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@streamlass.bsky.social
Geologist (MSc), percussionist, general hammer-wielding troublemaker; hydrologic modeler.
ELCA. She/her. Ace.
Walking SW Wisconsin stereotype, flatlanded in Iowa.
Avatar: Functionally unidentifiable in snow gear
Banner: Hailstones and engineering ruler
ELCA. She/her. Ace.
Walking SW Wisconsin stereotype, flatlanded in Iowa.
Avatar: Functionally unidentifiable in snow gear
Banner: Hailstones and engineering ruler
I assume this arrived fresh from @mac-b5.stickimporters.com ? ;)
Laerke the polar bear found the perfect winter toy: a giant stick! ❄️🐻❄️
📹: Keeper Russell
📹: Keeper Russell
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I assume this arrived fresh from @mac-b5.stickimporters.com ? ;)
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Some good news on a very chilly day...this weekend brings our earliest sunsets
Slowly they start moving later again next week
Latest sunrises don't occur until early January. #wbz
Slowly they start moving later again next week
Latest sunrises don't occur until early January. #wbz
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Some good news on a very chilly day...this weekend brings our earliest sunsets
Slowly they start moving later again next week
Latest sunrises don't occur until early January. #wbz
Slowly they start moving later again next week
Latest sunrises don't occur until early January. #wbz
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I would have much less of an issue with the public subsidizing Amazon's delivery service if I felt like Bezos and Amazon paid an appropriate amount of taxes.
A business benefitting from a public service is fine. Exploitation is not.
A business benefitting from a public service is fine. Exploitation is not.
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I would have much less of an issue with the public subsidizing Amazon's delivery service if I felt like Bezos and Amazon paid an appropriate amount of taxes.
A business benefitting from a public service is fine. Exploitation is not.
A business benefitting from a public service is fine. Exploitation is not.
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amazon threatens this every year and every year they come to the conclusion that actually attempting this would cost them significantly more than what they currently pay, this is *always* an attempt to renegotiate their costs, but the post has not *always* been owned by AMZ’s largest shareholder
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
amazon threatens this every year and every year they come to the conclusion that actually attempting this would cost them significantly more than what they currently pay, this is *always* an attempt to renegotiate their costs, but the post has not *always* been owned by AMZ’s largest shareholder
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And while we require mitigation for losses to development, it's never an even trade: you can't substitute one kind of wetland for another, one flood storage location for another, one flyway resting area for another when they are in an entirely different ecological zone sometimes 100s of miles away.
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And while we require mitigation for losses to development, it's never an even trade: you can't substitute one kind of wetland for another, one flood storage location for another, one flyway resting area for another when they are in an entirely different ecological zone sometimes 100s of miles away.
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In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act. www.eenews.net/articles/tru... 🧪🌿
Trump plan waives protection at +80% of wetlands
In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act.
www.eenews.net
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act. www.eenews.net/articles/tru... 🧪🌿
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Happy world SOIL day all!
Soil is life! Soil is beautiful!
Soil is life! Soil is beautiful!
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy world SOIL day all!
Soil is life! Soil is beautiful!
Soil is life! Soil is beautiful!
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Just an uneducated guess, but is there any chance the postmaster general has it in his best interest to destroy the post office and privatize it, thus breaking one of the largest existing unions in America?
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Just an uneducated guess, but is there any chance the postmaster general has it in his best interest to destroy the post office and privatize it, thus breaking one of the largest existing unions in America?
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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Another enabling factor in some of these situations is what’s known as a pregnancy exclusion law. It wasn’t an issue here as Adriana didn’t have an advance directive, but I think it’s important for women to know about. In many states in the US, once you become pregnant, your health care decisions
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Another enabling factor in some of these situations is what’s known as a pregnancy exclusion law. It wasn’t an issue here as Adriana didn’t have an advance directive, but I think it’s important for women to know about. In many states in the US, once you become pregnant, your health care decisions
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Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Kid playing with their mashed potatoes & gravy while the dog watches
They have discovered a planet. A mountain rises, slight and starchy, amidst the rivers. Infrequently, there's a an unexplained bark.
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Kid playing with their mashed potatoes & gravy while the dog watches
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Wisconsin's recusal rules are SO WEAK that they are essentially non-existent. This has led to the BIG spending that we are seeing in Wisconsin's Supreme Court races. 👎 Strong recusal rules are a must! #MoneyInPolitics
Thanks to @wisconsinwatch.org for reporting!
wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Thanks to @wisconsinwatch.org for reporting!
wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Unlimited donations, weak recusal rules led to record Wisconsin Supreme Court spending
Democrats seek to revive public financing of Supreme Court elections after previous attempts failed.
wisconsinwatch.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Wisconsin's recusal rules are SO WEAK that they are essentially non-existent. This has led to the BIG spending that we are seeing in Wisconsin's Supreme Court races. 👎 Strong recusal rules are a must! #MoneyInPolitics
Thanks to @wisconsinwatch.org for reporting!
wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Thanks to @wisconsinwatch.org for reporting!
wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
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These numbskulls have more blind faith in the spicy autocorrect than I do in the actual divine God at the center of my deeply held and sincerely practiced religion.
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
These numbskulls have more blind faith in the spicy autocorrect than I do in the actual divine God at the center of my deeply held and sincerely practiced religion.
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Privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic justice laws would do a lot more to protect kids than age verification, but lawmakers are always looking for the "easy fix" so they can say they protected kids without actually doing anything to address the harmful surveillance capitalist biz model of Big Tech
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic justice laws would do a lot more to protect kids than age verification, but lawmakers are always looking for the "easy fix" so they can say they protected kids without actually doing anything to address the harmful surveillance capitalist biz model of Big Tech
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The biggest thing that's been holding me back from some positions is experience with Canvas (I do have experience with other LMS programs, but not in higher ed settings).
Any suggestions to get a foot in the door?
Any suggestions to get a foot in the door?
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The biggest thing that's been holding me back from some positions is experience with Canvas (I do have experience with other LMS programs, but not in higher ed settings).
Any suggestions to get a foot in the door?
Any suggestions to get a foot in the door?
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we have never seen ninja turtles, but isn't that exactly how ninjas operate
Are there really ninja turtles down there?
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
we have never seen ninja turtles, but isn't that exactly how ninjas operate
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The air temperature is -8 degrees Fahrenheit. The water surface temperature is above 32 degrees. There is a wall of sea smoke rising from Lake Superior
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The air temperature is -8 degrees Fahrenheit. The water surface temperature is above 32 degrees. There is a wall of sea smoke rising from Lake Superior
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i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days
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I hope @agu.org is going to speak to #AGU25 attendee safety, and acknowledge the potential increased threat to some attendees based on what some morally corrupt, bigoted CPB/ICE agent thinks about how they look or where they're from.
Allow people to cancel & refund their registration $.
Allow people to cancel & refund their registration $.
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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"We need money to drill this wonderful huge resource to confirm how big it is" is sounds like every small oil company right before it goes under....
Very clearly using "AI" as hype for "we looked at a bunch of geologic factors we know from our training as geologists, but with Computer" too.
Very clearly using "AI" as hype for "we looked at a bunch of geologic factors we know from our training as geologists, but with Computer" too.
Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades. www.wired.com/story/startu...
A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy
Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"We need money to drill this wonderful huge resource to confirm how big it is" is sounds like every small oil company right before it goes under....
Very clearly using "AI" as hype for "we looked at a bunch of geologic factors we know from our training as geologists, but with Computer" too.
Very clearly using "AI" as hype for "we looked at a bunch of geologic factors we know from our training as geologists, but with Computer" too.
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interesting tidbit I learned from Dr. Joey Blankenship… soil health indicators are all based on East coast ecosystems … there are NO soil health indicators for arid & semi arid ecosystems despite 60% (and growing) of the worlds food production occurs in arid ecosystems
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
interesting tidbit I learned from Dr. Joey Blankenship… soil health indicators are all based on East coast ecosystems … there are NO soil health indicators for arid & semi arid ecosystems despite 60% (and growing) of the worlds food production occurs in arid ecosystems
Public service announcement!
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Public service announcement!
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"the various shredded cheeses were recalled by Great Lakes Cheese Co. The cheese products are sold under private store-brand labels at several retailers, including Target, Walmart and Aldi"
The recall includes various cheeses such as mozzarella, Italian style, pizza style, mozzarella and provolone and mozzarella and parmesan.
Shredded cheese sold in Illinois and dozens of other states recalled due to potential for metal fragment contamination
There is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of the potential for metal fragment contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Adm…
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"the various shredded cheeses were recalled by Great Lakes Cheese Co. The cheese products are sold under private store-brand labels at several retailers, including Target, Walmart and Aldi"