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Paul Selmants

@biogeocycle.net

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Ecosystem scientist, bike nerd, transit fan. Research on forests, carbon and climate change. Opinions my own. 📍San Francisco, CA www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/paul-c-…

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 04/03/2026

Sticker on electrical junction box, Caltrain station, Mountain View, CA

Sticker showing a frog with a whistle around its neck and the words Chinga la Migra in large letters

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 22/02/2026

Men’s room, Zeitgeist, SF

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 13/12/2025

It’s a sunny day, the gang’s all here …

Four figurines representing characters from the 1960s TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. From left to right: Yukon Cornelius (prospector), Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster (Yeti), Hermey (Elf, wannabe dentist), Rudolph (red-nosed reindeer).

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 12/11/2025

OK, looks like I can go back to work tomorrow. Also, whoever wrote the text for this email violated the Hatch Act.

Email from Dept of Interior telling employees the “Democratic shutdown” is nearly over.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 04/10/2025

Every year or so, the guys from the tire shop behind our place change the mural on the side of their building. This new one isn’t quite finished but it’s a banger so far.

Mural on the wall of tire shop with surfer, Muni bus, Bart train & classic car.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 20/09/2025

The giant blimp hangar at Moffett Field got a new skin, now it looks like something from David Lynch’s Dune movie.

Giant gray blimp hangar under a cloudy sky.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 02/09/2025

OK, these budget cuts have gotten ridiculous.

Tiny (but cute!) EV with “NASA Fire Dept” decal and two household-size fire extinguishers in the back.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 26/07/2025

Kimchi risotto. Don’t you dare judge me.

A bowl of leftover risotto with kimchi mixed in

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 18/07/2025

Been kinda angry jealous at everybody posting they got @kashana.bsky.social’s book in the mail these last couple days - finally got mine today!

Book cover of “The Payback” by Kashana Cauley.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 01/07/2025

This is where you can pick up your NASA bike.

A tan stucco building with a blue sign that reads NASA Bicycle Distribution Facility

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 29/06/2025

Pride, Dolores Park, SF. Love this city.

A man and a woman smiling with a park full of happy people and a gorgeous skyline behind them.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 01/06/2025

I just canceled my climbing gym membership & this the confirmation I got:

Confirmation screen from climbing gym that I canceled my membership. At the bottom of the screen it says, “Selmants, Paul will be terminated on July 1, 2025”.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 29/11/2024

How it’s going:

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 29/11/2024

How it started:

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 20/11/2024

And this! Although it’s barely 90s ..

Cover art from the Breeders 1990 album, “Pod”. Apparently it’s an image of a man performing a fertility dance while wearing a belt of eels, but I would never have figured that out for myself.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 30/10/2024

Ten state ballot propositions and fifteen city/county props. Whew!

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 27/08/2024

Just rode from Mountain View to San Francisco on a brand new electric Caltrain! Super smooth ride, quiet, and FAST. I think they’re still working out the HVAC kinks cuz the nice new roomy cars were a little warm. Overall, 9.99/10 - would recommend.

Inside of a new electric Caltrain car showing destination screen reading “San Antonio Station”

Inside of a new electric Caltrain bike car with bikes on either side and seats with passengers in them.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 11/02/2024

Got together with our two neighbors and replaced our three separate gas water heaters with a single tank split system heat pump water heater. First step toward electrifying our little 3-unit building🔌

External heat pump for split system water heater.

Single shared water heater tank for our three units.

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Paul Selmants @biogeocycle.net · 08/02/2024

Happy belated International Clash Day to those who celebrate.

Black flag with red lettering planted in a black globe. Flag reads “Don’t stop, give it all you got” above the words “Int’l Clash Day ‘24” written across the globe.

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