Ten years on, taking a look back at my book Water is For Fighting Over. What did I get right? Wrong? With my excellent colleague Rin Tara: www.buzzsprout.com/2465964/epis...

With the war of fonts heating up and the assendancy of Times New Roman in the State Department, I can't help but post this fantastic and classic comment from Metafilter. #fonts #typeface #timesnewroman

New report from the Colorado River Research Group: Dancing with Deadpool. It begins: "Conditions on the Colorado River are, to put it bluntly, dire." www.colorado.edu/center/gwc/C...

The race for the Jules Verne Trophy, awarded to the fastest sailboat to sail around the world, is in progress. The first all-female crew, aboard 'The Famous CIC' are challenging the current record of 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds set by Francis Joyon in 2017.

Look who I met on a sunny Saturday afternoon hike in Alum Rock Park, San Jose. Bobcats always seem surprised you had the audacity to walk in their patch. He stood there contemplating a response before deciding I wasn't worth it and sauntered off. #photography #nature #cats

False alarm, event deleted. That's strange, it's unfortunate they sent an alert to presumably the whole of Northern California for this. But it will be interesting to hear how it happened.

Earthquake preliminary 5.9 near Reno, Nevada. Just received an alert in the Bay Area.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

One of the most illuminating pieces on economics that I have read. The Poverty Line isn't what we think it is. A good argument backed by data, really worth your time.

A proposed rule change by the #USPTO would make challenging bad patents all but impossible and hand a huge win to patent trolls. There's still time to lend your voice in public comments opposing the change. It only takes a minute to lodge a comment. Please spread the word.

This is nice, the permit was only $2 and was actually a really nice trail map. Ohlone Wilderness Trail is one of the premier backpacking trails in the Bay Area. Absolutely spectacular in the spring.

The environmental aftermath of the most destructive gold mining technology ever deployed OR entrance to the fairy kingdom? It's the first one, but it doesn't usually turn out this well. This is some of the karsk landscape excavated by hydraulic mining during the gold rush in Volcano, #California. ⚒️

“Litigation could take years, if not decades, to resolve. The effects of aridification are unfolding at a faster rate.” @danielrothberg.bsky.social invisiblewaters.substack.com/p/what-happe...

The 7 states of Colorado River basin blew through the Nov 11 Dept of the Interior deadline to agree management of the river after 2026. They're still talking, but pressure will mount for the Feds to intervene and impose a solution that nobody wants. #colorado #water

Out trying to get a shot of Comet Lemmon in the bright Bay Area skies, during its closest approach to Earth. Unfortunately I couldn't get more than a smudge, but did capture a nice sunset as I was waiting for it to get dark. #photography #sanfrancisco #sunset

The contact between the Chinle and the base of the Windgate sandstone on the Cohab Canyon trail in Capitol Reef NP. We speculated that the contact is a paleosol and the green reduction marks might be caused by residual carbon from tree roots. What do you think? #geology ⚒️

Very striking Miocene lahar deposits of the Mount Dutton Formation along route 62 in Kingston Canyon, #Utah. #geology ⚒️

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome Go through these steps to disable it: opus.ing/posts/how-to... #chrome #aibullshit

This statue of Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary, Catholic saint and a major participant in the subjugation and genocide of the native California peoples, has been removed and destroyed by Caltrans. Erected with private money on public land in the 1970s, I for one shall not miss it. #sanfrancisco

Reposting this Permian trackway in #Canyonlands NP for #FossilFriday in the hope that somebody knows something about it. ⚒️🧪

A spectacular trackway in the Permian Organ Rock formation of Canyonlands NP. On the Green River, just downstream from The Turk's Head, river-left. I'd guess it's 20-30cm wide, but hard to judge at the distance. Amazing how the slabs are just sitting on display. Anybody know anything about it? 🧪⚒️

The beautiful Point Bonita on the Marin Headlands at the entrance to the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay. Check out the dark basalt cliffs and the pillows in the arch. They almost look like they erupted yesterday. ⚒️🧪 #seascape #photography

For fans of wooden sailing boats the famous Tally Ho arrived in San Francisco today on her way back to the UK from Washington. #sailing #tallyho #sf

Carrauntoohill, highest mountain in #Ireland at just over 1000m. An awesome though strenuous hike, the views from the top on a clear day are more than worth it. #photography #landscapes

Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are. Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com : softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...

The coast of #Ireland had a vast number of beautiful, unspoiled and almost empty beaches. Here is the spectacular Kilmore Quay in County #Wexford on one of the nicest days of the summer so far. #seascapes #photography

The rocks below the Broch of Gurness in #Orkney are wet and seaweedy today, but 390ma they were a dry lakebed with dessication cracks. Mapped as the Rousay Flagstones, these sediments record many cycles of fluctuating levels in Lake Orcadie during the Devonian. #geology #seascapes

A lovely example of soft sediment deformation in Devonian lake sediments on #Orkney. The vertical bedding is due to Neolithic inhabitants erecting this fine geological example as one of the Stones of Stenness. #geology

A nice "It's all connected!" of the type we like in Earth Sciences. The Barringer Meteorite Crater impact in Arizona might have triggered landslides in Grand Canyon, blocking the Colorado River and forming a rather long and narrow lake for a while. 🧪⚒️ Link: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...

John Fleck writes on how the glimmering hopes of an interstate agreement on new allocation rules for the Colorado River, have dimmed. If you care about the fate of Glen Canyon, Grand Canyon, or the Colorado River, then this year is edge-of-your-seat stuff.

In 1847, at the height of the Irish potato famine, the Choctaw donated US$170 to the Irish people, not long after themselves having endured the Trail of Tears. The Irish did not forget, in 2020, they were among the highest per-capita donors to the Navajo and Hopi Nations for COVID relief.

Spectacular noctilucent clouds high over Hudson Bay. I saw them about the same time last year, it seems like they are becoming more common. Tiny ice crystals right at the edge of space. #photography #noctilucent #cloud #weather

This is so sad, the loss of the Lodge on the North Rim to the Dragon Bravo fire. I was there just last September, such a beautiful place. At least there were no injuries or lives lost. But I can't help feeling it will take a long time to recover. The picture below was posted to Reddit. #grandcanyon

Not everyone realizes how active tectonics are in California. Sometimes cities have a hard time just keeping up with changes. 😀 #geology

A gas vent formed by the likely violent reaction of acidic hydrothermal fluid and the early Cambrian Polecat marble, 14ma, that created Lehman Cave in Great Basin NP. I call it the Cookie Monster. On the road with @geotripper.bsky.social and the students of Modesto Junior College. #geology #caves

The imposing Navajo sandstone cliffs of Zion National Park stand over the hardworking white vans that have been our homes for nearly two weeks. On the road with @geotripper.bsky.social and the other students of Modesto Junior College for a wonderful geology field trip on the Colorado Plateau.

For #FossilFriday, a Jurassic pine tree from the famous Morrison formation at Escalente Petrified Forest State Park, #Utah. On the road with @geotripper.bsky.social and the other students of Modesto Junior College. #geology

Enigmatic Upheaval Dome in Canyonlands National Park, roots of a Jurassic impact crater or unusual salt dome? I believe the latest research is pointing towards an impact as more likely. On the road with @geotripper.bsky.social and the other students of Modesto Junior College. #geology #landscapes

The spectacular view of Monument Valley and the incised meanders of the San Juan River from Muley Point, #Utah. On the road with @geotripper.bsky.social and the intrepid students of Modesto Junior College. #geology #photography

On an amazing geology field trip of the Colorado Plateau with @geotripper.bsky.social and the other students of Modesto Junior College. Yesterday some of us hiked down to Cedar Ridge on the South Kiabab trail in Grand Canyon. Awesome!

This made me chuckle this morning...

Along the Colorado River, a very dry spring has shrunk the amount of runoff streaming into reservoirs. The latest forecast shows the river’s flows into Lake Powell will probably be about 46% of average. "It’s going to make things worse." @weatherwest.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

On impulse, I saw this and I'm going.

The sinuous ridgelines of Sunol Wilderness lit by the setting sun. #landscape #photography #california #sunset

Bush Monkey Flower tenaciously reclaiming its place as part of the primary succession on a fire scarred hillside in Sunol Wilderness, #California. The Creek Fire burned this area last July. This spot on the McCorkle trail was one of the hardest hit, but it's recovering. #wildfire #wildflowers

As Spring gives way to Summer in California's oak woodland the last tranche of wildflowers start to appear heralded by Ithuriel's Spear (Triteleia laxa). Amazing numbers on display in Almaden Quicksilver County Park yesterday. #wildflower #nativeplant #California

It's possibly a very low standard, but Michael Healy-Rae is surely in the running for Ireland's dumbest politician. #Ireland #trees #idiots

Geology is indeed cool youtube.com/shorts/jt9Wv...

I wrote something about this, once upon a time…