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#1 Beacon NY Enjoyer! HOTOSM cartographer. Transportation Engineer and USSF Referee! Enjoyer of hiking, astronomy, other sciences, geocaching, and geography. I post original content and informational content from other sources that is interesting to me.
My tips for the next four years:
1. Personal care. Keep yourself safe, healthy, and financially sustainable in spite of current events
2. Fight like hell; time is just about up for action, especially on the climate crisis. We can’t wait four years for favorable conditions. The present is now.
1. Personal care. Keep yourself safe, healthy, and financially sustainable in spite of current events
2. Fight like hell; time is just about up for action, especially on the climate crisis. We can’t wait four years for favorable conditions. The present is now.
January 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
My tips for the next four years:
1. Personal care. Keep yourself safe, healthy, and financially sustainable in spite of current events
2. Fight like hell; time is just about up for action, especially on the climate crisis. We can’t wait four years for favorable conditions. The present is now.
1. Personal care. Keep yourself safe, healthy, and financially sustainable in spite of current events
2. Fight like hell; time is just about up for action, especially on the climate crisis. We can’t wait four years for favorable conditions. The present is now.
Susquehanna River, from a hike earlier this year
December 23, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Susquehanna River, from a hike earlier this year
The Fresnel Lens at the Montauk Lighthouse!
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 AM
The Fresnel Lens at the Montauk Lighthouse!
Back in the Boston Seaport!
November 29, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Back in the Boston Seaport!
Potentially some good news in biology on the climate front (but scaling this may prove to be incredibly hard)
wecastonline.com/newly-discov...
wecastonline.com/newly-discov...
Newly Discovered Microbe Turns Carbon into Energy - WecastOnline
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could shed light on the origins of life on Earth and potentially revolutionize the way we produce biofuels and chemicals. Researchers at RIKEN have...
wecastonline.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Potentially some good news in biology on the climate front (but scaling this may prove to be incredibly hard)
wecastonline.com/newly-discov...
wecastonline.com/newly-discov...
Rode the MBTA red line today without the slow zones from Braintree to Park Street; compared to a few years ago it’s so so so so much noticeably better and it feels like (almost) a proper service
November 28, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Rode the MBTA red line today without the slow zones from Braintree to Park Street; compared to a few years ago it’s so so so so much noticeably better and it feels like (almost) a proper service
Sorry New England but we also have to come to reality of water conservation going forward into the future…
apnews.com/article/drou...
apnews.com/article/drou...
Record dryness in US Northeast should change water behavior, experts say
The U.S. Northeast is experiencing an unusually severe and widespread drought during months that are typically the wettest.
apnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Sorry New England but we also have to come to reality of water conservation going forward into the future…
apnews.com/article/drou...
apnews.com/article/drou...
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A new bald eagle nest cam has begun livestreaming from Minnesota. Viewers can watch live as the wild raptor pair builds their nest and raise their young.
Minnesota's EagleCam is back — with new birds
A new bald eagle nest cam has begun livestreaming from Minnesota. Viewers can watch live as the wild raptor pair builds their nest and raise their young.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 9:17 PM
A new bald eagle nest cam has begun livestreaming from Minnesota. Viewers can watch live as the wild raptor pair builds their nest and raise their young.
{From Rainmaker1973}
“A German company that sells cleaning equipment used its pressure washers to create a giant image of Godzilla on the Iwaya Kawauchi Dam in Saga Prefecture, Japan”
“A German company that sells cleaning equipment used its pressure washers to create a giant image of Godzilla on the Iwaya Kawauchi Dam in Saga Prefecture, Japan”
November 25, 2024 at 8:27 PM
{From Rainmaker1973}
“A German company that sells cleaning equipment used its pressure washers to create a giant image of Godzilla on the Iwaya Kawauchi Dam in Saga Prefecture, Japan”
“A German company that sells cleaning equipment used its pressure washers to create a giant image of Godzilla on the Iwaya Kawauchi Dam in Saga Prefecture, Japan”
So turns out that “eco-friendly” labeled fibers may actually be worse than normal fibers on total impact to the environment…. Interesting new data out of this study;
www.universal-sci.com/article/bio-...
www.universal-sci.com/article/bio-...
New Research Shows that Bio-Based Fibers May Be Worse for the Environment than Plastics
Bio-based materials intended to replace traditional plastics might actually pose a greater health risk to some of the planet's most crucial species than plastics themselves.
www.universal-sci.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
So turns out that “eco-friendly” labeled fibers may actually be worse than normal fibers on total impact to the environment…. Interesting new data out of this study;
www.universal-sci.com/article/bio-...
www.universal-sci.com/article/bio-...
Misty and quiet morning on the outer Cape Cod at the Wellfleet Trombolo (Jeremy Point) - 10 mile round trip hike down a peninsula of scrub covered dunes out here at one of the ends of the Earth
November 25, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Misty and quiet morning on the outer Cape Cod at the Wellfleet Trombolo (Jeremy Point) - 10 mile round trip hike down a peninsula of scrub covered dunes out here at one of the ends of the Earth
My reaction when I find an asteroid in the Catalina Sky Observatory nightly data processing tasks only for it to be a “control” image of a known object included for accuracy assurance 🥲🥲🥲
November 25, 2024 at 4:54 AM
My reaction when I find an asteroid in the Catalina Sky Observatory nightly data processing tasks only for it to be a “control” image of a known object included for accuracy assurance 🥲🥲🥲
Found an abandoned rail bridge structure over the Weweantic River in Wareham MA whilst hiking in the woods 😍
November 24, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Found an abandoned rail bridge structure over the Weweantic River in Wareham MA whilst hiking in the woods 😍
Lunch at Cafe Vanak, Boston - Delicious Sabzi
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Lunch at Cafe Vanak, Boston - Delicious Sabzi
Just visited the Harvard Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology; truly fascinating!
Best exhibit of the day thus far was a collection of hundreds of flora made entirely from glass, 100% anatomically accurate down to the micro level. Extremely fine details and amazingly life-like plants
Best exhibit of the day thus far was a collection of hundreds of flora made entirely from glass, 100% anatomically accurate down to the micro level. Extremely fine details and amazingly life-like plants
November 24, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Just visited the Harvard Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology; truly fascinating!
Best exhibit of the day thus far was a collection of hundreds of flora made entirely from glass, 100% anatomically accurate down to the micro level. Extremely fine details and amazingly life-like plants
Best exhibit of the day thus far was a collection of hundreds of flora made entirely from glass, 100% anatomically accurate down to the micro level. Extremely fine details and amazingly life-like plants
{Joan Kohurst, 2018}
November 24, 2024 at 4:41 PM
{Joan Kohurst, 2018}