Jim French

Back where I belong, San Luis Obispo. Retired botanical academic; growing Vitis labrusca/vinifera/cinerea/inaequalis hybrids on three vineyards.

[Ben Noll @BenNollWeather]

The atmosphere is going all in on El Niño.

The Southern Oscillation Index is on pace for its lowest July value since records began in 1876 and the eighth-lowest value of any month on record.

This signals a full-fledged atmospheric response to El Niño.

[Nature Plants @NaturePlants]

The July issue is now fully online:
https://t.co/bZj3pRCnAE

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

When "it" happens, I want Obama to wear the tan suit to the funeral.

[Roshan Rinaldi @Roshan_Rinaldi]

"So I said to him, 'Look, it doesn't have to be your LAST supper,... I mean, I know people, uh,... you know,... and if you were to make say,... a sizable campaign contribution here,... well maybe something could be worked out.'"

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

It made my day 🫣

[Sarahh @Sarahhuniverse]

Satisfying to watch....

© thewellcoretheory

[Seinfeld @SeinfeldTV]

This clip is a fan fave, fave, fave, fave.

Stream the complete series on Netflix.

[Jim French @Selago]

The Trinity atomic bomb test was detonated on July 16, 1945.The test took place at precisely 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range (now part of the White Sands Missile Range) in New Mexico.

[Cal Bears History @CalBearsHistory]

Benjamin Ide Wheeler, President of the University of California 1899-1919, was born July 15,1854. Under Wheeler the student body & campus were greatly expanded. The classical core of campus was built, including Doe Library, Sather Gate, the Campanile and, of course, Wheeler Hall.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents were filmed assaulting, handcuffing, and kidnapping a U.S. citizen in Passaic, New Jersey… while refusing to even look at the ID he repeatedly begged them to check.

A man is pleading with federal agents to verify who he is…

And they refused.

Instead, one agent says, “We need to get him on the ground,” puts him in a chokehold, throws him to the ground, and multiple agents pile on top of him before handcuffing him, and throwing him into their vehicle.

Under the Fourth Amendment, the government cannot arrest, or seize someone, without probable cause that they have committed, are committing, or are about to commit an offense that authorizes the arrest.

U.S. citizens are also not required to carry identification unless they’re driving a motorized vehicle.

And if federal agents are refusing to verify someone’s identity before arresting them, then they are openly ignoring the constitution.

Which should terrify every American.

Because that means no one is safe from being kidnapped by the government… and disappeared.

Every agent involved should be publicly identified, and DHS should be forced to explain why they believed they had the legal authority to seize someone, while refusing to verify who he was.

This cannot become normal.

[Mia @MiaForTrump]

🚨 Donald Trump ran for office for three main reasons:
1. To stay out of jail
2. To exact revenge on his enemies
3. To line his pockets and his family’s pockets

Everything else he says is bullshit.
Thumbs up 👍 if you agree.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Breathtaking timelapse of nightfall over Cerro Paranal in Chile.

📽: ESO​/​José Francisco Salgado

[Theo Baker @tab_delete]

Really cool that HOW TO RULE THE WORLD is featured in the @nytimes Best Books of the Year (So Far) list!

It's the first entry in nonfiction.

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

The “Hobbits” Mysteriously Disappeared 50,000 Years Ago – Scientists Have Revealed What Happened to Their Home https://t.co/ZopqYqlAzd

[Jim French @Selago]

This means I can’t leave Mongolia 🇲🇳 |S8, EP141 https://t.co/P4vlOy88J8 via @YouTube

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Why new BBC series Evolution is a giant leap forward for science on TV https://t.co/qdIADymR2w

[Nature Plants @NaturePlants]

New Article: "Ancient peptide–redox signalling underlies sperm motility in Marchantia" https://t.co/TzLCof7t7p

Sperm-derived RALF1 is perceived by the FER–LLG receptor complex, triggering NADPH oxidase activation & ROS production in sperm, which thereby promotes sperm motility.

[Jacquie_RN 🇨🇦🩺🌸🌷 @jacquie_rn]

He’s getting really exhausted
That’s only gonna speed his ☠️ up 😁
Why they rest lots at this stage.
Cause Everything is exhausting
His stimulants aren’t even helping him now.

[Today Years Old @todayyearsold]

LA banned fireworks and this is how people responded

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

On July 4, 2012, in San Diego, California, a computer glitch at a fireworks display accidentally set off, 7000 fireworks simultaneously,

An event remembered as one of the greatest fireworks shows of all time