Earthquake Sensing Animals

High overcast and turning a little crisp this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — despite the right now scene, earlier in the day was sunny, nice and warm, making for a comfortable respite from chilly winter. Today’s domestic news item hasn’t happened as of this writing — Joe Biden’s SOTU speech scheduled in…

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Balloons Of Sad — Ben Affleck Muses

Sunshine and chilly this late afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley –we had some rain last night and a bit this morning, but the day turned out beautiful, though, a bit on the cold side. Supposedly, we’re forecast for much of the same the next few days with a smattering of our seasonal shitty…

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Republicans Freak Show In Full MAGA-Clown Costume: ‘Circus Has Already Come To Town’

Quiet on a Monday evening. Except in the crazy corner of the country — inhabitants of the reality asylum: All this horrible shit just might be a really good spin for Democrats as the mass of Americans has rejected Republican/MAGA bullshit the last three elections. And if GOPer-assholes keep it up, it will not only…

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State-Of-The-Climate For The New Year — Just More Melting Of Our One-And-Only Ice Cream Cone

A tight, chilly wind near sunset in California’s Central Valley this Sunday, drawing close to the end of another gorgeous day in a week-long respite from those ghastly atmospheric rivers. It’s been a time of drying out for our state and of counting the loss and the dry of a ‘whiplash weather’ pattern set to…

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Tweet Of The Moment And The Right-About Now Immediate Future

Beyond insane, climate-changed influenced weather, crazy-ass, mean-nasty Republicans, and general, overall stress and anxiety, now there comes Artificial intelligence (AI) to wrack our dwindling sensibilities. Quick definition of AI (SAS): ‘Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks. Most AI examples that you…

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Climate Change And The Future: 2024 ‘Likely To Be Off The Chart As The Warmest Year On Record’ Due To El Niño This Year

Overcast and thick looking this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — no rain right now, but we’ve had a shitload of the stuff the last several days to do a while, During a heavy-wet storm earlier in the afternoon, there was included some thunder and lightning — an unusual occurrence for us. Not…

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California ‘Weather Whiplash’ And Climate Change — Rain

Rain and wind this Saturday morning here in California’s Central Valley — a familiar story for weeks now — and an even-bigger storm is expected later today. Forecasts call for a kind of letting-up respite of all this wet shit maybe the middle of next week. If nothing else, a welcome sign. My kids have…

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Weather Future As Now — ‘We Are Already Experiencing The Devastating Consequences Of Our Warming World’

(Artwork: ‘The Deluge,’ by Bill Russell, and found here). Quickly-darkening skies from the west this Tuesday morning here in California’s Central Valley as we await another deluge in a seemingly endless series of rainstorms to drown out real life on the west coast — creeks overflowing, roads closed, forced evacuations, weather-related horror stories continue. An…

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Rain (Yes, Again) — ‘Human-Caused Climate Change Is An Extreme Disruption Of The Earth System’

Rain and more rain made wet-worse by swirling wind — a set pattern this mid-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley. The seemingly never-ending storms continue unabated and are part of our natural future days. Today and this week appear much the same: Details via NPR just shortly ago: Another powerful winter storm system is…

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