Rain totals across #LosAngeles as of this morning, from LAist: almost 3 inches in downtown, more than 4.5 in the Valley, and SIX AND A HALF INCHES in Santa Clarita

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/tropical-storm-hilary-has-arrived-heres-what-you-need-to-know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eAeQzWuPkU

#AgriculturalHistory #LosAngeles

Weirdest, least satisfying life bird ever.

Tundra Bean-Goose, Earvin “Magic” Johnson Park, Los Angeles, California, 24 July 2023.
#birds #birding #LosAngeles #rarity

Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), appreciating the pollinators in its own way

https://flic.kr/p/2obWebc

#bird #wildlife #photography #LosAngeles

New half-marathon PR of 1:29:55 (and first place in a pretty small field) in the Better World Running Father’s Day event in Santa Monica

Shout-out to the woman who raced this in a powder blue track suit, absolutely iconic.

#running #gay #LosAngeles

Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) in North Hollywood Park last year

#bird #wildlife #photography #LosAngeles

https://flic.kr/p/2nCoYhF

Saturday in Griffith Park with the #LosAngeles Frontrunners… I think I’m just about recovered from the marathon, ready for a new race

#running #gay

Barn swallows going to town over the campus lawns

#birds #LosAngeles

Official photos dropped, and ... I've looked a lot worse mid-race, tbh

- Starting line in downtown Ojai at 6:00am
- Somewhere about mile 6, I think? Early enough I could mug for the camera
- Crossing the finish line, repping my running club (#LosAngeles Frontrunners) and @ASNAmNat

#running #marathon #LosAngeles #gay

Dr. Nat Zappia, history professor and director of the CSUN Institute for Sustainability has passed away. My heart is so broken. He was a mentor to me. Always trying to get me more oppritunties to make some money and teach ecology. His passion for nature and indigenous folks rights was awe inspiring. If you are in Los Angeles, visit the G.A.R.D.E.N. on the north end of campus, an almost acre large space of fruits and vegetables and native plants. Honor that space for him. #losangeles #academia

Discovered on tonight’s #run that I am once again living in a holodeck program

The original installation in 2020: https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/star-trek-fan-re-creates-holodeck-controls-in-los-angeles-public-park/

And tonight’s refreshed installation… maybe for the #Picard finale?
#StarTrek #LosAngeles #NorthHollywood

Officially hit my limit on todays long #run and walked the last three miles home instead of intended cooldown but … that’s a 62+ mile week in the can

#running #MarathonTraining #LosAngeles #gay

Lower #running mileage this week, but higher uh heights

#LosAngeles #GriffithPark #gay

KCRW, one of the two #NPR affiliates in the #LosAngeles area, announcing it "will no longer post on Twitter" ... apparently not even if the "state-affiliated media" tag gets removed from the NPR account

https://email.kcrw.com/about-kcrw-and-twitter

Was aiming for an 18-mile long #run with 13 at pace… did a 14th at pace and suddenly it was 20 miles

#running #fitness #LosAngeles #gay

Tonight’s #marathon training was a half marathon tempo workout, but I got through it on the promise of carnitas and #StarTrek

#running #LosAngeles #gay

Today I contributed to the range expansion of Xylococcus bicolor, mission manzanita, by ~50 miles in the Los Angeles area. Image shoes me holding the leaves and the sprouting bud. #botany #plantecology #california #losangeles

Pushing up the Sunday #run mileage — this was 13 at pace, with 2 to warmup and 3 cooling down

Warm, sunny weather by recent standards, and I felt pretty good!

#gay #running #LosAngeles

Saturday #run in the park with the #LosAngeles Frontrunners

My evening #run took in two #LosAngeles landmarks and somehow, through the light pollution, a planetary conjunction