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Tim 🇬🇱
@timrote.bsky.social
Climate refugee living in reality in the PNW

Retired from serving the People of America as a California Public Defender (Trial lawyer) for 25 years.

Rescue Dogs are the best.

I post pictures and videos for fun.

Momento Mori
Resist
Pinned
This is the fundamental conflict of our time.

Resist any who don’t respect the right to exist.
Don’t feed the fears.
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
M
Caal
December 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Did anyone in congress voice an objection to Trump’s declaration of war against Venezuela?

Anyone?
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
California Dreaming on such a winter’s day…..
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The #sunset over Channel Islands National Park taken from the #California coast.
#NationalPark #photography
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Your 'doom quote' for today:

"... our window of opportunity has closed, and a catastrophic die-off of human population is just beginning."

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801000...
Confronting Collapse by Michael C. Ruppert: 9781603582995 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The book that inspired the movie Collapse. The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilizati...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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For all the 'volcanoes produce more CO2 than humans' CFM's out there ...
In 1991 Mt Pinatubo spewed out 50 MILLION TONNES OF CO₂!!

That's a ridiculously MASSIVE amount!
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A couple of birds and some flowers were hanging around the Newport, CA pier.
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The tide pools in Corona Del Mar, CA
#flowers #beach #photography
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“The day is lonely today. And the world is crazy. I wonder whether it will ever be sane again.

Probably not."

—John Steinbeck
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Look around you. Do you see policies being implemented at scale? Do you see the end of investment into new fossil energy? Do you see phasing out of existing fossil infrastructure? Do you see massive renewables deployment and the lowering of demand for energy and materials?

You do not.

3/n
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A tiny shorebird on the hunt on Newport Beach, CA
#bird #nature #photography
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A willet sneezing on Newport Beach, #CA
#bird #nature #photography
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

Based on the current forecast for the rest of the year, it's looking like 2025 will likely end up being the 3rd warmest year in the last 120,000+ years:

2023: 1.48°C
2024: 1.60°C
2025 (thru Dec. 7): 1.47°C

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows
Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Last night’s #sunset reflecting off the windows of houses in Laguna Beach, CA
#california #photography
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tonight’s #sunset in Newport #Beach #California
#photography
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Newport Harbor at #sunset.
#California #photography
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Osprey on a power pole.
#bird #wildlife #photography
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
California sunrise - 12/6/25
#photography #OrangeWater
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Last night’s moonrise.
#moon #photography
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A better Super #Moon #photo from last night
#photography
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tonight’s full moon.
#photography
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM