The mountain pine beetles are back: Part I Experts expect a red, rusty hue to take over pine trees this summer as mountain pine beetle infestations resurge, threatening trees in Front Range communities, including the Estes Valley. As the beetles make their return, both residents and state…

The Morrill Fire in Nebraska has killed 1 and consumed 549,000 acres with 0% containment. This is more than 10% of the entire area burned by U.S. wildfires in 2025, and makes it one of the 20 largest fires in U.S. history. Sunday forecast is grim: High Wind Warning, 25-35 mph winds, gusting to 50.

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

You, in a different decade: vaguely remembered; somewhere 2003ish, most likely. ALT: A much younger Gaffer with much different hair holds forth a Chia Sheep as part of Benton's Going Away Party at Penny Lane Coffeeshop in Boulder. Benton was photographing everyone holding this thing.

From a friend on Diaspora*; Pallas' Cats doing a dance - George is trying to woo Miya; Miya is having none of it. I've always been fascinated by these creatures. youtube.com/watch?v=DIWm...

Please help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...

Paraphrase: "Great good ghods, what happened to you?" Me: "America."

There are reasons I wouldn't trade Colorado for very many places.

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

don't forget to set your clocks away from seasonal depression and back to regular depression but with extra sun.

I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

If you didn't figure it before, this has been going on for a while now. It's insane. "And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead." "Revelations"

You don't have to choose between the Shah and the Ayatollah Mainly because you are nowhere near Iran and it's not really up to you.

Little rebel.

Luca, having booked my Medicaid Transport, asks "is there anything else you need?" Me: "A kinder, gentler world. For all of us."

“But what if we gave the One Ring better training?”

Bad tablet photo of the #MoonOfTheNow and noctilucent clouds.

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion.” Gore Vidal

QTP with your favourite Princess Zelda! (wrong answers only)

The only reason we are alive to debate this is because Stanislav Petrov decided not to trust a computer.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some Zen to the feed.

A view we will not soon forget. The Blizzard of 2026.

Due to prevailing rhetorical conditions, the discourse level this evening is DANGEROUS and potentially LIFE THREATENING. All avenues of discourse are hereby CLOSED and discourse is PROHIBITED until the discourse emergency has passed. This has been a message from the National Discourse Service.

If you're looking for an alternative to the State Of The Union address, might I suggest a live concert?

Let's see your PFP in all its glory...

Animation of all fed activity from Dec 1st through Feb 11th. The source data are a combo of both rapid response networks' data and IceOut's.

Today is homemade lasagna day, here. Got the sauce and dough made yesterday, kneaded the dough just now (it's nice to be kneaded). Progress will be documented.

This is =Scientific American=, folks.

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

Honestly, if you are still on a Zuckerberg platform (Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp) please consider dumping it like a lead brick. It's already too late, but do it anyway.

On my way to a medical appointment just now, we drove past a middle school. Kids outside, doing a walkout and protesting ICE presence here in Colorado AND in Minnesota. I'm so very proud of them.

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

Again, it seems to need to be said: Whenever you hear the talking heads speaking of "the economy", replace the phrase with "wealthy peoples' yacht money", and you'll get a much clearer idea of what's going on, and who benefits.

Basic math.

I will vote for the candidate who will furiously bring back DEI.

It’s not the size that matters — it’s the efficiency of the suction cups.

📢🔈📢🔉📢🔊📢 #Repost @blackboysom —— 🚨⚠️ #black #rp @thekristianasmith

Our capitalists don’t envision automation as a bridge to human prosperity, otherwise they’d advocate for the types of fundamental societal changes that would make that possible such as UBI or investment in infrastructure through taxing their income. Their vision for automation is a robot with a whip

Wait... wait... I'll make more popcorn!

aids.gov has erased all information of its existence😡 so please don’t forget that National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on February 7th!

I must not discourse. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face discourse. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. Where the discourse has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Trump's pumping agents onto ICE’s payroll at record speed. He's giving them a mere 47 days of training (Trump is the 47th President). And he's sending them onto the streets with loaded guns and telling them they have full immunity. Congress should not be funding ICE’s abuses.

Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov How about legislation banning (in totality) the use of chemical weapons on civilians in the U.S. and its territories? L It's not legal in war; why should it be legal to tear gas American children?

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1784

Daytime friend in the sky. #MoonOfTheNow

It's a start...

Why would an immigration service be doing security? They are not law enforcement. This should worry everyone.