly thousands of unearthed artifacts.
Lashing winds and storm surge devoured dozens of feet of shoreline, disrupting a culturally significant archaeological site and washing away possibly thousands of unearthed artifacts.
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We are $38 trillion in debt, millions are about to go hungry, and he's busy building himself a gilded ballroom.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.
www.pbs.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We are $38 trillion in debt, millions are about to go hungry, and he's busy building himself a gilded ballroom.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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1/x: This is small-potatoes corruption, BUT
It's worth noting that it takes a LONG time to get a building permit. You have to have full architectural plans that get approved which means you have to draw them up AND pass them to someone who looks them over.
They're breaking the law here.
It's worth noting that it takes a LONG time to get a building permit. You have to have full architectural plans that get approved which means you have to draw them up AND pass them to someone who looks them over.
They're breaking the law here.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
1/x: This is small-potatoes corruption, BUT
It's worth noting that it takes a LONG time to get a building permit. You have to have full architectural plans that get approved which means you have to draw them up AND pass them to someone who looks them over.
They're breaking the law here.
It's worth noting that it takes a LONG time to get a building permit. You have to have full architectural plans that get approved which means you have to draw them up AND pass them to someone who looks them over.
They're breaking the law here.
Birds’ Vocal Warnings Provide New Insight Into the Origins of Language | Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology www.birds.cornell.edu/home/vocal-w...
Birds’ Vocal Warnings Provide New Insight Into the Origins of Language
Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal warning to identify parasitic enemies near their nests, an international team o...
www.birds.cornell.edu
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Birds’ Vocal Warnings Provide New Insight Into the Origins of Language | Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology www.birds.cornell.edu/home/vocal-w...
Why Some U.S. Cities Thrive While Others Decline
Despite nearly two centuries of technological revolutions, U.S. cities follow a stable pattern that shapes their ability to diversify and reinvent themselves
csh.ac.at/news/why-som...
Despite nearly two centuries of technological revolutions, U.S. cities follow a stable pattern that shapes their ability to diversify and reinvent themselves
csh.ac.at/news/why-som...
Why Some U.S. Cities Thrive While Others Decline
While cities in the U.S. evolve and diversify, they maintain a constant level of "coherence" on average, according to a new CSH study.
csh.ac.at
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Why Some U.S. Cities Thrive While Others Decline
Despite nearly two centuries of technological revolutions, U.S. cities follow a stable pattern that shapes their ability to diversify and reinvent themselves
csh.ac.at/news/why-som...
Despite nearly two centuries of technological revolutions, U.S. cities follow a stable pattern that shapes their ability to diversify and reinvent themselves
csh.ac.at/news/why-som...
Psssst....hey, #NewMexico....
Want To Innovate Housing in Your State? Try Copying Michigan.
www.podbean.com/ep/pb-nsbk4-...
Want To Innovate Housing in Your State? Try Copying Michigan.
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Want To Innovate Housing in Your State? Try Copying Michigan.
Michigan is on the forefront of housing innovation, with many cities throughout the state experiencing a resurgence in population and housing options. Today, Chuck talks with Dan Gilmartin, the execut...
www.podbean.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Psssst....hey, #NewMexico....
Want To Innovate Housing in Your State? Try Copying Michigan.
www.podbean.com/ep/pb-nsbk4-...
Want To Innovate Housing in Your State? Try Copying Michigan.
www.podbean.com/ep/pb-nsbk4-...
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"We investigated if causal factors could explain wildfire burn severity of the Quebec 2023 wildfires...Forest mgmt is implicated through the accumulated impacts of harvesting, which have skewered age class distributions toward younger [more flammable] forests." 🌍 www.publish.csiro.au/WF/justaccep...
Exploring the determinants of the 2023 Quebec mega-wildfire burn severity
Background The Quebec wildfires in 2023 attracted international attention, affecting 4.5 M ha of boreal forest. Aims We investigated if causal factors could be identified that explained spatial vari...
www.publish.csiro.au
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"We investigated if causal factors could explain wildfire burn severity of the Quebec 2023 wildfires...Forest mgmt is implicated through the accumulated impacts of harvesting, which have skewered age class distributions toward younger [more flammable] forests." 🌍 www.publish.csiro.au/WF/justaccep...
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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This is fascinating.
The Forgotten Gut of Zimapán - Anthropology.net www.anthropology.net/p/the-forgot... || #archaeology
The Forgotten Gut of Zimapán - Anthropology.net www.anthropology.net/p/the-forgot... || #archaeology
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October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is fascinating.
The Forgotten Gut of Zimapán - Anthropology.net www.anthropology.net/p/the-forgot... || #archaeology
The Forgotten Gut of Zimapán - Anthropology.net www.anthropology.net/p/the-forgot... || #archaeology