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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Soviet Army instructions demonstrating how to wear a pigeon vest, c. 1937

Historical black-and-white illustration showing how carrier pigeons were transported: a pigeon in a small cloth bag, a soldier carrying a pigeon in a specially designed pouch, and another soldier carrying several pigeons in a harness. The bottom illustration shows a portable frame designed to carry multiple pigeons.

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BrowseTheStacks @browsethestacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Batman Meets Columbo: World's Greatest Detectives Art by Colin Cracker

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Luna Lapidary @lunalapidary.com · 29/09/2026

I also have a bunch of fused glass pendants using cabochons from @nora.zone . When I was teaching myself how to do netting wraps, their fused glass cabs were perfect test subjects. This one is not a netting wrap, but almost all of the other ones are. www.lunalapidary.com/product/auro...

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Aurora Borealis

A fused glass cabochon from Nora Reed Designs, wrapped in silver plated copper wire. An adjustable leather cord is included, or you can purchase a chain from the Chains section of the store.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is 4 for £1.00.

Sign in a Clacton charity shop which reads Books 99p each. Fact based books 4 for £1.00

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Groundwater/seepage and vegetation response. We (by "we" I mean a loose-knit network of sciency teams, land/water management agencies, and consultants) have network of groundwater monitoring wells in this stretch of the river, and vegetation plots with long term monitoring records.

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Hannah Weinberger @trailanderror.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Spelling it “Ŵâshîngtôn” so people know we have more mountains than D.C.

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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New Mexico rare birds never cease to amaze — South Polar Skua at 7000 feet elevation, eating trout 🤯 ebird.org/checklist/S3...

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Jonathan Thompson at the Land Desk @landdesk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

With Lake Powell reaching its lowest level since 1968 (when it was still being filled), I dive into the hydropower implications as it approaches minimum power pool (i.e. de facto dead pool). www.landdesk.org/p/glen-canyo...

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Glen Canyon Dam hydropower: What's it good for?

Plus: A deeper look at the West's energy mix

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I work at the intersection of the climate and biodiversity crises, so I especially value actions that support adaptation and mitigation AND conservation, e.g.,: Expanding urban tree canopy, green roofs, rain gardens, etc. to mitigate heat and flooding, sequester carbon, and provide habitat.

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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

As a Supreme Court settlement forces New Mexico to reduce water use on the Rio Grande, local stakeholders are seeking a collaborative solution. My latest in @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1907202...

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The Clock Is Ticking for New Mexico to Cut Rio Grande Water Use - Inside Climate News

For now, the state is counting on voluntary cuts among vegetable and pecan farmers. But that might not be enough.

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Luis Villa @lu.is · 19/07/2026

The information world PageRank created was a pretty nice one in a lot of ways. It also was not a natural law. It was created by humans, ruined by humans, and will be replaced by humans. We can try to participate in that or we can sit it out.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The last time Lake Mead and Lake Powell had this little water in them combined, Lake Powell didn't exist yet. Meaning all the water was in Lake Mead. Harrowing stuff. www.inkstain.net/2026/07/a-gr... via @jfleck.bsky.social

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A grim Colorado River milestone

On Sunday, the Colorado River passed a grim milestone. Total combined storage in Lake Mead and Lake Powell dropped to a historic low. It was my Wilburys colleague Jack Schmidt who noticed the miles…

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

So is part of the "yikes" that this is so far out of the envelope of past experience that we have no idea of how the teleconnections will play out?

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

There are growing indications that large, intense, & perhaps record-breaking mid-atmospheric high pressure system (aka a "heat dome") will develop somewhere between Rockies & Central Plains by mid-Jul. This could bring a widespread & severe heatwave across much of the U.S.

Map from ECMWF ensemble showing predicted 500mg GPH anomalies in mid-July. A massive ridge is depicted, centered near Colorado but extending from California to the Ohio River Valley.

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Data source: reyes.gsanalysis.com (with 2026 from weekly emailed reports sent 'round to the local water managers)

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River Eyes Monitoring Program

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Currently 85 miles of river drying on New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande. a) That's a lot. b) We literally pay people to go out and look at the river every quarter of a mile (? I think this is the right spacing. ?) to see if the river is dry. What a weird job.

Column chart showing maximum extent of annual drying on New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande since 2002. 2026 is the highest column on the chart at 85 miles.

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Also consumptively use x percent less water (I need to do the math to determine the value of "x", but the back of my envelope says 90-plus percent less).

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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I interviewed author @jfleck.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org about his new book "Ribbons of Green." We talked about why this history matters. "Right now, in Albuquerque, we’re at a very similar juncture to where we were 100 years ago," Fleck said. insideclimatenews.org/news/2606202...

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A New Book Tells the Story of Albuquerque Through the Rio Grande - Inside Climate News

In “Ribbons of Green,” John Fleck and Robert Berrens examine the institutions that turned a rural valley into modern Albuquerque. Their new history comes as the city contends with a drying Rio Grande.

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Chuck Arning @arning.com · 21/06/2026

My 06/21/26 postcard features a cormorant we found perched on a sun-bleached log at Tingley Beach. Standing motionless above the water, it seemed completely at ease, watching for fish with a calm, attentive gaze. #Albuquerque

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Luis Villa @lu.is · 09/06/2026

Bookshop.org is amazing because they build software for public good without accepting compromise: it has to be every bit as good as the alternatives. So I regret to inform that if you excitedly pre-order a friend’s book, Bookshop will happily let you do that repeatedly without a warning 😂

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

It’s telling that even @jfleck.bsky.social is burning out in Colorado River Basin dysfunction & is turning his “attention to the local level, which is where the problem solving responsibility seems to rest right now.” Gulp. 🚰🚱🥃🔫🌊

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Only bollards can deliver this much happiness. #WorldBollardAssociation

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Available from UNM Press, online retailers, and at Bookworks tonight for a book talk with the authors! www.unmpress.com/978082636968...

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy Pub Day to John Fleck and Robert Berrens, authors of Ribbons of Green: The Rio Grande and the Making of Modern Albuquerque, which explores how Albuquerque built its environment to create a valley floor that its residents have come to adore and how, in a climate-altered world, we might keep it.

Book cover of Ribbons of Green: The Rio Grande and the Making of Modern Albuquerque, by John Fleck and Robert Berrens. A new book from UNM Press.

Newx to the cover is a blurb about the book: “Envisioning the Rio Grande’s future in a warming world means reckoning with the past. Fleck and Berrens delve into the historic systems and rules that shape the river as it flows—and sometimes dries—through Albuquerque today. And they help us all consider the collective action river governance requires.”—Laura Paskus, author of At the Precipice: New Mexico's Changing Climate

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Oh whaddaya know, our video for “Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds” is out. Directed by my old friend Tim Kirk (Room 237) — Tim Is the best and I love how this came together youtu.be/7PEJmPTIzqk?...

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the Mountain Goats - Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by the Mountain Goats

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It was June! The story does a good job of explaining the rain-on-snow part. And that was before we had a permanent gage there. This was the days when someone went out and measured flood stage! We don't even think about "flood stage" any more.

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Mount St. Helens Archive @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

May 18, 1980 | 8:32 a.m. The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens. Weakened critically, the north face bulge collapses outward. Within seconds, a pyroclastic density surge bursts through the disintegrating slope. The clock strikes zero.

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Chuck Arning @arning.com · 18/05/2026

My 05/18/26 postcard is a fairy scene tucked into a yard along Solano, built against the base of a tree like a hidden doorway into another world. The tiny blue door, mushrooms, glass stones, and fairies transformed a patch of dirt into something that felt halfway between a garden and a storybook.

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JBV @jverheul.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Looks like an orange slice in his right hand as he holds the bars with just his pinkie on that side.

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The bike rides are there, but kinda hiding out, you have to know where to look. :-)

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Friends of Inkstain John Berggren and Kevin Wheeler suggest a new widget for moving around Colorado River water that's one of those things that's got obvious advantages, it's simply archaic rules standing in the way: www.inkstain.net/2026/05/the-...

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The Utility of Operationally Neutral and Flexible Conservation Pools in the Colorado River Basin

Nota bene: A guest post from friends of Inkstain John Berggren and Kevin Wheeler John Berggren (Regional Policy Manager, Western Resource Advocates) Kevin Wheeler (Principle, Water Balance Consulti…

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ivo Pannaggi, My Mother Reading the Newspaper, c. 1922 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…

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John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

What that newspaper graph says about the arc of my adult life. Yow. I viewed what I was doing as a contribution to the commons. And it was! Now I pay $20 a month to newspapers dot com for access to my own life's work.

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Matthew Hurteau @mhurteau.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This is a perfect example of a fire where we should NOT risk human life to suppress. This area has seen lots of fire. This fire will probably clean up a bunch of heavy fuel from the W-B. Upwind of this fire are a whole bunch more fire footprints.

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