Life’s been busy but just a reminder that “Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals”—or as I like to call it, the definitive John Boyd—is now available digitally from MCUP , and print copies will be ready soon! Email [email protected] to reserve a hard copy! www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/...

If anyone knows of any remote only GIS or Data Visualizer job openings, please post below or message! Appreciate it!

City of Fullerton looks to state Attorney General’s Office for help with fire truck prices, delays trib.al/be8EqHU

Few things are as big of a gut punch to a family as being laid off with no warning... **Especially** in this job market. So many people are hurting and there just seems to be no end or relief in sight.

Typhoon Ragasa sails towards southern China in this satellite imagery over the last twenty-four hours. The storm is expected to make landfall within the next day.

The study found poorer communities, renters and women carried the heaviest burdens long after the Black Summer fires were put out.

🔥New Paper!🔥 from Julianna Santos, @ltkelly.bsky.social @lluisbrotons.bsky.social @urbanfrogger.bsky.social @cristinaaponte.bsky.social , Lauren Ponisio, Stephen Mason, and David Keith! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

So at the end of the day, was the federal government's L.A. wildfire cleanup too fast or just right? Fabulous deep dive by my @latimes.com colleagues on what federal agencies got right, and what dangers are still lurking in the soil: www.latimes.com/environment/...

New Workshop Just Announced! Start your journey into #QGIS development with this 2-hour workshop: Building your first QGIS Plugin. Details and registration at womeningis.org/QGIS #GIS #GISChat

On sale today. Pretty proud of this one.

My essay on CrimeReads looks at Operation Halyard, the largest rescue of American airmen in history, and how it plays a part in A BITTER WIND, my newly released Billy Boyle WWII mystery. crimereads.com/james-r-benn...

Connecticut pals - see article for info about book talks in Madison and Mystic, Oct 7th and 8th. lymeline.com/2025/09/form...

tough time for anthony richardson. whew.

👀 Spot smoke, watch wildlife, or track cloud formations—all without leaving your couch. @alertcalifornia.bsky.social provides you the same network of 1,100+ high-definition cameras that CAL FIRE uses in our Emergency Command Centers.🌲 Check it out here: alertcalifornia.org

Hey gang. It's $10 Day for the @chirpradio.org Fall 2025 fundraising drive. We are suggesting a $10 donation to help me raise $250, and help CHIRP raise $48,000, for this period. Help community radio today at an affordable price! chirpradio.app.neoncrm.com/gdwfall2025

Today's the day! A BITTER WIND, Billy Boyle no. 20 is released. "...the action never stops." #billyboyle

So I'm 45% into the book, and I have to say @axe99.bsky.social this one is a good one! Well written, interesting, and good pacing. I don't know that there's any info that is unique, nothing so far that is hair raising exciting, but in general, I'm really enjoying it. We just got to Saipan...

Uh.... are the photos showing on my posts? I'm suddenly just seeing black squares

Happy to share the news that Catastrophic Diplomacy won the 2025 Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award (for the best monograph in the history of U.S. foreign relations, immigration history, or military history) from the PCB-AHA.

Currently #Reading! Attack Transport by Marsden. I read a few books about LST's, now let's pivot to AP-1 Doyen in the #SWW #WW2 After this one, I think I'm going to check out Bell Bottom Trousers by Baley (AP-38/APA-19) and Attack Transport by Brinkman (APA154). #booksky #nonfiction #histbookchat

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

What the hell is going on with the Ravens?!?!!? This is just bad football.

Anyone else having a really hard time talking to students about careers in science? I talked to an undergrad, technician, & grad student about careers today & floundered when comparing industry to govt to academic positions, how to prep for any of them, or what those jobs will look like in 5 years

A remarkable two-day time lapse of Super Typhoon Ragasa. Over the next few days, Ragasa will continue it's trek west towards China.

I've read 58 books this year... and if I had bought them all new, at the best price available at the time I read them, I'd have spent $1587.34!!! So thank god for 2nd hand bookstores and ebook sales! Now the question is, what the heck am I going to read next?!?!?! #booksky

Just Finished! ... and you know what? This is not a book I can recommend to anyone. The websites it references do a much better job telling the stories and this book would have been an ok short story or article at best. A ton of duplication, a ton of insane time skips and tangents, and...

At last week's hearing on the National Climate Risk Assessment, our CEO Serena Joyner explained: fossil fuel corporations rake in record profits, while we're left to pay for the climate damage they cause. It's time they paid their fair share. Sign: bushfiresurvivors.org/mbpp #MakeBigPollutersPay

Wow! Today, FireWxPy surpassed 15,000 total downloads on Anaconda! I have some great things planned for the FireWxPy 2.0 series which is currently in development. #python #weather #meteorology #datascience #milestone

Today, the #LACoFD is launching the #LACoFDGoBag campaign as part of the Ready! Set! Go! Wildfire Preparedness program - and we want to see what YOU pack! ✅ Take a pic or video of your Go Bag items ✅ Share what you included & why ✅ Tag @LACoFD and three friends ✅ Use #LACoFDGoBag

🎉🌍 Today is a wild day for #wildlife lovers! 🐾 It’s a wild day for wildlife! 🦧 Int’l Tamarin Day 🐘 #Elephant Appreciation Day 🦦 #SeaOtter Awareness Week 🦏 World #Rhino Day From trunks to tails, let’s celebrate these amazing #animals and support their #conservation! 🌿💚 #WildlifeDay

Due dates will be adjusted if the the rapture does indeed happen tomorrow

Today CARB blasted U.S. EPA’s illegal bid to overturn the 2009 Endangerment Finding—the cornerstone of federal climate responsibility. EPA is ignoring 15+ years of its own science & putting millions of lives at risk. When EPA falters, CA stands tall for science & clean air. ➡️ bit.ly/4gECFjx

Dropped the fiancee off on a sea turtle hike along the San Gabriel River in #LongBeach and she saw a whole bunch of them just having a big ole turtle party!

The Wildfire Preparedness Safety Fair is October 5. Prepare and avoid disaster when handling lithium-ion batteries in your home. 🐐🚒🐐🚒🐐

🍂 Fall in California brings cooler mornings—but also peak wildfire danger. Dry conditions + strong winds + low humidity = dangerous fire weather. ✅ Pack a go-bag ✅ Review your evacuation plan ✅ Avoid sparks during #RedFlagWarnings Prepare now: ReadyForWildfire.org #CALFIRE #Wildfires #Preparedness

I love what Russell Wilson is doing out there. The results aren't there yet, admittedly, but the process—sprinting in place for four seconds and then throwing the ball off the goal post at 107mph—is sound. Stay the course. This is for sure going to work.

Did you know that all of ALERTCalifornia's camera feeds are archived? With a growing network of more than 1,200 cameras we now have over 40 billion frames in the archive. 🤯 These frames create a longterm dataset that reflects changes in California over time.

Russell boo-urns!!!!

#ClaraIC 🔥🚒 This afternoon, #LACoFD FFs responded to a commercial building fire on S. Garfield Ave. & Santa Clara St. in #BellGardens. FFs remain on scene for mop-up operations. There were no reported injuries & the cause of the fire is under investigation.

WTF did I just watch??? Mahomes scrambling arround being chased and all of his linemen just standing there watching... Yeah they got the pass int call, but wth??? Did the team just quit or something?

🚫 During the Palisades Fire, a drone hit a firefighting aircraft—forcing it out of service when every second mattered. 🔗 www.dailynews.com/2025/09/15/s...

What a weird weekend when the Steelers win, Panthers Win, and UCLA doesn't lose (bye week counts as a win!)

No particular reason

The Jets and Bucs!!!!! WTF.... is going on...

The LAR PHI ending... dude

Another rescued sea turtle has returned to the ocean after receiving rehabilitation and care at the Aquarium! Yesterday, our staff released an adult female green sea turtle at Seal Beach due to its proximity to a resident green sea turtle population. www.aquariumofpacific.org/news/story/a...

Today, we honor the dedication and sacrifice of CAL FIRE’s Anthony M. Huennekens, Jr., Howard Hedges, Christopher A. Ward, David J. Donley, Robert D. McLaughlin, and Mark D. Miller, along with the others in the fire service during the #FallenFirefighterMemorialCeremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Meep Meep. We're always excited to spot roadrunners on the ALERTCalifornia cameras. This one struck a pose for the Sycamore Flat 2 camera.

ALPRs can still be abused given the sheer volume of data collected and the lack of transparency in who can request it. “What we actually need, if we want these laws to mean something, are robust oversight measures,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told Spectrum News 1. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern...

EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling out the San Francisco Police Department for breaking the law and sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state and federal agencies. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...