I've always thought of Napa as having decent - but admittedly not great - urban tree cover. How wrong I was...

This @washingtonpost.com piece really puts the challenge of cultivating a vibrant urban forest in perspective.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Con man tacitly acknowledges he's been conned.

“The exemption for Chinese-made phones and laptops may also raise questions about why some U.S. businesses were singled out for tariff breaks and others like apparel and furniture retailers must still pay a whopping tariff rate on Chinese-made goods.” 🤡

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Tough to beat Emigrant Wilderness in the late Spring.

Maybe he meant April 2035?

US averages somewhere in the ballpark of 3 million deaths annually from all causes, so ~700 deaths per week due to COVID given current data.

covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...

File under: dumb construction signage. Blocking a bike lane to say that road work ends here.

Cap, yes.

Kids…that’s a more nuanced question. Musk was clearly using his kids as a prop, but there are definitely cases where kids need to be with their parents for “serious business”
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File under: editorial ooopsie.
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This morning's RNC email: "Don't think, just answer!"

The craven demand for fealty really is something else...

Ugh...

And here we are - @sfchronicle.com joins the chat with “water wars” headline.

Yeah...probably not an option.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Korematsu.

Our diversity is our strength!

To keep myself slightly sane, I've set a personal goal of doing a dozen "big" runs/hikes this year. First one is comign up soon, and has ~20 miles and just shy of 6,000' of elevation. Wish me luck!