David C. Spencer Hickman
@david-spencer-h.bsky.social
Artist, Environmentalist, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Surfer, Sailor, Diver
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The climate and plastic waste crises are increasingly intertwined. It is past time to start connecting them, so the environmental community can focus our actions to solve the issues together. An article I wrote on ‘A Holistic Approach to Ocean Health.’
Creativity is the one skill AI can't replicate, making inventive thinkers essential in the job market. Quick, consistent innovation gives humans an edge, so fostering creativity and problem-solving will be key to staying competitive. The future will favor those who innovate and adapt.
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Creativity is the one skill AI can't replicate, making inventive thinkers essential in the job market. Quick, consistent innovation gives humans an edge, so fostering creativity and problem-solving will be key to staying competitive. The future will favor those who innovate and adapt.
This week, I received a notification in my news feed that a Michigan man whose three young sons vanished without a trace has been charged with their murders. A story I have been following for nearly 15 years. www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...
Did you ever have a role that had a lasting impression on you?
Over a decade ago, when I was a media consultant, I took a role as the Public Relations Director for a small film project on the NBCUniversal backlot. The project was a streaming, and rolling, awarene...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This week, I received a notification in my news feed that a Michigan man whose three young sons vanished without a trace has been charged with their murders. A story I have been following for nearly 15 years. www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...
In the Ojibwe and Cree cultures, “Leadership” didn’t mean “Power”, it meant “Caring”. ― Tanya Talaga. True leadership is not about titles or positions; it's about how you treat people. Respect is earned through actions, empathy, and integrity. Caring leaders elevate us all. #WednesdayWisdom
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In the Ojibwe and Cree cultures, “Leadership” didn’t mean “Power”, it meant “Caring”. ― Tanya Talaga. True leadership is not about titles or positions; it's about how you treat people. Respect is earned through actions, empathy, and integrity. Caring leaders elevate us all. #WednesdayWisdom
Coral restoration is made more difficult if not impossible given rising temperatures and acidity. There is no guarantee that corals restored from past populations will be able to survive the harsher conditions of the future. #FridayFieldUpdate
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Coral restoration is made more difficult if not impossible given rising temperatures and acidity. There is no guarantee that corals restored from past populations will be able to survive the harsher conditions of the future. #FridayFieldUpdate
“Plankton, a shimmering phosphorescence on the sea, and the spinning planets and an expanding universe, all bound together by the elastic string of time. It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again.” ― John Steinbeck, ‘The Log from the Sea of Cortez’
October 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Plankton, a shimmering phosphorescence on the sea, and the spinning planets and an expanding universe, all bound together by the elastic string of time. It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again.” ― John Steinbeck, ‘The Log from the Sea of Cortez’
Today in History: On St. Crispin’s Day, October 25, 1415, King Henry V led his English Army to victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. youtu.be/A-yZNMWFqvM
Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD
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October 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Today in History: On St. Crispin’s Day, October 25, 1415, King Henry V led his English Army to victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. youtu.be/A-yZNMWFqvM
At 25, I chased status.
At 35, I chased freedom.
At 45, I started over.
At 55, I’m starting over again.
Many people never evolve because they fear change.
Change isn’t risky; staying the same is.
It is going to be amazing to watch. Stay tuned.
At 35, I chased freedom.
At 45, I started over.
At 55, I’m starting over again.
Many people never evolve because they fear change.
Change isn’t risky; staying the same is.
It is going to be amazing to watch. Stay tuned.
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
At 25, I chased status.
At 35, I chased freedom.
At 45, I started over.
At 55, I’m starting over again.
Many people never evolve because they fear change.
Change isn’t risky; staying the same is.
It is going to be amazing to watch. Stay tuned.
At 35, I chased freedom.
At 45, I started over.
At 55, I’m starting over again.
Many people never evolve because they fear change.
Change isn’t risky; staying the same is.
It is going to be amazing to watch. Stay tuned.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I apologize for my long unexplained absence on other social media accounts and thank everyone for their concern.
To quote Mark Twain, "The report of my death was an exaggeration".
Long story, short. I’m on BlueSky now, and I’m back.
To quote Mark Twain, "The report of my death was an exaggeration".
Long story, short. I’m on BlueSky now, and I’m back.
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I apologize for my long unexplained absence on other social media accounts and thank everyone for their concern.
To quote Mark Twain, "The report of my death was an exaggeration".
Long story, short. I’m on BlueSky now, and I’m back.
To quote Mark Twain, "The report of my death was an exaggeration".
Long story, short. I’m on BlueSky now, and I’m back.
Tragically, the ocean has reached the climate tipping point I've been warning about. Scientists from around the world agree that unless global heating is cut to 1.2°C as fast as possible, warm-water coral reefs will vanish. #TippingPoint #Climate #Coral
October 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tragically, the ocean has reached the climate tipping point I've been warning about. Scientists from around the world agree that unless global heating is cut to 1.2°C as fast as possible, warm-water coral reefs will vanish. #TippingPoint #Climate #Coral
Alongside the Big Cypress Bend boardwalk is a ‘Strangler Fig’ wrapped around a tree stump within the expansive Fakahatchee Strand Preserve. To quote John Muir, "I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order. In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
October 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Alongside the Big Cypress Bend boardwalk is a ‘Strangler Fig’ wrapped around a tree stump within the expansive Fakahatchee Strand Preserve. To quote John Muir, "I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order. In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
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So, we repeat an excerpt from last week’s #ShakespeareSunday quote, “I have seen the hungry ocean gain advantage on the kingdom of the shore; I have seen such interchange confounded to decay.” -William Shakespeare #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #SeaRise
October 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So, we repeat an excerpt from last week’s #ShakespeareSunday quote, “I have seen the hungry ocean gain advantage on the kingdom of the shore; I have seen such interchange confounded to decay.” -William Shakespeare #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #SeaRise
"No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." -Ernest Hemingway
October 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." -Ernest Hemingway
My ancestral claim to piracy, or more accurately, privateering, is that Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, Governor of Jamaica, issued a privateering license to Capt. Henry Morgan in 1665. #TalkLikeAPirateDay
a captain morgan ad with a man in a red coat
Alt: Captain Morgan ad with a pirate wearing a red coat
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September 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My ancestral claim to piracy, or more accurately, privateering, is that Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, Governor of Jamaica, issued a privateering license to Capt. Henry Morgan in 1665. #TalkLikeAPirateDay
The Chicago Innovation Awards last night.
September 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Chicago Innovation Awards last night.
Headed to Chicago to support my friends and colleagues in their protests. "Gondor calls for aid, and Rohan will answer."
September 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Headed to Chicago to support my friends and colleagues in their protests. "Gondor calls for aid, and Rohan will answer."
Reposted by David C. Spencer Hickman
“Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; and, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: this is the Happy Warrior; this is he that every man in arms should wish to be.” -William Wordsworth #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoastalCleanup #LaborDay #Quotes
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; and, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: this is the Happy Warrior; this is he that every man in arms should wish to be.” -William Wordsworth #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoastalCleanup #LaborDay #Quotes
Even though I am digital, I use field journals, especially in remote locations, to record what I observe. Journals include my sketches, diagrams, observations, and questions that help me remember details and identify patterns over time. #FridayFieldJournal
August 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Even though I am digital, I use field journals, especially in remote locations, to record what I observe. Journals include my sketches, diagrams, observations, and questions that help me remember details and identify patterns over time. #FridayFieldJournal
As if AI and data centers didn't have a big enough carbon footprint, now they are proposing to power them with coal in some Jules Verne-inspired steampunk nightmare. #CarbonFootprint #CoalPower #DataCenters #AI
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
As if AI and data centers didn't have a big enough carbon footprint, now they are proposing to power them with coal in some Jules Verne-inspired steampunk nightmare. #CarbonFootprint #CoalPower #DataCenters #AI
Microplastic contamination levels have been found to range from 13 to 83 particles per liter of coastal water, and from 1200 to 3400 particles/kg of dry sand in beach sediments. #FridayFieldUpdate
August 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Microplastic contamination levels have been found to range from 13 to 83 particles per liter of coastal water, and from 1200 to 3400 particles/kg of dry sand in beach sediments. #FridayFieldUpdate
The climate and plastic waste crises are increasingly intertwined. It is past time to start connecting them, so the environmental community can focus our actions to solve the issues together. An article I wrote on ‘A Holistic Approach to Ocean Health.’
ECO ECO SI Marine Pollution Page 44
digital.ecomagazine.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The climate and plastic waste crises are increasingly intertwined. It is past time to start connecting them, so the environmental community can focus our actions to solve the issues together. An article I wrote on ‘A Holistic Approach to Ocean Health.’
When most people think of Florida, they most often think of the beaches or the theme parks, but the Florida I remember is the “Old Florida” - dirt roads through palmettos, the Everglades “river of grass,” boardwalks over wetlands, and natural springs.
August 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
When most people think of Florida, they most often think of the beaches or the theme parks, but the Florida I remember is the “Old Florida” - dirt roads through palmettos, the Everglades “river of grass,” boardwalks over wetlands, and natural springs.
Tall tales of Jose Gaspar lent an air of mystery and adventure to my childhood summers on Little Gasparilla Island. There I searched for treasure and a pirate kingdom watchtower, atop a Calusa mound. Jimmy Buffett sang about ‘One Particular Harbour’ – and for me, that was Charlotte Harbor.
July 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Tall tales of Jose Gaspar lent an air of mystery and adventure to my childhood summers on Little Gasparilla Island. There I searched for treasure and a pirate kingdom watchtower, atop a Calusa mound. Jimmy Buffett sang about ‘One Particular Harbour’ – and for me, that was Charlotte Harbor.