Mike Hovis
@hovermike.bsky.social
Middle aged father, husband, engineer, Type I diabetic. BS EE/CE, pro-democracy, anti-authoritarianism, equity for all. Austin, TX. DMs are enabled but not encouraged.
More good news like this in our timelines, please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast
Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
More good news like this in our timelines, please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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Good morning this is all I have to contribute to the discourse
August 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Good morning this is all I have to contribute to the discourse
30 million year cycle? Makes as much sense as 'end times,' except for a correlation of course. www.astronomy.com/science/dark...
Dark matter’s shadowy effect on Earth | Astronomy.com
Earth’s periodic passage through the galaxy’s dark matter disk could initiate a series of events that ultimately lead to geological cataclysms and mass extinctions.
www.astronomy.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
30 million year cycle? Makes as much sense as 'end times,' except for a correlation of course. www.astronomy.com/science/dark...
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TSUNAMI ADVISORY 1: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M8.0 080mi SE Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka 1625PDT Jul 29
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
TSUNAMI ADVISORY 1: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M8.0 080mi SE Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka 1625PDT Jul 29
Tsunami watch... earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Tsunami watch... earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Good old canine paralysis.
July 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Good old canine paralysis.
Indoor Monarch caterpillar
July 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Indoor Monarch caterpillar
I happened to watch an episode of Nova from a couple years back... the Carnian Pluvial Episode... it changed things from being hot, dead, and dry to warm and wet - right before the dinosaurs evolved. Warmer weather, wetter weather. Oh look another flood. www.newsweek.com/flash-flood-...
Warning issued as life-threatening floods hit California
Meteorologists issued urgent warnings for parts of Southern California amid heavy rainfall that flooded the region.
www.newsweek.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I happened to watch an episode of Nova from a couple years back... the Carnian Pluvial Episode... it changed things from being hot, dead, and dry to warm and wet - right before the dinosaurs evolved. Warmer weather, wetter weather. Oh look another flood. www.newsweek.com/flash-flood-...
Final... Darwination? www.kptv.com/2025/07/17/m...
Man wearing metal chain enters MRI room without permission, gets sucked into machine, police say
A man is in critical condition after getting sucked into an MRI machine in New York, according to a police report.
www.kptv.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Final... Darwination? www.kptv.com/2025/07/17/m...
Big time storage... but I'm not sure I'd trust it with anything irreplaceable for any period of time until the market proves it out. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Seagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy
Seagate’s heat-assisted drive tech has been percolating for more than 20 years.
arstechnica.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Big time storage... but I'm not sure I'd trust it with anything irreplaceable for any period of time until the market proves it out. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
When you look at the ERCOT dashboard and have a lot of operating reserves and 52% of generation coming from renewables. Some things are getting better, at last. www.expressnews.com/business/art...
ERCOT predicts the risk of rolling blackouts in Texas this summer
The state’s grid operator cites the boost in battery storage in forecasting lower chances of power problems compared with 2024.
www.expressnews.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
When you look at the ERCOT dashboard and have a lot of operating reserves and 52% of generation coming from renewables. Some things are getting better, at last. www.expressnews.com/business/art...
Arctic ground squirrel is the thiccest. Taken at Denali a couple weeks ago
June 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Arctic ground squirrel is the thiccest. Taken at Denali a couple weeks ago
In other news, especially in Texas right now, the sun is a big asshole. www.yahoo.com/news/8k-reso...
New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots
Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.
www.yahoo.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
In other news, especially in Texas right now, the sun is a big asshole. www.yahoo.com/news/8k-reso...
For those who like a 9 hour timelapse near Palmer, AK in 18 minutes starting at 10pm. photos.app.goo.gl/jPpvmP53h299...
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June 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For those who like a 9 hour timelapse near Palmer, AK in 18 minutes starting at 10pm. photos.app.goo.gl/jPpvmP53h299...
Similar to red hair in humans, but no explanation for the single brain cell. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists solve the mystery of ginger cats – helped by hundreds of cat owners
Discovery has implications for ‘all cells and tissues’ and research bridged gap between scientists and non-scientists
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Similar to red hair in humans, but no explanation for the single brain cell. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Latest episode of Black Mirror.
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Latest episode of Black Mirror.
That's how you get ants. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Two teens and 5,000 ants: how a smuggling bust shed new light on a booming trade
Two Belgian 19-year-olds have pleaded guilty to wildlife piracy – but the raid that caught them has shone a spotlight on a booming global trade
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
That's how you get ants. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
April 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
Simpsons did it first. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Detective accused of weighing down laptop keys to pretend to work at home
DC Philippa Baskwill of Avon and Somerset police faces hearing over alleged gross misconduct
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Simpsons did it first. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Yay, more medieval headlines, please! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Flamstead man catches hawk that had been attacking villagers for weeks
Steve Harris, 40, throws cage over Harris hawk in his garden after it stalked him while he was out jogging
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yay, more medieval headlines, please! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
History being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQn...
WATCH LIVE: Sen. Cory Booker protests Trump’s agenda in marathon Senate speech
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
History being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQn...
NYT opinion caveat (unlocked,) but this is one of the better 'deeper delves' into what's going on at the upper levels of DOGE-iness. It's not hopium/copium, but there is still a lot of room for total authoritarianism... or not. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
Opinion | What is DOGE’s Real Goal? (Gift Article)
Santi Ruiz, a senior editor at the Institute for Progress, examines what DOGE has been trying to accomplish in its first few months.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NYT opinion caveat (unlocked,) but this is one of the better 'deeper delves' into what's going on at the upper levels of DOGE-iness. It's not hopium/copium, but there is still a lot of room for total authoritarianism... or not. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with breaking reality down to 'black holes' vs 'white holes.' www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Black holes: not endings, but beginnings? New research could revolutionize our understanding of the universe
New research suggests black holes may transition into 'white holes', ejecting matter and potentially even time back into the universe, defying our current understanding of these cosmic giants.
www.sciencedaily.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with breaking reality down to 'black holes' vs 'white holes.' www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...