Kaleb Rounsevel.
@whiteaeros.bsky.social
A former Network Engineer, now most of the way through his water degree, excited to find somewhere to make a difference.
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
I put bacon in my mac and cheese for the first time tonight. Now I'm mad I didn't try this sooner.
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I put bacon in my mac and cheese for the first time tonight. Now I'm mad I didn't try this sooner.
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"Logging is not a substitute for controlled burns, which remove much of the finer fuels." In terms of fire/fuel effects, conventional logging is not a substitute or even similar to prescribed fire -- don't let anyone tell you otherwise. www.rmoutlook.com/banff/parks-...
Parks Canada logging near Banff townsite to reduce wildfire threat
“We know that wildfire risk is very real and while it can't be fully mitigated, there are certainly things we can do and so this is one of those things that we can do.”
www.rmoutlook.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Logging is not a substitute for controlled burns, which remove much of the finer fuels." In terms of fire/fuel effects, conventional logging is not a substitute or even similar to prescribed fire -- don't let anyone tell you otherwise. www.rmoutlook.com/banff/parks-...
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Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.
They did the Monster Slash
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I regularly see them when I sift leaf litter, but I've only observed phoresis once. There was one riding on the back of this harlequin beetle.
October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I regularly see them when I sift leaf litter, but I've only observed phoresis once. There was one riding on the back of this harlequin beetle.
Gotta love the random photos that turn out to be near perfection!
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Gotta love the random photos that turn out to be near perfection!
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Crows are such smart birds.
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Crows are such smart birds.
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Never a question of "if", always a matter of "when" an oil pipe leaks....
In 2005 I spent 5 months in Ecuador investigating oil extraction.
Around then German bank WestLB funded a new Andes pipeline despite past spills.
What I saw was shocking and mostly unseen. This 2022 video shows just one example of repeated spills poisoning rivers and communities.
Around then German bank WestLB funded a new Andes pipeline despite past spills.
What I saw was shocking and mostly unseen. This 2022 video shows just one example of repeated spills poisoning rivers and communities.
September 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Never a question of "if", always a matter of "when" an oil pipe leaks....
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We need more of this energy
September 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We need more of this energy
#Molybdenite Dioptase looks nice, but don't touch!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 6: It's more exciting versions of familiar favourites as emerald #dioptase is pitted against silvery #molybdenite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
www.mineralcup.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
#Molybdenite Dioptase looks nice, but don't touch!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
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[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
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September 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
Tonight's personal discovery is that math is purely empathetic.
September 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Tonight's personal discovery is that math is purely empathetic.
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The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
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New life goal: to be blepped by the world’s rarest mammals. First up – the Vancouver Island marmot. A photo essay.
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New life goal: to be blepped by the world’s rarest mammals. First up – the Vancouver Island marmot. A photo essay.
This is the sort of problem I wanted to work on prior to the administration change. But now I have zero interest in working for the feds at this point, there's no stability there.
The effects of wildfires last for years after the blaze has been extinguished. The ongoing problems in New Mexico highlight how local, state, and federal systems aren’t equipped to handle the prolonged recovery associated with increasingly large and destructive wildfires.
🔗 bit.ly/4n1Ne2f
🔗 bit.ly/4n1Ne2f
September 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the sort of problem I wanted to work on prior to the administration change. But now I have zero interest in working for the feds at this point, there's no stability there.
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Nature in the mountains of Kurdistan
September 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nature in the mountains of Kurdistan
Nessie!
#MolluskMonday was here! 🧪🐌
While it has long been fashionable to imagine the Loch Ness Monster as a swan-necked plesiosaur, this semi-infaunal gastropod suggests an alternative hypothesis ...
While it has long been fashionable to imagine the Loch Ness Monster as a swan-necked plesiosaur, this semi-infaunal gastropod suggests an alternative hypothesis ...
September 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Nessie!
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Feels like the world is burning so time for weird jellyfish facts 🧵
September 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Feels like the world is burning so time for weird jellyfish facts 🧵
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A calm good morning from this aquatic plant producing oxygen: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
September 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A calm good morning from this aquatic plant producing oxygen: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
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Excellent reporting on who called the ICE raid on firefighting teams in WA.
The question to ask is why bravery firefighters with years of service don’t have a path to citizenship.
Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid idahocapitalsun.com/2025/09/01/f...
The question to ask is why bravery firefighters with years of service don’t have a path to citizenship.
Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid idahocapitalsun.com/2025/09/01/f...
Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid • Idaho Capital Sun
Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state.
idahocapitalsun.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Excellent reporting on who called the ICE raid on firefighting teams in WA.
The question to ask is why bravery firefighters with years of service don’t have a path to citizenship.
Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid idahocapitalsun.com/2025/09/01/f...
The question to ask is why bravery firefighters with years of service don’t have a path to citizenship.
Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid idahocapitalsun.com/2025/09/01/f...
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How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
August 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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