Garrett
@frandsong.bsky.social
Ozarks
Streams & citizen science
I like water, rocks, and those who live among them
Streams & citizen science
I like water, rocks, and those who live among them
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Garrett
@frandsong.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Not just lurking: I'm Garrett, he/they. Ozarks-based. I work with streams and citizen scientists. Graduate background in stream ecology. Previous work/study in mathematics, astronomy, & entomology. Increasingly tuned to botany & geology. Naturalist at heart. Amateur photographer. Politics: 🐵🔧
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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Thev sound in this video is fascinating. You can hear what I think is background rain and pumice fall. But the roaring... Is that from the eruption or from the PDC? In contrast to that PDC video from the Kraffts where the the current is silent.
youtu.be/T02pJdKARLo?...
youtu.be/T02pJdKARLo?...
Eerie Sound from Approaching Pyroclastic Flow at Semeru Volcano (Nov 19, 2025)
YouTube video by afarTV
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Thev sound in this video is fascinating. You can hear what I think is background rain and pumice fall. But the roaring... Is that from the eruption or from the PDC? In contrast to that PDC video from the Kraffts where the the current is silent.
youtu.be/T02pJdKARLo?...
youtu.be/T02pJdKARLo?...
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Instead of perpetual stew, I've got perpetual muesli
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Instead of perpetual stew, I've got perpetual muesli
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Hey I just want to remind everyone that even if vaccines did cause autism (they don’t), they also cause ALIVE CHILDREN, and if you don’t think an alive autistic child is something to celebrate, please fuck off into the sun forever
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Hey I just want to remind everyone that even if vaccines did cause autism (they don’t), they also cause ALIVE CHILDREN, and if you don’t think an alive autistic child is something to celebrate, please fuck off into the sun forever
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The rule also removes protections for ephemeral streams (waterways that flow only after rain or snow) despite their importance to downstream water quality. In short, this proposal rolls back long-standing protections and leaves millions of acres of waterways more vulnerable to pollution.
EPA & Army Corps Unveil Clear, Durable WOTUS Proposal | US EPA
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle, today announced a proposed rule that would establish a clear, durable, common-sense definition of “waters ...
www.epa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The rule also removes protections for ephemeral streams (waterways that flow only after rain or snow) despite their importance to downstream water quality. In short, this proposal rolls back long-standing protections and leaves millions of acres of waterways more vulnerable to pollution.
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3 years ago, NASA crashed the DART spacecraft into an asteroid at 22,000 kilometers per hour. The event changed the asteroid's orbit and tilt & sent it tumbling.
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
3 years ago, NASA crashed the DART spacecraft into an asteroid at 22,000 kilometers per hour. The event changed the asteroid's orbit and tilt & sent it tumbling.
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
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Where we are in terms of achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals, where we need to go, and how to get there.
Interview with @rishpardikar.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
Interview with @rishpardikar.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Where we are in terms of achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals, where we need to go, and how to get there.
Interview with @rishpardikar.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
Interview with @rishpardikar.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
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A powerful call echoed by over 80 countries rang through the halls of #COP30 during an afternoon press conference today, demanding a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels!
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A powerful call echoed by over 80 countries rang through the halls of #COP30 during an afternoon press conference today, demanding a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels!
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It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
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"But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board."
— Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board."
— Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
New WOTUS proposal is out 💀
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New WOTUS proposal is out 💀
Honestly, I quite enjoy the darkness of winter. Sundown at 5:00 (or, for a regrettably brief period of time, earlier)? Excellent! The world slows down, cools down, is quieter, earlier and for longer. I love bundling up for a cold walk before dinner. Dark time best time.
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Honestly, I quite enjoy the darkness of winter. Sundown at 5:00 (or, for a regrettably brief period of time, earlier)? Excellent! The world slows down, cools down, is quieter, earlier and for longer. I love bundling up for a cold walk before dinner. Dark time best time.
Small but severe-warned thunderstorm's hail core just passed over. Dropped a solid layer of inch-wide hail over the course of a couple of minutes, nice
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Small but severe-warned thunderstorm's hail core just passed over. Dropped a solid layer of inch-wide hail over the course of a couple of minutes, nice
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Dont worry guys sure they built derivative securities based on server rack space on unbuilt data centers that wont even have enough electricity to run for at least 5 years based on projections that AI will be worth 10% of the value of the entire global labor force by then but thats all real value
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Dont worry guys sure they built derivative securities based on server rack space on unbuilt data centers that wont even have enough electricity to run for at least 5 years based on projections that AI will be worth 10% of the value of the entire global labor force by then but thats all real value
(4/4) That "strength of the pull of baseline conditions" feels to me very important and complex. Probably varies well with a multitude of site-specific conditions. Don't think this is any new concept, but I've not had these sorts of thoughts in these sorts of terms on it.
Anyone: thoughts? Papers?
Anyone: thoughts? Papers?
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
(4/4) That "strength of the pull of baseline conditions" feels to me very important and complex. Probably varies well with a multitude of site-specific conditions. Don't think this is any new concept, but I've not had these sorts of thoughts in these sorts of terms on it.
Anyone: thoughts? Papers?
Anyone: thoughts? Papers?
(3/n) The spring has a stiffness. How stiff it is influences the amplitude of the oscillations, as does how far the mass was pulled initially.
What does the spring stiffness translate to in an ecological system? How quickly baseline conditions are met again and held onto? What does that look like?
What does the spring stiffness translate to in an ecological system? How quickly baseline conditions are met again and held onto? What does that look like?
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
(3/n) The spring has a stiffness. How stiff it is influences the amplitude of the oscillations, as does how far the mass was pulled initially.
What does the spring stiffness translate to in an ecological system? How quickly baseline conditions are met again and held onto? What does that look like?
What does the spring stiffness translate to in an ecological system? How quickly baseline conditions are met again and held onto? What does that look like?
(2/n) This looks pretty similar to a mass on a spring released from extended tension. The mass springs up past natural rest position, falls back down, overshooting below, and gradually settles to rest. The metrics, in a sense, /are/ this massed spring. What can a spring teach us about recovery?
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
(2/n) This looks pretty similar to a mass on a spring released from extended tension. The mass springs up past natural rest position, falls back down, overshooting below, and gradually settles to rest. The metrics, in a sense, /are/ this massed spring. What can a spring teach us about recovery?
Reading Karádi-Kovács et al.'s 2024 "Long-term recovery dynamics determined by the degree of the disturbance," in particular thinking on the attached plot, has had my gears going. Following a (large) disturbance event, environmental/community metrics overshoot, then oscillate and settle to baseline
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reading Karádi-Kovács et al.'s 2024 "Long-term recovery dynamics determined by the degree of the disturbance," in particular thinking on the attached plot, has had my gears going. Following a (large) disturbance event, environmental/community metrics overshoot, then oscillate and settle to baseline
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Temperatures have warmed across the contiguous United States over the last five decades or so during the months of December through February (a rapidly warming season)...
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Temperatures have warmed across the contiguous United States over the last five decades or so during the months of December through February (a rapidly warming season)...
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
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Stream Name Counts | #
1) Mill Creek 6213
2) Spring Creek 5862
3) Dry Creek 5750
4) Bear Creek 4945
5) Beaver Creek 4740
6) Rock Creek 4514
7) Indian Creek 4231
8) Cedar Creek 3849
9) Willow Creek 3777
10) Cottonwood Creek 3694
11) Big Creek 3424
12) Clear Creek 3223
1) Mill Creek 6213
2) Spring Creek 5862
3) Dry Creek 5750
4) Bear Creek 4945
5) Beaver Creek 4740
6) Rock Creek 4514
7) Indian Creek 4231
8) Cedar Creek 3849
9) Willow Creek 3777
10) Cottonwood Creek 3694
11) Big Creek 3424
12) Clear Creek 3223
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Stream Name Counts | #
1) Mill Creek 6213
2) Spring Creek 5862
3) Dry Creek 5750
4) Bear Creek 4945
5) Beaver Creek 4740
6) Rock Creek 4514
7) Indian Creek 4231
8) Cedar Creek 3849
9) Willow Creek 3777
10) Cottonwood Creek 3694
11) Big Creek 3424
12) Clear Creek 3223
1) Mill Creek 6213
2) Spring Creek 5862
3) Dry Creek 5750
4) Bear Creek 4945
5) Beaver Creek 4740
6) Rock Creek 4514
7) Indian Creek 4231
8) Cedar Creek 3849
9) Willow Creek 3777
10) Cottonwood Creek 3694
11) Big Creek 3424
12) Clear Creek 3223
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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2 weeks of AR 4274 transiting the near side of☀️
Impressive growth, from 260 MSH a day after rotating into view to a peak of 1100 MSH (45% of peak size of AR 3664) on Nov11th.
Jure Atanackov
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Impressive growth, from 260 MSH a day after rotating into view to a peak of 1100 MSH (45% of peak size of AR 3664) on Nov11th.
Jure Atanackov
x.com/JAtanackov/s...
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
2 weeks of AR 4274 transiting the near side of☀️
Impressive growth, from 260 MSH a day after rotating into view to a peak of 1100 MSH (45% of peak size of AR 3664) on Nov11th.
Jure Atanackov
x.com/JAtanackov/s...
Impressive growth, from 260 MSH a day after rotating into view to a peak of 1100 MSH (45% of peak size of AR 3664) on Nov11th.
Jure Atanackov
x.com/JAtanackov/s...