I'm sad that I'm missing it but I'm in Italy right now so I'm not TOO sad.

Ah well, no luck. But at least I get to enjoy photos from other folks! Although the best part isn't really the photos, it's all the joy and excitement of the people posting from all over at the same time!

Leveling up at 9pm over Mt Diablo #aurora #northernlights #CAwx 11/11/2025 NBC Bay Area

I mean, yes, but also 🤔

Locals, anyone got some clear skies & aurora views in the #SFBayArea? #Berkeley, #Oakland, #SanFrancisco

Feeling jealous. I had been considering going down this week but decided it was still too hot for my tastes. Oh well.

The #aurora reached at least as far south as here in El Centro, California, a few miles north of the Mexican border! So cool!

Aurora in the Sierra foothills! This is Willow Creek’s ALERT camera, a bit south east of Sacramento. #AuroraWatch cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=38.7069_...

Getting brighter!

Update: it is indeed a good night!

Bicycles - Why you might need more than one Artist: Dave Walker

Ok #bicycle people, I need suggestions! I want to light up my bike with colorful LEDs to make me more visible from the side when it's dark at 5PM and I'm running errands. Any recommendations? I keep seeing brightz, but they seem to get pretty negative reviews about durability. #bike #bikes 🚲

I love xkcd

It's that most meandering time of the semester. @emriver.bsky.social ⚒️

Sorry, but this article really misrepresents the process of changing your gender marker on your license at the California DMV in 2025. Doing so currently requires NO third-party documentation or court order: you just have to sign the form requesting it. I've done it & know lots of other folks, too.

"UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to info from campus admin. "They were arrested while attempting to hang an approximately five-foot-tall cardboard bug off Sather Gate in protest of TPUSA's upcoming event on campus." 📸 Hayes Gaboury / The Daily Cal

NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding. The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart. Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...

I don't even know what I did, but it was clearly wrong.

Here, have a rock haiku & art from a Central Valley 3rd grader, spotted at the Lodi Crane Festival. 🩶 Shoutout to them for sticking to their rock joy, amidst a sea of art about birds, butterflies, and other living critters. ⚒️

And if you want to learn more about earthquake preparedness and what you can do, visit the Earthquake Country Alliance’s helpful website here: www.earthquakecountry.org/prepare/

The Central Valley dawn mist provided a scenic backdrop to an early boat ride on the South Fork of the Mokelumne River near Terminous this morning.

I can kind of see how discovering zines could freak fascists out. Anyone can make them. No corporation can control creation. No corporation or government entity can control distribution. There's no real way to track, monitor, or find all of them. No one every really makes any profit from them.

The first issue of the new BRGM mag includes short features on airborne EM mineral surveys and on PFAS. ⚒️🧪

Hey ⚒️🧪 folks, could you help me out and boost the post below to help us cast a wide net of scientists & topics? Thanks!

This should get an award for the cutest #AGU25 mascot.

Hey ⚒️🧪 folks, could you help me out and boost the post below to help us cast a wide net of scientists & topics? Thanks!

At my last job, I collaborated on needs assessments of DOE Office of Science research scientific data workflows. Our most recent report on the big High Energy Physics projects is finally out! Was fascinating to talk to scientists from Rubin, Belle II, CMS, and more about their full data lifecycle.

Can you guess any of these experiments and what they all have in common? Hint: they do some heavy detective work😉 Here we see parts of nine CERN experiments that hunt for #DarkMatter by studying different physics.

I caught most of this yesterday, it's worth a listen. Panels can be such a good format, they can result in a richer & more dynamic discussion overall (like it did here!).

‘Tis the season for #DarkMatter 🎃 Today’s #PhotoOfTheWeek highlights Halloween Jack-o'-lanterns in the ATLAS Control Room. One pumpkin features a schematic of the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social, and the other a dark-matter candidate event display.

BREAKING: The government shutdown entered its 36th day, breaking a record set during President Trump’s first term as impact spreads nationwide.

No kings, except tiny owl kings.

"The Electric Bicycle Incentive Program offered up to $2,000 to lower-income Californians to purchase e-bikes beginning last year." Poor choice, especially given how popular it seemed. Although, I'd like to see a better financial summary, as the numbers in this don't seem to add up.

Read about the Gates memo in the news? Wondering what @kimcobb.bsky.social, @hausfath.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @sammyroth.bsky.social and I think about it? No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:

In a weird bird moment today ... walking back to the parking lot at Hayward Regional Shoreline, I kept thinking I heard a chicken. I discovered a couple folks standing by their vehicles & talking. And one of them had a rooster -- a very large rooster -- just hanging out, walking around 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

Fit in a quick jaunt to Hayward Regional Shoreline since I was down the street for something else. Did some birdwatching and well watching 😆. The well network is for monitoring for migration of contaminants from the old West Winton Landfill (behind me) toward the bay. #EBRPD #PublicLands

O’Donnell’s questions and Trump’s answers about the pardon appeared in a full transcript of the interview released after airing on "60 Minutes." They were not included in the version that aired on CBS. (11/11)

"“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks,” said one European official, who had spoken to negotiators. “People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas.”"

16 seconds peaceful Tuolumne River sound for you.

What a gorgeous day along the SF Bay shoreline. I don't go to Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland often, but it is such a great spot to view some iconic bay area landmarks. Today was all about the birds, though. #PublicLands

@primalux.thedeadbird.club if you happen to be online: do you know who to contact about an injured scaup? Out with a GGBA class & folks were asking around if anyone knows.

Visited another new-to-me park: Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch County Park. The lake is part of the Santa Clara water district reservoir. We were at the base of the dam. I insisted on a seismic safety chat -- and that was before I realized it is built on top of the Calaveras fault 😆. #PublicLands

POV: Your city’s team wins a major championship and you put armed cops on horses to beat people who are just enjoying the moment

I know people love to donate goods, it feels concrete and satisfying, but a food bank can make that $2 or $5 go soooo much further than you can. Just donate the cash. And, then they also don't need to assign staff to sort, manage, and figure out how to distribute the random donations.

Frog cameo. Glad to see they're getting a break from protests, to have some fun. 😁

Was in a 5 hour call today, all cameras off. In the last 15 minutes, someone reporting out turned on their camera and they were totally dressed up. So a bunch of other folks did, and they were also dressed up! I feel like if you're dressed up for Halloween, you're required to keep your camera on.

Please join us this weekend on Zoom for the First International Symposium of Nonbinary Scientists! I'm excited to host a session for Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences ⚒️🧪Zoom link in alt text!

😆 happy Halloween y'all

"This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings." No! This is terrible. I don't want algorithmic interference in my @bsky.app feed. I want my basic chron order feed, including replies. I don't want someone else deciding what is relevant to me.