Wayne Belcher, PhD
@waynerb.bsky.social
Hydrogeologist, Eagle Scout, farm boy.
yeye/yeye/yake
"There's a right way, a wrong way, and the Agency I work for way. "
No DMs unless I know you IRL.
yeye/yeye/yake
"There's a right way, a wrong way, and the Agency I work for way. "
No DMs unless I know you IRL.
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Riots, violence, attacks on people trying to access water, cyber attacks on water systems - around the world battles are being fought over ever scarcer water, while access to water is being used as a weapon of war. Chilling article by @ianjames.bsky.social:
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Violent conflict over water hit a record last year
Violence over water is on the rise worldwide. Researchers counted a record 420 incidents of conflict in 2024, many in Ukraine and the Middle East.
www.latimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Riots, violence, attacks on people trying to access water, cyber attacks on water systems - around the world battles are being fought over ever scarcer water, while access to water is being used as a weapon of war. Chilling article by @ianjames.bsky.social:
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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USAID used to keep the country safer by tackling crises before they spread. Its health and relief work cost less than one percent of the budget yet gave the United States real moral credibility. Once it was shut down, the vacuum let adversaries like Russia and China step in.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
USAID used to keep the country safer by tackling crises before they spread. Its health and relief work cost less than one percent of the budget yet gave the United States real moral credibility. Once it was shut down, the vacuum let adversaries like Russia and China step in.
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This Thanksgiving carries weight. People who served with care were forced to rebuild from nothing. Still their work lives on. Still their service matters. Remember that today. 🦃🌾🍁❤️
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This Thanksgiving carries weight. People who served with care were forced to rebuild from nothing. Still their work lives on. Still their service matters. Remember that today. 🦃🌾🍁❤️
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This is Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s 🤮 legacy.
DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
www.yahoo.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s 🤮 legacy.
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If you bring a copy of the Sexiest Man Alive issue of People to work, just expect it will be messed with.
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you bring a copy of the Sexiest Man Alive issue of People to work, just expect it will be messed with.
Rapids on the Upper Tana (Sagana) River
Rapids Camp Sagana
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Rapids Camp Sagana
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November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Rapids on the Upper Tana (Sagana) River
Rapids Camp Sagana
🇰🇪
Rapids Camp Sagana
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Presenting hats from Adrift Adventures (Moab UT) and river rescue literature from OARS (Vernal UT) to William K. Kinuthia, Secretary General of the Kenya Rafting Federation and his wife Damris Kimuhu (owners/managers of Rapids Camp Sagana).
They gifted us hats and shirts from Rapids Camp.
They gifted us hats and shirts from Rapids Camp.
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Presenting hats from Adrift Adventures (Moab UT) and river rescue literature from OARS (Vernal UT) to William K. Kinuthia, Secretary General of the Kenya Rafting Federation and his wife Damris Kimuhu (owners/managers of Rapids Camp Sagana).
They gifted us hats and shirts from Rapids Camp.
They gifted us hats and shirts from Rapids Camp.
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More, in our podcast interview with Ahmed Tiamiyu and @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The truth about plastic
Podcast Episode · The WATERSHED investigations · 23/11/2023 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
More, in our podcast interview with Ahmed Tiamiyu and @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Illegals bringing in their beeves across the border.
(In actuality a cattle drive in Boulder UT Nov. 2025)
(In actuality a cattle drive in Boulder UT Nov. 2025)
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Illegals bringing in their beeves across the border.
(In actuality a cattle drive in Boulder UT Nov. 2025)
(In actuality a cattle drive in Boulder UT Nov. 2025)
Prepare to Return to Work.
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Prepare to Return to Work.
The House's rejection of continuing ACA subsidies as a CR amendment showed the 7 Democratic Senators' "deal" for what it is: capitulation.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The House's rejection of continuing ACA subsidies as a CR amendment showed the 7 Democratic Senators' "deal" for what it is: capitulation.
My apartment complex has offered shutdown affected Feds the ability to pay their rent in two installments during the month.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My apartment complex has offered shutdown affected Feds the ability to pay their rent in two installments during the month.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
I'm trying to figure out how to divide $0 in two.
Looks like these shenanigans might be over today.
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Today is the federal deadline for states to submit a water management plan for the Colorado River, and negotiations remain deadlocked. Without agreement, it is unclear how the river will be managed after the fall of 2026. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/11/h...
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult
Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in? by Caitlin Ochs, High Country News On the day of a Nov. 11 federal deadline ...
mavensnotebook.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today is the federal deadline for states to submit a water management plan for the Colorado River, and negotiations remain deadlocked. Without agreement, it is unclear how the river will be managed after the fall of 2026. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/11/h...
I just learned that the Secretary of Homeland Security's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem...KLAN.
Seems about right.
Seems about right.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I just learned that the Secretary of Homeland Security's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem...KLAN.
Seems about right.
Seems about right.
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The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I am going to actively work to primary Cortez-Masto and Rosen.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I am going to actively work to primary Cortez-Masto and Rosen.
Apparently Kristi Noem's jets need engines...sold separately.
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Apparently Kristi Noem's jets need engines...sold separately.
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Friends — the last nine and a half months have been frightening. But they have also opened our eyes.
Sunday thought: A beginning
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Friends — the last nine and a half months have been frightening. But they have also opened our eyes.
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
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His "concept" of a Healthcare Plan is finally revealed. It involves eliminating the Insurance Industry & people purchasing their OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE. Unrelated, note his obsessive envy of Obama, historically rated 1 of our finest presidents, who he still believes was born in Kenya.
#sad 🤣
#sad 🤣
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
His "concept" of a Healthcare Plan is finally revealed. It involves eliminating the Insurance Industry & people purchasing their OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE. Unrelated, note his obsessive envy of Obama, historically rated 1 of our finest presidents, who he still believes was born in Kenya.
#sad 🤣
#sad 🤣
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Senate Democrats have a common-sense compromise: Let’s extend the ACA enhanced tax credits at the current levels for a year, and start a bipartisan working group to find real, long-term solutions to our country’s health care crisis.
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Senate Democrats have a common-sense compromise: Let’s extend the ACA enhanced tax credits at the current levels for a year, and start a bipartisan working group to find real, long-term solutions to our country’s health care crisis.
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards