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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 2d

It is infuriating that this now needs to be part of high school curricula. youtu.be/VUErkf3XEEs?... Because Republicans care more about money than our kids.

And what's up with "Run Hide Fight is a registered trademark of the city of Houston"??? That is not a good thing for your city to be known for

CSU Active Shooter Safety Training

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 5d

SB 72 makes the state start planning for 9 million acre feet of new water supply. Goodbye everything Californians care about that makes our state special.

Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 5d

Gov signed this into law. This is the most unhinged disconnected-from-reality thing. Unless you want to flood the Mojave Desert (a horrible idea) there is no use for this much water. It will be expensive, both ecologically and environmentally. We must get this overturned, or we have doomed CA nature

Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 5d

Gov signed this into law. This is the most unhinged disconnected-from-reality thing. Unless you want to flood the Mojave Desert (a horrible idea) there is no use for this much water. It will be expensive, both ecologically and environmentally. We must get this overturned, or we have doomed CA nature

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 9d

More context: gregorreis.blogspot.com/2024/12/they...

They turned it into Muir Woods

"They turned it into Muir Woods," I heard someone say as I was leaving Roy's Redwoods yesterday. Roy's Redwoods is San Geronimo Valley's bu...

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 9d

Roy's Redwoods Rock:
The rockwork is expanding
Muir Woods is where the Valley's landing
We'll look like a Sierra National Park
If only my son's change project can keep it dark

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 12d

Okaaaay, I'm not seeing that in my search results today--today it is telling me it doesn't exist. This implementation of AI is worse than worthless and keeps getting worse. The Silicon Valley tradition of releasing flawed beta projects has reached a new low.

Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 12d

When Google's AI search tells you that Excelsior Mountain is the second-highest peak in the Sierra Nevada (it is really 8th highest just in Yosemite, which doesn't even have any of the 14 or so peaks over 14,000 feet), you know AI technology is fundamentally flawed and needs bigger-print disclaimers

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 15d

Opinion: California salmon runs in danger of extinction if Newsom fails to act www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/23/o...

Opinion: California salmon runs in danger of extinction if Newsom fails to act

Trump administration and California’s governor are pursuing policies threatening the survival of the once-mighty species

www.mercurynews.com

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 15d

At the same time, MAGA needs to step back from the brink and let real scientists (those following the scientific method and not just belief) dominate the discussion of cutting edge or economically and ideologically troublesome questions.
Lies destroy. Save our country and our constitution with truth

Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 15d

MAGA needs to stay in its lane, acknowledge and assert that its unproven beliefs are no more valid than anyone else's, stop using government and corporations to promote lies and conspiracy theories, and allow freedom of thought to return to this once-free evidence-driven science-embracing country.

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 15d

Science inspires us to realize that everything is connected. But a step too far in that direction leads to questions science has not yet answered (obscure, difficult, expensive, economically less-relevant or inconvenient) or is ill equipped to handle (religion, faith, belief).

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 16d

when it comes to kicking the clay feet of would-be dictators. Mark Twain said it best: Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Which is what makes Kimmel so relevant in this moment.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 16d

Chabria: Please, Jimmy, don't back down. Making fun of Trump is your patriotic duty

Commentary: Please, Jimmy, don't back down. Making fun of Trump is your patriotic duty

ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel will return to the air Tuesday night. For the sake of democracy, let's hope he comes out swinging.

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 16d

Oh look, a brand new Climate Action Plan going to Novato (CA) city council tomorrow.

88% of transportation and land use reductions to be accomplished through electric cars. Everything else is peanuts.

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 16d

And, as usual, the lion's share of GHG reductions are to come from people buying $50k electric cars rather than $2k electric bikes.

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quake-bot.com @quake-bot.com · 17d

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California!
🗺️ Coordinates: 37.858800, -122.239800

This is an automatic report and may be revised.

View on OpenStreetMap

3 km ESE of Berkeley, California

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 22d

America’s Grievances Against Its “King” on Constitution Day 2025

In July, to mark Independence Day, Telos News published J.

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 24d

New Josh Ritter www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/joshr...

Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 29d

Tupe Nobe represents the first land formally owned & managed by the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe since the European American settlement of the Mono Basin 200 years ago. Prior to the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe’s ownership, Tupe Nobe was known as Burger’s Sierra Retreat (where I lived summer 1996!).

In the Heart of the Land

The Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe’s Return to Tupe Nobe

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 29d

Governor Newsom doesn’t trust Californians...

His push to waive state laws through budget trailer bills — gutting public disclosure, fiscal responsibility and environmental protections — makes clear he thinks he alone knows best. mavensnotebook.com/2025/09/09/c...

COMMENTARY: “Father Knows Best” isn‘t a water policy for California‘s future

Commentary by Tom Zuckerman, a Delta farmer located in Stockton, and Gary Bobker is the Program Director at Friends of the River Governor Newsom doesn’t trust Californians to make smart decisions abou...

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · 29d

Possibly the most disturbing recap of MAGA regime news in a terrible year of disturbing news. The dismantling of democracy is escalating and we all must save it.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

September 8, 2025

On Friday, September 5, Trump lawyer Cleta Mitchell told Southern Baptist pastor and Newsmax host Tony Perkins that Trump may try to declare that “there is a threat to the national sovereignty of the ...

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · Sep 9

My daughter knows I have a spring water collection. She has decided to start a rain water collection.

Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · Sep 9

So nice. Kids love it, we'll never get to bed.

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · Sep 9

It is actually pouring rain!

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Newsom is Mirroring the Trump Playbook: Eliminating CEQA review for water quality control plans would weaken California’s democratic integrity mavensnotebook.com/2025/09/05/c...

C-WIN: Mirroring the Trump Playbook: Eliminating CEQA review for water quality control plans would weaken California’s democratic integrity

By Max Gomberg, C-WIN In California we are fortunate to have both state and federal law to protect our rivers, streams, lakes, and bays. It might seem redundant, then, to subject our water quality con...

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Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · Sep 3

It is a good summer for canceling expensive harmful dam projects. Unfortunately, someone is always trying to convince taxpayers to waste their money on dams.

New setbacks could be fatal for $2.7 billion plan to build major reservoir in Santa Clara County www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/20/n...

New setbacks could be fatal for $2.7 billion plan to build major reservoir in Santa Clara County

Cost overruns, delays and opposition have hobbled project planned near Pacheco Pass.

www.mercurynews.com

Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Success! Marin Water drops Nicasio spillway plan www.ptreyeslight.com/news/marin-w...

Marin Water drops Nicasio spillway plan - Point Reyes Light

A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson Beach, Marshall, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls,...

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