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RS Oventile

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Reads/Writes. Words @ballastjournal.bsky.social, @thebelfastreview.bsky.social, @angrygablepress.bsky.social & elsewhere. Co-author (w/ Sandy Florian) of Sophia Lethe Talks Doxodox Down https://www.amazon.com/Sophia-Lethe-Talks-Doxodox-Down/dp/1637528515

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Jul 8

My poems, Susan Hopkins's, Tom Mills's, and Edgar McGregor's photos.

All proceeds donated to rebuilding the Eaton Canyon Nature Center destroyed by the Eaton Fire. Plus: check out the blurb from Timothy Morton!

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The Canyon

Amazon.com: The Canyon eBook : Oventile, Robert Savino: Kindle Store

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 3d

enjoying this data while I can

The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 3d

423.20 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 04-Oct-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

The Keeling Curve

The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 4d

Just for fun, each day I attempt to access the "noetic necromass" (Bernard Stiegler).

RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 5d

not all heroes wear capes

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Santa Ana winds and how we (don't) track them | Edgar McGregor | TEDxPasadena

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 6d

In Memoriam: Jane Goodall localnewspasadena.com/2025/in-memo...

In Memoriam: Jane Goodall - Local News Pasadena

The British researcher redefined our understanding of primate behavior. Jane Goodall's lifetime of chimpanzee study redefined our role as humans

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 7d

The Case of the Vanished Tabby localnewspasadena.com/2025/the-cas...

The Case of the Vanished Tabby - Local News Pasadena

A run-away kitty, fake snapshots and lots of shoe leather.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 7d

when members of more than one species will mourn your passing, you've done something right

BNO News @bnonews.com · 7d

BREAKING: Dr. Jane Goodall, British primatologist best known for chimpanzee research, has died at age 91

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 8d

End of an era and a sad day for those that care about Arctic work done in the best ways possible. 😢 Nonetheless "… the goal of broadening participation in Arctic-focused research, education, and policy is still an important mission to achieve." #Arctic

A Final Message from the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
After nearly four decades of service to the Arctic research community, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) has now reached its sunset. This will be our final message to the community.

On behalf of the ARCUS Board of Directors and all ARCUS staff, we want to thank you for the many years of collaboration, support, and partnership that made ARCUS possible. We have enjoyed working with this community immensely and believe that the goal of broadening participation in Arctic-focused research, education, and policy is still an important mission to achieve.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10d

see that all goes well

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks @vromansbookstore.bsky.social for hosting this event for The Canyon and in support of Eaton Canyon! localnewspasadena.com/2025/robert-...

Robert Savino Oventile’s ‘The Canyon’ Draws Overflow Crowd in Pasadena - Local News Pasadena

A poet displayed his license to enthrall at Vroman's on Friday.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 16d

Local Poets Speak Their Minds localnewspasadena.com/2025/local-p...

Local Poets Speak Their Minds - Local News Pasadena

The Altadena Poetry Review attracts a crowd.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 16d

I am honored to have The Canyon featured in Paw Prints, the newsletter of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center Associates.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 18d

May be of Eaton Canyon interest:
"Wildfire Damage Assessment over Eaton Canyon, California,
using Radar and Multispectral datasets from Sentinel Satellites
and Machine Learning Methods"n

sciforum.net/manuscripts/...

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 23d

Hart Crane in Altadena (November 1927-March 1928) localnewspasadena.com/2024/hart-cr...

Hart Crane in Altadena (November 1927-March 1928) - Local News Pasadena

Our Poet Laureate memorializes Hart Crane's sojourn in Altadena.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 24d

My poems with photos by Susan Hopkins, Tom Mills, and @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social. Proceeds to fund educational exhibits in the rebuilt Eaton Canyon Nature Center. Available at Bookshop, Amazon, and Barnes and Nobles. Link in pinned post.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 25d

Nor is the history of fanatics half so striking in respect to the measureless self-deception of the fanatic himself

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 25d

the wonderful 2025 Altadena Poetry Review Anthology

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2025 Anthology - Altadena Poetry Review

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 28d

Photos Saturated with Contrast localnewspasadena.com/2025/photos-...

Photos Saturated with Contrast - Local News Pasadena

Images in black and white at Sierra Madre's Baldwin Avenue Gallery.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · 29d

Life Before the Fire is the Focus of Robert Savino Oventile's 'The Canyon' localnewspasadena.com/2025/life-be...

Life Before the Fire is the Focus of Robert Savino Oventile’s ‘The Canyon’ - Local News Pasadena

Our Poet Laureate walks Eaton Canyon in his new collection of poetry.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Sep 5

RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Sep 3

my father and Veysey were, in their youth, friends and obsessed with street cars, riding every LA County line they could and documenting the types of cars

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Dominic Boyer @dominicboyer.bsky.social · Aug 31

New episode of the Cultures of Energy pod! We talk about wildfires ecologies, poetry and symbiosis, and the importance of walking slowly. Plus @cymene.bsky.social is back! cenhs.libsyn.com/237-the-cany...

Cultures of Energy: 237 - The Canyon (feat. Robert Savino Oventile)

Cymene returns to the pod at long last (yay!) and we discuss recent events and how climate science probably caused wildfires and bears to happen. Then (13:17) Robert Savino Oventile joins the podcast ...

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · Aug 31

shoutout to this iNaturalist user who appears to be an ROV pilot in the gulf of mexico and posts occasional biological observations, including A GODDAMN TANINGIA ATTACKING THE ROBOT ARM OF THE ROV

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Dana Octopus-Squid (Taningia danae)

Dana Octopus-Squid from Golfo de México (Golfo de América) on August 24, 2025 at 06:43 PM by Daniel Godínez

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Aug 31

On the wonderful podcast Cultures of Energy, I talk with @dominicboyer.bsky.social about Eaton Canyon, the Eaton Fire, and my book The Canyon!

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Cultures of Energy: 237 - The Canyon (feat. Robert Savino Oventile)

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Aug 29

1913, the US, a school in Chicago, 5th graders present on and discuss with sophistication the emergence and dynamics of Pleistocene ice sheets, such as the Labrador, and their teacher explains how CO2 levels in the atmosphere determine climate.

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Aug 25

My essay "Let the Portals Open," about d. Sabela grimes's Afrofuturist work "Parable of Portals." localnewspasadena.com/2025/let-the...

Let the Portals Open - Local News Pasadena

Sierra Madre Playhouse’s Parable of Portals Channels Octavia E. Butler.

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