Such a great book! We talked with Dr. Taylor on Water Talk - one of my favorite episodes ever www.watertalkpodcast.com/episodes/epi...

Our stormy stretch of weather has yielded big benefits for the Sierra snowpack, where it’s still early enough in the season for one week to make difference. After a break this weekend into early next week it does look like we’ll have more chances approaching New Year’s Eve and into early 2026.

"Every accusation is a confession" remains undefeated

The sky just cleared quite a bit here in Lakeport and the sun came out. Like myself, there are suddenly neighbors outdoors and birds singing! Whew.

Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine

We start losing daylight in 177 days.

Mouth of the Eel River, northern California, morning of Dec 22. Peak flow at Scotia, off this image to the south of the marker, was early on the morning of the 22nd, though it's currently rising again. Sentinel 2 image. I believe the Eel R basin still has highest measured sediment yield in the US.

🚨🔥 Warmest Christmas on record for the Contiguous U.S.! The average high of 57.9F and the average low of 36.6F each broke the Christmas record by a full 3F. 🔥🚨

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like: 💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon 🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels 🚂 The Little Engine That Could 🎩 Morocco 🍑 Georgia on My Mind and many more! 🧵👇

Yet another round of heavy showers and thunderstorms, some strong to even severe, immediately inbound into the SF Bay Area this evening. Yet more strong/damaging winds likely, plus torrential downpours & urban flooding in some areas. A brief tornado remains possible. #CAwx

Every year, it seems there's a debate about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not. I'm not much of a fan of the genre, so never watched it. Until today. It's TOTALLY a Christmas movie!

And now there's officially a Tornado Warning out for Santa Cruz County for this offshore mini-supercell thunderstorm, which is likely producing a waterspout over water that could move inland as a tornado near Santa Cruz. #CAwx

Astonishing feat! US will break its record for the warmest Christmas by ~5°F! That’s remarkable. Anomalies are up to +40°F in the nation’s middle and as you can see the US has the warmest air - relative to average - in the World! H/T to @BenNollWeather

Although atmospheric river portion of CA storm has ended, a much colder & unstable/sheared airmass will continue to bring Intermittent waves of strong to severe t-storms--w/widespread strong wind gusts, scattered flash flood/isolated tornado potential, plus heavy mtn snow. #CAwx

165,370 customers are out of power in CA. Now's a good time to thank everyone working today i.e. first responders (including dispatchers) hospital staff, public works, utility workers. If you're feeling really generous, include the local news outlets that keep you updated yubanet.com/featured/now/

Christmas 2025 - temperature anomalies across the contiguous United States 🔥 Map from www.karstenhaustein.com/climate

A large region of showers & thunderstorms, which may be strong to severe, is swirling toward SF Bay Area from the S/SW. There are multiple areas of strong low-level storm rotation offshore (blue outline), suggestive of waterspouts that could move inland as brief tornadoes. #CAwx

Farm workers are silently in the background of all of our lives working tirelessly to deliver the food we eat. Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long. act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou

Did you forget to order a Christmas present and now it's fuckin' Christmas Eve? Are you boned six ways to Sunday? Fucked beyond belief? Good news! You can get them an Onion subscription! They'll get a year of papers in the mail AND an emailed PDF certificate to print out instantly. Christmas saved!

This day 57 years ago. Earthrise. A remarkable view of Earth hoving into view as the Apollo 8 command module flew over the lunar surface. That's us. That's home.

Where did our Government get the numbers that the Country is doing well? Cause, we’re not

On Christmas Eve 1968, in Lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew took this photo: “Earthrise." I'll never forget how inspiring the Apollo missions were to my brother and me as kids. They showed us what our country and humanity can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal.

One thing that really stands out about this week's California storms is the highly unusual risk of severe thunderstorms, both overnight Tue Wed and then again late Wed into Thu. Multiple low-topped supercells may generate very strong wind gusts and even a few tornadoes. #CAwx

⚠️The High Wind Warning and Wind Advisory are in effect from 4 PM Tue - 4 AM Wed. Damaging winds could down trees, snap power lines, and result in property damage, with widespread power outages possible. #CAwx https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/2003607320689795127

Recorded live and now available at the link below. #CAwx

Kinda hard in NorCal not to be around big trees... glad I plan to be snug as a bug under the covers when it arrives.... #CAwx going to be interesting over the next 48 hours or so!

At 1pm PT today, I'll offer a brief (30 min) pop-up live update regarding the pair of very strong/high-impact storms which will bring major flash flood risk to SoCal/LA area tomorrow, plus the possibility of severe thunderstorms nearly statewide. #CAwx

Update: the book has arrived, and it's so lovely. From the Coast Range ecoregion chapter, here's a poem inspired by the Duckabush Estuary restoration project.

When an entire class of technology states on the packaging that it was made in China but intended "for overseas use only," this should really give you pause before plugging it into your network. You will find this verbiage on a lot of Android TV streaming […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

So Weiss failed to 1) protect her newsroom and reporters 2) understand public perception 3) comprehend the impact of her own actions 4) REALIZE THEY ALREADY SENT THE EPISODE TO CANADA WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE INTERNET AND CAN BROADCAST IT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV. There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.

Reminder: I'll be going live @ noon Pacific time today to discuss incoming series of (very?) strong winter storms slated to affect all of CA. Wind risk & flood risk have notched upward vs my blog post yesterday in some spots; I'll discuss in detail. #CAwx

NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹 They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating. A new scoop for The Reengineer! www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...

Hi all, we are open from 9-9 today and tomorrow, 9-6 on Wednesday. Come on down and say hi. If your power has not been restored yet, stay awhile! We have books and light (touch wood!) under which to read them.

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At 12:46 AM PST, 1 ENE Penn Valley [Nevada Co, CA] Law Enforcement reports Landslide. California Highway Patrol reported a large boulder at State Route 20 and Penn Valley Drive. #cawx Link

Bad economic signs from Nextdoor: -Everyone is trying to get any odd job they can. -People selling things that look/are treasured. Worse economic signs from Nextdoor: -Food pantries need more help. -People needing help breaking down and seeking it. Worst? -Kill shelters full of surrendered pets.

If you are involved with this report, or have any information about the process involved in today's decision, please reach out. I am on Signal: crg.32

Cue CA's unofficial theme song! "It never rains in California, but girl don't they warn you, it pours, man it pours!"

Here’s a real time view of the solstice from the GOES-West geostationary weather satellite. Also shows the atmospheric river stRting to impact CA. slider.cira.colostate.edu?sat=goes-18&...

Water is for…getting fired over

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

“American people will have no patience” for any museum that is “uncomfortable conveying a positive view of American history,” Trump aides wrote. "It was not immediately clear how much money the White House might try to withhold, from which parts of the Smithsonian or on what authority."

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Robert Kennedy Jr. must be impeached and removed along with the likes of Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, and Tracy Beth Høeg. It’s life or death. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...