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mostlysignssomeportents · 22 days

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Give the people what they want

#avalon #catalina island #apps #app fatigue #account fatigue #surveillance #mobile #m-commerce #parking #consumer revolt #apps are crap #an app is a web page skinned with enough IP to felonize mods #privacy

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byseanbrown · 4 months

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#catalina island #california

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oldshowbiz · 2 months

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The Zane Grey Pueblo

#zane grey #franchise #roadside america #catalina island #architecture

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thomaswaynewolf · 8 months

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#Catalina island #adventure #travel #my photo #California #SoCal #Southern California #Pacific Ocean #mountains #photography #arizona #aesthetic #landscape

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hauntedbystorytelling · 1 year

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Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Catalina Island, Touring Topics Cover; 1920s. Platinum print / Rotogravure. | Amon Carter Museum of American Art P1983.23.225

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fibula-rasa · 10 months

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Fast Life (1932)

[imdb | letterboxd]

Director: Harry A. Pollard

Cinematographer: Harold Wenstrom

Performers: Madge Evans & William Haines

#1930s #1932 #precode #William Haines #madge evans #american film #metro goldwyn mayer #classic film #classic movies #my edits #catalina island

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royalsyrup · 5 months

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#christmas #christmas tree #35mm #photography #film photography #photographers on tumblr #holidays #catalina island

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yodaprod · 2 years

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#catalina island #california #sunset #1980s #80's #80s

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sohannabarberaesque · 3 months

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Postcards from Snagglepuss

Catalina Ahoy, again!

BETWEEN LA JOLLA AND SANTA CATALINA ISLAND: "Snagglepuss," Peter Potamus was asking me as the vessel of his Magic Divers, the Diver's Delight, set sail from La Jolla to Catalina Island, "I assume you still remember the last time so many of us Funtastics were on Catalina for the Avalon Harbour Underwater Cleanup."

"Before the pandemic, even," replied I. "Huckleberry Hound and I arranged it spur of the moment, more or less, as a Character Convocation of sorts."

"Especially so when Lippy the Lion and I found that iron bedframe in Avalon Harbour."

"I assume they still talk about it!"

"Somehow, during our recent diving escapade in the Caribbean, yours truly, the Ambassador for Diving, in a way, of Hanna-Barberadom, thought it might be worthwhile to bring our dive crew back to Catalina to join in the Underwater Cleanup this year." (Pause) "Which, as you know, is the one and only time in the year when diving is allowed in Avalon Bay on Catalina Island!"

"And no doubt TC's clowder will be present as well."

"As guests of the legendary Catalina Diving Clowder," as Peter explained it with his suave, come-hither sort of charm. "Ourselves, this vessel will be at anchor a little to the south of Avalon, what with the harbour area being cleaned up Saturday."

"So we'll be staying aboard the Diver's Delight for the most part?"

"We do have a couple of inflatable Zodiac boats as will ferry us divers to Avalon."

Presently, Huckleberry Hound "himself" came along and noted where the Magic Divers "will certainly be in readiness" for the weekend, and that Top Cat called to confirm his clowder's presence.

"I do assume," saith I, "that the Diving Clowder will have their quarters being Hospitality Headquarters for our diving confraternity."

"And, later in the weekend," Peter chimed in, "perhaps inviting us for some diving galore."

"Won't that be interesting?"

"Especially with the Divin' Wolf Pups expected to put in their due per the cleanup."

"You mean Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling?" (Who, as if on cue, made their presence known, both responding together, "Who else?!")

Anyhow, there's bound to be more from Catalina in upcoming editions. You're sure to want to enjoy them....

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#hanna barbera #fanfic #fanfiction #postcards from the road #snagglepuss #peter potamus #on the way #catalina island #underwater cleanup #diving catalina #hannabarberaforever

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rjzimmerman · 2 years

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Excerpt from this story from Smithsonian:

In 1924, during Hollywood’s first golden age, 14 American bison arrived on Santa Catalina Island, 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. The animals were to appear in two movies being filmed on the island, The Vanishing American and The Thundering Herd, both adapted from Zane Grey novels. Alas, the animals didn’t make it into the former, and we don’t know if they played a part in the latter—the footage vanished long ago. But the bison remained, and some of their progeny finally made it to the big screen, in Stanley Kramer’s 1971 Bless the Beasts & Children. Descendants of the founding beasts still have star power, helping attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, but perhaps their most salient role over the decades is to bedevil conservationists.

Today, the herd presents benefits and challenges for local ecology. Visitors take bison tours, enjoy bison burgers (made from mainland meat) and quaff “buffalo milk” cocktails (featuring Kahlúa, vodka, half-and-half, crème de cacao and crème de banana—and no bison milk). Such tourism helps fund the nonprofit Catalina Island Conservancy (CIC), which controls 88 percent of the island and works to restore and protect native flora.

At its peak, in the 1980s, the herd numbered 550, but concerns about the animals’ health and ecological impact led the CIC to ship bison off the island regularly. A 2003 study found the bison were still disturbing native flora: Their shaggy coats carry plants that were imported, such as fennel, to places they wouldn’t otherwise reach, disrupting endemic species like St. Catherine’s lace. The study also found the bison were smaller and less fertile than their mainland counterparts, partly from persistent drought. In 2009, the CIC launched a contraception program for cows, rather than shipping them off the island. (During droughts, the CIC places water troughs for the animals.)

Yet population control efforts may have gone too far. By 2020, the herd was down to 100; no calves had been born since 2013, and the CIC scaled back its contraception program in 2015. Before Covid-19, the group had planned to import two pregnant females to add genetic diversity, reigniting the debate about the herd’s health and its impact on the land. Calvin Duncan, a former CIC biologist, says an increase in droughts threatens the bison, but he believes they will reproduce again when conditions improve. Juanita Constible, a consulting biologist on the 2003 study, says relocating the herd could imperil the island: Without bison grazing, wildfire intensity could increase, as the grass, unmunched, adds fuel.

Evicting the herd would also hurt island residents—4,000 or so in all—many of whom rely on bison tourism. “Wildlife management is not just about the wildlife—it’s also about the human context,” Constible says.

#california #conservation #invasive species #mammals #movies #bison #buffalo #Catalina Island

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mostlysignssomeportents · 21 days

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