Coconino
@coconinoite.bsky.social
Retired wetland/stream/404 in NM. Part-time consulting. Geologist. Daughter is a badass Marine. The Guy (who eats dinner across the table from me) did the same thing I did before he retired. I photograph wildflowers and make jewelry.
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Coconino
@coconinoite.bsky.social
· Jan 7
If I can’t find a personal skeet in your first 20-30 in your profile, I will not follow you back. If there’s nothing personal about you in your profile, I’m not following you back. If all you do is repost blue-anon, I’m definitely not following you back.
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~* it’s beginning to look a lot like gay cardinal season *~
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
~* it’s beginning to look a lot like gay cardinal season *~
This reminded me of a conversation I had with a botanist who did field work associated with the then newly found black-footed ferret colony. He noted that the local prairie dogs were beat up, missing ear parts, scarred etc, and realized they are food. Haven’t thought of them as anything else since.
Well fed prairie dogs at the Valles Caldera.
Gunnison's prairie dogs are abundant in the Valles Caldera. They have a complex social structure, with a sophisticated alarm call system, and live in interconnected burrows that have separate areas for sleeping, eating, and waste.
#wildlife #NewMexico
Gunnison's prairie dogs are abundant in the Valles Caldera. They have a complex social structure, with a sophisticated alarm call system, and live in interconnected burrows that have separate areas for sleeping, eating, and waste.
#wildlife #NewMexico
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This reminded me of a conversation I had with a botanist who did field work associated with the then newly found black-footed ferret colony. He noted that the local prairie dogs were beat up, missing ear parts, scarred etc, and realized they are food. Haven’t thought of them as anything else since.
Delightful story. Perfect for this week.
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Delightful story. Perfect for this week.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Nice to have guy home. He napped while I had a meeting and now time for a lite dinner and a strong cocktail. Going to bed early tonight.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Nice to have guy home. He napped while I had a meeting and now time for a lite dinner and a strong cocktail. Going to bed early tonight.
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He spent almost a whole day with me. I divulged more than I usually do, things about my personal life I don’t talk about. I appreciated him taking a sincere interest. So just want to say thank you @gustavoarellano.bsky.social for this feature.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted
“Daily Memo” has become the diary Los Angeles never asked for but which is now indispensable, documenting in real time one of the most terrifying chapters in the region's history.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
He spent almost a whole day with me. I divulged more than I usually do, things about my personal life I don’t talk about. I appreciated him taking a sincere interest. So just want to say thank you @gustavoarellano.bsky.social for this feature.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
@lataco.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
@lataco.bsky.social
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Photos: When the Polar Bears Move In - The photographer Vadim Makhorov, while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea, noticed a group of polar bears that were taking shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Photos: When the Polar Bears Move In - The photographer Vadim Makhorov, while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea, noticed a group of polar bears that were taking shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
I was not quite prepared to see the foot of staples in the guy’s stomach tonight. But he’s got his IVs out and might get the drain removed tomorrow, too. (I’d kinda rather not have to help with a drain - not a biologist)
I can’t tell you how much better he looked and acted today. Amazing.
I can’t tell you how much better he looked and acted today. Amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I was not quite prepared to see the foot of staples in the guy’s stomach tonight. But he’s got his IVs out and might get the drain removed tomorrow, too. (I’d kinda rather not have to help with a drain - not a biologist)
I can’t tell you how much better he looked and acted today. Amazing.
I can’t tell you how much better he looked and acted today. Amazing.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Took a detour on my way home from the city today to look for snowy owls and lucked into one just before sunset. They're such beautiful birds. #birds 🌿
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Took a detour on my way home from the city today to look for snowy owls and lucked into one just before sunset. They're such beautiful birds. #birds 🌿
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TL cleanse.
Before acting, it is necessary to check. 😂
Before acting, it is necessary to check. 😂
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
TL cleanse.
Before acting, it is necessary to check. 😂
Before acting, it is necessary to check. 😂
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
Hard agree. Two terms is barely enough to learn the job.
RINGSIDE SEAT: Sam Bregman, a Democratic candidate for governor, should know restricting legislators' service would give more power to lobbyists and bureaucrats. sfnm.co/3Xhnnbv
Bregman panders by pitching term limits
The Democratic candidate for governor should know restricting legislators' service would give more power to lobbyists and bureaucrats.
sfnm.co
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hard agree. Two terms is barely enough to learn the job.
So the guy had a one in a million non cancer tumor called an insulinoma on his pancreas that they removed (along with his spleen). This tumor caused years of really whack blood sugar issues and they are very hard to diagnose. The cool thing is that his BS has stabilized almost immediately.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
So the guy had a one in a million non cancer tumor called an insulinoma on his pancreas that they removed (along with his spleen). This tumor caused years of really whack blood sugar issues and they are very hard to diagnose. The cool thing is that his BS has stabilized almost immediately.
I love this for those “dork ass losers”
This will always be the most iconic example of White Supremacist / Internet Male subcultures being owned.
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I love this for those “dork ass losers”
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So round. So flat.
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
So round. So flat.
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he’s indicted falsely.
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
he’s indicted falsely.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Cranberry, Piñon Blue Corn Muffins - newmexiconomad.com/cranberry-bl...
#recipes #breakfast #NomNom #foodie #recipe
#recipes #breakfast #NomNom #foodie #recipe
New Mexico Nomad Recipes : Cranberry Blue Corn Muffins
Lightly sweetened with brown sugar and honey, these cranberry blue corn piñon muffins are a healthy and delicious snack.
newmexiconomad.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Cranberry, Piñon Blue Corn Muffins - newmexiconomad.com/cranberry-bl...
#recipes #breakfast #NomNom #foodie #recipe
#recipes #breakfast #NomNom #foodie #recipe
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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it is truly one of the treasures of nature that they look so elegant from every angle except this one
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
it is truly one of the treasures of nature that they look so elegant from every angle except this one
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"a high-ranking employee of the French Government"
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"a high-ranking employee of the French Government"