Joseph Belli
@josephpbelli.bsky.social
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)
Seems to me you’re gonna want a ceiling when you’ve got a president flying a plane and dumping shit on everyone below!
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Seems to me you’re gonna want a ceiling when you’ve got a president flying a plane and dumping shit on everyone below!
Though I can’t provide any humorous anecdotes, endangered San Joaquin kit foxes have been thriving (despite an epidemic of sarcoptic mange) within the city limits of Bakersfield, where their population density is even higher than in surrounding natural habitat.
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Though I can’t provide any humorous anecdotes, endangered San Joaquin kit foxes have been thriving (despite an epidemic of sarcoptic mange) within the city limits of Bakersfield, where their population density is even higher than in surrounding natural habitat.
Mountain lion
California condor
Blunt-nosed leopard lizard
Western black-headed snake
Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
California condor
Blunt-nosed leopard lizard
Western black-headed snake
Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Mountain lion
California condor
Blunt-nosed leopard lizard
Western black-headed snake
Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
California condor
Blunt-nosed leopard lizard
Western black-headed snake
Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
Next time I’m accused of overstating someone else’s talent, I’ll simply say “I Walter Isaacsoned it.”
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Next time I’m accused of overstating someone else’s talent, I’ll simply say “I Walter Isaacsoned it.”
And there better be a full stick of butter in that buttermilk carton— no margarine.
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
And there better be a full stick of butter in that buttermilk carton— no margarine.
I’ve taken to calling him Groks*cker.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I’ve taken to calling him Groks*cker.
You’re right! (Gm?)
I wondered about that as soon as I hit “reply!”
Good catch!
I wondered about that as soon as I hit “reply!”
Good catch!
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You’re right! (Gm?)
I wondered about that as soon as I hit “reply!”
Good catch!
I wondered about that as soon as I hit “reply!”
Good catch!
No idea who the magician might be, but I’m betting he’s never wanted to make himself disappear as much as he does now.
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
No idea who the magician might be, but I’m betting he’s never wanted to make himself disappear as much as he does now.
Guess it’s time to play “The Final Countdown” in a minor key.
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Guess it’s time to play “The Final Countdown” in a minor key.
That’s okay; everybody makes mistakes.
Don’t be too hard-on yourself!
Don’t be too hard-on yourself!
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
That’s okay; everybody makes mistakes.
Don’t be too hard-on yourself!
Don’t be too hard-on yourself!
“Over-reliance on Earth.”
What a bizarre, hubristic statement.
What a bizarre, hubristic statement.
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“Over-reliance on Earth.”
What a bizarre, hubristic statement.
What a bizarre, hubristic statement.
Waiting at the dealership while they work on your car.
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Waiting at the dealership while they work on your car.
Funny how he brags about how busy he is yet finds the time to pen a long, whiny screed like this.
He has the self awareness of an opossum.
He has the self awareness of an opossum.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Funny how he brags about how busy he is yet finds the time to pen a long, whiny screed like this.
He has the self awareness of an opossum.
He has the self awareness of an opossum.
I hope it’s not wisdom teeth.
(They call them wisdom teeth because when they pull them out it smarts).
(They call them wisdom teeth because when they pull them out it smarts).
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I hope it’s not wisdom teeth.
(They call them wisdom teeth because when they pull them out it smarts).
(They call them wisdom teeth because when they pull them out it smarts).
You done good.
I know people who turn the heat on at 68!
I know people who turn the heat on at 68!
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
You done good.
I know people who turn the heat on at 68!
I know people who turn the heat on at 68!
That development should never, ever have been approved.
Those homeowners are screwed.
Those homeowners are screwed.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
That development should never, ever have been approved.
Those homeowners are screwed.
Those homeowners are screwed.
It wouldn’t matter to me ….unless you were singing karaoke to the B-52s “Love Shack” and bellowed “Ten roof rusted!”
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It wouldn’t matter to me ….unless you were singing karaoke to the B-52s “Love Shack” and bellowed “Ten roof rusted!”
Absolutely.
If only our leaders emulated Jesus, George Washington, Honest Abe, and Robert Redford!
If only our leaders emulated Jesus, George Washington, Honest Abe, and Robert Redford!
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Absolutely.
If only our leaders emulated Jesus, George Washington, Honest Abe, and Robert Redford!
If only our leaders emulated Jesus, George Washington, Honest Abe, and Robert Redford!
Priceless.
So Musk had them tinker with Grok to make it less woke and more right-wing, then it goes full on pedo.
So Musk had them tinker with Grok to make it less woke and more right-wing, then it goes full on pedo.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Priceless.
So Musk had them tinker with Grok to make it less woke and more right-wing, then it goes full on pedo.
So Musk had them tinker with Grok to make it less woke and more right-wing, then it goes full on pedo.