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Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Who doesn't love a discussion of Godzilla, physics, and the environment?

#kaiju #nature

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Could Godzilla Actually Exist? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Charles Liu Breaks It Down.

YouTube video by StarTalk Plus

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November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Informative read!

Planet Detroit @planetdetroit.org · 5d

As data centers proliferate across the Great Lakes, driven by AI’s soaring demands, communities face a dual reality: economic growth and environmental challenges. Planet Detroit's Guide to data centers in Michigan: buff.ly/Mi9BBCz

Data centers in Michigan: What you need to know

As data centers proliferate in the Great Lakes, Planet Detroit answers your questions about their effects on water, energy, and climate.

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November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM

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Daniel Swain

@weatherwest.bsky.social

I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.

Thoughts from a climate scientist on the Bill Gates climate memo

I wanted to offer my thoughts, as a climate scientist, on the widely discussed memo published by Bill Gates in late October 2025. While I actually do agree with some of the specific points made therein regarding the urgent global need to accelerate efforts to reduce global poverty and improve human

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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM

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Tyler Norris

@tnorris.bsky.social

I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...

November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

PSA - check your camera time settings 😊
#daylightsavings #enjoythedarkness
#photography

camera settings for daylight savings time

November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Pragmatic advice for the #KillYourLawn movement. I like the reference “Rather than getting rid of our lawns, shrink them. Lawns should be area rugs, not wall-to-wall carpet.” - slowly shrinking ours. Credit also @alex-kunz.com ‘s find for a tune to hum along to. 🧵1/2

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Lawn Care Killing Your Back and Wallet? Try This Low-Maintenance Approach — The Wall Street Journal

Turf is hard on the pocketbook, the planet and your body, so consider shrinking your lawn, says this horticulturist—and use fall leaves strategically to make the transition

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November 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM

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Maria Popova

@mariapopova.bsky.social

The first scientist’s guide to truth www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/14/a...

The First Scientist’s Guide to Truth: Alhazen on Critical Thinking

Born into a world with no clocks, telescopes, microscopes, or democracy, Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965–c. 1040), known in the West as Alhazen, began his life studying religion, but grew quickl…

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October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM

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Alexander S. Kunz Photography

@alex-kunz.com

Cherry-picking a few of Lightroom Classic's new features and some thoughts from this landscape & nature photographer's point of view:

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#PhotoBlog #Photography #Lightroom #BlogPost #LightroomClassic

Lightroom Classic 15 News

A few thoughts on the latest updates to Lightroom (Classic) and how relevant they are for landscape and nature photographers.

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October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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Alexander S. Kunz Photography

@alex-kunz.com

Helpful video (as usual) from Julieanne Kost: 15 New Features in #Lightroom Classic (v15)

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#Photography #LightroomClassic #Video #Adobe

15 New Features in Lightroom Classic (v15)

YouTube video by Julieanne Kost

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October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

yea! they’ve returned!

#birds #birdsky

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Check out this bird - Red-breasted Nuthatch

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

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October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Even though it feels like yelling into a void at times, I try to remember what Dr. Jane (Goodall) would say … probably “so? keep yelling…”

#climatesky #co2

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WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

YouTube video by World Meteorological Organization - WMO

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October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Long Live the Frogs of Portland. 🐸

October 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

“Danger Will Robinson” 🚨🤖 seems appropriate. Worth watching, but seems the train just keeps gaining momentum. 😕

Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · Oct 7

CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology."

Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Eastern screech owl has been in our backyard past few nights. Love listening to them do their ghostly calls.

October 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

“Art and nature combined make the world a better place.”

RIP Robert Redford.

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Robert Redford's Environmental Legacy

Actor and activist Robert Redford tells his personal story of what moves him to protect the environment, and his journey in doing so. "Art and nature combined,…

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September 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM

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Zack Labe

@zacklabe.com

Visualizations with the latest Earth monitoring data: 📈📉

+ Global climate indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Polar climate indicators: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ United States climate indicators: zacklabe.com/united-state...

Climate change indicators

All data are referenced at My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Se…

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September 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Truly an honor and privilege to see Jane Goodall in Detroit last night. She provided many reasons for hope even while acknowledging the dark times we are in.

#janegoodall #nature

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At 91, legendary chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall comes to Detroit with a message of hope

"Every single day we live, we make some sort of impact on the world," Goodall said. "Most of us can choose what sort of impact we make."

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September 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

Finally seeing Brittany Howard / #AlabamaShakes live was a real treat. I’ve also been using the #Adobe Project Indigo app a lot for concerts this year , results are pretty amazing. This is zoomed as far as my phone would go (iPhone15) which was a 25X total digital zoom…not horrible! #ShotoniPhone

Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes singing at Meadowbrook Amphitheater, Michigan on Sept 5, 2025 using fullest zoom 25X and Adobe Project Indigo camera app.

September 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Mark Graf

@grafphoto.com

How do we know what’s true? Narrated by Stephen Fry, #Thatshumanism shows why science, experimentation, and evidence are the most reliable ways to understand the world. Watch the video: humanists.uk/thatshumanism/

That's humanism

Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.

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September 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM

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Alexander S. Kunz Photography

@alex-kunz.com

Beatboxing for nature photographers:

Birds'n Shrubs'n Birds'n Shrubs'n Birds'n Shrubs'n Birds'n Shrubs'n Birds'n Shrubs'n Birds'n Shrubs'n Birds'n Shrubs

24 photos of birds & shrubs for practice: www.alex-kunz.com/birds-shrubs/

#PhotoBlog #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #Birds