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Joseph Belli

@josephpbelli.bsky.social

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CA-based wildlife biologist working with condors, reptiles & amphibians. Writer, author of "The Diablo Diary" and "Beneath a Black and White Sky: A Year among Condors at Pinnacles National Park" (2024)

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Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · Sep 12

My book is out!

It’s a monthly account of a year inside the condor program at Pinnacles NP. If you’re curious about what it’s like to restore California condors, this book is for you.

Wonderfully illustrated, 40+ photos, all proceeds go to the Pinnacles Condor Fund!

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Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 1d

If they weren’t appalled by the Access Hollywood tape, E. Jean Carroll testimony, teen beauty pageant shenanigans, comments on his own daughter, and what we already know about his association with Epstein, I truly doubt there’s anything in the files that could break that camel’s back.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 1d

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My album is out, available on numerous streaming platforms, and I’m highlighting one track each week!
This is “Walk Away,” about the need to leave a toxic situation.
Just me and a piano.

Walk Away

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Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, placing pop-tarts in the toaster horizontally and then trying to pluck them out barehanded doesn’t exactly scream intellectual prowess.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 2d

Colour me skeptical.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 2d

Most definitely not a pet, nor did I even take this photo of a week-old condor tended to by a parent, taken by a colleague at Pinnacles. (Photo credit Gavin Emmons, NPS).

Week-old California condor tended to by a parent.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 3d

Mist surrounding valley oaks this morning along Pacheco Pass.

Pre-dawn mist shrouds valley oaks in Whiskey Flat along Pacheco Pass.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 3d

“And you want to be my latex salesman…”

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 3d

They should have interviewed Stephane Breitwieser!

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 4d

As far as credibility is concerned, the writer seems to think Michael Conforto still plays for the Giants.

(Yes, I read the entire article, and I feel as if my IQ dropped a few points.)

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 4d

Lindell TV?!?

What, is there some sort of tie-in between a TV station and that shameless grifter’s pillow business?

Maybe their programming is so boring it puts viewers to sleep.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 4d

The 220 requirement cracks me up.

So they’re timing these oafs down to the hundredths of a second as if they’re Usain Bolt!

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 4d

Ditto, and I got 11 years on you.

The 220 requirement cracks me up: they’re timing these oafs (shouldn’t the plural be oaves?) down to the hundredths of a second as if they’re Usain Bolt, FFS?

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 4d

Not really, but a condor (#1027) that hatched in Pinnacles in 2020 has taken up residence in Southern California.

In contrast, no SoCal birds have ever visited Pinnacles, though over the years several have been to Big Sur for a short amount of time.

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Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 4d

Kinda how I felt after seeing Sea Monkeys.

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Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight’s sunset, Pacheco Pass

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 5d

Then Larry shows up, begs to *borrow* AI Chrissy for….”just 15 minutes” while Stanley makes a wisecrack about the muumuu his wife is wearing, breaking character by turning toward the camera and flashing a shit-eating grin.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 6d

A fascinating book; I couldn’t put it down. In fact, it almost made me wanna be an art thief!

Except I’m a klutz with nerves of rubber, a guilty conscience, and an inability to lie convincingly.

Other than that….

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 6d

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Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 6d

In my limited experience with French cuisine, I’ve found the portions so small that the point is moot.

Unless of course the food was so awful you’d literally give it to a dog.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 6d

If the Jays win, instead of going to D.C. to meet the president, they oughta invite Trump to Canada as if buying into that 51st state nonsense, then arrest him!

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 6d

Good point, but if that were to occur it’d be more accurate to label it Artificial Unintelligence.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 6d

If Lindsey were canine he’d roll over and piss all over himself in submission to Trump.

Among all the other sycophants and brown-nosers in Trump’s orbit, Lindsey reigns supreme. If ass-kissing was an Olympic event, Lindsey would be its Michael Phelps.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like Time Magazine might want to take that headline back (“His Triumph”).

But the cover photo will never go away.

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Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 8d

Silly me.
I believed one of the greatest benefits of being filthy rich wasn’t owning a sprawling ranch stocked with zebras, or having a pet anteater, but simply never having to kiss anyone’s ass.
Then there’s this guy, Musk, Zuck, & Bezos, puckering up to this sh*tstain of a man.

Joseph Belli @josephpbelli.bsky.social · 8d

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My album is out!
Here’s the second track, an old-school country song I wrote about the consequences of one’s choices in life.
It features some sweet viola (Will Ehlert) and pedal steel (Steve French).
I’m on piano & vocals.

Midnight Hit Me Hard

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