The latest from the fuckwit-in-chief: Trump says Canada will face tariffs over wildfire smoke, claiming ‘willful negligence’

Pretty rich, coming as it does from a major climate change denialist and promoter of planet-warming fossil fuel usage. But then understanding cause & effect is hard.

“Spencer Butte”

View from the new trail at South Eugene Meadows.

view across a grassy field to a forested hill

Trump’s teleprompter operator on unpaid leave for alleged prediction market bets on Trump speeches

Finally, we see a limit to the amount of corruption the White House is comfortable with.

I assume this is because he didn’t cut Trump in for a share of the winnings.

“After the Fire”

Along the PCT through the Cedar Creek fire scar

dead pines against a bright blue sky with white clouds

“Round Meadow”

Hiking south of Charlton Lake you suddenly come to this clearing in otherwise solid forest. I have no idea why it exists, but it’s been there long enough to have a name & be on the maps.

big grassy area surrounded by trees

“PCT”

A section of the Pacific Crest Trail where it crosses the burn scar from the 2022 Cedar Creek Fire. It’s going to be a long while before this stretch is in forest again.

trail crossing a rocky sandy landscape

The fir cones are exploding and the birds are happy

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