Dan Ropek
@danropek.bsky.social
Lives near a mountain, wrote a book, musician (sort of), iPhone photo taker, not a mechanic, relentless snow shoveler, owns a nice collection of political buttons, views Trump as a menace, knows that only Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' can save us.
When Tiger Conservation Overlooks Human Lives
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When Tiger Conservation Overlooks Human Lives
An anthropologist looks at how tiger conservation efforts in the Sundarban region of West Bengal often ignore forest-dwelling communities.
www.sapiens.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
When Tiger Conservation Overlooks Human Lives
www.sapiens.org/culture/tige...
www.sapiens.org/culture/tige...
Make friends with a Rubber Boa, you'll be glad you did.
July 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Make friends with a Rubber Boa, you'll be glad you did.
Recent visitor... Western Tiger Swallowtail
July 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Recent visitor... Western Tiger Swallowtail
Sweet new song by Ad Vanderveen, a fantastic artist who should be on more playlists: youtu.be/wsezXDWWIPg?...
Ad Vanderveen - Crazy Dreams
YouTube video by Ad Vanderveen
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April 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Sweet new song by Ad Vanderveen, a fantastic artist who should be on more playlists: youtu.be/wsezXDWWIPg?...
Driveway leaf after a hard winter, with cobalt gravel...
April 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Driveway leaf after a hard winter, with cobalt gravel...
The world's greatest comic. Here's what one Sunday newspaper would have offered as entertainment one week in 1938:
March 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The world's greatest comic. Here's what one Sunday newspaper would have offered as entertainment one week in 1938:
Last year's maple leaf says goodbye...
March 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last year's maple leaf says goodbye...
Want to tell people that you've read Melville, but don't have time for 'Moby Dick'? Well, 'Bartleby The Scrivener' is your solution. A great, short, weird read that sneaks a peek into the sickness at the heart of old (and current) Wall Street: www.gutenberg.org/files/11231/...
Bartleby, The Scrivener | Project Gutenberg
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March 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Want to tell people that you've read Melville, but don't have time for 'Moby Dick'? Well, 'Bartleby The Scrivener' is your solution. A great, short, weird read that sneaks a peek into the sickness at the heart of old (and current) Wall Street: www.gutenberg.org/files/11231/...
One of my relatives, same birthday (not year) as me, who didn't get to experience much of this life.
March 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
One of my relatives, same birthday (not year) as me, who didn't get to experience much of this life.
Cool story of a traveling bard: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEdV...
Tommy The LeprechanJune 1995
YouTube video by MCAT Community Media
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February 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Cool story of a traveling bard: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEdV...
Black Ends - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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February 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The three footed bird...
February 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The three footed bird...
they wanted. I know that the Doors did some long, experimental pieces that never got completed - Rock is Dead, and Celebration Of the Lizard.
February 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
they wanted. I know that the Doors did some long, experimental pieces that never got completed - Rock is Dead, and Celebration Of the Lizard.
'This is the strangest life I've ever known...' www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7s0...
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
YouTube video by Music is the best!
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February 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
'This is the strangest life I've ever known...' www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7s0...
3-D Buttons were a thing in the 1950's
February 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
3-D Buttons were a thing in the 1950's
Slow times at the Grange, Parkdale, OR. 1/30/25
January 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Slow times at the Grange, Parkdale, OR. 1/30/25
Best (only) place to buy records in Wailuku, Maui...
January 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Best (only) place to buy records in Wailuku, Maui...
This is what a real president looks like, according to me, in 1964....
January 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is what a real president looks like, according to me, in 1964....