“After the Fire”
Along the PCT through the Cedar Creek fire scar
“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.
“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.
The fir cones are exploding and the birds are happy
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Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members
I’d be a lot happier if we could get annual brain function screenings for Cabinet secretaries.
“Giving the public shares of AI companies” is just another trick to siphon money from the 99.99…% to the billionaires pockets, where it will vanish when those stocks inevitably collapse. Any politician in favor of this nonsense is no populist. The real populist position is to tax the shit out of the billionaires.
“Charlton Lake Morning”
Ant work crew
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Trump wants Gulf countries on the hook for Strait of Hormuz ‘protection’
Nice strait you have there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.
Hummingbird visiting in my back yard today.
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