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John Vaillant
@johnvaillant.bsky.social
I write about collisions between human ambition and the natural world: The Golden Spruce, The Tiger, The Jaguar's Children,
FIRE WEATHER: @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social
10 Best Books: @nytimes.com

https://www.lyceumagency.com/speakers/john-vailla
Seen at #NoKings:
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
WTF is confusing about having -this- - or not having it?
#RFK #measles
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
An historic event Via Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social

UTTERLY SURREAL LOW ANGLE GLACIER SLIDE!!
On 10.25 at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge!
x.com/subfossilguy...
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Germans (who should know) "looked up" =10= years ago:
October 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
from 2016 . . .
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This one's worthy of you, @deadder.bsky.social
#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A personal fave from Bellingham, WA
#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Dante's Inferno - live feed:
October 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What's new is old . . . (-1916-)
#EnergyTransition
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
for the record:
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
From a rock club in Montreal:
October 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Remember the good ol days when good ol boys were #antifa?
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
United States of Amurderca . . .
#ExcessDeaths
September 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
September 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Blood Meridian"
Rio Aros, Sonora Mexico
August 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
August 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Folks! It's official!
August 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
August 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I just learned a new term today: "Agricultural disaster."
Lac La Biche, Alberta just declared one due to relentless #drought, which also enables #wildfires. This map is brutal:
July 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
April 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM