Dorene
@waywardscootergirl.bsky.social
A generalist at heart, striving to live the breadth/depth of my life as well as its length. Engineering prof. by day, @PtDefianceZoo Aquarium volunteer on Sat.
Winter puzzle #2 complete! (Caveat, done with friends...)
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Winter puzzle #2 complete! (Caveat, done with friends...)
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YA author Natasha Bowen shares that she never saw herself in any books until she was 19yrs old! Representation matters, especially when it's authentically part of storytelling and not crammed into an otherwise white/eurocentric story.
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
Ep. 221: Who Gets to Be the Hero w/ Author Natasha Bowen
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I'm the one saying, "It's okay, he's only checking us out..."
Lunging sea lion startles sunrise swimmers at Colwood beach - Cold-plunging in the waters of Esquimalt Lagoon is supposed to take your breath away. But for two sunrise swimmers, a routine dip got the blood pumping in more ways than one.
Read more at: goldstreamgazette.com/2025/11/24/v...
Read more at: goldstreamgazette.com/2025/11/24/v...
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'm the one saying, "It's okay, he's only checking us out..."
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One way to save $ on breakfasts if you like hashbrowns is to make em from potatoes.
If you can get a 10lb bag of spuds for $5, often doable this time of year, you can turn half into hashbrowns to freeze—
Peel. Cube them. Parboil in boiling water maybe 3-4 minutes. Strain. Cool. 🍜🍽️
If you can get a 10lb bag of spuds for $5, often doable this time of year, you can turn half into hashbrowns to freeze—
Peel. Cube them. Parboil in boiling water maybe 3-4 minutes. Strain. Cool. 🍜🍽️
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Spent yesterday afternoon using a headlight restoration kit on my 15 year old Honda Fit. Not because of aesthetics, the car's paint job is pretty bad. Instead I wanted to improve the road visibility in the dark and a lot was compromised by cloudy headlight.
We'll see how long it lasts!
We'll see how long it lasts!
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Spent yesterday afternoon using a headlight restoration kit on my 15 year old Honda Fit. Not because of aesthetics, the car's paint job is pretty bad. Instead I wanted to improve the road visibility in the dark and a lot was compromised by cloudy headlight.
We'll see how long it lasts!
We'll see how long it lasts!
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If you haven't seen this guide yet, it helped me: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The #WestCoastHealthAlliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to #autism. (1/
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The #WestCoastHealthAlliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to #autism. (1/
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Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
Inaugural Vancouver Goldeneyes versus Seattle Torrent PWHL hockey game! Let's go Torrent!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Inaugural Vancouver Goldeneyes versus Seattle Torrent PWHL hockey game! Let's go Torrent!!!
Working remotely from friends' house and spent several hours yesterday on the phone with IT trying to figure out why I couldn't access the company server. Long story short, the company server and one of their devices had the same IP address. Which device you ask? The stove/oven...I kid you not.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Working remotely from friends' house and spent several hours yesterday on the phone with IT trying to figure out why I couldn't access the company server. Long story short, the company server and one of their devices had the same IP address. Which device you ask? The stove/oven...I kid you not.
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A month or so back I gave a public talk at the @salish-current.org's Voices of the Northwest knowledge festival, about our new course on how to live, learn, and thrive and a ChatGPT world. The evening was delightful; we had a great conversation with a marvelous audience.
Now you can watch it here.
Now you can watch it here.
Carl Bergstrom | Knowledge Festival | Sept. 17th, 2025
YouTube video by Salish Current
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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First winter puzzle completed!
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
First winter puzzle completed!
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Today we were lucky enough to encounter a superpod while on the water in Puget Sound with the @whaleresearch.bsky.social !
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Today we were lucky enough to encounter a superpod while on the water in Puget Sound with the @whaleresearch.bsky.social !
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
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Have you ever wondered about the different roles on a research boat?
We’d like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what each of the six people on board from OBI & @whaleresearch.bsky.social are responsible for!
Is this what you imagined? Which role would you most want to do?
#whalesky #orca
We’d like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what each of the six people on board from OBI & @whaleresearch.bsky.social are responsible for!
Is this what you imagined? Which role would you most want to do?
#whalesky #orca
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Have you ever wondered about the different roles on a research boat?
We’d like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what each of the six people on board from OBI & @whaleresearch.bsky.social are responsible for!
Is this what you imagined? Which role would you most want to do?
#whalesky #orca
We’d like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what each of the six people on board from OBI & @whaleresearch.bsky.social are responsible for!
Is this what you imagined? Which role would you most want to do?
#whalesky #orca
Popped down to Titlow Park for a little bird photography practice.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Popped down to Titlow Park for a little bird photography practice.
The vocals are stunning.
I always wonder what's being communicated and to whom.
I always wonder what's being communicated and to whom.
Amazing Haro humpback bout early this morning (11/9, 3:30-3:51 Pacific)! Probably the best validation opportunity yet for the DAS4orcas (and humpbacks!) project with @uwbothell.bsky.social !
Try minute 3:42 for the most intense signals.
live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0...
#psws #das4orcas
Try minute 3:42 for the most intense signals.
live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0...
#psws #das4orcas
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The vocals are stunning.
I always wonder what's being communicated and to whom.
I always wonder what's being communicated and to whom.
Autumn sun just hits different.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Autumn sun just hits different.
Ditto
Thanks for an great season, @reignfc.com. The future is bright and I can't wait to do it all again next year.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Ditto
Digging this episode of @bcwcpodcast.bsky.social!
Great work @charmcitychicky.bsky.social and @whysharksmatter.bsky.social...I loved the conversation around sharks, shark research and science communication.
Great work @charmcitychicky.bsky.social and @whysharksmatter.bsky.social...I loved the conversation around sharks, shark research and science communication.
Got #shark facts? Now you do! Check out our latest episode to hear from shark scientist and #sciencecommunications rockstar @whysharksmatter.bsky.social!
Blue Collar White Coat is a #podcast dedicated to humanizing #science and the people powering #STEM. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🦈
Blue Collar White Coat is a #podcast dedicated to humanizing #science and the people powering #STEM. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🦈
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Digging this episode of @bcwcpodcast.bsky.social!
Great work @charmcitychicky.bsky.social and @whysharksmatter.bsky.social...I loved the conversation around sharks, shark research and science communication.
Great work @charmcitychicky.bsky.social and @whysharksmatter.bsky.social...I loved the conversation around sharks, shark research and science communication.
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Got #shark facts? Now you do! Check out our latest episode to hear from shark scientist and #sciencecommunications rockstar @whysharksmatter.bsky.social!
Blue Collar White Coat is a #podcast dedicated to humanizing #science and the people powering #STEM. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🦈
Blue Collar White Coat is a #podcast dedicated to humanizing #science and the people powering #STEM. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🦈
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Got #shark facts? Now you do! Check out our latest episode to hear from shark scientist and #sciencecommunications rockstar @whysharksmatter.bsky.social!
Blue Collar White Coat is a #podcast dedicated to humanizing #science and the people powering #STEM. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🦈
Blue Collar White Coat is a #podcast dedicated to humanizing #science and the people powering #STEM. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🦈
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Tacomans, don't forget to drop your ballots before 8PM!
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tacomans, don't forget to drop your ballots before 8PM!
I'll be buying my gas here from this point forward.
Oh damn, I'm definitely going to be spending more money at Garry's in Tacoma.
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'll be buying my gas here from this point forward.
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FEAR: the impact of killer whales on baleen whales
Talk on 19 November by yours truly!
Talk on 19 November by yours truly!
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Welcome to the 2025 #Nudivember art challenge!
Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.
Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.
Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!
Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.
Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.
Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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