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• San Francisco Bay Area • Queer • Too many nature pix • FAIR and open gov science in the public interest • Geoscience • Water Resources • Birds! • Public Lands • Burrowing Owl & Pupfish stan acct • This is a personal account, obviously 🙄

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · Jan 9

Sure, doom scrolling is great, but have you tried bird scrolling? Crank up the volume and enjoy a few seconds of noisy nature calm!

Sacramento NWR, December 2024.
#birds #birding

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 3h

I rarely drive anything with cameras, & it's a big switch to rely on them. And for some reason the other day, I was realizing suddenly that there's a whole swath of people that have only ever learned how to drive using the cameras & don't have those other skills or habits of how to physically look.

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S. Scott Graham @sscottgraham.bsky.social · 3h

I love this story with my entire heart and soul. www.bbc.com/news/article...

US scientist Dr Fred Ramsdell was on the last day of a three-week hike with his wife Laura O'Neill and their two dogs, deep in Montana's grizzly bear country, when Ms O'Neill suddenly started screaming.

But it was not a predator that had disturbed the quiet of their off-grid holiday: it was a flurry of text messages bearing the news that Dr Ramsdell had won the Nobel Prize for medicine.

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 3h

Oh no! Hope things improve as quickly as possible -- I'm sure tye pups will insist on it! (Although maybe not, they look pretty comfy)

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 6h

September climate warming stripes. It's as if something has changed. 🤔

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 6h

#geophysics ⚒️

BRGM @brgm.fr · 1d

A partir d’aujourd’hui, un hélicoptère spécial va survoler les vallées de la Haute-Garonne, de l’Ariège et des Hautes-Pyrénées pour étudier les nappes d’eau

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 10h

Was a gorgeous morning, looking out over the Bay.

Photo looking out across Berkeley towards the San Francisco Bay, the San Francisco skyline, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Sky overhead is bright, clear blue.

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Citizens Fed Up @citizensfedup.bsky.social · 2d

Portland Protestors Baiting ICE Agents With Donuts on Fishing Poles, Calling it ICE Fishing...

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 16h

Sometimes the internet is so delightful. 🎉

Somehow this post from an account I don't follow showed up in my feed for a book launch for a book I hadn't heard of in a city I've never visited before but will happen to be there that night. Sounds like a great way to spend an evening! 📚🚲

ebikes-international @ebikesinternatl.bsky.social · 2d

Cycling Mobility Experts Melissa & Chris Bruntlett in Vancouver Oct. 6, 9, 10, 11 Tickets Available #cycling #ebikes #cargobikes #urbanmobility tinyurl.com/mwjcxhsj

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe @npr.org could use this reference:

The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 1d

Today, #SCOTUS will rule on a conversion therapy ban in CO. If you're a journalist covering the case, make sure to check out this free resource we created in partnership with @transjournalists.org to help you engage in responsible, evidence-based reporting.

Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook

Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...

www.theopennotebook.com

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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 1d

Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.

Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley

Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.

www.berkeleyside.org

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

No, it doesn't pit religion vs the lgbtq community.

It pits child abusers against documented medical science.

And NPR shouldn't even be using the phrase "treatment used to cure..." because it's not a real treatment, and you can't "cure" someone of their sexual orientation or gender.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

The case pits conservative Christian groups against the LGBTQ community.

Supreme Court weighs conversion therapy in case from Colorado

The case pits conservative Christian groups against the LGBTQ community.

n.pr

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!

Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🦉🦉🚨

Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! 🪶

Burrowing owl couple-- the male is standing and tilting his head to the side while blinking one eye. Only the top of the female's head is visible and one wide eye is showing from behind a plant.

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Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 1d

A couple roost rings this morning as birds take flight in Dane and Green Lake counties.

Rings of radar reflectivity as birds take flight.

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

"GET OFF MY DUNE, BRUH" 🪶

Same whimbrel on the sand dune moments before takeoff, beak parted, exposing the long sloping pink of his gullet. Looks grumpy

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Dr Elisabeth Kosters @elisabethkosters.bsky.social · 1d

Correction: driver ran a red light

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, yes, that is the correct phrasing.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 1d

The Governor still hasn't signed or vetoed any of the 15 LGBTQ rights bills, which include trans rights bills.

Call (916) 445-2841 btw 9am-5pm, ask him to sign all Legislative LGBTQ Caucus priority bills, or message anytime at www.gov.ca.gov/contact/ lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/legislative-...

2025 Legislative and Budget Priorities | California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus

lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately I think the walking away was ~90% adrenaline.

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

The car was on shattuck, the bike was on channing.

And it wasn't one of those corner clips -- the bike made it to the far half of the intersection before they were hit!

Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 1d

Car ran a red light on shattuck in downtown #Berkeley & full on hit a cyclist. The cyclist, their bike, & all their stuff was strewn across the intersection. The driver took off! Luckily the bicyclist walked away. Cops seemed to take it seriously.
@bikeeastbay.bsky.social
@walkbikeberk.bsky.social

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.

Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 2d

People complaining that they haven't been able to "build an audience" here ... but their history shows they almost never engage with anyone.

When talking to science folks interested in using bluesky, I always point out it takes ++ work because you have to actively reach out & connect with people.

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 2d

This is sure to be good! And the topic is all too timely. ⚒️

CUAHSI @cuahsi.bsky.social · 2d

Navigating Academic Waters Webinar Series Continues!
Join us for, Expanding Funding Landscape: Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
OCT 8 / 1-2PM ET

Diversifying funding streams is becoming more important in hydrology and environmental science.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 2d

Could you please use alt text so more people can understand what is being shared? Let's strive to be a more inclusive hydro community, so that more folks can participate. Thanks!