Jessica McCarty
@jmccartygeo.bsky.social
🔥🛰️🌱 Science, mainly.
🔵Nicer online than in-person.
⚪️Actual real-life Kentucky hillbilly, currently California resident.
🔴Personal account. I do not speak for my employer, all posts mine alone.
🔵Nicer online than in-person.
⚪️Actual real-life Kentucky hillbilly, currently California resident.
🔴Personal account. I do not speak for my employer, all posts mine alone.
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Jessica McCarty
@jmccartygeo.bsky.social
· Dec 10
A week ago, a famous liberal NYT columnist called me a pedant because I insisted that I am not an immigrant nor can be called an immigrant in the U.S. because I was born in Appalachian Kentucky.
I don’t care how tacky you find hillbillies, I’m still a native born citizen. *shrug*
I don’t care how tacky you find hillbillies, I’m still a native born citizen. *shrug*
Wanna see a cool little 🔥 ☁️? Meet the pileus. Latin for “cap” (think pileated woodpeckers), the
MASTER (MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator) sensor on NASA's ER-2s, a type of high-flying research aircraft, captured this cloud over the Sand Creek Fire.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
MASTER (MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator) sensor on NASA's ER-2s, a type of high-flying research aircraft, captured this cloud over the Sand Creek Fire.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Fire Cloud With a Pileus on Top - NASA Science
Scientists captured rare observations of an ephemeral pileus cloud hovering over a smoke-infused cloud that rose above a wildfire in Montana.
science.nasa.gov
October 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Wanna see a cool little 🔥 ☁️? Meet the pileus. Latin for “cap” (think pileated woodpeckers), the
MASTER (MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator) sensor on NASA's ER-2s, a type of high-flying research aircraft, captured this cloud over the Sand Creek Fire.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
MASTER (MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator) sensor on NASA's ER-2s, a type of high-flying research aircraft, captured this cloud over the Sand Creek Fire.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
This is my dream job.
October 6, 2026 at 4:41 AM
This is my dream job.
Those are not hay stacks. Those triangular piles of dried corn stalks tied at the top are called foddershocks.
circa 1905: View of a person, possibly a teacher, wearing a ghost costume behind a lunch table with Halloween decorations in a rural schoolhouse. The display consists of a carved pumpkin, cutouts of witches and black cats, and haystacks. (Photo by Historic Photo Archive/Getty Images)
October 1, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Those are not hay stacks. Those triangular piles of dried corn stalks tied at the top are called foddershocks.
There are currently tropical storms/hurricanes names Nolo and Polo. Will we get to Rolo and YOLO? I certainly hope so(lo).
September 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
There are currently tropical storms/hurricanes names Nolo and Polo. Will we get to Rolo and YOLO? I certainly hope so(lo).
Current camera & emergency call-in’s by people report 🔥 within 15 mins or less in & near human-dominated landscapes (which the organizers of this XPRIZE admitted).
Real talk: Why invest hundreds of millions of dollars to decrease that by 5 mins? (Though in this case, no competitor succeeded).
Real talk: Why invest hundreds of millions of dollars to decrease that by 5 mins? (Though in this case, no competitor succeeded).
Although no team walked away with either of the two grand prizes, the technology showcased could prove helpful as the world grapples with the growing costs of worsening wildfire disasters.
XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them
$11M competition showed wildfire detection is still easier than stopping fires.
arstechnica.com
September 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Current camera & emergency call-in’s by people report 🔥 within 15 mins or less in & near human-dominated landscapes (which the organizers of this XPRIZE admitted).
Real talk: Why invest hundreds of millions of dollars to decrease that by 5 mins? (Though in this case, no competitor succeeded).
Real talk: Why invest hundreds of millions of dollars to decrease that by 5 mins? (Though in this case, no competitor succeeded).
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With CEQA lawsuits curtailed, some cities are expanding fire hazard zones to exempt land from housing laws - San Diego covers 5 times more area than state fire officials recommend.
Ironically, blocking safer apartments pushes more building into riskier wildland edges.
calhdf.org/is-fire-safe...
Ironically, blocking safer apartments pushes more building into riskier wildland edges.
calhdf.org/is-fire-safe...
September 24, 2026 at 9:21 AM
With CEQA lawsuits curtailed, some cities are expanding fire hazard zones to exempt land from housing laws - San Diego covers 5 times more area than state fire officials recommend.
Ironically, blocking safer apartments pushes more building into riskier wildland edges.
calhdf.org/is-fire-safe...
Ironically, blocking safer apartments pushes more building into riskier wildland edges.
calhdf.org/is-fire-safe...
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
Today’s Fall Equinox at 8:05 pm ET marks the start of astronomical fall in the N. Hemisphere and is when the Sun is directly over Earth’s equator. Now through the Winter Solstice, the Northern Hemisphere will receive less ad less direct sunlight as Earth continues along its tilted orbit.
September 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Today’s Fall Equinox at 8:05 pm ET marks the start of astronomical fall in the N. Hemisphere and is when the Sun is directly over Earth’s equator. Now through the Winter Solstice, the Northern Hemisphere will receive less ad less direct sunlight as Earth continues along its tilted orbit.
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
Woke up too early this morning and did some basic yoga and dang it, now I feel a lot better.
September 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Woke up too early this morning and did some basic yoga and dang it, now I feel a lot better.
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
News: AGU provides critical support for the independent Arctic Report Card and the Report Card has new online home. #Arctic #Climate
arcticreportcard.org
news.agu.org/press-releas...
@drtwilamoon.bsky.social
arcticreportcard.org
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Arctic Report Card
arcticreportcard.org
September 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
News: AGU provides critical support for the independent Arctic Report Card and the Report Card has new online home. #Arctic #Climate
arcticreportcard.org
news.agu.org/press-releas...
@drtwilamoon.bsky.social
arcticreportcard.org
news.agu.org/press-releas...
@drtwilamoon.bsky.social
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Halloween candy prices gonna radicalize people this year
September 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Halloween candy prices gonna radicalize people this year
Well, I swan - this dadgummit thing works.
Guilty as charged.
Guilty as charged.
September 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Well, I swan - this dadgummit thing works.
Guilty as charged.
Guilty as charged.
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
Wendell Berry writings hit different when you are from Kentucky.
At times his work has been incorrectly affiliated with Appalachia, but much of what he struggled with is cultural inheritance of the Old South.
He was from and lived in the Louisville metro, the largest urban region.
At times his work has been incorrectly affiliated with Appalachia, but much of what he struggled with is cultural inheritance of the Old South.
He was from and lived in the Louisville metro, the largest urban region.
September 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Wendell Berry writings hit different when you are from Kentucky.
At times his work has been incorrectly affiliated with Appalachia, but much of what he struggled with is cultural inheritance of the Old South.
He was from and lived in the Louisville metro, the largest urban region.
At times his work has been incorrectly affiliated with Appalachia, but much of what he struggled with is cultural inheritance of the Old South.
He was from and lived in the Louisville metro, the largest urban region.
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot
Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot
Critically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325
The population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree.
Ninety chicks were officially added to the population of the critically endangered birds on 1 September, pushing the total to 325 – a record high since recovery efforts began. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot
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HOMES is how you remember the Great Lakes, not SHAME.
August 27, 2026 at 8:25 PM
HOMES is how you remember the Great Lakes, not SHAME.
I suggest that we don’t start renaming places and landforms in North America with Indigenous-derived names, as more than half the states in the 🇺🇸 would be SOL.
August 28, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I suggest that we don’t start renaming places and landforms in North America with Indigenous-derived names, as more than half the states in the 🇺🇸 would be SOL.
HOMES is how you remember the Great Lakes, not SHAME.
August 27, 2026 at 8:25 PM
HOMES is how you remember the Great Lakes, not SHAME.
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🔥 Why doesn't Canada put out every wildfire? Sometimes monitoring beats fighting — fire is part of the boreal ecosystem. GWC Charter Member @mikeflannigan.bsky.social weighs in. #wildfire www.cleveland.com/metro/2026/0...
August 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
🔥 Why doesn't Canada put out every wildfire? Sometimes monitoring beats fighting — fire is part of the boreal ecosystem. GWC Charter Member @mikeflannigan.bsky.social weighs in. #wildfire www.cleveland.com/metro/2026/0...
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
Reposted by Jessica McCarty
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
Heartbreaking 💔.
A real one. Actually cared & took care of people who society forget. Read a book to child, donate to your library or adult literacy program, give cash to a food bank, & remember talent springs from all places & socioeconomic origins. Sometimes in stage makeup w/ large bosoms.
A real one. Actually cared & took care of people who society forget. Read a book to child, donate to your library or adult literacy program, give cash to a food bank, & remember talent springs from all places & socioeconomic origins. Sometimes in stage makeup w/ large bosoms.
BREAKING NEWS: Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her singular performing career spanned seven decades and only grew in prominence over all of that time.
Dolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80
The artist was a star performer in country music, and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
n.pr
August 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Heartbreaking 💔.
A real one. Actually cared & took care of people who society forget. Read a book to child, donate to your library or adult literacy program, give cash to a food bank, & remember talent springs from all places & socioeconomic origins. Sometimes in stage makeup w/ large bosoms.
A real one. Actually cared & took care of people who society forget. Read a book to child, donate to your library or adult literacy program, give cash to a food bank, & remember talent springs from all places & socioeconomic origins. Sometimes in stage makeup w/ large bosoms.
You can read the entire study, led by @ucs.org and @ucmerced.bsky.social authors, here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
August 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
You can read the entire study, led by @ucs.org and @ucmerced.bsky.social authors, here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...