David Syzdek
@dsyzdek.bsky.social
Polymath. Endangered species biologist. Views my own.
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My girlfriend Abby died unexpectedly a month ago. I still don't know what happened, she had a medical event of some sort and she just didn't show up to work on October 13. I don't know her family well and I accept that they may not share the cause.
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My girlfriend Abby died unexpectedly a month ago. I still don't know what happened, she had a medical event of some sort and she just didn't show up to work on October 13. I don't know her family well and I accept that they may not share the cause.
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
My girlfriend Abby died unexpectedly a month ago. I still don't know what happened, she had a medical event of some sort and she just didn't show up to work on October 13. I don't know her family well and I accept that they may not share the cause.
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My girlfriend Abby died unexpectedly a month ago. I still don't know what happened, she had a medical event of some sort and she just didn't show up to work on October 13. I don't know her family well and I accept that they may not share the cause.
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
I was honored to give this eulogy at her memorial:
Well, I do see another huge financial crisis coming up, so there is that…..
It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
1) Fossil fuel
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Well, I do see another huge financial crisis coming up, so there is that…..
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
This musk duck, a particularly weird duck that I saw on a stupidly hot day in Perth Australia last January, inflates its weird leathery wattle pouch in disgust at US Starbucks.
This musk duck, a particularly weird duck that I saw on a stupidly hot day in Perth Australia last January, inflates its weird leathery wattle pouch in disgust at US Starbucks.
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
This musk duck, a particularly weird duck that I saw on a stupidly hot day in Perth Australia last January, inflates its weird leathery wattle pouch in disgust at US Starbucks.
This musk duck, a particularly weird duck that I saw on a stupidly hot day in Perth Australia last January, inflates its weird leathery wattle pouch in disgust at US Starbucks.
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Kent Brockman: "Mr. Burns, people are calling this a meltdown."
Mr. Burns: "Oh, meltdown. That's one of those annoying buzz
words. We prefer to call it an 'unrequested fission surplus'."
Mr. Burns: "Oh, meltdown. That's one of those annoying buzz
words. We prefer to call it an 'unrequested fission surplus'."
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Kent Brockman: "Mr. Burns, people are calling this a meltdown."
Mr. Burns: "Oh, meltdown. That's one of those annoying buzz
words. We prefer to call it an 'unrequested fission surplus'."
Mr. Burns: "Oh, meltdown. That's one of those annoying buzz
words. We prefer to call it an 'unrequested fission surplus'."
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A pair of notable storms will bring widespread & in some cases heavy rain along w/locally stronger wind gusts and isolated thunderstorms through this weekend. Snow levels will be very high, esp. initially, due to warm airmass, & SoCal will actually see more rain vs NorCal! #CAwx
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A pair of notable storms will bring widespread & in some cases heavy rain along w/locally stronger wind gusts and isolated thunderstorms through this weekend. Snow levels will be very high, esp. initially, due to warm airmass, & SoCal will actually see more rain vs NorCal! #CAwx
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No auroras here due to the freezing fog, but it means we have had another cool phenomenon.
Hoar frost. And it’s particularly long and spiky.
Hoar frost. And it’s particularly long and spiky.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
No auroras here due to the freezing fog, but it means we have had another cool phenomenon.
Hoar frost. And it’s particularly long and spiky.
Hoar frost. And it’s particularly long and spiky.
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Mathematicians recently built a “unified theory” of stalagmites, those dramatic spires that dot every subterranean landscape. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Mathematicians recently built a “unified theory” of stalagmites, those dramatic spires that dot every subterranean landscape. 🧵
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192 years ago, on the 13th of November 1833, the Leonid meteor storm appeared over north America. Together with Halley's Comet this greatly impacted the study of meteors. It was described by Native American nations, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln among others. #otd 🗃️
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
192 years ago, on the 13th of November 1833, the Leonid meteor storm appeared over north America. Together with Halley's Comet this greatly impacted the study of meteors. It was described by Native American nations, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln among others. #otd 🗃️
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hi. axolotl here. i worked on Time Machine for many years. i know stuff about backup.
i don't care what you use for backup as long as you back up your data. 💜
- you can't have enough backups
- you need something off-site
- make sure your backups are good
- back up regularly
- go run a backup now
i don't care what you use for backup as long as you back up your data. 💜
- you can't have enough backups
- you need something off-site
- make sure your backups are good
- back up regularly
- go run a backup now
Always back up your data.
I went to open an important folder I keep on my desktop and realized it was gone.
I had simply shift-deleted it at some point in the past two days. Dunno how.
Logged into backup, pulled files back down, all is good.
ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATA.
I went to open an important folder I keep on my desktop and realized it was gone.
I had simply shift-deleted it at some point in the past two days. Dunno how.
Logged into backup, pulled files back down, all is good.
ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATA.
January 13, 2024 at 1:07 AM
hi. axolotl here. i worked on Time Machine for many years. i know stuff about backup.
i don't care what you use for backup as long as you back up your data. 💜
- you can't have enough backups
- you need something off-site
- make sure your backups are good
- back up regularly
- go run a backup now
i don't care what you use for backup as long as you back up your data. 💜
- you can't have enough backups
- you need something off-site
- make sure your backups are good
- back up regularly
- go run a backup now
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Keep posting sky pictures, I like being reminded that we're all piles of carbon screaming through space on a rock and we're all just hanging on and hoping for the best.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Keep posting sky pictures, I like being reminded that we're all piles of carbon screaming through space on a rock and we're all just hanging on and hoping for the best.
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If you are into fungi, I hope you’ll join my free Patreon at FungiFanatic. Just posted about finding these today! #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you are into fungi, I hope you’ll join my free Patreon at FungiFanatic. Just posted about finding these today! #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
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Really delighted by this disclaimer on spaceweather.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Really delighted by this disclaimer on spaceweather.com
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Come on over to Geoscience Bluesky and we will patiently explain all the ancient secrets of Deep Time and how to see the the traces of immense, elemental powers etched into the landscape.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Come on over to Geoscience Bluesky and we will patiently explain all the ancient secrets of Deep Time and how to see the the traces of immense, elemental powers etched into the landscape.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
55 years ago today. Never forget. "The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds."
55 years ago today, the Oregon State Highway Division had a whale of a problem on its hands. How it solved it is the stuff of legends.
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
55 years ago today. Never forget. "The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds."
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Counting cones near Virginia City in August! Here, volunteers are surveying for ripe (green) pinyon pine cones. Mapping these cones helps track this vital Pinyon Jay food source- a key piece of the conservation puzzle. #PinyonJay #ConservationInAction #CommunityScience #GBBO
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Counting cones near Virginia City in August! Here, volunteers are surveying for ripe (green) pinyon pine cones. Mapping these cones helps track this vital Pinyon Jay food source- a key piece of the conservation puzzle. #PinyonJay #ConservationInAction #CommunityScience #GBBO
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unironically they're 100000% correct
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
unironically they're 100000% correct
Too depressed to try for aurora tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Too depressed to try for aurora tonight.
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On the Senate Dems Courageously Caving to the GOP
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On the Senate Dems Courageously Caving to the GOP
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🦬 This is what happens when your National Parks are not staffed.
2 assholes on top of north dome right now with off leash dogs
Me "Hey, you know there's no dogs allowed out here?"
Asshole "Yea man. Theres no rangers. So I am taking advantage of my tax dollars"
Those people can F. Right. Off.
Despicable pieces of shit prolly gonna leave empty cans too.
Me "Hey, you know there's no dogs allowed out here?"
Asshole "Yea man. Theres no rangers. So I am taking advantage of my tax dollars"
Those people can F. Right. Off.
Despicable pieces of shit prolly gonna leave empty cans too.
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🦬 This is what happens when your National Parks are not staffed.
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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It’s Ginkgo day for all who celebrate!
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It’s Ginkgo day for all who celebrate!