Lance Ellisor
@ellisor.net
science & nature zealot, avid reader, dog lover, desert mountains and rainforest aficionado, paddler, Astros fan, songwriter, lead singer of a rock band.
Austin, Texas and Arenal, Costa Rica.
my band's music and links:
https://linktr.ee/battleshipdown
Austin, Texas and Arenal, Costa Rica.
my band's music and links:
https://linktr.ee/battleshipdown
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Lance Ellisor
@ellisor.net
· Mar 3
me as a little boy, in southern Colorado.
life seemed so simple then.
life seemed so simple then.
timeline cleanse
this is a view of the quebrada (mountain stream) on my property in Costa Rica. just before this I took a little dip in a wading pool just upstream.
this is a view of the quebrada (mountain stream) on my property in Costa Rica. just before this I took a little dip in a wading pool just upstream.
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
timeline cleanse
this is a view of the quebrada (mountain stream) on my property in Costa Rica. just before this I took a little dip in a wading pool just upstream.
this is a view of the quebrada (mountain stream) on my property in Costa Rica. just before this I took a little dip in a wading pool just upstream.
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I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever
October 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever
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look who walked down my path while I was taking my morning coffee on the front porch, just 20 meters away, unaware
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
look who walked down my path while I was taking my morning coffee on the front porch, just 20 meters away, unaware
when reality has become the upside down
The Trump administration will send hundreds of additional federal agents to Minnesota. And, here are the figure skaters who will represent Team USA in the Olympics. n.pr/4pvRNlT
More federal agents head to Minnesota. And, U.S. Figure Skating announces Olympic team
The Trump administration will send hundreds of additional federal agents to Minnesota. And, here are the figure skaters who will represent Team USA in the Olympics.
n.pr
January 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
when reality has become the upside down
Costa Rica has the most attractive cattle
January 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Costa Rica has the most attractive cattle
look who walked down my path while I was taking my morning coffee on the front porch, just 20 meters away, unaware
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
look who walked down my path while I was taking my morning coffee on the front porch, just 20 meters away, unaware
pretty much sums it all up, doesn’t it. I mean, all of it.
REPORTER: The Capital Planning Commission is concerned the 89,000 square foot ballroom is going to dwarf the rest of the rest of the WH. Do you worry about that?
TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.
TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
pretty much sums it all up, doesn’t it. I mean, all of it.
I think it’s a golden silk spider but not sure. had to move her to make room for a new security camera.
January 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I think it’s a golden silk spider but not sure. had to move her to make room for a new security camera.
thinking of Crispus Attucks today
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
thinking of Crispus Attucks today
heading over to the feria (farmer’s market) a short walk from my house. my tico friend Marconilo is there selling produce and coffee from his nearby regenerative farm (which I’ve visited). he and his wife Sonia are lovely, and their coffee is the best I’ve ever tasted.
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
heading over to the feria (farmer’s market) a short walk from my house. my tico friend Marconilo is there selling produce and coffee from his nearby regenerative farm (which I’ve visited). he and his wife Sonia are lovely, and their coffee is the best I’ve ever tasted.
30-50 million barrels of oil is the new 30-50 feral hogs
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
30-50 million barrels of oil is the new 30-50 feral hogs
had breakfast at the best little soda (roadside restaurant) on the lake, and on way back saw a large clan of howler monkeys climbing on the trees over the road. stopped to marvel at them.
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
had breakfast at the best little soda (roadside restaurant) on the lake, and on way back saw a large clan of howler monkeys climbing on the trees over the road. stopped to marvel at them.
any sufficiently advanced pettiness is indistinguishable from evil
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
Pentagon to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over 'seditious' video: Hegseth
Sen. Mark Kelly and other members of Congress on the video reminded members of the U.S. military that they can refuse to follow illegal orders.
www.cnbc.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
any sufficiently advanced pettiness is indistinguishable from evil
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
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Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil.
Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment
President says a ‘tremendous amount of money’ will need to be spent repairing country’s infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil.
unreal
Per WASH POST, Stephen Miller will play an “elevated role” in Venezuela (what could go wrong!) and Machado won’t be president because she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Trump wants (yes, seriously)
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
unreal
my view for the next two weeks
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
my view for the next two weeks
talk to me about how it was about narcoterrorism (whatever that is)
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
talk to me about how it was about narcoterrorism (whatever that is)
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2025 goes down as the ~3rd-warmest year on record (based on ERA5).
Like in 2024, every single day this past year was warmer than the average of even the most recent reference period (1991-2020).
Like in 2024, every single day this past year was warmer than the average of even the most recent reference period (1991-2020).
January 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
2025 goes down as the ~3rd-warmest year on record (based on ERA5).
Like in 2024, every single day this past year was warmer than the average of even the most recent reference period (1991-2020).
Like in 2024, every single day this past year was warmer than the average of even the most recent reference period (1991-2020).
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I don’t care about priority boarding
what I’d love is priority getting off the plane
what I’d love is priority getting off the plane
September 5, 2024 at 12:53 PM
I don’t care about priority boarding
what I’d love is priority getting off the plane
what I’d love is priority getting off the plane
riverside lounging on this painfully beautiful day with a soothing ASMR courtesy of the tapping of a female downy woodpecker, hard at work in the tree over my head
January 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
riverside lounging on this painfully beautiful day with a soothing ASMR courtesy of the tapping of a female downy woodpecker, hard at work in the tree over my head
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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it’s not about socialism
it’s not about drugs
it’s all about oil
it’s not about drugs
it’s all about oil
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
it’s not about socialism
it’s not about drugs
it’s all about oil
it’s not about drugs
it’s all about oil
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I just realized that they’ve been misspelling “labral tears” all along.
February 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I just realized that they’ve been misspelling “labral tears” all along.