Paul Ybarrondo
@whyistherumgone.bsky.social
Third generation California native (Flagstaff, AZ for a couple of years from 18-20ish). I love this state and everything it stands for, primarily inclusivity.
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A song as current as ever.
They're Out To Break Us
YouTube video by Steve Forbert - Topic
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April 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
A song as current as ever.
They get the only fun they get.
John Prine - "People Puttin' People Down"
YouTube video by John Prine
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March 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
They get the only fun they get.
Heading home from Davis after a birthday visit to my daughter. Almond trees are in bloom all along California's Central Valley. Beekeepers are struggling to meet demand for pollination as hives across the U.S. collapse, with population losses of 50 percent or worse. The cause this time isn't clear.
February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Heading home from Davis after a birthday visit to my daughter. Almond trees are in bloom all along California's Central Valley. Beekeepers are struggling to meet demand for pollination as hives across the U.S. collapse, with population losses of 50 percent or worse. The cause this time isn't clear.
One of the things I love about music is the way songs can remind you that bad times aren't new. It gives me hope that we'll get through this. No without a lot of pushing back, but it's never hopeless until you say it is.
Going Underground
YouTube video by The Jam - Topic
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February 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One of the things I love about music is the way songs can remind you that bad times aren't new. It gives me hope that we'll get through this. No without a lot of pushing back, but it's never hopeless until you say it is.
Really glad to get this rain, the first really good soaking in many months. Not so great for the burn areas, but not a disaster either. Hope that holds true.
February 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Really glad to get this rain, the first really good soaking in many months. Not so great for the burn areas, but not a disaster either. Hope that holds true.
This puzzle is a Sunday ritual for me, and frankly the best thing my local paper publishes these days. The three panels all share one 3x3 box.
February 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This puzzle is a Sunday ritual for me, and frankly the best thing my local paper publishes these days. The three panels all share one 3x3 box.
Reposted by Paul Ybarrondo
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The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. I know this will cause me trouble, but it dismays me to see fellow environmentalists dismissing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) out of hand, in some cases clearly before they have understood the tech...
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February 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...
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NBC Producers Deny Using AI In New Series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’
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NBC Producers Deny Using AI In New Series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’
NEW YORK—Issuing a categorical denial of the accusations, NBC producers announced Thursday there was absolutely no usage of artificial intelligence in the new series Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show. “At NBC, we are passionate about storytelling, and the truth is that machine learning isn’t capable of bringing to life vibrant characters like Jim Jack […]
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February 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
NBC Producers Deny Using AI In New Series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’
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The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was given full ownership rights over the 'Proud Boys' name, a judge ruled. The church now has the power to block the group from selling licensed items, like t-shirts, without church approval. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Trademark name of White hate group 'Proud Boys' now belongs to Black church - UPI.com
A judge granted ownership of the "Proud Boys" trademarked name to a Black church the racist group in 2020 had vandalized, according to multiple reports.
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February 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was given full ownership rights over the 'Proud Boys' name, a judge ruled. The church now has the power to block the group from selling licensed items, like t-shirts, without church approval. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
About 20 minutes ago, I heard a clattering sound from the fridge. I was watching a game on TV and didn't think anything of it. I figured ice dropped into the tray. Now I see it dispensed ice all over the floor. Half-melted cubes and puddles everywhere.
February 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
About 20 minutes ago, I heard a clattering sound from the fridge. I was watching a game on TV and didn't think anything of it. I figured ice dropped into the tray. Now I see it dispensed ice all over the floor. Half-melted cubes and puddles everywhere.
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a bunch of posts about abortion pills vanished from Instagram. Meta put them back after we asked what was happening: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...
Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
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January 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
a bunch of posts about abortion pills vanished from Instagram. Meta put them back after we asked what was happening: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...
Sometimes you just need that moment of zen. California.
January 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Sometimes you just need that moment of zen. California.
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Just days after Trump returned to the White House, Instagram is censoring abortion content. This is what Aid Access' account looks like right now - posts about how to get abortion medication has been blurred out.
January 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just days after Trump returned to the White House, Instagram is censoring abortion content. This is what Aid Access' account looks like right now - posts about how to get abortion medication has been blurred out.
Such a winter's day. California reality.
January 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Such a winter's day. California reality.
Yosemite Falls, upper and lower. Was lucky to get snow (thundersnow, even) on this visit in late March of 2016.
November 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Yosemite Falls, upper and lower. Was lucky to get snow (thundersnow, even) on this visit in late March of 2016.
Shot this about 20 years ago on a Nikon film camera at Ka Lae, aka South Point, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The color just blew me away, and I was so glad to see that the processing place I used was able to get it right.
November 18, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Shot this about 20 years ago on a Nikon film camera at Ka Lae, aka South Point, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The color just blew me away, and I was so glad to see that the processing place I used was able to get it right.