Pajaro505
@pajaro505.bsky.social
Biologist, arid lands fan, MAGA despiser, airplane nut.
Brits enjoying some desert climate in CA. @paintingsurfer.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Brits enjoying some desert climate in CA. @paintingsurfer.bsky.social
@coconinoite.bsky.social
Alert, further GOP gutting of water regulations afoot!
Now to review: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Alert, further GOP gutting of water regulations afoot!
Now to review: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@coconinoite.bsky.social
Alert, further GOP gutting of water regulations afoot!
Now to review: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Alert, further GOP gutting of water regulations afoot!
Now to review: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Strong argument for 25th amendment solution immediately!
He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Strong argument for 25th amendment solution immediately!
4 of 1100, it's a start....
New Mexico begins cleanup on four abandoned uranium mines
sourcenm.com/2025/12/08/n...
sourcenm.com/2025/12/08/n...
New Mexico begins cleanup on four abandoned uranium mines • Source New Mexico
The four abandoned mines are among an estimated 1,100 that dot the landscape in New Mexico, including about 500 on or near the Navajo Nation.
sourcenm.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
4 of 1100, it's a start....
Even a well educated expert was fooled into a mistaken ID, his account of amatoxin poisoning is harrowing. He was on the op. table waiting for liver transplant when he began to get better without surgery.
I would really like to know how foragers came to the conclusion that these particular mushrooms were safe to eat because if it was an app (as has happened in the past!) that sure seems bad.
California officials warn against foraging wild mushrooms after deadly poisoning outbreak
California officials are warning foragers about a deadly outbreak linked to wild mushrooms. The state poison control system has identified 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning, likely from death cap mushroo...
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Even a well educated expert was fooled into a mistaken ID, his account of amatoxin poisoning is harrowing. He was on the op. table waiting for liver transplant when he began to get better without surgery.
NM's Yvette Herrell R is mentioned here. One place I go (public land-USFS) I've seen widespread cutting of fence so cattle can access spring areas along an intermittent stream. Fences placed to protect Willow habitat and its fauna from cattle grazing.
Political Clout Helps Ranchers Dodge Oversight of Public Lands Grazing, w/ @highcountrynews.org
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight
Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NM's Yvette Herrell R is mentioned here. One place I go (public land-USFS) I've seen widespread cutting of fence so cattle can access spring areas along an intermittent stream. Fences placed to protect Willow habitat and its fauna from cattle grazing.
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Noted earlier, not this many but more than usual for that coast.
Noted earlier, not this many but more than usual for that coast.
Six US Navy P-8A Poseidons heading to the Caribbean. Several have now turned off their transponders.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Noted earlier, not this many but more than usual for that coast.
Noted earlier, not this many but more than usual for that coast.
Now it is 'crimethink.' The new American gestapo.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Now it is 'crimethink.' The new American gestapo.
One of our mammals is missing. Yes, haven't seen one in a long time. I'll have to check a local bosque where they were pretty abundant and easy to spot in the winter when trees lost their leaves.
Others, including the Karuk Tribe, are already thinking ahead, charting ambitious plans to restore porcupines to their forests.
The mystery of the missing porcupines [via @highcountrynews.org]
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
One of our mammals is missing. Yes, haven't seen one in a long time. I'll have to check a local bosque where they were pretty abundant and easy to spot in the winter when trees lost their leaves.
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Yikes, another indicaiton?
Yikes, another indicaiton?
There are reports that Chinese military officers were seen at the El Libertador Air Base in Maracay, amid growing military tension between Venezuela and the United States
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Yikes, another indicaiton?
Yikes, another indicaiton?
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Another sign...
Another sign...
Russia is beginning to evacuate Russian citizens from Venezuela.
Special flights are to begin, as reported by ATORUS (Association of Russian Tour Operators).
Special flights are to begin, as reported by ATORUS (Association of Russian Tour Operators).
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Another sign...
Another sign...
totally share this sense of the crazy.
it's also important to recognize that the administration is *already* in violation of the UN Charter: the military buildup & intimidation clearly constitute a threat of force ag the territorial integrity or political independence of Venezuela.
it's also important to recognize that the administration is *already* in violation of the UN Charter: the military buildup & intimidation clearly constitute a threat of force ag the territorial integrity or political independence of Venezuela.
Not a Latin America specialist, but still kind of amazed at the incoherence of signals coming out of DC amid open-source reporting on flights/airspace and on countries evacuating citizens from Venezuela. Is attacking a live option? What's the offramp/deal for Maduro? Who's in charge of US policy?
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Reposted by Pajaro505
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Planes still in the air over Venezuela. Look to be commercial airlines.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Planes still in the air over Venezuela. Look to be commercial airlines.
Interesting, an RQ1 predator drone patrols the highway near Ft. Huachuca at night.
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Interesting, an RQ1 predator drone patrols the highway near Ft. Huachuca at night.
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Pallid Bat
Oryx
Rock Rattlesnake
Chachalaca
Reddish Egret
Pallid Bat
Oryx
Rock Rattlesnake
Chachalaca
Reddish Egret
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Pallid Bat
Oryx
Rock Rattlesnake
Chachalaca
Reddish Egret
Pallid Bat
Oryx
Rock Rattlesnake
Chachalaca
Reddish Egret
Taking no chances on this day, the two turkeys retreat to the coop roof where they can keep an eye on things.
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Taking no chances on this day, the two turkeys retreat to the coop roof where they can keep an eye on things.
NM State Police helicopter looking into areas in Los Lunas. Wonder who they after.
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
NM State Police helicopter looking into areas in Los Lunas. Wonder who they after.
Any military button experts here? Found this brass uniform button in my yard, back is raised letter "United States" in a stamped channel. One guide says that stamp type dates 1930-1850. House is old adobe in Rio Grande Valley, NM.
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Any military button experts here? Found this brass uniform button in my yard, back is raised letter "United States" in a stamped channel. One guide says that stamp type dates 1930-1850. House is old adobe in Rio Grande Valley, NM.
Nothing to see here.
Just your every day New Mexico National Guard at Ohkay Owingeh Casino
IN UNIFORM! WTF?!
@govmlg.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
@fernandez.house.gov
Just your every day New Mexico National Guard at Ohkay Owingeh Casino
IN UNIFORM! WTF?!
@govmlg.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
@fernandez.house.gov
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Anybody know if air show schedules will be dropping soon?
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
What is it, UFO week?
What is it, UFO week?
If you have some free time today, please check out my latest podcast. It delves into an incredible UFO event in 1981, which was described in a Popular Mechanics article as "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time." 🛸
IT’S MY MOST-DOWNLOADED PODCAST EPISODE EVER! 🎙️
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Traces in the Dirt: The UFO Encounter at Trans-en-Provence
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 11/18/2025 · 13m
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November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
What is it, UFO week?
What is it, UFO week?
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Hmmm, explains some sightings, etc. Wonder if my dad ever got wind of this when working at WSMR (nearby) at that time....
Hmmm, explains some sightings, etc. Wonder if my dad ever got wind of this when working at WSMR (nearby) at that time....
EXPLOSIVE: The late President George H.W. Bush told a federal official that an alien made contact with humans at Holloman Air Force Base in 1964, according to an explosive new documentary. Astrophysicist Eric Davis claimed Bush confirmed details of contact between the military and an alien creature.
President George HW Bush ‘knew’ of 1964 alien contact with humans in New Mexico: documentary
Watershed new UFO documentary "The Age of Disclosure" released to Amazon on Friday with dozens of former government officials detailing direct knowledge of alien bodies, crafts, and secret government ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
@paintingsurfer.bsky.social
Hmmm, explains some sightings, etc. Wonder if my dad ever got wind of this when working at WSMR (nearby) at that time....
Hmmm, explains some sightings, etc. Wonder if my dad ever got wind of this when working at WSMR (nearby) at that time....
On and off small hail and rain here in Los Lunies.
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On and off small hail and rain here in Los Lunies.