Andy Olds
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Andy Olds
@andytvc.bsky.social
Geologist -> Network Engineer-> Marketing Director.

Small “A” anti fascist, post post-keynesian, neo-Lamarckian, ex-teenage Objectivist, Bohmian mechanic, meta-modern curious.

Walk, bike, paddle, ski.
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Our latest episode is here! 🐟

See how FishPass in Traverse City, Michigan aims to sort and separate native fish from invasive ones. Then, learn about how wild rice goes from water to table, and check out a breakaway buoy that explored Lake Michigan’s icy waves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K26H...
Sorting Fish and a Breakaway Buoy | Great Lakes Now | Full Episode
YouTube video by Great Lakes Now
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February 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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It is cold tonight for the Forge vs Tigres match in Hamilton, Ontario; a town Anna Brownell Jameson saw big things for in her travel log ‘Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada’, but this USMNT 2022 WC qualifier against Honduras was colder.
#ForgeFC #concacaf
USMNT defeats Honduras 3-0 on frigid night in Minnesota
The USA won a critical World Cup Qualifier.
www.soccerwire.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Best in Show
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January 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
yes, that Gwendoline Christie as in Brienne of Tarth
youtu.be/SyVICFIQlDg?...
Sleaford Mods Ft. Gwendoline Christie & Big Special - The Good Life (Official Video)
YouTube video by Sleaford Mods
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January 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Filing: OpenAI President and co-founder Greg Brockman donated $25M to Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc., in H2 2025; Crypto.com operator Foris DAX donated $20M (Bill Allison/Bloomberg)

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January 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The whole Greenland thing really is “does not understand Mercator projection” isn’t it?
TRUMP TELLS NBC NEWS "NORWAY TOTALLY CONTROLS IT DESPITE WHAT THEY SAY” OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE COMPETITION
January 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM
there are four people who make annual presentations that I look forward to - Mary Meeker for the Internet trends report; Benedict Evans for Tech; Amy Webb for an optimistic futurism; and Nat Bullard for Energy trends.

@nathanielbullard.com just releases his www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
Presentations — Nat Bullard
www.nathanielbullard.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Freighters taking shelter today. Possibly record-setting wave heights on Lake Superior
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December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Hazardous waves… will capsize vessels”
December 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Seems Canada’s boycotts are having an effect for Jim Beam - the “finding out “ part of f’ing around.

www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
many years ago; a cold snowy February night at The Filling Station, Billy Strings came in to pick up a pizza. Spontaneously started playing then called his friend to get him to come on down then they played some more. It was incredible.
Now on NPR's Tiny Desk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgqa...
Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Hormesis at a continental scale as failed rifts make the lithosphere stronger
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The importance of past rifting in large igneous province development - Nature
Seismic data from the Turkana Depression in East Africa show that areas of thinned lithosphere are not necessarily persistent weak zones where extension and magmatic provinces will develop.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
0% ice cover to 1.2% in five days for the Great Lakes.
coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/satellite-da...
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM