D. Brett Richardson
@berkeleybrett.bsky.social
Trying to save the world, one sentient being at a time. May Compassion be our Compass! (Retired from the Advanced Light Source at LBNL @als-lbnl.bsky.social / @berkeleylab.lbl.gov )
"A Woman's Instructional Guide for Men" 😂🤣😂 #MaryMcHugh
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"A Woman's Instructional Guide for Men" 😂🤣😂 #MaryMcHugh
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Living on earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun." - Ashleigh Brilliant, 🤓 www.AshleighBrilliant.com , #PotShots #BrilliantThoughts #AshleighBrilliant
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"Living on earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun." - Ashleigh Brilliant, 🤓 www.AshleighBrilliant.com , #PotShots #BrilliantThoughts #AshleighBrilliant
I dropped off my ballot today at the "Food 4 Less" in #Woodland #California -- "Food 4 Less, Vote 4 Free" 🤣 (& "Vote 4 Freedom"!) Let's hope that Wisdom, Compassion, & Justice will one day prevail in this complex (& often bewildering) nation & world of ours.... 🌎🌞🌍🌈🌏 #Vote
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I dropped off my ballot today at the "Food 4 Less" in #Woodland #California -- "Food 4 Less, Vote 4 Free" 🤣 (& "Vote 4 Freedom"!) Let's hope that Wisdom, Compassion, & Justice will one day prevail in this complex (& often bewildering) nation & world of ours.... 🌎🌞🌍🌈🌏 #Vote
One nice thing about working at a National Laboratory is that you are in the midst of the most advanced, cutting-edge technology.... 🤣 #EarthquakeDetectionTechnology
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One nice thing about working at a National Laboratory is that you are in the midst of the most advanced, cutting-edge technology.... 🤣 #EarthquakeDetectionTechnology
Auspicious Día de los Muertos to all! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_... - #DíaDeMuertos #DayOfTheDead
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Auspicious Día de los Muertos to all! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_... - #DíaDeMuertos #DayOfTheDead
Better living through chemistry! 🤣
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Better living through chemistry! 🤣
Sitting thru another meeting... 😂🤣😂 (Image courtesy of Emily Steiner ( www.facebook.com/emily.steine... ), Medievalist Extraordinaire! 🤩 )
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sitting thru another meeting... 😂🤣😂 (Image courtesy of Emily Steiner ( www.facebook.com/emily.steine... ), Medievalist Extraordinaire! 🤩 )
"University of California sets world record for Nobel Prizes in a single year" www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/u... 🌎🤩🌍🤓🌏 CC #UnveristyOfCalifornia #UCBerkeley #UCLA #UCSantaBarbara #UCSanDiego - @berkeleylab.lbl.gov - @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov - @als.lbl.gov - #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2025
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"University of California sets world record for Nobel Prizes in a single year" www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/u... 🌎🤩🌍🤓🌏 CC #UnveristyOfCalifornia #UCBerkeley #UCLA #UCSantaBarbara #UCSanDiego - @berkeleylab.lbl.gov - @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov - @als.lbl.gov - #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2025
🎶 She's a Smoothie Operator🎵Smoooothie Operatorrrr 🎶 😂🤣😂 (Seen in #Davis #California 😊 ) -- #Sade #SmoothOperator #Operators #Smoothies #DavisCA
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🎶 She's a Smoothie Operator🎵Smoooothie Operatorrrr 🎶 😂🤣😂 (Seen in #Davis #California 😊 ) -- #Sade #SmoothOperator #Operators #Smoothies #DavisCA
I came across this photo of my Dad, from a news clipping in the 1970s (I believe). He was a tough ol' Marine, most at home in the wilderness. Though life with Dad was complicated, I've always be thankful he was my father. Semper Fi, Dad! I'll never be able to thank you enough....
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I came across this photo of my Dad, from a news clipping in the 1970s (I believe). He was a tough ol' Marine, most at home in the wilderness. Though life with Dad was complicated, I've always be thankful he was my father. Semper Fi, Dad! I'll never be able to thank you enough....
I asked Google Gemini (AI) two questions: "In what year did more than 50% of americans have internet service?" & "In what year did more than 50% of americans own a personal computer?" (An AI-response is only as good as the resources on which it is based! Easy to forget ....) #InternetHistory
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I asked Google Gemini (AI) two questions: "In what year did more than 50% of americans have internet service?" & "In what year did more than 50% of americans own a personal computer?" (An AI-response is only as good as the resources on which it is based! Easy to forget ....) #InternetHistory
The advertising algorithm seems to think I'm interested in buying a shipping container 😂🤣😂 Good thing I'm not given to impulse buying, because I rather like the 3rd one to the right! 😛
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The advertising algorithm seems to think I'm interested in buying a shipping container 😂🤣😂 Good thing I'm not given to impulse buying, because I rather like the 3rd one to the right! 😛
These long-lived little rodents are resistant to cancer, arthritis, & other diseases: can we discover their health secrets & develop them for human beings? More - BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... -- Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -- #CancerPrevention #Cancer #Arthritis #NakedMoleRats
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
These long-lived little rodents are resistant to cancer, arthritis, & other diseases: can we discover their health secrets & develop them for human beings? More - BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... -- Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -- #CancerPrevention #Cancer #Arthritis #NakedMoleRats
I was interested to learn that LBNL scientist (and former Director of Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry: foundry.lbl.gov ) Omar M. Yaghi has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [shared] :
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I was interested to learn that LBNL scientist (and former Director of Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry: foundry.lbl.gov ) Omar M. Yaghi has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [shared] :
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....
The "Paradox of Buridan's Donkey" strikes again! 🤣 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan... -- #BuridansAss #Aristotle #Spinoza #JeanBuridan #AlGhazali #Paradox #Dilemma #Ambiguity
October 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The "Paradox of Buridan's Donkey" strikes again! 🤣 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan... -- #BuridansAss #Aristotle #Spinoza #JeanBuridan #AlGhazali #Paradox #Dilemma #Ambiguity
A map projection necessarily distorts *something* -- it is a 2-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional reality. 🌍🌏🌎 Different projections distort different things (& get other things right). Good to be acquainted with the different types of map projections! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
October 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A map projection necessarily distorts *something* -- it is a 2-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional reality. 🌍🌏🌎 Different projections distort different things (& get other things right). Good to be acquainted with the different types of map projections! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Earthquake near Berkeley, California, Magnitude 4.3, 2km ESE of Berkeley. Wishing safety & wellness to all our friends in Berkeley & the greater SF Bay Area! 🌎🙏🙏🙏🌎 For more, see the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory: earthquakes.berkeley.edu --- #BerkeleyEarthquake #SanFranciscoEarthquake
September 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Earthquake near Berkeley, California, Magnitude 4.3, 2km ESE of Berkeley. Wishing safety & wellness to all our friends in Berkeley & the greater SF Bay Area! 🌎🙏🙏🙏🌎 For more, see the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory: earthquakes.berkeley.edu --- #BerkeleyEarthquake #SanFranciscoEarthquake
Wikipedia's "List of oldest continuously inhabited cities" lists West Asian cities Diyarbakir (Turkey), Aleppo (Syria), Byblos (Lebanon), Damascus, & Jerusalem. In the US, Tuscon (Arizona) & in Mexico, Mexico City make the list. Here's the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... 🌍🌏🌎
September 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wikipedia's "List of oldest continuously inhabited cities" lists West Asian cities Diyarbakir (Turkey), Aleppo (Syria), Byblos (Lebanon), Damascus, & Jerusalem. In the US, Tuscon (Arizona) & in Mexico, Mexico City make the list. Here's the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... 🌍🌏🌎
"ABANDON ALL DESPAIR YE WHO ENTER HERE" 🌎🥰🌍🙂🌏-- historic photo from @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco -- #CityLights #CityLightsBookstore #Dante #DanteAlighieri
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"ABANDON ALL DESPAIR YE WHO ENTER HERE" 🌎🥰🌍🙂🌏-- historic photo from @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco -- #CityLights #CityLightsBookstore #Dante #DanteAlighieri
"I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him." - Booker T. Washington ----- Amen. 🌍🌏🌎 #LoveYourNeighbor #BookerTWashington
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him." - Booker T. Washington ----- Amen. 🌍🌏🌎 #LoveYourNeighbor #BookerTWashington
A beautiful, inspiring story, via the #BBC 🌎 "Why a Brazilian favela facing eviction decided to go green" - Bravo, LiaEsperança!! 🥰 Photo: "Maria de Lourdes Andrade Silva shows off a giant passionfruit grown in the community garden" - www.bbc.com/future/artic...
August 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A beautiful, inspiring story, via the #BBC 🌎 "Why a Brazilian favela facing eviction decided to go green" - Bravo, LiaEsperança!! 🥰 Photo: "Maria de Lourdes Andrade Silva shows off a giant passionfruit grown in the community garden" - www.bbc.com/future/artic...
