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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Is this what it was like back when Degas and Monet were doing their thing?

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is a wild forecast cone, and certainly brought to us in part by capitalist-driven climate change.

Daniel Rothberg @danielrothberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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"Who bears the burden?" A trial in Colorado could determine the fate of a groundwater management plan in the San Luis Valley. Interviews here capture how different outcomes can be over *who* gets water based on approaches using a fee vs. a cap vs. state cuts. insideclimatenews.org/news/0410202...

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A Colorado Water Trial Could Decide the Future of an Agricultural Valley - Inside Climate News

The San Luis Valley’s proposed plan to reduce groundwater pumping could restore its depleted aquifer, but it comes at a steep cost to farmers and an agricultural economy already under strain.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As the California heatwave slowly fades, a fairly dramatic change in the pattern now appears increasingly likely over the coming weekend into next week. An early-season trough may "phase" with the remnants of Hurricane Rachel, drawing it more directly into SoCal. [Short thread]

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I may indirectly benefit by having project partners that are better able to participate in travel and conferences due to support received from this fund.

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For full transparency: (a) I am in this program, (b) I will not apply to or directly benefit from this fund, and (c) I have donated to this fund. Had I the the ability, I would fully fund this myself: My classmates are earnest, talented, hard-working, and eminently worthy of your time and support.

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

UC Davis Environmental Policy & Management Program is seeking support for their Experiential Learning Fund! This fund is used to help cover travel, registration, and associated costs directly related to hands on environmental work. giveto.ucdavis.edu/schools/Univ...

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Environmental Policy and Management Experiential Learning Fund

Join us this month and support the Environmental Policy and Management program.

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UC Agriculture & Natural Resources @ucanr.edu · 06/10/2026

Kristin Dobbin, with UC Cooperative Extension at UC Berkeley, who was not involved in the report, called the analysis “extremely important.” The finances behind drinking water are “not something we’ve had a big picture view on across the country before." insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

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Water Bills Surged More Than Other Costs in US Homes Over 10 Years, a ‘Striking’ New Report Shows - Inside Climate News

The price of water increased faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income, nonprofit Food & Water Watch found in a new analysis.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.]

Model-relative sea surface temperature anomalies for November 2026–January 2027. The supplied grid is displayed without added smoothing or coastal filling. Beige marks land and gray marks missing ocean values. The main colour scale spans -2 to +10°F, with white at zero. Hot pink marks anomalies above +10°F. This map does not establish an operational ENSO category.

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Holy moly, Westing Game is such an excellent memory, I haven't thought of that in years.

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I could forgive the terminal un-rizz were it coupled with any sort of reasonable governing ethos or at least organizational competence, but I'm not seeing it. If all he's got is "not R," thats pretty thin beer. CA needs to up its game.

Also, lmfao, @falselogic.bsky.social you and I are on the same brain wave this evening 😂

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These fucking Mod Dems, I swear...

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Look, I'm as excited for the midterms as the next Normal'n'Sane® Person, but my text message shouldn't have to look like this:

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Goddammit, leginfo did NOT need to shit the bed today of all fucking days of the legislative year 🧂🧂🧂

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Guardian using the word "rumbustious" to describe former Reichsfuhrer Noem's tenure in an article about her recently filed for divorce is an *excellent* use of language given The Context.

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mmm, cast-iron made corn bread soaked in a tall glass of ice-cold buttermilk...

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I like to think this is about actual corn bread, and not corn cake.

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Erica Cioffi @ericacioffi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) disproportionately contribute to global productivity and fisheries. We looked at response of phytoplankton to climate change in these regions and found that productivity declines in 25% of the area, which would impact livelihoods of coastal communities.🌊

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Beyond wind-induced upwelling: diverse drivers of future productivity in eastern boundary upwelling systems

Abstract. Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) contribute disproportionately to global marine productivity and fisheries, yet their response to climate change remains poorly understood. Given the...

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As a fond aficionado and practitioner of various American aphorisms, colloquialisms, and idioms--and as a person with a very crowded and often chaotic calendar--this tracks.

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This reminds me I had a killer tomato and green chile and curry soup recipe in my early twenties that kicked ass and is now lost to the mists of time...

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This coulda been battery/solar. Billionaires literally stealing the future.

Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Straight up museum quality posting.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026

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Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.

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Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care

California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.

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Abso-fucking-lutely. CA has done as well as it has *in spite* of Newsom's inconsistent and unreliable governance by relying on the patterns and norms established by Jerry Brown.

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Exactly, perfect for Dem chair, lmfao

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I'll give him that he's a decent campaigner. Give him Dem party chairmanship as consolation prize. If it was good enough for Howard Dean, its good enough for Gavin. But dear God, keep him away from anything with actual governing responsibility.

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Chasing Cirrus @drymeadow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyone whos done gov affairs in CA for any time in the last 8 years knows that Newsom loves to fuck over the poors. It happens every. fucking. year. His only talent is hiding it just enough. If he doesn't fail the primary, he'll fuck over everything left of Murkowski for the rest of US history.

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And it seems like the vast majority of them work in HR, where they present HR initiatives with negative effects on benefits and morale as "benefitting the majority" and "what staff asked for in surveys."