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Thursday 26 January 2017

a minute of resistance

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DYK redwood groves are #1 carbon sink / acre in nature? About 200 tons an acre. More redwoods would mean less #climatechange #climate: image via Redwood N&S Parks @RedwoodNPS, 25 January 2017

Any time a redwood moves
a whole lot of world
moves with it.
Sequoia sempervirens
means to stay
a while. After all
it's not called brevivirens, for
example.
The big one out front
sucking up
all those tons
the carbon scum
of the freeway feeder

has survived successive
attacks. One next
door neighbour lops
off as much as
an expensive arborist
can manage, and then
the house
changes hands
and a new
presumptive owner
of this great tree
attacks it again,
the pain
is palpable
in the muted tree talk
among the midlevel tiers.

It is all that's holding
the broken
hillside
together, under
the broken house. 
It doesn't care
about much.
Hates the sound
of chain
saws. Doubtless dislikes the thought
of Drumpf, but not enough
for it to matter
too much
yet. 



This is Klamath Beach Rd. We have all sorts of rd closures because of the rains and slides. Check our park webpage for current conditions.: image via Redwood NandS Parks @RedwoodNPS, 25 January 2017

"The pre-industrial concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million (ppm), As of December 16, 2016, 404.93 ppm.": tweet via BadHombreLands NPS @BadHombreNPS, 25 January 2017

Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years. #climate #facts: tweet via BadHombreLands NPS @BadlandsNPS, 24 January 2017 
   

CAPTION THIS!: image via Badlands Nat'l Park @BadlandsNPS, 24 January 2017


@BadlandsNPS @BadHombreNPS: image via BROKEN Kermit @KermitSoup, 25 January 2017


BREAKING: Statement from @NPCA CEO, Theresa Pierno regarding censorship of comms channels for gov't agencies: image via National Parks News @NPCA, 25 January 2017

Snow covered arches and pinnacles in red sandstone, with snowy mountains in the background

Feel the crisp air. Breathe deep. (cw): image via Arches National Park @ArchesNPS, 25 January 2017

Unlike certain, um, individuals, @ArchesNPS's sandstone formations are *naturally* orange due to the presence of hematite. #science #geology: tweet via BadHombreLands NPS @BadHombreNPS, 25 January 2017



Trump cracked down on environmental agencies, and the Internet fought back: image via The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe, 25 January 2017


I want every shot of the White House for the next four years to be this photo: image via Jack DeVries @jackdrat, 25 January 2017


Because the boundaries are becoming so blurred these days. @Greenpeace handiwork Photo @andyharnik @APimage: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 25 January 2017


Greenpeace unfurls a "resist" banner on a construction crane; "right to life" activist circles downtown Washington DC. #protests
: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 25 January 2017


In the end, resistance was futile. #greenpeace #PresidentTrump: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 25 January 2017




Senate Foreign Relations committee approves Rex Tillerson for secretary of state: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 23 January 2017

 

Senate Foreign Relations committee approves Rex Tillerson for secretary of state: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 23 January 2017

Maggie Haberman: The first few days: a series of tweets
 

Trump told us in our NYT meeting, when I asked him about waterboarding the week after elex, that Mattis had told him it doesn't work.

A few final thoughts on the weekend/first few days. Trump had less than 4 hours sleep on Saturday, when he woke up and, at about 7 am.,
started calling advisers and aides angry about the @BCAppelbaum RT by parks, accusing media of being out to get him. Trump's worst
impulse control is when he's tired or overstretched, or in an uncertain situation. All three took place Saturday. Trump is unable
to let go of any grievance or perceived slight. And he is genuinely transfixed by people thinking his election isn't legit. He is
as his advisers say often, at his most self-destructive when the stakes are high (see post-primary, post-convention, debates) and
has historically been the one who most undercuts himself. He is also driven by desire to be treated seriously/with respect. For the WH
the idea was that people would be around him who knew him or knew DC or could calm him. The more time ppl spend w Trump, the more they
tend to adopt his mindset about how he is treated. Not all aides thought Spicer jeremiad was a bad idea. But all shared view POTUS
was being treated poorly. by press. None could get him to move past the feeling of injury, to focus on the enormity at hand.
BUT POTUS's historic impulse for self-sabotage is almost always countered/overshadowed by his instinct for survival

tweets via Maggie Haberman @maggienyt, 25  January 2017  


Watching @realDonaldTrump talk #NatSec live in #Guantanamo's media room: image via Michelle Shephard @shephardm, 25 January 2017

Wow, this Trump draft order, via @charlie_savage.  Re-opens CIA black sites, more sent to #Gitmo. Reverses last 8 yrs: tweet via Michelle Shephard @shephardm, 25 January 2017

BREAKING: President Trump says intelligence officials have told him torture "absolutely" works: image via CNN Politics @CNNPolitics, 25 January 2017 

Why everybody needs a copy editor: image via Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenberg, 25 January 2017

"We’re in la-la land again"... @shephardm reports from Gitmo on latest weirdness in alleged 9/11 masterminds cases: image via Jim Rankin @Jleerankin, 25 January 2017 


Donald Trump wants to start torturing people to "fight fire with fire": image via Huffington Post, 25 January 2017


Protestors flood NYC’s Washington Square Park to oppose Muslim ban
: image via Huffington Post @Huffington Post, 25 January 2017


Sean Spicer, I've said this to @realDonaldTrump and now I'll tell you: Mexico is not going to pay for that fucking wall. #FuckingWall: image via Vicente Fox Quesada @VicenteFoxQue, 25 January 2017



People are streaming into the park quickly, crowd has become massive at NYC #NoBanNoWall emergency rally @NBCNews: image via Mary Emily O'Hara @MaryEmilyOHara, 25 January 2017


En la marcha de Washington!
: image via Enrique Krauze @EnriqueKrause, 21 January 2017


Tiffany Trump is registered to vote in two states: report: image via The Hill @thehill, 25 January 2017


On the plus side, my driver's license picture turned out great
: image via Carta Monir @CartaMonir, 25 January 2017


Barn, Washington | by austin granger  
Barn, Washington: photo by Austin Granger, 24 January 2017

Barn, Washington | by austin granger

Barn, Washington: photo by Austin Granger, 24 January 2017

Barn, Washington | by austin granger

Barn, Washington: photo by Austin Granger, 24 January 2017

Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

[Untitled, Goldfield, Nevada]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 2 November 2016

Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

[Untitled, Goldfield, Nevada]
: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 2 November 2016


Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

[Untitled, Goldfield, Nevada]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 2 November 2016

2 comments:

Nora said...

I'm glad the roots are holding for now.

TC said...

They're a lot stronger than we are.