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Geologic mapping in California began about 180 years ago. The first geologic mapping in the State was done by Lieutenant Edward Belcher, a British naval officer. Although Belcher did the surveying for the map in 1826, it was not published until 1839. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rgm/hist...
January 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Let the new year swirl in…

What looks like a vortex of fire is in reality a disc around the young AB Aurigae star.

Close to the centre, the ‘twist’ (in very bright yellow) marks the spot where scientists believe a planet is forming. 🔭
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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It's a new year for the Climate Change Specialist Group of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). Three new co-chairs - @adammarkham.bsky.social, @brodieecology.bsky.social & Lauren Wenzel are drafting a 4-year workplan & priorities. We'll open to new members very soon. 🌏🌐
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.

Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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New You
Mondovi, WI
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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On this day 134 years ago, Jan. 1, 1892:

Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics.

My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Australovenator casually strolling on the beach
January 1, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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Happy New Year. 🥲

Troodontid in the Snow
Ink, 111 × 149 mm.
January 1, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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“I can’t think of a single time where Trump said something where I don’t think he understands the issue”

-Dr. Oz

“I take seven pounds of aspirin a day because I want thin blood, the very thinnest blood you’ve ever seen, blood like water. What’s an MRI again?”

-Donald Trump, in the same article
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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FUCK YOU IT'S JANUARY!!!
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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I read that crap from Yarvin and in the end it all comes to one stupid and abusive point: "See what you made Hitler do."
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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I remember maybe three or four years ago someone introduced me to yarvin and said among other things that what makes him so dangerous is he’s really steeped in history and philosophy. Sophisticated stuff. So I read some stuff and well, no. This is the stuff you say after you read one thing …
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”

Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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It is kind of wild that no big media outlet has busted open the story of who is making DHS' posts on X. Whoever that may be is certainly plugged into hardcore white supremacist internet propaganda with a harder edge. "Groyper" would be underselling it. This is Daily Stormer-tier sludge.
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Trump administration becoming anti-natalist, the game has changed
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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Great river picture by @sophiecarr.bsky.social, on Iceland.
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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December 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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From high-impact weather events to stratus clouds dancing over the open ocean, this year was filled with impressive satellite imagery.

We look back on the most compelling satellite views of 2025.

1) Mesovortices slosh within Hurricane Melissa’s ferocious eye (October 8).
December 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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China’s massive fishing fleet had spent 73,000 hours in ONE month ravaging the waters right off the Galápagos Marine Reserve

It is a UNESCO World Heritage site with unique species found nowhere else on Earth.

#China is ranked as the world’s worst nation in IUU fishing index.
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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#TrilobiteTuesday is keeping its eyes on you.

They know what you did. ⚒️🧪
December 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Mother nature, the artist.
The sky, her canvas.
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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If only Americans had a recent way to know how crucial immigrants were for the success of the Manhattan Project. A big Hollywood movie where a lot of the nuclear scientist characters speak with accents and talk about fleeing Europe that makes tons of money and wins a bunch of Oscars, perhaps.
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Augustus famously closed the gates of the Temple of Janus two (or three) times to signify the end of the times of war. In other words, Augustus proclaimed Bella ciao, ciao, ciao.
December 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Also, the story Carthaginian power is quite meme-able
December 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM