If album is a code word for sh#t yeah, they’re good at that…

Something Is Brewing in the Pacific That Nobody in Washington Wants to Talk About A super El Niño is forming in the same week federal climate policy is being dismantled. The atmosphere doesn't care about the politics.

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Two Canadian Geese with four babies on grass in front of a wood slat fence. The adults are light brown on the back and white on the belly with long black necks and a white stripe around the throat. The babies are yellow-brown. One adult is looking straight ahead and the other off to the left.

Morning walk. New kids on the block. - Summerville, South Carolina. #birds

A beautiful, breath-taking, even stunning photo of Sullivan's Island in South Carolina in April of 2026, where the cloudscape is in hues of purple & orange while the sunsets in the distance. Sea oats, sand dunes & a Sabal Palmetto Tree surround the shore in the forefront. The image is enhanced but NOT artificial. It's accompanied by a quote by the late Christopher Hitchens about nature & the natural world. 📸 John Rector of S. Carolina.

This is Sullivan's Island in South Carolina on 4/17/26.

"I think there's no supernatural dimension, the natural world is quite wonderful enough..."
- Christopher Hitchens

*Image edited w/HDR & saturation only.

#Stunday #ECK
#Quotes
#SensoryArt
#FMSPAD
#AWideOpenSpace
#SundaySkies
#ImageAndVerse

Latest Research Suggests AMOC Could Collapse Sooner Than Expected - CleanTechnica The latest research on the AMOC current in the North Atlantic finds it is likely to collapse much sooner than previously thought.

The Atlantic is running AMOC. Or not...

Latest Research Suggests AMOC Could Collapse Sooner Than Expected cleantechnica.com/2026/04/16/l...

A split bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Americans are most likely to say T. Rex is their favorite dinosaur, but many don't have a favorite." The chart has the sub-headline: "Which of the following is your favorite dinosaur? (%)." The chart has the note: "Note: "Other" includes responses of archaeopteryx, spinosaurus, plesiosaur, ankylosaurus, allosaurus, parasaurolophus, dilophosaurus, diplodocus, iguanadon, and pachycephalosaurus, as well as responses of "other." We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs. Opinion about dinosaurs comes from the question, "How much do you like or dislike dinosaurs?""

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur.

And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).

Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

A flag hanging from a house in my neighborhood. A white horizontal flag pole holding a white flag with green border and a smaller yellow border inside it. in the center of the flag is a green circle with a picture of a US map colored in in yellow. Above the map is the word "Masters" and a golf hole with a red flag above it denoting Augusta, Ga on the map.

BREAKING NEWS! - Summerville, SC

I pass a house on my morning walk that for years has flown a flag with a picture of Trump and Abe Lincoln. Today it was replaced by this. Don't know what to make of it but I'll monitor the situation. Note: There is no known link between Lincoln and Epstein...

Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’ Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say

"Good news,” read a banner outside the main ballroom, erected by the CO2 Coalition, a climate-denying non-profit that co-sponsored the conference. “There is no climate crisis.”

Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’ The Guardian share.google/2w2xfcn5Xc8q...

Overlook from Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mountain ridges turning from greenish to gray with distance slow a blue sky with some white clouds

Section of the Appalachian Trail from Newfound Gap. Brown soil with occasional rail steps and some small blue flowers on the left side of the trail.

Did a really short hike on the Appalachian trail from Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I really miss my hiking partner. It got kind of overwhelming.

No, it actually kind of snuck up on me. I was sight seeing and all of a sudden it was walking down the sidewalk right at me. Luckily it turned into the parking lot while I stood frozen. You can’t tell from the photo but she’s huge!

Large elk walking in a parking lot in Maggie Valley, NC. The elk is tan-brown in color and walking between two parking spaces in front of a light yellow one story building with two white columns in front of a window and a large green bush on the left.

Things I don’t usually see on my morning walk.

-Maggie Valley, NC

A really cool little town.

A two story red brick building with two large windows on the second floor reflecting clouds and part of the mountain and trees in front of it against a blue sky. On the first floor is a white door with the number 232 on it on the right and a sign in a large window announcing Willow Hill coming summer 2026.

So that’s where all the data goes…

-Waynesville, NC

A large banner (maybe 5’ by 7’) hung from pvc piping in front of the Haywood County Courthouse. The banner says No Kings In America in white letters on a blue background with a picture of the Statue of Liberty on top and various slogans on a white background on the bottom. The courthouse is a large three story slate building.

Protesters lining Main Street in Waynesville, NC in front of the Haywood County Courthouse. They are holding signs and standing on a red brick sidewalk. To the left is an inflatable bear with a sign on its chest that says War with a red slash through sit

I happened upon a No Kings protest on Main Street Waynesville, NC. They provided signs, so I had to join in.

A wonderful 38ft mural of the late great KURT VONNEGUT - who left us 19yrs ago today - in his hometown of Indianapolis.

Half of the United States Is Now in Drought How Heat, Drought, and Fire Are Changing the Shape of the American Landscape

Half of the United States Is Now in Drought
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Front of the Friends of the Library used book store in Sylva, NC. In the foreground is a rolling rack of books with two levels. Te plate glass storefront says used books in yellow lettering with another blue rack of books in front. A white sign with the name of the store hangs from the overhang and a blackboard is on the other end of the store

A side angle of the yellow brick front of the Balsam Falls Brewing Company. With a green sign with the brewery name over the door and a flag sign in front with the brewery name and a picture of an evergreen tree. In front of the brewery is a black light pole and in the foreground left is a red awning.

I went to Sylva, NC to look for some books. Strangely only one of these places had any.

Years ago we did a ride on the parkway from here to Brevard. It took around 7 hours because we couldn’t pass up an overlook or short hike. Every view different and beautiful.

Yeah, it happened during a “deep dive” which were always a little unnerving. The sub would creek from the pressure. What good came out of it was the implementation of the Sub Safe system.

Cover of the book The Death Of The USS Thresher by Norman Polmar. A front view of the submarine riding on the surface of the ocean with crew members visible on top of the sail. The photo is in black and white with the title in red on top and the author’s name in white on the bottom. Under the title in smaller black letters is the caption “The story Behind History’s Deadliest Submarine Disaster.”

On this day in 1963 the USS Thresher sank with all hands, becoming the first Nuclear Submarine lost at sea. I picked up this book a while ago but finally got around to reading it. Nothing enlightening about the cause, but interesting how the Navy did search and rescue - then recovery ops.

Leaving This Town (Remastered 2000) YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic

I know I’m late and nobody will see this but thanks for reminding me of this song. One of my favorites. youtu.be/D10_uNfCW4Y?...

View from the Thunder Struck Ridge overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Greenish mountain ridges up front and getting lighter and bluer in the distance under a light blue sky.

From 4780 ft on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Maggie Valley, NC.

Sunrise in Maggie Valley, NC. Streaks of orange across a blue-gray sky over the silhouette of a mountain below it.

Shades of orange and white in the v-shape formed by two mountains in silhouette against a blue-gray sky .

The moon against a light blue sky over a tree-lined mountain in Maggie Valley, NC.

A tree with white blossoms in front of a mountain top turned orange by the sun rising behind the camera. Above it the sky is light blue with a white streak to the right of the photo and a bare tree in the left foreground.

Morning walk in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Start of a beautiful day.

Slaughterhouse Five.

Walmart shoppers hit with new bag ban policy - and US state adds $500 fines UNDER a proposed bag ban policy, millions of Walmart customers in one state may have to rethink their shopping habits. This comes as officials crack down on single-use plastics to help reduce pollu…

Beaufort, South Carolina.

“Before proposing the rules, officials issued a survey to more than 6,000 residents and 100 businesses, finding overarching support for banning plastic bags and foam products.”

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Millions Of Trees Planted In Africa To Remove Carbon & Restore Soil - CleanTechnica Through Cool Effect’s Giving Trees initiative, implemented through the TIST (The International Small Group and Tree Planting) program, smallholder farmers in East Africa voluntarily join and plant tre...

This is cool.

Millions Of Trees Planted In Africa To Remove Carbon & Restore Soil cleantechnica.com/2026/04/01/m...

'Make memories on this river': How conservation and commerce helped create SC's newest state park In addition to preserving a unique stretch of scenic river, the Black River Initiative also focused on bringing economic opportunity to a region desperately in need of it.

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This post had my head spinning…

Large one in North Charleston.