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Ryan M
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Birder. Northern California Native plant gardener. Fujifilm. GIS professional. Geologist. AvGeek.
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Here’s Japan’s ~M7.6 earthquake signal from my home seismometer #Earthquake #RaspberryShake
A seismograph showing a strong seismic signal between Japan and Northern California
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Today’s West Canada (near Southeast Alaska) M7 earthquake was clearly recorded on my RaspberryShake #Earthquake #RaspberryShake
A RaspberryShake app screen capture showing a clear seismic signal for the M7 Western Canada/Southeastern Alaska earthquake. The seismometer is located in Northern California.
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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X-Plane 12.3 and Little NavMap: Using Historical Weather: https://www.distortions.net/2025/12/06/xplane-and-little-navmap-using.html

A classic “How-to” on use of X-Plane 12.3’s historical weather with Little NavMap #XPlane #FlightSimulator
A screen capture showing that Little NavMap's Weather->Airport Weather Source is set to Flight Simulator. Other sources are unset or unchecked. A screen capture showing that Little NavMap's Weather->Wind Source is set to Flight Simulator (X-Plane Only). Other sources are unset or unchecked. A screen capture of X-Plane 12.3 showing that Real-World Weather is set to "Conditions as of 7 days ago" with both "Real-world weather" and "Use sim time, not real time" checked. The time of day is set to November 29, 7:43 local or 15:43 UTC. "Track real-world date and time" is unchecked. A macOS Finder listing of weather data newer than November 29. These files, beginning with GRIB and metar and ending with the dates, need to be deleted after setting X-Plane 12.3 to a historical date.
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Sunset tonight #Sunset #CAWx
High altitude clouds reflect bright orange to light pink of s sunset beyond dry gravelly area with an overhanging tree, a fence, and an elevated freeway where the guardrails & a car is silhouetted.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Fun Great Basin fact: during Oligocene time, one of the most explosive volcanic eruptions in Earth's history occurred in what is now a lonely valley in western Utah about 50 miles southeast of Great Basin National Park.
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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you can throw them billions of dollars in subsidies to rebuild their economy and as soon as the other side whispers "woke" at them, they'll abandon you in favor of billionaire grifters who are taking their health care away to pay for enormous tax cuts and deficit-financed immigrant prison camps.
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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A raven. #Raven #BirdPhotography #Birds #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #SOoC
A photo of a raven from the front, as its perched on the tip of a bare branch. Its stark black feathers stand out agaist a blue sky. Its beak is slightly open, almost as if it's saying something. There's a glint in its left eye.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM