Steve Riner
@steveriner.bsky.social
Old Prairie Dog, living in the shadow of the Rockies on my little piece of High Plains prairie. Done with formal career pursuits, but talk to me about the history of highways, meteorology, geology and seismology, or prog rock.
2/2 The whole Walker Lane as a future plate boundary concept kind of blows my mind, because AFAIK the zone isn't currently active north of Reno. I'd love to read more on the current state of thinking on this, especially. how it would cut west through the Cascades.
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
2/2 The whole Walker Lane as a future plate boundary concept kind of blows my mind, because AFAIK the zone isn't currently active north of Reno. I'd love to read more on the current state of thinking on this, especially. how it would cut west through the Cascades.
1/2 And, to the original comment, the active Elsinore and San Jacinto systems carry some of the inter-plate movement, though other more active segments of the SAF have parallel faults that do the same. Then there's the stress that is transferred to the E. Cal. shear zone and the Walker Lane.
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
1/2 And, to the original comment, the active Elsinore and San Jacinto systems carry some of the inter-plate movement, though other more active segments of the SAF have parallel faults that do the same. Then there's the stress that is transferred to the E. Cal. shear zone and the Walker Lane.
Has it been definitively established that the 1812 event was on the SAF? I don't think that Sieh's work in the 1970s proved this, though the later work that examined tree rings near the fault around Wrightwood might have.
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Has it been definitively established that the 1812 event was on the SAF? I don't think that Sieh's work in the 1970s proved this, though the later work that examined tree rings near the fault around Wrightwood might have.
Trump presents MBS with a solid gold bonesaw.
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump presents MBS with a solid gold bonesaw.
We're living in the Primocene.
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
We're living in the Primocene.
It's difficult to get the cattle on top of the box cars that migrants ride to the border
November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's difficult to get the cattle on top of the box cars that migrants ride to the border
Country of manufacture?
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Country of manufacture?
Me negotiating health insurance:
Me: I need insurance
United Health: It's $3200 a month
Me: That's too high. Will you take $1500?
United Health: It's $3200. But we'll throw in a tote bag.
Me: Wow, I'm a great negotiator.
Me: I need insurance
United Health: It's $3200 a month
Me: That's too high. Will you take $1500?
United Health: It's $3200. But we'll throw in a tote bag.
Me: Wow, I'm a great negotiator.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Me negotiating health insurance:
Me: I need insurance
United Health: It's $3200 a month
Me: That's too high. Will you take $1500?
United Health: It's $3200. But we'll throw in a tote bag.
Me: Wow, I'm a great negotiator.
Me: I need insurance
United Health: It's $3200 a month
Me: That's too high. Will you take $1500?
United Health: It's $3200. But we'll throw in a tote bag.
Me: Wow, I'm a great negotiator.
First chance I get, I'm planning to drive the SAF from Cajon Pass to the Carrizo Plain. This is the segment where Kerry Sieh did his paleoseismology work in the 1970s, which dated major events along that segment of the fault.
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
First chance I get, I'm planning to drive the SAF from Cajon Pass to the Carrizo Plain. This is the segment where Kerry Sieh did his paleoseismology work in the 1970s, which dated major events along that segment of the fault.
This meltdown at CBS has at least created a free hour for me on Sunday evening.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This meltdown at CBS has at least created a free hour for me on Sunday evening.
Will there be a rapture of assault rifles?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Will there be a rapture of assault rifles?
I'll be so happy to see the cost of my Uzbeki borscht go down thanks to this agreement.
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I'll be so happy to see the cost of my Uzbeki borscht go down thanks to this agreement.
Refusing to obey a judge's order would, in a land that actually followed its constitution, be Article of Impeachment number 34.
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Refusing to obey a judge's order would, in a land that actually followed its constitution, be Article of Impeachment number 34.
I can't use the thumbs up either, nor the "OK" gesture, because of how it's been appropriated as a "WP" (white power) symbol. We need a new simple hand gesture of approval.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I can't use the thumbs up either, nor the "OK" gesture, because of how it's been appropriated as a "WP" (white power) symbol. We need a new simple hand gesture of approval.
I'm way more concerned about R legislatures changing the rules for certification of elections so they, or a pliant official, can overturn results. Also, giving themselves the right to select presidential electors regardless of the popular vote.
October 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm way more concerned about R legislatures changing the rules for certification of elections so they, or a pliant official, can overturn results. Also, giving themselves the right to select presidential electors regardless of the popular vote.
OK, that WAS Trump I saw in my classes while I was going through my Master of Public Health program in the late 70s.
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
OK, that WAS Trump I saw in my classes while I was going through my Master of Public Health program in the late 70s.
The double jerkoff is the only dance move he has.
October 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The double jerkoff is the only dance move he has.
Now I've gotta go look for the picture of that poor innocent guy who ended up on the "Worst person that you know said something you agree with" meme.
October 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Now I've gotta go look for the picture of that poor innocent guy who ended up on the "Worst person that you know said something you agree with" meme.
I look forward to seeing that name on a plaque lying in the rubble of this gold-encrusted carbuncle sometime during the first half of 2029.
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I look forward to seeing that name on a plaque lying in the rubble of this gold-encrusted carbuncle sometime during the first half of 2029.
I dunno...there would be some justice in using it for storage and maintenance of landscaping equipment while the appropriate board reviews and approves plans for a new East Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I dunno...there would be some justice in using it for storage and maintenance of landscaping equipment while the appropriate board reviews and approves plans for a new East Wing.
At least they're hosing it down to help the unabated asbestos fibers settle, kind of.
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
At least they're hosing it down to help the unabated asbestos fibers settle, kind of.