My Nom de Plume. Born when global CO2 concentration averaged 314.3 ppm. Native Texan resettled in Northern California. No One Is Illegal On Stolen Land. Retired from State civil service (California Air Resources Board) in #airquality, #fire, #climate. Prior affiliation #USForestService. Following #AtmosphericScience, #wildfire, #ecology, #climate, #GIS, #remotesensing, #bicycles, #DogsOfMastodon, #hiking, #socialdemocracy, #BIPOC, #Labor, #ImmigrationRights, #CalAggie
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Last Notes npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Granted, it does look a little sarcophagous-y, but this homemade hardware-cloth covered frame serves as a lid atop a raised planter. To prevent squirrels from stealing germinating acorns. More are in the works. #gardening #oaks #Rewilding https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/116/497/461/889/286/834/original/73983501855fc8bb.jpg npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee US federal agency Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officially declaring American #Bison unwelcome on BLM-managed #rangelands. Its nutty, since #cattle ranchers don't really need federal welfare. #Beef prices are high (although #StupidHitler is working to flood the US market with beef from #Argdntina. What's next? No #Canada geese? BLM Says American Prairie's Bison Can No Longer Graze on Public Lands | Outdoor Life https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-permits/ npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Hooray for Santa Cruz #California. More communities can live without #surveillance. Santa Cruz the First in California to Terminate Its Contract With Flock Safety | KQED https://www.kqed.org/news/12069705/santa-cruz-the-first-in-california-to-terminate-its-contract-with-flock-safety npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Glad hear it's clear where you are. Here in the #Sacramento Valley is has been gloomy fog-soup for nigh two weeks. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee I've had these #Meindl hiking boots for over 50 years. Bought them with money I made as a kid drawing editorial cartoons for my hometown newspaper. They got me started #hiking the #Appalachian #Trail in #Virginia and #Pennsylvania, and later in the #Sierra #Nevada. It was past time to get them re-soled and some TLC. Meindl-approved cobbler in Seattle worked wonders. I went nuts with 72-inch laces. #craftsmanship #reuse #repair https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/115/669/335/265/657/660/original/de37cda0b63974a7.jpg npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Whatever bonkers move the Mussolini EPA pulls to try to knee-cap the endangerment finding, corporations would be wise to not back-slide. They should continue to meet or exceed their compliance obligations as if there had never been a tRump administration. #environmentalprotection #pollution #regulation https://peer.org/commentary-epa-rollback-endangerment-finding-secrecy-science-denial/ npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Mexican sage and a saliva still doing their thing. #BloomScrolling #California #Autumn #Sacramento https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/115/410/215/040/325/511/original/17e6b32bb89d07cb.jpg npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Country Joe and the Fish! "Give me an F!" Band member Barry Melton is a bit of a local fixture here in #Davis. Has been an attorney with the local Public Defenders office, and still performs with friends in the greater Bay Area region. Decent feller. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee #SilentSunday https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/925/445/082/026/197/original/52d370f46e69a770.jpg npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee I would like to see a public campaign launch with the simple slogan "Close the camps" npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Senator Padilla, an engineering #MIT alum who has "worked across the aisle" to enhance/preserve federal #wildfire response in the West, is one of the most mild-mannered Democratic Senators you could ever meet. His ill-treatment at the hands of DHS flunkies is obscene. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Why can't the NYT say that "in the run-up to today's decision to cancel the #Moderna contract, HHS Secretary RFK Jr, made false claims about the safety of mRNA - based vaccines." Just say it, NYT: "false claims." Because that's what they are. A billion people on #Earth received the #mRNA covid vaccine, and few individuals had issues. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/health/moderna-trump-bird-flu-vaccine-contract.html npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Fetterman needs an intervention. For his health and his family's peace of mind. #Pennsylvania voters are also owed functioning senators. https://apnews.com/article/john-fetterman-trump-democrats-senate-pennsylvania-8129e206ed9479ad8534eac3fd128abe npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee it's why keeping forests and other ecosystems intact is important: resident insect populations are the fuel for raising baby birds. No habitat, no bugs...no birds. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee It may sound strange, but I've always regarded the Black Rat snake as a nice-looking species. Mild-mannered and curious, too. When i lived in Virginia, an acquaintance recounted a weekend he spent at his parent's farm, shearing sheep. He said Black Rat snakes came to watch the proceedings. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee ...I would add reforms that empower #labor #unions and that make it much easier for #workers to #unionize. Every #socialdemocracy rests on a strong labor movement foundation. Maybe add national service (civil)? npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee I remember as a kid out on the road in west Texas with my dad, passing a large outcrop of rock and boulders. High-schooler graffiti read "Jesus Saves" and someone added "Green Stamps" npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee We've had a respite today from the copious rain of this week. It's late afternoon, and I just had go to the back of the yard, to gaze at the #oranges awash in warm light against a vivid blue sky. They are perfectly ripe. #SacramentoValley #NorthernCalifornia #Winter #Citrus #Trees #Gratitude https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/113/965/448/337/098/954/original/4af04ad64deea92c.jpg npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee SoCal winds this time of year. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee I was staying at a farmhouse in alpine France in September. I had coffee beans, but no way to grind them. I resorted to using a mortar and pedestal. It was tedious as hell. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee I always felt that the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team should have been named The Saguaros because why not. Or the Ocotillos npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee Tis the season for Oxalis. npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee More interesting reporting on the #ecosystem #restoration efforts along the #klamathriver by the #Yurok. #revegetation #indigenous #fisheries https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/oct/11/yurok-tribe-nabs-18m-grant-resumes-revegetation-wo/ npub1k2mm78pgpkn3r6ump6kvzq0g3n7f6tn63ave85ws2lhtaf0f5a0sawdcur BrunoMcGee On the #Sonoma coast. #MeerMitwoch #California https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/113/278/462/374/585/787/original/0356a02ab6064855.jpg