US HISTORY: Did you know that 1 out of every 4 #cowboys was Black? Historians now estimate that between 20 to 25% of cowboys in the American West were African American. #AfricanAmerican #History

Black On the Range: African American Cowboys of the 19th century - Rancho Los Cerritos

Black On the Range: African American Cowboys of the 19th century "They numbered thousands, among them many of the best riders, ropers, and wranglers." - The Negro Cowboys by Philip Durham & Everett L....

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KIRITIMATI: My view at dinner time (and breakfast) for the past week and the next week. Almost half-a-month to enjoy this wonderful island and its people. #Kiribati #Kiritimati #ChristmasIsland #Flyfishing

TROUT: Record heat forcing fishing rivers to be closed. #Colorado #Flyfishing #Trout #RockyMountains #HootOwl

“Most of the teams at base camp had already gone home…Why they decided to stay is still opaque, but the consequences were deadly. …an avalanche swept ten climbers down the mountain’s main west-facing gulley, up to a vertical mile…” #BroadPeak #Mountaineering #Alpinism

How Nims Purja’s Broad Peak climb ended in deadly disaster

The mountaineering star and nine other climbers perished in an avalanche in Pakistan's Karakoram. Other expeditions had already left the mountain over concerns about a recent heavy snowfall.

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⚒️ Article: Only about ten percent of organic carbon from thawing Pleistocene permafrost in the Arctic that is buried in marine sediments ends up re-entering the active carbon cycle www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First time in human history Our planet's atmosphere CO2 baseline >420ppm Not just recorded history Not just prehistory Not just 200k years of Homo sapiens Not just 2m years of evolution Before Australopithecus emerged 8m yrs ago Humans have no experience on a planet like this #Climate

In just 100 years, fossil fuel use has more than undone 5000 years of natural cooling It's hotter now than any time in human history Humans have no experience on a planet like this What's more, most of current life on Earth is not adapted to the coming changes

A moderately strong, 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Egypt on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 3 a.m. Eastern European time about 22 miles northeast of Suez, Egypt.

Map: 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Egypt

View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.

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Taber Corn: Best ever. Thank you, Taber!!

Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk@lukaszukab.bsky.social · 3d ago

TABER, your corn is the best, but this billboard that you donated to #ForeverCanadian is even better. Thank you for showing your support for Canadian unity! #ableg #cdnpoli

#Colorado #EstesPark #drought

This goes hard

High-Altitude Avalanche on Broad Peak Kills 10 Climbers, Including Legend Nirmal Purja #14Peaks:NothingIsImpossible #alpineClubOfPakistan #broadPeak #eliteExped #gilgit-baltistan #irfanArshadKhan #karakoram #nirmalPurja #sarahMalloryGeis #wesStreeting #nile1

High-Altitude Avalanche on Broad Peak Kills 10 Climbers, Including Legend Nirmal Purja

A massive avalanche in the Karakoram mountain range of northern Pakistan has claimed the lives of 10 international mountaineers, including world-renowned

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From the Eiger Sanction to North Wales classics, it's always a pleasure to be reminded of the unparalleled work of our late member John Cleare.

Clint Eastwood on the Eiger to Sunsets in the Alps: Our Favorite John Cleare Climbing Photos

A new book tours the archive of an acclaimed British climbing photographer. Here are our favorite shots and the stories behind them.

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Thank you @kkalmes31.bsky.social for your thoughtful posts and advocacy….the world needs more people like you!!

Ms. Kevin@kkalmes31.bsky.social · 4d ago

@onecoolplanet.bsky.social thank you for your follow much appreciated 👋 and thank you for your ocean advocacy 🫂

When this shitshow is over, all the assets of the #Trump family should be seized to pay for the reconstruction of the #USA #BlueWaveIn100Days

This is worth reading: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Anthony Fauci Is Not the Villain in This Story

The doctor was thrust into his pandemic-leadership role because of Trump’s deadly dereliction of duty.

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🥳 Wed Aug 19th Join us for our Anniversary Open House at the Mountain Research Station above Boulder! Guided field trips, hands-on activities, dinner, & seminar by K. Suding. Come for 1 session or stay for the day The FREE tickets are going fast, sign up asap: www.eventbrite.com/e/mountain-r...

Mountain Research Station Anniversary Open House

Celebrate the Mountain Research Station’s 106th anniversary and INSTAAR's 75th at a scenic field science outpost in the Indian Peaks.

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Broad Peak avalanche update….

Four bodies recovered as rescue teams race to search for Nims Purja and others

Elite Pakistani climbers Sirbaz Khan and Sherzad Karim head to Broad Peak Base Camp by helicopter with rescue gear and oxygen.

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To me, this 2023 paper really opens up the idea that “pre-Homo sapiens” hominims were far more capable than we give credit. Seems peer review and critique have withstood the test of time. Fascinating hypothesis. #science #anthropology #archeology

Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago - Nature

Wooden artefacts from waterlogged deposits in Zambia dating back 477 ka indicate hitherto unknown sophistication in woodworking at an early date.

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So who benefits from the USA running low on Patriot missles? Perhaps the son of the President investing in DRONE TECHNOLOGY? Watch for this: “Pentagon announces new drone initiative to replace Patriot Missle system.” #Trump #Grift #MAGA

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last wk.

Regarding munitions: The thing is, the US has plenty of munitions. Just not the high level standoff ones. Those are meant to hit high value targets then allow planes with cheaper munitions to come in. But he’s risk averse and only using the top level stuff for EVERY target. Is risk aversion

From the recent archives: USAID saved lives. It follows almost by definition that abruptly gutting it kills people.

Yes, the Cuts to USAID Have Killed

Elon Musk dismisses the human toll of the Trump administration’s gutting U.S. foreign aid—but it’s real and it’s measurable.

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Let’s see….first, Strait of #Hormuz …next is Bab el Mandeb, …now #Suez Canal. What’s in common? Moving global #oil & #trade. Q: Who in the West would have ever thought this might happen? A: almost everyone Maybe they should have all played the game RISK so they learned geography? #Epstein #Trump

Mike Walker@newnarrative.bsky.social · 6d ago

Egypt’s president warns of regional escalation after port strike www.arabnews.com/node/2652848...

We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.

BROAD PEAK, 8047m, Pakistani Karakoram. #mountaineering #alpinism #climbing #BraodPeak #Pakistan

Updated: Ten Missing, Including Nirmal Purja, After Avalanche on Broad Peak » Explorersweb

An avalanche has swept the upper side of Broad Peak just as a big group was going to the summit. Among the missing is famed Nepalese climber Nims Purja.

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𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻, 𝗼𝗱𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 [via Science.org] 🧪🥼🌎⬜👨‍👧‍👧 “At the same time that Pythagoras was in ancient Greece doing his theorem, we had people here in Amazônia doing geometry” www.science.org/content/arti... #Lidar #discovery #shapes #Amazon #forest

Odd shapes hidden in dense Amazon rainforest reveal sprawling ancient civilization

Newly found earthworks suggest about 3 million people might have lived in just about 3% of the forest’s entire area

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My colleague @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social got some extra photos of newly discovered geoglyphs in the Amazon from the researchers. They estimate there are tens of thousands still to be found. 🧪

Hundreds of never-before-seen ancient ‘earthworks’ discovered in the Amazon

Many of these structures date to around C.E. 100–300, during the time of the Aquiry civilization, and may have been used for ceremonial purposes

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An extensive set of geoglyphs discovered in southwestern Brazil suggests the civilization that lived there nearly 2,000 years ago may have had millions of people. 🧪🏺

Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago

A new lidar survey of dense Amazonian rainforest has revealed hundreds of earthworks made by a mysterious civilization two millennia ago.

livescience.com

Canopy-penetrating LiDAR reveals widespread ancient earthworks in southwestern Amazonia, suggesting the historical presence of a monument-building civilization with a population in the millions! 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

BREAKING: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Kumamoto Prefecture, registering up to "shindo" 7, the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. The weather agency issued a tsunami alert, urging people to stay away from the ocean and the sea shore.

Tsunami alert issued after magnitude 7.1 quake strikes Kumamoto

The quake registered up to shindo 7, the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale.

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