Wayne Belcher, PhD
@waynerb.bsky.social
Hydrogeologist, Eagle Scout, farm boy.
yeye/yeye/yake
"There's a right way, a wrong way, and the Agency I work for way. "
No DMs unless I know you IRL.
yeye/yeye/yake
"There's a right way, a wrong way, and the Agency I work for way. "
No DMs unless I know you IRL.
Prepare to Return to Work.
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Prepare to Return to Work.
The House's rejection of continuing ACA subsidies as a CR amendment showed the 7 Democratic Senators' "deal" for what it is: capitulation.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The House's rejection of continuing ACA subsidies as a CR amendment showed the 7 Democratic Senators' "deal" for what it is: capitulation.
My apartment complex has offered shutdown affected Feds the ability to pay their rent in two installments during the month.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My apartment complex has offered shutdown affected Feds the ability to pay their rent in two installments during the month.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
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Today is the federal deadline for states to submit a water management plan for the Colorado River, and negotiations remain deadlocked. Without agreement, it is unclear how the river will be managed after the fall of 2026. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/11/h...
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult
Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in? by Caitlin Ochs, High Country News On the day of a Nov. 11 federal deadline ...
mavensnotebook.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today is the federal deadline for states to submit a water management plan for the Colorado River, and negotiations remain deadlocked. Without agreement, it is unclear how the river will be managed after the fall of 2026. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/11/h...
I just learned that the Secretary of Homeland Security's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem...KLAN.
Seems about right.
Seems about right.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I just learned that the Secretary of Homeland Security's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem...KLAN.
Seems about right.
Seems about right.
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The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I am going to actively work to primary Cortez-Masto and Rosen.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I am going to actively work to primary Cortez-Masto and Rosen.
Apparently Kristi Noem's jets need engines...sold separately.
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Apparently Kristi Noem's jets need engines...sold separately.
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Friends — the last nine and a half months have been frightening. But they have also opened our eyes.
Sunday thought: A beginning
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Friends — the last nine and a half months have been frightening. But they have also opened our eyes.
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
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His "concept" of a Healthcare Plan is finally revealed. It involves eliminating the Insurance Industry & people purchasing their OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE. Unrelated, note his obsessive envy of Obama, historically rated 1 of our finest presidents, who he still believes was born in Kenya.
#sad 🤣
#sad 🤣
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
His "concept" of a Healthcare Plan is finally revealed. It involves eliminating the Insurance Industry & people purchasing their OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE. Unrelated, note his obsessive envy of Obama, historically rated 1 of our finest presidents, who he still believes was born in Kenya.
#sad 🤣
#sad 🤣
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Senate Democrats have a common-sense compromise: Let’s extend the ACA enhanced tax credits at the current levels for a year, and start a bipartisan working group to find real, long-term solutions to our country’s health care crisis.
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Senate Democrats have a common-sense compromise: Let’s extend the ACA enhanced tax credits at the current levels for a year, and start a bipartisan working group to find real, long-term solutions to our country’s health care crisis.
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
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What if America’s greatest export isn’t money or medicine—but stories? 🎙️
Former diplomat Christopher Wurst hosts SoftPower/FulStories, sharing powerful first-person tales from ambassadors, artists, and changemakers shaping the world through connection. 🌍
Former diplomat Christopher Wurst hosts SoftPower/FulStories, sharing powerful first-person tales from ambassadors, artists, and changemakers shaping the world through connection. 🌍
SoftPower/FulStories
Epic weekly tales from every corner of the globe. Forget politics, academia, or the office, these are "soft, powerful stories" told by those who lived them. Is what…
www.softpowerfulstories.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
What if America’s greatest export isn’t money or medicine—but stories? 🎙️
Former diplomat Christopher Wurst hosts SoftPower/FulStories, sharing powerful first-person tales from ambassadors, artists, and changemakers shaping the world through connection. 🌍
Former diplomat Christopher Wurst hosts SoftPower/FulStories, sharing powerful first-person tales from ambassadors, artists, and changemakers shaping the world through connection. 🌍
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🇺🇸🔥 ‘Concerning Precedent’ – Bipartisan fury erupts in Washington over Georgia’s targeting of ex-USAID staff ⚖️💼
‘Concerning Precedent’ – Bipartisan Fury Erupts in Washington Over Georgia’s Targeting of Ex-USAID Staff
Key US lawmakers urge State Department to “push back vigorously” against the “weaponizing” of routine pension payments as “coup” funds, amid escalating anti-American rhetoric in Georgia
www.kyivpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🇺🇸🔥 ‘Concerning Precedent’ – Bipartisan fury erupts in Washington over Georgia’s targeting of ex-USAID staff ⚖️💼
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November 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
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Georgia’s ruling party smeared former USAID local staff as “revolutionaries” to score political points. U.S. senators just called them out. If America won’t defend the people who risked their lives to work with us abroad, who will stand with us next time? Hold State to its word.
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Georgia’s ruling party smeared former USAID local staff as “revolutionaries” to score political points. U.S. senators just called them out. If America won’t defend the people who risked their lives to work with us abroad, who will stand with us next time? Hold State to its word.
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This Republican shutdown isn’t about responsible governance. It’s about cruelty and control — and a president who treats hunger as a weapon against his own people.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This Republican shutdown isn’t about responsible governance. It’s about cruelty and control — and a president who treats hunger as a weapon against his own people.
Utah petroglyphs.
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Utah petroglyphs.
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New UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds that, without immediate aggressive action, the world could be on track for 2.3°C-2.8°C of global warming over the century. www.unep.org/resources/em...
Emissions Gap Report 2025
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leav...
www.unep.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds that, without immediate aggressive action, the world could be on track for 2.3°C-2.8°C of global warming over the century. www.unep.org/resources/em...
That's a lotta beeves.
Boulder, Utah
Boulder, Utah
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
That's a lotta beeves.
Boulder, Utah
Boulder, Utah
Happy Nevada Day!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Reformation Day
Happy Halloween!
Happy Reformation Day
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Nevada Day!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Reformation Day
Happy Halloween!
Happy Reformation Day