Joe Sabol
@josephsabol.bsky.social
Chemical polymer semiconductor metal/oxide consultant; organic vegetable farmer; skiing, foodie, jazz & blues aficionado; rule of law, duty of care. Reduce atmospheric CO2, CH4, N2O, CFCs, SF6. Have fun, smile, and learn something new each day. Wisc & Mich
No Green Bay Packers game today, so I cooked down a few dozen Roma tomatoes, with sautéed diced poblano, red onion, oyster mushrooms, dinosaur kale, and herbs and spices. This will be for a pasta sauce in the next 8 mo.
PRO TIP: Wide-mouth, straight-wall jars are not much of an issue for freezing.
PRO TIP: Wide-mouth, straight-wall jars are not much of an issue for freezing.
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
No Green Bay Packers game today, so I cooked down a few dozen Roma tomatoes, with sautéed diced poblano, red onion, oyster mushrooms, dinosaur kale, and herbs and spices. This will be for a pasta sauce in the next 8 mo.
PRO TIP: Wide-mouth, straight-wall jars are not much of an issue for freezing.
PRO TIP: Wide-mouth, straight-wall jars are not much of an issue for freezing.
Aurora faint green pillars sited at 46.5 and -87.4, 11pm Sep 14. Video in reply.
September 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Aurora faint green pillars sited at 46.5 and -87.4, 11pm Sep 14. Video in reply.
Picture of RBG in a library.
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Picture of RBG in a library.
Donald Trump throwing paper towels in Puerto Rico.
September 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Donald Trump throwing paper towels in Puerto Rico.
Photobombing Chicago street art, enroute to Jazz Fest.
The untitled Chicago Picasso is a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, IL. The 1967 installation precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative.
The untitled Chicago Picasso is a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, IL. The 1967 installation precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative.
August 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Photobombing Chicago street art, enroute to Jazz Fest.
The untitled Chicago Picasso is a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, IL. The 1967 installation precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative.
The untitled Chicago Picasso is a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, IL. The 1967 installation precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative.
Really. Most people agree that government should provide basic outlays in education, medical, food, shelter. Sadly, most people believe that most other people don't agree. This is wrong. Here's an example from the environmental sector.
"Americans experience a false reality by underestimating popular
"Americans experience a false reality by underestimating popular
August 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Really. Most people agree that government should provide basic outlays in education, medical, food, shelter. Sadly, most people believe that most other people don't agree. This is wrong. Here's an example from the environmental sector.
"Americans experience a false reality by underestimating popular
"Americans experience a false reality by underestimating popular
A warmer atmosphere means more water vapor in the atmosphere and when it rains, it's more intense.
July 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A warmer atmosphere means more water vapor in the atmosphere and when it rains, it's more intense.
ALT TEXT: Projection screen showing a slide that says, "We all do better when we all do better." ~ Paul Wellstone [former U.S. Senator from Minnesota.]
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June 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
ALT TEXT: Projection screen showing a slide that says, "We all do better when we all do better." ~ Paul Wellstone [former U.S. Senator from Minnesota.]
This was a few days ago, but posting now. Anyone else there? If not, you missed it. Note the rainbow program. Chicago Blues Festival 2025 was great! Thank you to the City of Chicago!
ALT TEXT: Foreground: Chicago Blues Fest 2025 program; background: John Primer on the mainstage.
ALT TEXT: Foreground: Chicago Blues Fest 2025 program; background: John Primer on the mainstage.
June 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This was a few days ago, but posting now. Anyone else there? If not, you missed it. Note the rainbow program. Chicago Blues Festival 2025 was great! Thank you to the City of Chicago!
ALT TEXT: Foreground: Chicago Blues Fest 2025 program; background: John Primer on the mainstage.
ALT TEXT: Foreground: Chicago Blues Fest 2025 program; background: John Primer on the mainstage.
Thank you for sharing your analysis. I cannot recall where I first saw this media map, but props to the creator. Copyright MediaBiasChart.com (2018)
ALT TEXT: Media (bias) map, showing liberal to conservative and original fact-based to nonsense opinion quadrants and Venn diagrams.
ALT TEXT: Media (bias) map, showing liberal to conservative and original fact-based to nonsense opinion quadrants and Venn diagrams.
May 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Thank you for sharing your analysis. I cannot recall where I first saw this media map, but props to the creator. Copyright MediaBiasChart.com (2018)
ALT TEXT: Media (bias) map, showing liberal to conservative and original fact-based to nonsense opinion quadrants and Venn diagrams.
ALT TEXT: Media (bias) map, showing liberal to conservative and original fact-based to nonsense opinion quadrants and Venn diagrams.
We need the next sage Molly Ivins, ASAP. Actually, we need dozens, hundreds.
ALT TEXT: Molly Ivins talking on a telephone, saying, "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves in the flag."
ALT TEXT: Molly Ivins talking on a telephone, saying, "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves in the flag."
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We need the next sage Molly Ivins, ASAP. Actually, we need dozens, hundreds.
ALT TEXT: Molly Ivins talking on a telephone, saying, "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves in the flag."
ALT TEXT: Molly Ivins talking on a telephone, saying, "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves in the flag."
Here's an old graphic that gives an overview (yes, natural sinks, but an imbalance due to humans.)
April 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Here's an old graphic that gives an overview (yes, natural sinks, but an imbalance due to humans.)
One thing I'll agree to, in part: (re-)processing of critical minerals, mining more is a last resort. (See, Doughnut Economy.)
As far as assigning work, for sure don't make the most corrupt person your CEO. Maybe in the lazy and less smart quadrant.
As far as assigning work, for sure don't make the most corrupt person your CEO. Maybe in the lazy and less smart quadrant.
April 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
One thing I'll agree to, in part: (re-)processing of critical minerals, mining more is a last resort. (See, Doughnut Economy.)
As far as assigning work, for sure don't make the most corrupt person your CEO. Maybe in the lazy and less smart quadrant.
As far as assigning work, for sure don't make the most corrupt person your CEO. Maybe in the lazy and less smart quadrant.
🧪 Approaching Steady-State Atmospheric Methane in the Anthropocene
Pacifichem 2025
Honolulu, Hawaii
December 15-20, 2025
pacifichem.org/scientific-p...
Call for Abstracts is open until April 2, 2025, 23:59 HST (GMT-10). At this time, Pacifichem 2025 is in-person only.
Pacifichem 2025
Honolulu, Hawaii
December 15-20, 2025
pacifichem.org/scientific-p...
Call for Abstracts is open until April 2, 2025, 23:59 HST (GMT-10). At this time, Pacifichem 2025 is in-person only.
March 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🧪 Approaching Steady-State Atmospheric Methane in the Anthropocene
Pacifichem 2025
Honolulu, Hawaii
December 15-20, 2025
pacifichem.org/scientific-p...
Call for Abstracts is open until April 2, 2025, 23:59 HST (GMT-10). At this time, Pacifichem 2025 is in-person only.
Pacifichem 2025
Honolulu, Hawaii
December 15-20, 2025
pacifichem.org/scientific-p...
Call for Abstracts is open until April 2, 2025, 23:59 HST (GMT-10). At this time, Pacifichem 2025 is in-person only.
Same with climate info,
Sparkman, G., Geiger, N. & Weber, E.U. "Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half." Nat Commun 13, 4779 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Sparkman, G., Geiger, N. & Weber, E.U. "Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half." Nat Commun 13, 4779 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
March 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Same with climate info,
Sparkman, G., Geiger, N. & Weber, E.U. "Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half." Nat Commun 13, 4779 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Sparkman, G., Geiger, N. & Weber, E.U. "Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half." Nat Commun 13, 4779 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Dear @baldwin.senate.gov
You cannot let this happen.
Use your "unanimous consent" objection to any action on Mauna Loa and hold #senatorialoversight hearings to learn why maintaining one of the world's premier atmospheric sampling stations is in our best interest. Thank you.
gml.noaa.gov/obop/mlo/
You cannot let this happen.
Use your "unanimous consent" objection to any action on Mauna Loa and hold #senatorialoversight hearings to learn why maintaining one of the world's premier atmospheric sampling stations is in our best interest. Thank you.
gml.noaa.gov/obop/mlo/
March 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Dear @baldwin.senate.gov
You cannot let this happen.
Use your "unanimous consent" objection to any action on Mauna Loa and hold #senatorialoversight hearings to learn why maintaining one of the world's premier atmospheric sampling stations is in our best interest. Thank you.
gml.noaa.gov/obop/mlo/
You cannot let this happen.
Use your "unanimous consent" objection to any action on Mauna Loa and hold #senatorialoversight hearings to learn why maintaining one of the world's premier atmospheric sampling stations is in our best interest. Thank you.
gml.noaa.gov/obop/mlo/
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You mean like this, accommodating someone who has a physical impairment and cannot walk like most other people?
(ALT TEXT: Two people, unidentified on the left and Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the right, in wheelchairs.)
(ALT TEXT: Two people, unidentified on the left and Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the right, in wheelchairs.)
March 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You mean like this, accommodating someone who has a physical impairment and cannot walk like most other people?
(ALT TEXT: Two people, unidentified on the left and Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the right, in wheelchairs.)
(ALT TEXT: Two people, unidentified on the left and Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the right, in wheelchairs.)