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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 2h

LOL they got special dispensation to wear the powder blues and it actually worked, which is hilarious. #phillies

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2h

I have an early day tomorrow in the field so I’m genuinely glad these are Eastern times 😎

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 3h

thursday, october 8:

6:08pm nlds game 4

7:00pm flyers opening game

8:15pm eagles v giants

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry, there’s a Republican named *Heath* *Flora*? Is his wife named Erica? Does he have a daughter named Manzanita, a son named Huck?

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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 1d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 1d

…and there’s this thing called Section 404(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act.

Anyway, I work on this too much to dive deep on social media, but my point is that there are real tradeoffs between different approaches.

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 2d

Newly published research indicates that poor water quality can drastically affect air quality—an observation with important implications for global waterways.

Read more about how pollution in the Tijuana River impacts nearby communities: https://bit.ly/3KuchfZ

University of California, San Diego Research and Development Engineer Greg Sandstrom takes measurements with a Coriolis air sampler at the river hotspot. Photo credit: Beatriz Klimeck/UC San Diego.

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Marc Schwager @cavedalerhones.bsky.social · 1d

I think this timeline could use some more puppies.

A pile of sleeping puppies in the corner of a metal pen

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 1d

ohhhhhhhhhh 😍😍😍

Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 1d

Large portions of the existing alignment are very low in the tidal frame and are vulnerable to storm surges under existing conditions, this vulnerability will increase as sea levels continue to rise.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 1d

That’s the “purpose and need” CalTrans describes for the proposed project in its environmental documents; I’m not making a value judgment.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not just further along, it has a different project purpose - flood risk reduction vs congestion relief.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 1d

There has been discussion of eventually co-locating SMART rail on the causeway. One of the open questions is where the eastern rail segment would route - along the existing alignment through Schellville/Suscol or along 37 and through Mare Island. Both have major and different constraints.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

My in-laws are in Penn Valley (a little down the hill from Grass Valley) and I get so nervous for that whole corridor every summer/fall.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

oh geez 😬

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

I’m curious because I’ve heard anecdotes that this is becoming an issue in west Sonoma County, but I don’t have any hard evidence. I’m real curious about the Sierra foothills as well.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

This tracks with what I’ve heard from my EPA and USACE colleagues.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

Is there any evidence that this is beginning to impact home prices in areas of CA where the fair plan is increasingly the primary insurer?

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

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The Barlow Market. Local, Eco-Friendly, Passion Products of Artists

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

in the conifer-dominated forests. I’m sure folks are looking at this, but I’m not up on the literature.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 2d

That’s interesting, because when I drive up Mark West Rd, all the regrowth I see is crazy-dense burl regrowth from bay laurel, live oak, etc under burned (dead) Doug fir and (regreening) redwood. I wonder if the successional communities in the mixed hardwood-conifer forests differ from those >

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 6d

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

www.science.org

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 3d

I’m this person in my friend group - my parents were pretty strict about what we could watch growing up, and in adulthood I just find myself prioritizing time for other things (nature, live music, books). I miss a lot of cultural references, but that’s what social media’s for!

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 3d

They have 4 days to wash off this mess. 🤬

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Jimmy Kempski @jimmykempski.bsky.social · 3d

That's an egregious missed pass interference call on Dallas Goedert.

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