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Piet Sawvel 🇺🇦
@extrano.bsky.social
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Paterfamilias. Enticed by feral singletrack, untracked powder, and onsen. Mechanically inept.
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Savoring new flow trail on AZT section 5 in the Santa Rita mountains
A mountain bike parked on a new section of trail with southern Arizona plants and trees Faxon yucca, aka Spanish dagger, with rolling desert hills in the background
December 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Yaqui deer dancer, a 7' bronze sculpture by Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia
Bronze sculpture of a Yaqui deer dancer in an outdoor courtyard koi pond, surrounded by desert plants.
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Sunset over the Catalinas on Thanksgiving evening #Tucson
Salmon-colored clouds over the distant Catalina mountains at sunset
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Brittlebush flowers along the Arizona Trail south of Saguaro NP near Vail, Arizona
Yellow Brittlebush flowers along a dirt trail with a blurred saguaro in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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NO FAUX-KING WAY! Solid turnout for the No Kings rally in Longmont, Colorado
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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This morning’s sunlight hits Shoshoni Peak, Mt Audubon, and others in the Indian Peaks Wilderness in Colorado. Taken from the CMC cabin.
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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5.3kW solar PV system installed this week. Chris Wright can get bent.
Four solar PV panels on a residential roof
September 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Solid gravel ride this morning.
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A wooded section of singletrack trail A gravel bike leaning on an Austrian Pine along North Sky Trail in Boulder County, Colorado
August 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Enjoying the very walkable Civano neighborhood in Tucson
Slipper plant, aka pencil cactus, blooming with small rose-colored flowers Totem pole cactus about 12' high
August 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Uninstall CBS News app
July 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Today we said goodbye to Yuki, our 7-year-old #Samoyed. Such a gentle soul. She was a real one.
June 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Vladimir Poutine?
Le Monde skeet: En direct, guerre en Ukraine : Donald Trump estime que Vladimir Poutine « joue avec le feu » et le met en garde
May 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The bloom is late this season but it’s starting to happen in Tucson. Photo taken this morning in Saguaro NP Rincon District.
A single saguaro cactus with flowers starting to bloom.
April 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Juvenile Sonoran gopher snake at Saguaro NP, Tucson
Juvenile Sonoran gopher snake with brown and tan coloring to match the gravel it's on.
April 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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So. Much. Winning. #tariffs
Visualization of US stock market with most stocks depicted in red boxes, showing losses in response to the imposition of Trump’s tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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It’s hard to beat the AZT in March. Near Pistol Hill Rd, Pima County, Arizona
Detail of red ocatillo flowers with a background of sun-lit clouds A flowering ocatillo plant with Mica Mountain in the distance
March 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Flow state riding on the #AZT near Patagonia
Cattle skull perched on a desert rock Rolling hills along the Arizona Trail north of Patagonia AZ
February 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
In effect, this small DOGE crew has become sysadmins for the entire government. Soon after O.P.M., they descended on the Treasury Department, where every payment the government has made is stored: root access to the economy (including many companies that are direct competitors to those of Musk). Their efforts expanded recently to the I.R.S. and Social Security Administration, both of which hold extremely personal, sensitive information: root access to practically the entire American population.
February 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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3 blissful days of #bikepacking Arizona’s Black Canyon Trail
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Three bicyclists travel through the desert along a gravel road. Low mountains and afternoon clouds are in the distance. Saguaro cacti in the evening light with mountains in the distance. Buckhorn cholla with saguaro cacti in the background.
February 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme (at the Alamo, San Antonio)
1836 Battleground. In 1833, Antonio López de Santa Anna was elected President of Mexico. He centralized power, restricted immigration from the United States, and suspended the 1824 Federalist constitution. Texas rose up in rebellion. The Texians successfully drove Mexican forces from Texas in 1835. A few months later, Santa Anna arrived in Texas at the head of a larger army. He laid siege to the Alamo on February 23 and prepared to eliminate the rebellion.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Pour one out for this absolute unit. Via @highcountrynews.bsky.social www.hcn.org/issues/57-1/...
The “Grandpa” saguaro at Catalina State Park in Tucson, Arizona, in 2019. Photo by Roberto (Bear) Guerra/High Country News
January 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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#Gravel biking today in Saguaro NP Rincon district, Tucson.
Buckhorn cholla. Detail of deep red cactus plant with red buds preparing to bloom. Several saguaro cacti in the foreground with Mica Mountain in the distance.
January 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Three days of blissful exploration of the Los Gatos area on a #gravel bike. Highly recommended.
Misty mountains with green foliage near New Almaden CA Switchback on John Nicholas trail in a redwoods forest near Los Gatos CA
January 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Fantasy Island, Tucson
Multi-armed saguaro cactus with the Catalina Mountains in the distance. Looking up at a multi-armed saguaro cactus.
December 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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G’morning from Boulder.
Morning view of Boulder residential units with the Flatirons in the background to the west.
November 25, 2024 at 2:57 PM