Tony Nuspl
@tonynuspl.bsky.social
goodreads bookwyrm, culture muncher, shutterbug (e.g. banner image is my photo, 2025) & cat butler
Following #booksky #filmsky #envhist #opensource
Following #booksky #filmsky #envhist #opensource
With historical footage/photos, maps, #underwaterphotography and excerpts of Gordon Lightfoot singing about the 1975 shipwreck on the Great Lakes--the best-known of some 6,000 such founderings.
#authorinterview
#booksky 💙📚
#GitchiGumee
#GhostShips
#musicsky
#envhist
youtu.be/_ktjRtzCARU?...
#authorinterview
#booksky 💙📚
#GitchiGumee
#GhostShips
#musicsky
#envhist
youtu.be/_ktjRtzCARU?...
'The Gales of November' explores the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy and the legend it inspired
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
With historical footage/photos, maps, #underwaterphotography and excerpts of Gordon Lightfoot singing about the 1975 shipwreck on the Great Lakes--the best-known of some 6,000 such founderings.
#authorinterview
#booksky 💙📚
#GitchiGumee
#GhostShips
#musicsky
#envhist
youtu.be/_ktjRtzCARU?...
#authorinterview
#booksky 💙📚
#GitchiGumee
#GhostShips
#musicsky
#envhist
youtu.be/_ktjRtzCARU?...
Spinoza would've loved to see this.
The human-sized L1 lens of the Rubin Observatory camera, or the first lens of the observatory's telescope, at 1.55 m in diameter, the largest lens ever built.
#Astronomy #RubinFirstLook #NightSkyViewer
The human-sized L1 lens of the Rubin Observatory camera, or the first lens of the observatory's telescope, at 1.55 m in diameter, the largest lens ever built.
#Astronomy #RubinFirstLook #NightSkyViewer
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Spinoza would've loved to see this.
The human-sized L1 lens of the Rubin Observatory camera, or the first lens of the observatory's telescope, at 1.55 m in diameter, the largest lens ever built.
#Astronomy #RubinFirstLook #NightSkyViewer
The human-sized L1 lens of the Rubin Observatory camera, or the first lens of the observatory's telescope, at 1.55 m in diameter, the largest lens ever built.
#Astronomy #RubinFirstLook #NightSkyViewer
Flight season comes to an end
©TonyNuspl2025oct
©TonyNuspl2025oct
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Flight season comes to an end
©TonyNuspl2025oct
©TonyNuspl2025oct
The storm surge that came ashore from Hurricane Melissa raised water levels in Jamaica by up to 16 feet, devastating coastal communities.
#CoastalRetreat
#climaterefugees
#disasterpreparedness
#warmingoceans
#CoastalRetreat
#climaterefugees
#disasterpreparedness
#warmingoceans
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The storm surge that came ashore from Hurricane Melissa raised water levels in Jamaica by up to 16 feet, devastating coastal communities.
#CoastalRetreat
#climaterefugees
#disasterpreparedness
#warmingoceans
#CoastalRetreat
#climaterefugees
#disasterpreparedness
#warmingoceans
Firefox is free #opensource software or #FOSS from Mozilla.org
The browser automatically blocks over 2000 online trackers from collecting your browsing data. "Mozilla isn’t in the business of selling advertising like Google, so it doesn’t have any 'backdoor agreements' with advertisers." ~Brainstorm
The browser automatically blocks over 2000 online trackers from collecting your browsing data. "Mozilla isn’t in the business of selling advertising like Google, so it doesn’t have any 'backdoor agreements' with advertisers." ~Brainstorm
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Firefox is free #opensource software or #FOSS from Mozilla.org
The browser automatically blocks over 2000 online trackers from collecting your browsing data. "Mozilla isn’t in the business of selling advertising like Google, so it doesn’t have any 'backdoor agreements' with advertisers." ~Brainstorm
The browser automatically blocks over 2000 online trackers from collecting your browsing data. "Mozilla isn’t in the business of selling advertising like Google, so it doesn’t have any 'backdoor agreements' with advertisers." ~Brainstorm
How to get a whole community to live off geothermal heating and cooling
#NetworkedGeothermal
#altenergy
#pilotprogramsuccess
#decarbonization
#campuswidecooling
#cleanheatsince1913
#envhist
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxe...
#NetworkedGeothermal
#altenergy
#pilotprogramsuccess
#decarbonization
#campuswidecooling
#cleanheatsince1913
#envhist
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxe...
Unlikely alliance builds cleaner geothermal energy network in Massachusetts community
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
m.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
How to get a whole community to live off geothermal heating and cooling
#NetworkedGeothermal
#altenergy
#pilotprogramsuccess
#decarbonization
#campuswidecooling
#cleanheatsince1913
#envhist
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxe...
#NetworkedGeothermal
#altenergy
#pilotprogramsuccess
#decarbonization
#campuswidecooling
#cleanheatsince1913
#envhist
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxe...
DitchMicrosoft club gains another country member
#opensourcesoftware
news.itsfoss.com/austrian-min...
#opensourcesoftware
news.itsfoss.com/austrian-min...
Good News! Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud
The BMWET migrates 1,200 employees to sovereign cloud in just four months.
news.itsfoss.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
DitchMicrosoft club gains another country member
#opensourcesoftware
news.itsfoss.com/austrian-min...
#opensourcesoftware
news.itsfoss.com/austrian-min...
300 people from Newtok, an Alaskan village north of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, abandoned their town last year, moving 9 miles inland to a new village known as Metarvik.
#stormsurge
#climateresiliency
#climatejustice
#TreatyObligations
#ClimateChange
#risingoceans
#stormsurge
#climateresiliency
#climatejustice
#TreatyObligations
#ClimateChange
#risingoceans
Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.
As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
grist.org/indigenous/n...
#AK #Alaska #Weather
As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
grist.org/indigenous/n...
#AK #Alaska #Weather
Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.
As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
grist.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
300 people from Newtok, an Alaskan village north of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, abandoned their town last year, moving 9 miles inland to a new village known as Metarvik.
#stormsurge
#climateresiliency
#climatejustice
#TreatyObligations
#ClimateChange
#risingoceans
#stormsurge
#climateresiliency
#climatejustice
#TreatyObligations
#ClimateChange
#risingoceans
#RisingOceans "For now, relocation is voluntary, and nearly 50 people have signed up to move."
#CoastalRetreat
#HurricanePreparedness
#envhist
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#CoastalRetreat
#HurricanePreparedness
#envhist
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea
As rising tides eat away at the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off Canada, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided residents
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#RisingOceans "For now, relocation is voluntary, and nearly 50 people have signed up to move."
#CoastalRetreat
#HurricanePreparedness
#envhist
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#CoastalRetreat
#HurricanePreparedness
#envhist
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tip no.15
The Firefox browser is one alternative that puts privacy first. Unlike Chrome, Firefox automatically blocks trackers and ads in Private Browsing mode
Firefox is free to download (comes pre-installed in most flavors of Linux, e.g. Linux Mint o/s)
#opensource
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Firefox browser is one alternative that puts privacy first. Unlike Chrome, Firefox automatically blocks trackers and ads in Private Browsing mode
Firefox is free to download (comes pre-installed in most flavors of Linux, e.g. Linux Mint o/s)
#opensource
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy m...
www.eff.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tip no.15
The Firefox browser is one alternative that puts privacy first. Unlike Chrome, Firefox automatically blocks trackers and ads in Private Browsing mode
Firefox is free to download (comes pre-installed in most flavors of Linux, e.g. Linux Mint o/s)
#opensource
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Firefox browser is one alternative that puts privacy first. Unlike Chrome, Firefox automatically blocks trackers and ads in Private Browsing mode
Firefox is free to download (comes pre-installed in most flavors of Linux, e.g. Linux Mint o/s)
#opensource
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
"Late Flight"
Question-Mark Butterfly in the third week of October
in NE Oklahoma, on Roadside Thistle gone to seed,
at midday, in full sun, at the forest edge
©TonyNuspl2025
'Nothing to munch on here, moving on...'
#OklahomaNatureWildlifePhotography
Question-Mark Butterfly in the third week of October
in NE Oklahoma, on Roadside Thistle gone to seed,
at midday, in full sun, at the forest edge
©TonyNuspl2025
'Nothing to munch on here, moving on...'
#OklahomaNatureWildlifePhotography
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Late Flight"
Question-Mark Butterfly in the third week of October
in NE Oklahoma, on Roadside Thistle gone to seed,
at midday, in full sun, at the forest edge
©TonyNuspl2025
'Nothing to munch on here, moving on...'
#OklahomaNatureWildlifePhotography
Question-Mark Butterfly in the third week of October
in NE Oklahoma, on Roadside Thistle gone to seed,
at midday, in full sun, at the forest edge
©TonyNuspl2025
'Nothing to munch on here, moving on...'
#OklahomaNatureWildlifePhotography
"Capturing a red sprite requires a mastery of technical photography, as well as an understanding of science and creative flairflare."
1-min video
#neologism
#skyscape
#photography
#MilkyWay
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
1-min video
#neologism
#skyscape
#photography
#MilkyWay
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red lightning captured in New Zealand skies
The extremely unusual phenomenon – also known as red lightning – lasts for a millisecond and is rarely visible to the naked eye
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Capturing a red sprite requires a mastery of technical photography, as well as an understanding of science and creative flairflare."
1-min video
#neologism
#skyscape
#photography
#MilkyWay
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
1-min video
#neologism
#skyscape
#photography
#MilkyWay
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
STL formerly known as "the grimy old man" because of the city's dependence on cheap coal, that produced vast amounts of smoke laden with sulfur
cp. The Big Smoke
#envhist
#airpollution
theconversation.com/when-coal-sm...
cp. The Big Smoke
#envhist
#airpollution
theconversation.com/when-coal-sm...
When coal smoke choked St. Louis, residents fought back − but it took time and money
The situation had to get pretty bad before people really forced the government to act. But the effort was ultimately successful.
theconversation.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
STL formerly known as "the grimy old man" because of the city's dependence on cheap coal, that produced vast amounts of smoke laden with sulfur
cp. The Big Smoke
#envhist
#airpollution
theconversation.com/when-coal-sm...
cp. The Big Smoke
#envhist
#airpollution
theconversation.com/when-coal-sm...
Before GenZ, before GenX, before Boomers or Trads, there were the descamisados.
'Have i said too much?'
allusion to the movie-based musical
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky
#YouTubeFilmSky
#BroadwayMusical
#filmadaptation
'Have i said too much?'
allusion to the movie-based musical
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky
#YouTubeFilmSky
#BroadwayMusical
#filmadaptation
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Before GenZ, before GenX, before Boomers or Trads, there were the descamisados.
'Have i said too much?'
allusion to the movie-based musical
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky
#YouTubeFilmSky
#BroadwayMusical
#filmadaptation
'Have i said too much?'
allusion to the movie-based musical
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky
#YouTubeFilmSky
#BroadwayMusical
#filmadaptation
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"rural drivers — who rack up the most miles — could save over $4,000 each year by switching to an electric vehicle"
#ElectrifyAmerica
#ElectrifyAmerica
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"rural drivers — who rack up the most miles — could save over $4,000 each year by switching to an electric vehicle"
#ElectrifyAmerica
#ElectrifyAmerica
Diane Keaton (d2025) in some of her films
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #GridArt #gridmix
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #GridArt #gridmix
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Diane Keaton (d2025) in some of her films
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #GridArt #gridmix
🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #GridArt #gridmix
Ali Tabrizi is like the Michael Moore of the high seas, but with the mellifluous voice and cadence of Dev Patel. The scales fall from the eyes.
#overfishing
#commercialfleets
#FishingNetsPollutingOceans
#IndustrialEaters
#SlaveryatSea
#OceanOnFire
#habitatdestruction
www.imdb.com/title/tt1415...
#overfishing
#commercialfleets
#FishingNetsPollutingOceans
#IndustrialEaters
#SlaveryatSea
#OceanOnFire
#habitatdestruction
www.imdb.com/title/tt1415...
Seaspiracy (2021) ⭐ 8.1 | Documentary, Adventure
1h 29m | TV-14
www.imdb.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Ali Tabrizi is like the Michael Moore of the high seas, but with the mellifluous voice and cadence of Dev Patel. The scales fall from the eyes.
#overfishing
#commercialfleets
#FishingNetsPollutingOceans
#IndustrialEaters
#SlaveryatSea
#OceanOnFire
#habitatdestruction
www.imdb.com/title/tt1415...
#overfishing
#commercialfleets
#FishingNetsPollutingOceans
#IndustrialEaters
#SlaveryatSea
#OceanOnFire
#habitatdestruction
www.imdb.com/title/tt1415...
I have long argued for vitrification of nuclear waste, to obviate the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, and as in this article, to minimize the environmental damage from the leaking tank farm at Hanford.
#WWIIcleanup
#TojosRevenge
#radioactiveplume
#ColumbiaRiver
apnews.com/article/hanf...
#WWIIcleanup
#TojosRevenge
#radioactiveplume
#ColumbiaRiver
apnews.com/article/hanf...
From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War.
apnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have long argued for vitrification of nuclear waste, to obviate the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, and as in this article, to minimize the environmental damage from the leaking tank farm at Hanford.
#WWIIcleanup
#TojosRevenge
#radioactiveplume
#ColumbiaRiver
apnews.com/article/hanf...
#WWIIcleanup
#TojosRevenge
#radioactiveplume
#ColumbiaRiver
apnews.com/article/hanf...
Challenging 2-part interview touching on #RightToRepair #DigitalFootprint #TechnoFeudalism #JailbreakPhones #digitalrights #databrokerage #GigEconomy #regulatorycapture #privacylaw #antitrust #techlayoffs #techbroFAILS and "the tools of technological liberation"
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/c...
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/c...
“Enshittification”: Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It
Writer Cory Doctorow returns to Democracy Now! to discuss his new book Enshittification, which explores the term he coined in 2022 to describe how online platforms like Facebook degrade over time as c...
www.democracynow.org
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Challenging 2-part interview touching on #RightToRepair #DigitalFootprint #TechnoFeudalism #JailbreakPhones #digitalrights #databrokerage #GigEconomy #regulatorycapture #privacylaw #antitrust #techlayoffs #techbroFAILS and "the tools of technological liberation"
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/c...
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/c...
According to NYT, it only costs $3.89 to drive your EV 100 miles, in Oklahoma, when charging your EV at home, a savings of -$6.95 compared to driving a gas car.
But in practice, on the highway using fast chargers, the cost goes up +$4.78
#EVstats
#50states
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
But in practice, on the highway using fast chargers, the cost goes up +$4.78
#EVstats
#50states
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
According to NYT, it only costs $3.89 to drive your EV 100 miles, in Oklahoma, when charging your EV at home, a savings of -$6.95 compared to driving a gas car.
But in practice, on the highway using fast chargers, the cost goes up +$4.78
#EVstats
#50states
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
But in practice, on the highway using fast chargers, the cost goes up +$4.78
#EVstats
#50states
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Catastrophism in fiction: How can this author, said to be in the realist tradition, set his novel in the year 2119?
#realistnovel
#speculativefiction
#climatefiction
#envhist
#coastalretreat
#risingsealevels
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sI5...
#booksky 💙📚
#realistnovel
#speculativefiction
#climatefiction
#envhist
#coastalretreat
#risingsealevels
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sI5...
#booksky 💙📚
Ian McEwan's 'What We Can Know' depicts life in a world ravaged by climate change
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
m.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Catastrophism in fiction: How can this author, said to be in the realist tradition, set his novel in the year 2119?
#realistnovel
#speculativefiction
#climatefiction
#envhist
#coastalretreat
#risingsealevels
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sI5...
#booksky 💙📚
#realistnovel
#speculativefiction
#climatefiction
#envhist
#coastalretreat
#risingsealevels
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sI5...
#booksky 💙📚
Tar Creek, in NE Oklahoma. The EPA's oldest 'Superfund' clean-up site, remediation ongoing. Annual conference starts today in Miami, OK.
#envhist
#chatpiles
#sinkholes
#slagheaps
#runoff
#RobidouxAquifer
#GrandLakeOK
#DrinkingWater
#waterpolitics
#ghosttowns
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-...
#envhist
#chatpiles
#sinkholes
#slagheaps
#runoff
#RobidouxAquifer
#GrandLakeOK
#DrinkingWater
#waterpolitics
#ghosttowns
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-...
Rebecca Jim and the Legacy of Tar Creek
The lifelong activist brings people together to heal the land
www.sierraclub.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tar Creek, in NE Oklahoma. The EPA's oldest 'Superfund' clean-up site, remediation ongoing. Annual conference starts today in Miami, OK.
#envhist
#chatpiles
#sinkholes
#slagheaps
#runoff
#RobidouxAquifer
#GrandLakeOK
#DrinkingWater
#waterpolitics
#ghosttowns
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-...
#envhist
#chatpiles
#sinkholes
#slagheaps
#runoff
#RobidouxAquifer
#GrandLakeOK
#DrinkingWater
#waterpolitics
#ghosttowns
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-...
A decade ago #Cowspiracy kickstarted the conversation -- film over-stated its case. The scientific consensus: livestock contributes 15%-18% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Meanwhile, "reduced-meat diets could feed the world without causing environmental breakdown"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meanwhile, "reduced-meat diets could feed the world without causing environmental breakdown"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A decade ago #Cowspiracy kickstarted the conversation -- film over-stated its case. The scientific consensus: livestock contributes 15%-18% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Meanwhile, "reduced-meat diets could feed the world without causing environmental breakdown"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meanwhile, "reduced-meat diets could feed the world without causing environmental breakdown"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...