☘️🧉🎨 Maria O'Connor 💙
@mariaoconnor.bsky.social
Avid reader captivated by human evolution, art, anthropology and sciences in general. Interested in fighting poverty & pseudo-science. I don't answer messages, except if I know the person.
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We just started a project converting a state property in Riverside into 150 affordable housing units for low-income Californians.
Whether it's transforming state land or repealing NIMBY roadblocks, we're using an all-of-the-above mindset to take on the housing crisis.
Whether it's transforming state land or repealing NIMBY roadblocks, we're using an all-of-the-above mindset to take on the housing crisis.
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We just started a project converting a state property in Riverside into 150 affordable housing units for low-income Californians.
Whether it's transforming state land or repealing NIMBY roadblocks, we're using an all-of-the-above mindset to take on the housing crisis.
Whether it's transforming state land or repealing NIMBY roadblocks, we're using an all-of-the-above mindset to take on the housing crisis.
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Today’s Gender Equity Summit left me energized and hopeful! We took an honest look at the digital world shaping our kids’ futures.
I’m grateful for the leaders, thinkers, and lawmakers who showed up ready to rethink who builds our online spaces and how we keep our people safe.
I’m grateful for the leaders, thinkers, and lawmakers who showed up ready to rethink who builds our online spaces and how we keep our people safe.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Today’s Gender Equity Summit left me energized and hopeful! We took an honest look at the digital world shaping our kids’ futures.
I’m grateful for the leaders, thinkers, and lawmakers who showed up ready to rethink who builds our online spaces and how we keep our people safe.
I’m grateful for the leaders, thinkers, and lawmakers who showed up ready to rethink who builds our online spaces and how we keep our people safe.
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Small businesses are central to California’s economic strength and cultural identity. When we shop local, we’re investing in our neighbors, in the character of our communities, and in the economic strength that makes our Golden State unique.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Small businesses are central to California’s economic strength and cultural identity. When we shop local, we’re investing in our neighbors, in the character of our communities, and in the economic strength that makes our Golden State unique.
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As a close-to-the-week timeline cleanse, here is a shot of 20 fisherpeople enjoying their morning today on the Jersey Shore.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
As a close-to-the-week timeline cleanse, here is a shot of 20 fisherpeople enjoying their morning today on the Jersey Shore.
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Happy Monday! It's a new week! We had a quiet sunrise today but even more notable was the complete absence of waves – it looked more like a pond than an ocean. Tap and turn horizontal for full size and stereo. I hope you have a great day!
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy Monday! It's a new week! We had a quiet sunrise today but even more notable was the complete absence of waves – it looked more like a pond than an ocean. Tap and turn horizontal for full size and stereo. I hope you have a great day!
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Happy Wednesday! It's almost Thanksgiving! We had cloudy conditions today so I can share the second place photo in coffee shop voting yesterday with that same amazing sky but this time looking a bit south. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy Wednesday! It's almost Thanksgiving! We had cloudy conditions today so I can share the second place photo in coffee shop voting yesterday with that same amazing sky but this time looking a bit south. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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Happy Thanksgiving! Seven members of our coffee klatch gathered to connect together before we went our separate ways today, and they voted for this photo looking slightly north taken 8 minutes before sunrise. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Seven members of our coffee klatch gathered to connect together before we went our separate ways today, and they voted for this photo looking slightly north taken 8 minutes before sunrise. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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Happy Black Friday! We had super clean skies with nothing but a small cloud layer at the water surface for our golden sunrise this morning. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day – happy shopping!
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Happy Black Friday! We had super clean skies with nothing but a small cloud layer at the water surface for our golden sunrise this morning. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day – happy shopping!
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For a TL cleanse, here's an incredible collection of starlings I saw last night doing their nightly murmuration – multiple and ever-changing flight groupings to warm them for their sleep. Definitely tap and turn horizontal to see this in full screen – it's mesmerizing!
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For a TL cleanse, here's an incredible collection of starlings I saw last night doing their nightly murmuration – multiple and ever-changing flight groupings to warm them for their sleep. Definitely tap and turn horizontal to see this in full screen – it's mesmerizing!
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Happy Saturday! We had a mostly clear sky today but some low clouds provided a nice curtain for the sun to emerge from as it rose this morning. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy Saturday! We had a mostly clear sky today but some low clouds provided a nice curtain for the sun to emerge from as it rose this morning. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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Death as the great equaliser? - A cultural-historical approach to #Neanderthal / #HomoSapiens funeral customs:
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
Archaeologists May Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Burial Ground
The 100,000-year-old site contains the remains of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Death as the great equaliser? - A cultural-historical approach to #Neanderthal / #HomoSapiens funeral customs:
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
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Water Lilies - 1907
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11005
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11005
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Water Lilies - 1907
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11005
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11005
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Penstemon angustifolius var. angustifolius
(Broadbeard Penstemon) blooming in Fremont Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
(Broadbeard Penstemon) blooming in Fremont Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Penstemon angustifolius var. angustifolius
(Broadbeard Penstemon) blooming in Fremont Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
(Broadbeard Penstemon) blooming in Fremont Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
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Hoffmannseggia glauca, our uncommon Indian Rushpea, blooming in the Higbee cemetery #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 27 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 27 🌿
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hoffmannseggia glauca, our uncommon Indian Rushpea, blooming in the Higbee cemetery #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 27 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 27 🌿
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A frazzled Northern Cardinal male (there was a begging juvenile cardinal a few branches away) 🪶 🌿
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A frazzled Northern Cardinal male (there was a begging juvenile cardinal a few branches away) 🪶 🌿
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The cold has come so these Pokeweed are looking a little sorry. But that fruit is ready for the birds to fill up against the chill.
#NativePlants 🌿
#NativePlants 🌿
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The cold has come so these Pokeweed are looking a little sorry. But that fruit is ready for the birds to fill up against the chill.
#NativePlants 🌿
#NativePlants 🌿
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Anthropogenic Global Warming, Climate Extremes, Habitat Loss, Zoonotic Diseases, Fossil Fuel Pollution, & Health 🧵
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action
Despite the initial hope inspired by the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is now dangerously
close to breaching its target of limiting global multiyear mean heating to 1·5°C.
Annual mean surface temper...
www.thelancet.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Anthropogenic Global Warming, Climate Extremes, Habitat Loss, Zoonotic Diseases, Fossil Fuel Pollution, & Health 🧵
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Did you feel today's earthquake in Perth & Kinross? help our scientists gather contextual data seismic events by sharing what you experienced via our felt report questionnaire:
earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/questionnair...
earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/questionnair...
BGS Earthquake Questionnaire
The British Geological Survey provides up-to-date information
on recent and historical earthquakes, educational resources, and seismic hazard services
earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Did you feel today's earthquake in Perth & Kinross? help our scientists gather contextual data seismic events by sharing what you experienced via our felt report questionnaire:
earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/questionnair...
earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/questionnair...
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Been looking for her and her husband’s mineral collection, if anyone has any info. #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪
Mary Somerville, Queen of Science. paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/m...
Mary Somerville, Queen of Science.
Mary Somerville, née Mary Fairfax, was born on December 26, 1780, in Jedburgh Scotland. She has been called “Queen of Nineteenth Century Science.” She was also the first Engli…
paleonerdish.wordpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Been looking for her and her husband’s mineral collection, if anyone has any info. #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪
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Yeah, it's true. ⚒️🌍
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Yeah, it's true. ⚒️🌍
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How was it possible to have 8 geology-related jobs in a bit over a year in the 1980s?
Graduated and returned to Topo Mapping I had been doing summers with USGS (1)
Went to private cartography company (2), hated it, begged for old job back and got it(3).
Graduated and returned to Topo Mapping I had been doing summers with USGS (1)
Went to private cartography company (2), hated it, begged for old job back and got it(3).
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
How was it possible to have 8 geology-related jobs in a bit over a year in the 1980s?
Graduated and returned to Topo Mapping I had been doing summers with USGS (1)
Went to private cartography company (2), hated it, begged for old job back and got it(3).
Graduated and returned to Topo Mapping I had been doing summers with USGS (1)
Went to private cartography company (2), hated it, begged for old job back and got it(3).