Jean's Sands
@jeans-sands.bsky.social
- water, deserts, public lands, early New England - born in Boston, transported to dry eastern Washington when a preteen. Most likely to be found in the damp lands of western Washington -
If I stop posting ...
Worrying about people living in the Skykomish, Snohomish & Skagit River valleys.
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If I stop posting ...
For now, very helpful
NW River Forecast Center - another reason taking dollars & staff away from NOAA & NWS is stupid. This work saves lives.
Northwest River Forecast Center share.google/CexFnW5Itgvb...
Northwest River Forecast Center share.google/CexFnW5Itgvb...
Northwest River Forecast Center
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December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For now, very helpful
Maps joy
Portland, Maine www.npr.org/2025/12/07/n...
From 400-year-old globes to cosmic shrouds: A Maine library brings maps to life
From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.
www.npr.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Maps joy
I do love Gaudete. Such a fun production
#morningmusic
The Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Chorale has been making music in Bremerton, Washington for over 80 years. I first heard Gaudete via Steeleye Span - it was originally published in the 16th century. They are led by Alan Futterman.
Happy Sunday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yew4...
The Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Chorale has been making music in Bremerton, Washington for over 80 years. I first heard Gaudete via Steeleye Span - it was originally published in the 16th century. They are led by Alan Futterman.
Happy Sunday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yew4...
Gaudete (1581) Anonymous Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Chorale
YouTube video by Almanraeder
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I do love Gaudete. Such a fun production
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Day 7 #artAdventCalendar my #linocut horseshoe crab (Tachypeus gigas) in grey, blue-bronze and dark brown on 8” x 8” cream-coloured Japanese paper with bark inclusions. 🧪🐡 They get their name from their horseshoe like shape but they are not crabs; they are chelicerates, more closely related to 🧵
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Day 7 #artAdventCalendar my #linocut horseshoe crab (Tachypeus gigas) in grey, blue-bronze and dark brown on 8” x 8” cream-coloured Japanese paper with bark inclusions. 🧪🐡 They get their name from their horseshoe like shape but they are not crabs; they are chelicerates, more closely related to 🧵
Most of my Utah friends know Pachak, so I've been getting lots of updates 😟 He built that awesome coyote for the Bluff solstice celebration the other year.
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Good summary of where things are
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
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Good summary of where things are
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
A Utah Wilderness Guide Left His Keys, Wallet, and Coffee, Then Vanished Without a Trace
The 75-year-old experienced outdoorsman was a ritualistic coffee drinker, which makes him leaving behind a full cup with creamer—alongside his wallet, phone and keys—all the more bizarre. Those close ...
www.outsideonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Most of my Utah friends know Pachak, so I've been getting lots of updates 😟 He built that awesome coyote for the Bluff solstice celebration the other year.
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Good summary of where things are
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
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Good summary of where things are
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's a subscriber only article, I do subscribe and it did include a link to Darcie Little Badger's post
bsky.app/profile/litt...
I have read two of Little Badger's books and have given copies away
bsky.app/profile/litt...
I have read two of Little Badger's books and have given copies away
Higher Ed in Utah.
Next session the legislature will revise the law to prohibit events like this all together probably.
www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
Next session the legislature will revise the law to prohibit events like this all together probably.
www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
An Indigenous author felt compelled to cancel her Utah appearance after this university gave her a list of banned DEI words
Darcie Little Badger, a member of the Lipan Apache Tribe, said she was “taken aback” by the prohibitions under HB261 and calls it censorship.
www.sltrib.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's a subscriber only article, I do subscribe and it did include a link to Darcie Little Badger's post
bsky.app/profile/litt...
I have read two of Little Badger's books and have given copies away
bsky.app/profile/litt...
I have read two of Little Badger's books and have given copies away
Great thread! As a bookseller, I had the privilege of handling an independent scholar's collection of books on the history and scandals of eugenics in North America. Wow did I learn a lot. Antonovich really sums things up and adds new material plus more reading recs in replies
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Great thread! As a bookseller, I had the privilege of handling an independent scholar's collection of books on the history and scandals of eugenics in North America. Wow did I learn a lot. Antonovich really sums things up and adds new material plus more reading recs in replies
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A new #Jaguar has been spotted in #Arizona just days after the Trump admin.'s decision to to fast-track construction of border walls and industrial-scale lighting systems across all federally designated jaguar critical habitat connecting southeastern Arizona to Mexico.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
Breaking
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A new #Jaguar has been spotted in #Arizona just days after the Trump admin.'s decision to to fast-track construction of border walls and industrial-scale lighting systems across all federally designated jaguar critical habitat connecting southeastern Arizona to Mexico.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
Winter is here
Snoqualmie: Overcast skies - Bare and dry, wet in places.
Advanced Notice: Westbound milepost 52 Snoqualmie pass summit. Wednesday, Dec. 3 from 10 am to 3 pm. There will be intermittent closures lasting up to one hour each for avalanche maintenance. Read full report
Advanced Notice: Westbound milepost 52 Snoqualmie pass summit. Wednesday, Dec. 3 from 10 am to 3 pm. There will be intermittent closures lasting up to one hour each for avalanche maintenance. Read full report
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Winter is here
relevant WSDOT webcam ohoto 2025-12-02, 15:42:22
SR 20, Wauconda East
SR 20, Wauconda East
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
relevant WSDOT webcam ohoto 2025-12-02, 15:42:22
SR 20, Wauconda East
SR 20, Wauconda East
#parkchat Utah
Arches NP
Closed door meeting
Expanded parking?
htps://moabsunnews.com/2025/11/30/proposal-for-arches-national-park-in-moab-to-be-discussed-in-meeting-with-trump-officials/
Arches NP
Closed door meeting
Expanded parking?
htps://moabsunnews.com/2025/11/30/proposal-for-arches-national-park-in-moab-to-be-discussed-in-meeting-with-trump-officials/
Proposal for Arches National Park in Moab to be discussed in meeting with Trump officials - Moab Sun News
A closed-door workshop of local and state officials with the Trump administration on Dec. 1 is raising concerns in Grand County, where the outcome could influence future management decisions at Arches...
moabsunnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#parkchat Utah
Arches NP
Closed door meeting
Expanded parking?
htps://moabsunnews.com/2025/11/30/proposal-for-arches-national-park-in-moab-to-be-discussed-in-meeting-with-trump-officials/
Arches NP
Closed door meeting
Expanded parking?
htps://moabsunnews.com/2025/11/30/proposal-for-arches-national-park-in-moab-to-be-discussed-in-meeting-with-trump-officials/
If you read this and are thinking about your local foodbank, money is a much better donation than food. The foodbank needs shelves, refrigeration, electricity for storing food. The foodbank needs to repair the van to drive loads of food to locations. Money doesn't spoil and is more flexible
"Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that the action is in the works because those states are refusing to provide information the department requested such as the names and immigration status of the aid recipients."
Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don't provide data
The Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you read this and are thinking about your local foodbank, money is a much better donation than food. The foodbank needs shelves, refrigeration, electricity for storing food. The foodbank needs to repair the van to drive loads of food to locations. Money doesn't spoil and is more flexible
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The Center today moved to end a livestock industry lawsuit that'd tried unsuccessfully to stop the Forest Service from removing feral cows from the Gila Wilderness.
With the removal complete and cows gone, endangered species habitat along the Gila River is recovering beautifully.
With the removal complete and cows gone, endangered species habitat along the Gila River is recovering beautifully.
Court Filing Seeks End to Industry Challenge to Gila Wilderness Feral Cattle Removal
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a motion to dismiss a New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s removal of illegal feral c...
biologicaldiversity.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Center today moved to end a livestock industry lawsuit that'd tried unsuccessfully to stop the Forest Service from removing feral cows from the Gila Wilderness.
With the removal complete and cows gone, endangered species habitat along the Gila River is recovering beautifully.
With the removal complete and cows gone, endangered species habitat along the Gila River is recovering beautifully.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This morning. Delighted to see blue sky for the start of a busy day. Painting, however, did not get done
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This morning. Delighted to see blue sky for the start of a busy day. Painting, however, did not get done
Relatable
Here I am photographing the ground, end of #November. #forestpath
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Relatable
Hearing chirping, looked outside the window in time to see one of the little birds who hops down the tree trunk. Can't remember the name
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hearing chirping, looked outside the window in time to see one of the little birds who hops down the tree trunk. Can't remember the name
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The Bisti Badlands feature a variety of unique rock formations, such as hoodoos and cracked eggs, created by millions of years of erosion on layered sandstone, shale, mudstone, and coal. The landscape was once a swamp in an inland sea during the late Cretaceous period.
#geology #hiking #NewMexico
#geology #hiking #NewMexico
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Bisti Badlands feature a variety of unique rock formations, such as hoodoos and cracked eggs, created by millions of years of erosion on layered sandstone, shale, mudstone, and coal. The landscape was once a swamp in an inland sea during the late Cretaceous period.
#geology #hiking #NewMexico
#geology #hiking #NewMexico
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Vestrahorn, Iceland
📷 Marco Grosso
📷 Marco Grosso
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Vestrahorn, Iceland
📷 Marco Grosso
📷 Marco Grosso
Really good piece by @debkrol.bsky.social, from a couple of years ago. Please read
‘After 400 years, Indigenous people reflect on the real story of the 'first Thanksgiving'
by @debkrol.bsky.social
by @debkrol.bsky.social
After 400 years, Indigenous people reflect on the real story of the 'first Thanksgiving'
It's a story of friendship betrayed by greed and intolerance, of a nation's lands, economy and religion whittled away in the name of manifest destiny.
www.azcentral.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Really good piece by @debkrol.bsky.social, from a couple of years ago. Please read
PNW 🤍💚
Trumpeters preening as a #beaver swims by, for the #BirdOfTheDay alternative #Swans. Shot this yesterday. #Hiking #Birding
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
PNW 🤍💚