❤️ California. Grew up in Cupertino. Became an earth scientist at Stanford University. Settled in the Central Valley. Adding my two cents on X, Don Nelson

Bakersfield, CA
Joined February 2024
Replying to @HarmeetKDhillon
Start on small waves and work up to the Wedge.
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Earth 🌎 doing its thing. October 24 satellite image of snow ❄️ accumulation above 8000’ in Sequoia National Park following the October 20-22 storm last week. Kern River Canyon sticks out like a scar. Higher elevation sections of the High Sierra Trail including Precipice Lake and Mount Whitney received sizable amounts of snow.
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His last 2 videos are instructing illegals on how to evade ICE, and now this one reminding everyone that no ID is required to vote in NYC. They aren’t being subtle, folks.
Mamdani: "You do not need to bring [ID] to vote" (2 seconds later) "our elections are secure"
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No kings 🤴- Newsom is just another pawn ♟️.
Governor Newsom on 17 October: "The whole - the system's broken. It's completely unbalanced. And you can't - we can't manage the decline. We have to completely reimagine." Then within the files, I see very similar language: "The system is broken — and it cannot fix itself." Does that mean the specific ex-USAID workers we've been tracking are controlling Newsom? No. But as you've seen throughout these files, every individual in the ecosystem belongs to multiple NGOs and alliances. They network constantly. They attend each other's conferences. They form coalitions on similar projects. They give each other feedback. That's how they develop a hive mind. The proposed methods may differ from group to group, but they are all converging on one goal: America governance must be rewritten from top down, and soon.
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Who’s going to tell him?
Norway is one of the most democratic and prosperous countries on Earth. Free health care Free college Strong democracy Free press Trump says “Norway sucks” and is a “shithouse country” because it won’t give him the Nobel Prize. Insane. We have a mentally unbalanced president.
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It’s official now: DSA = DNC Vote Republican!
UNDERCOVER: GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THE DSA IS "GOING TO BE DOMINANT" AND "MAINSTREAM" IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! "The DSA, the energy and the desire and demand for bold change, not incremental change, is very much going to be dominant. I mean, that's going to be a mainstream Democratic movement. Absolutely. No question about that." That's California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, speaking to an undercover journalist while campaigning in New Hampshire. Asked by a "younger voter" who said "we don't want Kamala Harris, we want more democratic socialist policies": "No one is arguing to manage the status quo and fail more efficiently." "You can't play in the margins anymore. The system's broken. It's completely unbalanced, and we can't manage the decline. We have to completely reimagine."
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Newsom after running California into the ground: “We can’t manage the decline.”
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Stunning admission by California during yesterday’s Ninth Circuit hearing. California admitted they do nothing to check the citizenship status of voters and will count the illegal ballots of noncitizens who vote. This is why we’re seeking an emergency order. We cannot allow California to dilute legal votes in the upcoming election. Judge: You agree that if a non-citizen votes and we don’t stop it now, that vote will be counted, correct? California: That’s absolutely correct.
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Brazil's 10Y Government Bond Yield is now pushing 16%! That's a +300 basis point gain in a single day. That would be like US mortgage rates going from 7% to 10% in a single day.
One of the most insane charts we've seen. Even as Brazilian stocks plunge -30% after their Presidential election, Brazil's volatility index is DOWN -40%. Brazil has lost -$200B of market cap today, yet "volatility" is collapsing. What is happening? Let us explain. (a thread)
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Things that happen when a socialist is unexpectedly elected President.
BREAKING: Brazil's stock market collapses nearly -30% and the Brazilian Real loses -10% after President Lula da Silva is unexpectedly re-elected. Brazil's stock market has lost over $200 billion of market cap today.
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Under the last administration, billions of dollars went out the door at @ENERGY. We couldn’t find a SINGLE evaluation of cost impact. Money flowed to companies decarbonizing mac and cheese—not to projects lowering costs for Americans or improving grid reliability. Thanks to @POTUS, that has ended.
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Exxon and Chevron earned $26.5 BILLION in three months supplying energy that powers hospitals, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and modern civilization. Chris Gloninger calls that outrageous. Here's what deserves scrutiny: Biden's EPA awarded $20 BILLION to eight climate nonprofits. One received a $2 BILLION award after reporting just $100 in annual revenue. Another received $5 BILLION after spending only $1.42 million the previous year. EPA subsequently raised concerns about conflicts of interest, recipient qualifications, and oversight. By 2026, billions remained frozen amid litigation, with the promised benefits still largely unrealized. And in Biden's final days, his administration separately finalized another $27.6 BILLION in clean-energy financing. These are taxpayer-backed commitments, not corporate profits. Show the completed projects. Show the measurable benefits. Account for every dollar. Why is Chris more outraged by profits from energy people actually use than by the oversight of billions in federal climate spending?
Exxon and Chevron made $26.5 billion in profit in three months this spring. That’s about $12 million an hour while you were paying $4 a gallon. The president’s response was “I don’t give a damn.” He’s not the president of the people. He’s the president of the oil companies.
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Earth 🌎 doing its thing in False Klamath Cove, California. Multiple, one-of-a-kind, uniquely textured, fine-grained, fresh sedimentary deposits.
The sand had it going on tonight. False Klamath Cove, CA.
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Across the rich world, nearly a quarter of all development aid now goes to climate projects. The core problem is opportunity cost. Every dollar subsidizing solar panels or carbon accounting is a dollar not spent on schools, maternal health or clean water. financialpost.com/opinion/op…
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🧵 The climate change hysteria fad has come and gone. However, the 1000-year-old, Jeffrey Pine tree stumps remain in the West Walker River in Mono County, in eastern California. These stumps are direct evidence of severe, natural climate change that produced 100-year “mega droughts” during the Medieval Warm Period.
Scott Adams explores possible reasons why the climate change hysteria has suddenly vanished. • It was funded by billionaires for profit, but funding dried up • AI industry's energy needs overshadow climate concerns • Greta Thunberg's shift to other causes undermines her climate focus • Europe's financial woes reveal climate as a "luxury belief" • All data is fake Which do you think is most likely? @scottadamssays
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Sunday night in America’s second city. We are DONE with this shit!!!
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This is the LA actress Richard Pan hired to pretend to be a senior in a wheelchair attacking me. Her name is Conn Barrett. She is not disabled. She has more than 100 film and TV credits on IMDB. Has there ever been a more desperate candidate?
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California isn’t even pretending noncitizens aren’t voting in their elections anymore. They’re arguing the federal government can’t stop the state from counting their ballots.
LA's top federal prosecutor scorches California after noncitizen voters battle trib.al/mjrjk4d
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Attestation is not verification. Ensuring only citizens vote isn’t political, it’s enforcing state and federal law.
I asked U.S. Senator Alex Padilla and former CA Secretary of State if California has the ability to verify if non-citizens are on the voter rolls. He explained it's "determined on the front end, when people register to vote." He's worried about timing of U.S. DOJ's action now:
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California’s governor tried to outlaw oil production by executive fiat. A state judge has exposed the deception. “Gavin Newsom’s Secret Fracking Ban Comes Undone” nationalreview.com/2026/10/g…
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