Then, on MLK day, a much larger group of faith leaders, retirees, young people, professors, and families march for racial justice & equality.

I got very emotional this year thinking that so many people in my community would brave the cold to show we will stand up to racism in all its forms.

Friday through Saturday, we endure a parade of chuds celebrating the Confederacy. Their marching is nominally honoring local notable Stonewall Jackson.

Wow never seen that before! Wonder what had to be going on in that rock to make epidote so zoned…

I have not! Seems very relevant though!!

Thanks for the link, Nick. I don’t think a lot of people in this area realize what a hazardous area we live in.

Great demonstration of the power of tree rings helping us reconstruct hazard records!

Paper here. The Electron mudflow travelled 60 km down from Rainier to areas that are today heavily populated.

Its cause is still unknown, but at least we seem to know when the lahar happened!

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Sadly you are probably right. Need to invest in a palette of Costco wine at this rate…

I can’t believe how god damn awful this year already is. It’s not even the third week!

It looks super relevant to my class next year. Hope your press tour for the book is going well!

also this is interesting given the circumstances

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