Fall Blogging Break
The Wonkikus is often found in the tony resort habitat, along with associated species including Journales and Academicus. ********************************************* All, I’m starting my fall...
View ArticleTSW Website Design Feedback Requested
As you may have noticed, originally I was looking at getting donations of $3K to improve the design of The Smokey Wire. Well, that’s been going on for some years, and meanwhile upkeep has eaten into...
View ArticleBlogging Break, Crown Shyness and Grid Experts
Crown shyness- not sure where this is from, nor what species I’m taking off for two weeks and Steve Wilent has graciously volunteered to administer TSW in my absence. I ran across this about “crown...
View ArticleVolunteers Needed: Federal Legislation Coverage
Legislation is extremely important to our mutual interests, and we need one or more volunteers to cover it. Even if you just want to follow one topic, or one bill, that would be a tremendous help....
View ArticleWelcome to The Smokey Wire! Reminder of TSW Values
It appears that we have some new subscribers and it has been awhile since we restated our norms and values. So Welcome!.. you’ll find we are a hospitable group. The three doors of charitable speech....
View ArticleTSW Proposed Guideline: Can We Leave Intention Out of Our Discussions?
Mike, Jim and Jon were discussing a topic yesterday that I want to dig into a bit, because I think it has a broader context, one about intention. Mike questioned two of Jim’s cites. One was about the...
View ArticleTSW Kelly Martin Presentation Video and New Tab for Discussions of Moderation...
Many thanks again to Kelly Martin for making herself available for a presentation on the Wildfire Commission Report last Friday! And thanks to all who attended and participated. We had an interesting...
View ArticleThanks to TSW Supporters, A Few The Smokey Wire Tidbits and Volunteer Requests
Contribute to The Smokey Wire.Receive bear hug. A special thanks to all of those who make TSW possible, via funding and other contributions! We wouldn’t be here without you. First point, we did not...
View ArticleUpdate, A Few TSW Notes, A PSA and a Volunteer Opportunity
FS Program Community Navigators- More Info Coming One of our Anonymous folks asked about a program called “Community Navigators” that showed up on the FS LinkedIn site. I asked the WO Media Office and...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Chat with Google Gemini on The Smokey Wire and Related Topics
I know that given what folks have heard about Google Gemini, you are curious about its take on The Smokey Wire. I posted it below. Of course, Google knows that I am me, so maybe it tailored its...
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