Western Geo
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Exhausted Dad and kid wrangler running on adrenaline and caffeine. Clean GW 4 public health. Always stopping along the way to learn. PBS fanatic. Celebrating truthiness.
A good update from Sac’s Cap City Radio on the state of flu/Covid/RSV
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
What to expect as we head into the season for flu, COVID, and RSV
Last year was the most severe flu season in over a decade in the United States. And this year, a new strain of the flu is fueling concerns of another rough winter for respiratory viruses.
www.capradio.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A good update from Sac’s Cap City Radio on the state of flu/Covid/RSV
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
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🌊 Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea has dramatically declined since 2015, with seasonal growth cycles disrupted and biomass maxima shifting
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dramatic decline of Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea since 2015 - Nature Geoscience
Sargassum biomass in the north Sargasso Sea declined drastically since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt,...
www.nature.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
🌊 Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea has dramatically declined since 2015, with seasonal growth cycles disrupted and biomass maxima shifting
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pleasantly surprised by the roseville.wackytacky.net. Parents are able to sit down at tables and get some doodling and/or computing done.
Wacky Tacky – Indoor Playground & Private Parties
roseville.wackytacky.net
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Pleasantly surprised by the roseville.wackytacky.net. Parents are able to sit down at tables and get some doodling and/or computing done.
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Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
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We’ve gone too far
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We’ve gone too far
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Henceforth I shall only refer to cranberries as "bog dwellers".
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did this bog dweller end up on holiday tables? (from The Conversation in 2023)
https://to.pbs.org/40MVF7a
https://to.pbs.org/40MVF7a
The botany behind why cranberries became a Thanksgiving staple
Cranberries add color and acidity to Thanksgiving menus, but they also have many interesting botanical and genetic features.
www.pbs.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Henceforth I shall only refer to cranberries as "bog dwellers".
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
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PAHs in Early Triassic rocks from Svalbard show that wildfires continued after the Permian extinction. Sediment and climate modeling finds these fires shaped ecosystem recovery and questions the idea of a long fire free interval.
#Wildfire #Climate
🧪⚒️🔥
Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#Wildfire #Climate
🧪⚒️🔥
Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Early Triassic sediments reveal Earth's hidden wildfire past
An international team of scientists, including a senior researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, has uncovered new evidence of ancient wildfires that reshapes our understanding of ...
phys.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
PAHs in Early Triassic rocks from Svalbard show that wildfires continued after the Permian extinction. Sediment and climate modeling finds these fires shaped ecosystem recovery and questions the idea of a long fire free interval.
#Wildfire #Climate
🧪⚒️🔥
Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#Wildfire #Climate
🧪⚒️🔥
Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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This is the most corrupt presidential administration in American history and it’s not even close.
They fought to stop Americans from getting food stamps while pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own pockets. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
They fought to stop Americans from getting food stamps while pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own pockets. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is the most corrupt presidential administration in American history and it’s not even close.
They fought to stop Americans from getting food stamps while pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own pockets. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
They fought to stop Americans from getting food stamps while pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own pockets. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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this is theranos-level fraud, but everyone with the power to do anything about it is on the take, apparently
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
this is theranos-level fraud, but everyone with the power to do anything about it is on the take, apparently
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“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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This list was 1476 long this morning.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Trump's spiritual advisor is number 1313. He's in prison for raping a 12 year old girl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The TDS guy is number 1381
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Few will admit to Republicanism by 2026.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Trump's spiritual advisor is number 1313. He's in prison for raping a 12 year old girl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The TDS guy is number 1381
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Few will admit to Republicanism by 2026.
#RightWingSexualPredators
docs.google.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This list was 1476 long this morning.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Trump's spiritual advisor is number 1313. He's in prison for raping a 12 year old girl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The TDS guy is number 1381
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Few will admit to Republicanism by 2026.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Trump's spiritual advisor is number 1313. He's in prison for raping a 12 year old girl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The TDS guy is number 1381
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Few will admit to Republicanism by 2026.
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Zohran so scary! 🫣
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Zohran so scary! 🫣
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Oralè Resisters
Obscene Trump Wealth!
Mar A Lago Orgy of seafood spread for billionaires while you wait in line for food!
#TRUMPSGIVINGS #SNAP #USDemocracy #NoKings
Obscene Trump Wealth!
Mar A Lago Orgy of seafood spread for billionaires while you wait in line for food!
#TRUMPSGIVINGS #SNAP #USDemocracy #NoKings
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Oralè Resisters
Obscene Trump Wealth!
Mar A Lago Orgy of seafood spread for billionaires while you wait in line for food!
#TRUMPSGIVINGS #SNAP #USDemocracy #NoKings
Obscene Trump Wealth!
Mar A Lago Orgy of seafood spread for billionaires while you wait in line for food!
#TRUMPSGIVINGS #SNAP #USDemocracy #NoKings
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Listen up. PBS is in danger.
This is the next step the felon is taking to create totally state-controlled media.
This is the next step the felon is taking to create totally state-controlled media.
This is the next blow that red states are taking to follow along with the MAGA plan of attack. By disaffiliating as a member station, APT will not show any national PBS programming and will ultimately control every aspect of that station. What does this mean?
wbhm.org/2025/no-more...
wbhm.org/2025/no-more...
No more Elmo? APT could cut ties with PBS
The board that oversees Alabama Public Television is considering disaffiliating from PBS, ending a 55-year relationship.
wbhm.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Listen up. PBS is in danger.
This is the next step the felon is taking to create totally state-controlled media.
This is the next step the felon is taking to create totally state-controlled media.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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appearing in my 2011 dorm to tell my collegiate self that “the syrian revolution ends with an al-qaeda operative currently in american custody letting the guy from the apprentice build an airbase outside damascus because they’re the presidents now”
Reports across the Middle East that Syria has given the US an airbase outside of Damascus and has given the Trump organization exclusive rights to build a new hotel there. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
appearing in my 2011 dorm to tell my collegiate self that “the syrian revolution ends with an al-qaeda operative currently in american custody letting the guy from the apprentice build an airbase outside damascus because they’re the presidents now”
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Hundreds of salmon currently stacked up in skinny Spencer Creek, a groundwater-fed tributary to the Klamath. These guys are ragged with decay but determined to fulfill the spawning imperative, zombies who outlived Halloween. Resilience embodied.
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hundreds of salmon currently stacked up in skinny Spencer Creek, a groundwater-fed tributary to the Klamath. These guys are ragged with decay but determined to fulfill the spawning imperative, zombies who outlived Halloween. Resilience embodied.
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“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Wearing a Texas hat accidentally while in line for the Prop 50 Vote makes me feel like a rebel but not a rebel.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Wearing a Texas hat accidentally while in line for the Prop 50 Vote makes me feel like a rebel but not a rebel.
My friend just dressed as Phillies Karen for Halloween 🎃 😱
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My friend just dressed as Phillies Karen for Halloween 🎃 😱
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Seriously. How much is it gonna cost to de-Saddam Hussein the White House?
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Seriously. How much is it gonna cost to de-Saddam Hussein the White House?
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Fun with government, a story.
My parents, niece, and nephew all take music lessons from a local teacher. The teacher leases a converted railcar from the nearby town. The city manager decided that the railcar could be put to better use & notified the teacher that the city would terminate the lease.
My parents, niece, and nephew all take music lessons from a local teacher. The teacher leases a converted railcar from the nearby town. The city manager decided that the railcar could be put to better use & notified the teacher that the city would terminate the lease.
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Fun with government, a story.
My parents, niece, and nephew all take music lessons from a local teacher. The teacher leases a converted railcar from the nearby town. The city manager decided that the railcar could be put to better use & notified the teacher that the city would terminate the lease.
My parents, niece, and nephew all take music lessons from a local teacher. The teacher leases a converted railcar from the nearby town. The city manager decided that the railcar could be put to better use & notified the teacher that the city would terminate the lease.
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FEMA has denied or not advanced most Kerr County aid applications after deadly July 4 flood.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Texas #TX #Flood #FEMA #Weather
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#Texas #TX #Flood #FEMA #Weather
FEMA has denied or not advanced most Kerr County aid applications after deadly July 4 flood
Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.
grist.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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I somehow got the wrong link for the CHP news release.
www.chp.ca.gov/news-alerts/...
www.chp.ca.gov/news-alerts/...
CHP PRODUCES INCIDENT REPORT AFTER ARTILLERY ROUND FROM CAMP PENDLETON PREMATURELY DETONATED MIDFLIGHT WITH DEBRIS STRIKING PATROL VEHICLE
www.chp.ca.gov
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I somehow got the wrong link for the CHP news release.
www.chp.ca.gov/news-alerts/...
www.chp.ca.gov/news-alerts/...