They really should have shown the numbers, from ~1.4 million visitors in 2010 to ~3 million a year now. NPS data: www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/m... Graph source: data.hereandthere.club/national-par...

It's working for me on my phone.

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Duplicate. Testing a 720p rather than 4k.

Escaped the Berkeley grays earlier this week for some blue skies & birds in up at the San Rafael wastewater ponds. So many terns! And cute baby swans.

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Wait, what? Chance of Showers?

Those SFers are really committed to seeing the fireworks, or at least some colorful fog Source: www.goldengate.org/bridge/visit...

Can't decide if I am pro-Karl or anti-Karl tonight. I hope there isn't the typical wind blowing my way tho. It only occurred to me tonight they're doing the massive fireworks at GG bridge, and the usual wind patterns would carry that right through my neighborhood. 😷

Looking at the @caiso.com app lately, I'm reminded of the power of clear, efficient, and attractive data visualizations. A lot of their charts are easy to understand, so I find myself checking them more often as a result-- and thereby learning more about CA trends.

Someone mentioned to me this week that there are 3 free park days at NPS sites this weekend. I was surprised it wasn't just the 4th, so I looked it up. In a testament to their clear communications these days, NPS has different info on different pages 😆

I heard you like volcanoes.

Squee! Ducklings grabbing snacks out of the air. Was so fun to watch.

I don't even know why you would need ai to display your basic events on your low-key website. But if you are going to go there, you could at least learn how to configure it properly.

I always appreciate how visible the pink triangle is on a clear day, from all the way across the bay.

This is the dense urban communities we could have if we really wanted -- neighbors we know, local food, lots of housing, safe for the little ones to run around in. 😆 (Nesting least tern refuge on federal land, Naval Air Station - Alameda, special access birding tour. Apparently a record year!) 🪶

Was out meandering the Berkeley north basin shoreline yesterday. I don't go to this spot as often as I used to. This strip of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is slated for a major overhaul. I really hope they focus on restoration & SLR mitigation along the shoreline, and not pickleball courts.

Oh, interesting question about alert preferences. Which would you pick?

Three different, very loud alerts. Definitely got my attention.

The reflecting pool back in May 2024 doing what it was designed to do -- reflect -- while school groups stand around awkwardly in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

If you are interested in the cost specifics, based on 2024 data. One thing that always stands out to me when I see this type of cost breakdown, is how little is related to my actual energy usage (similar to my water bill costs) -- so there is little *financial* incentive for people to conserve.

I love that I can pick a purely solar + wind plan through my local Ava Community Energy (Ava). It's slightly more expensive but I can absorb the cost, and as a renter it feels the closest I can get to going solar. Image: Electric Power Generation Mix Percent of total retail sales (kWh) Source: Ava

Was gray & overcast, with gusty winds and chance of gulls.

Time to give in & update my watch face from rain to wind conditions. Berkeley in the summer 😶‍🌫️💨

This got me curious. And happened to notice, they must have set up their google ads with the wrong name or something? I can't think of what else would result in this... The first is the "sponsored" results, the second is the general results.

So, if I'm reading this right, according to this pew research data, ~ 10% US Catholics polled say they don't know who Pope Leo is

Huh, looks like they're flying a grid, maybe some kind of SAR?

Went to the Juneteenth event at Thurgood Marshall Regional Park. Excited to hear they will have a social justice focus, including the Port Chicago disaster that resulted in the death of hundreds of black sailors + jailtime under false charges of mutiny for dozens of other black sailors who survived.

I don't understand imports category in the ISO today app. They define it as "Energy obtained by one utility trom others under purchase or exchange agreement." I have a hard time understanding why they wouldn't know the generation source. Thinking one of you electricity nerds likely knows...

Stopped over at Martinez shoreline while I was in the area. Ended up not staying long, it was very windy. I wandered out the pier, which I don't usually do, for a different view of the Carquinez Strait. #EBRPD