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A contract wildfire fighter I talk to fairly regularly says one of the greatest risks to forest fire acceleration is if it takes place where there is abundant 'slash' left over from previous sloppy logging. Anyone think this will be done right...

climate change deniers

hella performance...

My annual re reading of all of William Gibson's books, finest storyteller ever in my ranking. Initially knows as the godfather of cyberpunk, he is one hell of a story teller in which plot is everything.

Latest from my friend Mark at Stormsurf: Major El Nino Setting Up with Massive Westerly Wind Burst In Control and Becoming Coupled Large Kelvin Wave #3 Erupting in Ecuador - Another Large Kevin Wave #4 Developing In Nov '25 westerly anomalies associated with Active Phase of the MJO #1 took root...

We run a heavy duty Austin air purifier with medical grade HEPA filter year around, sits in our centrally located LR which has 17' ceilings, does wonders for indoor air quality. Fairly amazed not a single fire burning in Oregon at this time. Chances we remain fire free by the end of July 4th...

hurt feelings creates victimhood, which is something I am allergic to so don't indulge in it. The issue is discussion rather than pontification.

your reflexive response to other folks viewpoints is capitalist social lecturing. You've been dismissive about the work ethic of your own employees while espousing the greatness of Musk and billionaires, lectured on the evils of socialism, swatted up something about a one language society, etc...

a shrinking rock thnx to the 8 billion plus folks on it, and it takes a 1.3M rig to roam around the very few places left to do so? Well, cash those stock options and head on out, Lucy and Desi will be waiting for ya.

Believe Sage built the first S cloth fly rods in the early 80's. S-cloth, initially developed for the military, was a game changer for us in the surfboard world as well as the fly rod world, as both require the ability to flex and return to form, For generations both surfboards and fly rods were...

Cloe's was hired two years ago to make inroads with the religious right on behalf of Anthropic, who well understands the emergence of 'Godless AI' fears, which ironically has been predicted by AI modeling. The quandary Chloe articulates is real, however, as there are no guardrails around AI...

Chloe is a known advocate for faith based AI moral guidance, and the setting for that speech was at a far-right political conference in London funded by big oil, where her faith-centric AI guidance perspective likely resonated. Her speech does, however, make the important point about AI...

our memories = our journey here

In my 20's a gal I was dating talked me into a weekend retreat of existential thinkers in Big Sur. The gal didn't stick, but the words from a wise old guy in his 80's did and made more sense the older I got. "once we accept the inevitability of our own demise, it helps free us from the fear...

a haole living in that tight knit community for two years has gotta have a story behind it...

When turning 50, kids raised and launched, my wife and I quit our jobs to take a life break. Friends thought we were nutz, wife had a plum job nursing job, and I'd just been promoted to VP of Operations at the medical school I had spent the last two decades with, having started as their Chief...

The low profile NRS Vapor, currently on sale at REI, is about as low profile as it gets. An alternative is to go with a jet ski style minimalist PFD.

I'm flying into DC with baby grass carp on a secret mission.