The Excellent Adventure

Big, big thanks to everyone out in Silver Springs & Carson City, NV, who are pitching in to help Mom out. So so so grateful. # RT @changedotorg Vulnerable Nations Make 'Global Survival Pact' | Stop Global Warming | Change.org http://bit.ly/2l7Zf7 # Hit 13,050. Only 4K to go to get back on track. Wish me [...]

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I am so excited! I almost never get to post positive environmental things on this blog. So it is with incredible glee I post this: Brown pelican removed from endangered species list A century-long effort to protect the bird is no longer needed, federal officials say. The brown pelican population, once imperiled by hunters and [...]

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Staying up late, banking some more wordcount against whatever may come tomorrow #NaNoWriMo # 1,725 on top of my 1,690 from earlier. Not a bad wordcount for starting #NaNoWriMo G'night! # Incredibly spiffy diagram of biological scale. Zoom in! http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/ # Holding good thoughts for all my Sun peeps getting cut today. RIF does NOT [...]

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Almost too mundane to blog: Tanker spills oil into San Francisco Bay A mechanical failure during the fueling of a tanker caused an oil spill Friday morning, leaving a two-mile slick south of the Bay Bridge and evoking memories of a much larger spill two years ago. The spill was reported to the Coast Guard [...]

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another nutty day in the making. # RT @symplesolutions: Police log "domestic extremists" http://bit.ly/7A1r9 amazing that some people still don't see what's coming # Can Tom Morello and Co. shut down Gitmo, since Obama won't? http://bit.ly/3jrfp7 #gitmo # RT @worldschooler: Interview on Yi-Tan about unschooling w/ Sandra Dodd and Tammy Takahashi. http://bit.ly/2rKxM GO TAMMY! # [...]

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