@mystik9.bsky.social
Recovering security analyst and network engineer, current permaculture designer.
Zone 7a, Western NY
Zone 7a, Western NY
First year raspberries are coming in. We planted these in May, looking forward to the years to come
July 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
First year raspberries are coming in. We planted these in May, looking forward to the years to come
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"The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before"
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
June 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before"
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Foxgloves from seed last year. I hope they continue to reseed and spread around the shady parts of the wildflower meadow
June 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Foxgloves from seed last year. I hope they continue to reseed and spread around the shady parts of the wildflower meadow
What is a good textbook for linear algebra?
May 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What is a good textbook for linear algebra?
I didn't know this either, but as we have been reclaiming our grass spaces with flowers and broad leafed plants, I have noticed a population boom in spiders.
People don’t realize spiders can supplement their diet with pollen. Eggs and Sanders (2013) found juvenile orb-weavers get up to 38 percent from it. Meadows matter. Flowers are tiny gas pumps for murder machines. #science #arachnology🧪
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Herbivory in Spiders: The Importance of Pollen for Orb-Weavers
Orb-weaving spiders (Araneidae) are commonly regarded as generalist insect predators but resources provided by plants such as pollen may be an important dietary supplementation. Their webs snare insec...
journals.plos.org
March 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I didn't know this either, but as we have been reclaiming our grass spaces with flowers and broad leafed plants, I have noticed a population boom in spiders.
Caught a paper wasp inside the house today when the kitties were chasing it. Put her back outside. I wonder if it overwintered in the house because we had snow yesterday.
March 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Caught a paper wasp inside the house today when the kitties were chasing it. Put her back outside. I wonder if it overwintered in the house because we had snow yesterday.
13. And anyone who has been part of this grand humanist tradition is someone who will not lie down and cower before these sad bullies.
I don't know what happens to science in the US over the next four years, but I have no doubt as to where the arc of history bends.
We aren't going anywhere.
fin
I don't know what happens to science in the US over the next four years, but I have no doubt as to where the arc of history bends.
We aren't going anywhere.
fin
March 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Last year. This year is going slow but hopefully we make some syrup this weekend
February 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Last year. This year is going slow but hopefully we make some syrup this weekend
This is a horrible ecological disaster
Head up: A massive mine waste spill is currently killing virtually everything in one of #Zambia's major rivers.
A 🧵: On the 18th of February (1 weeka go) a large mine waste dump (aka tailings dam) began to collapse at the Sino Metals mine in #Chambishi, in Zambia's copperbelt. Huge volumes of...
A 🧵: On the 18th of February (1 weeka go) a large mine waste dump (aka tailings dam) began to collapse at the Sino Metals mine in #Chambishi, in Zambia's copperbelt. Huge volumes of...
February 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is a horrible ecological disaster
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Yes! To the genetically modified, blight-resistant American chestnut tree.
For scale: in the early 1900s, American chestnuts produced enough nuts to meet 100% of the caloric needs of today's 330 million Americans.
(Not advocating for the all-chestnut diet.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
For scale: in the early 1900s, American chestnuts produced enough nuts to meet 100% of the caloric needs of today's 330 million Americans.
(Not advocating for the all-chestnut diet.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | ‘America’s tree’ is missing. Will we do what it takes to bring it back?
Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Yes! To the genetically modified, blight-resistant American chestnut tree.
For scale: in the early 1900s, American chestnuts produced enough nuts to meet 100% of the caloric needs of today's 330 million Americans.
(Not advocating for the all-chestnut diet.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
For scale: in the early 1900s, American chestnuts produced enough nuts to meet 100% of the caloric needs of today's 330 million Americans.
(Not advocating for the all-chestnut diet.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
But as the researchers explain in their new Nature Food study, iron ore reacts naturally with hydrogen sulfide gas to form iron sulfide, and this mineral can then be sequestered in the sediments beneath a fish farm, from where it can’t poison fish.
Here’s how fish farms could double as a climate solution.
A new study analyzes a potential win-win solution for fish health and carbon capture. The critical ingredient is something you might not expect.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/01/here...
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A new study analyzes a potential win-win solution for fish health and carbon capture. The critical ingredient is something you might not expect.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/01/here...
🦑
Here’s how fish farms could double as a climate solution
A new study analyzes a potential win-win solution for fish health and carbon capture. The critical ingredient is something you might not expect.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
January 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
But as the researchers explain in their new Nature Food study, iron ore reacts naturally with hydrogen sulfide gas to form iron sulfide, and this mineral can then be sequestered in the sediments beneath a fish farm, from where it can’t poison fish.
Today's study. Hopefully I will learn even more ways to support our local bumblebee populations. Very interesting and useful beings
January 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Today's study. Hopefully I will learn even more ways to support our local bumblebee populations. Very interesting and useful beings
Fascinating
"Néstor Toledo, a comparative anatomist at the La Plata Museum argues that giant prehistoric armadillos might have carved the smaller burrows to hide from predators, and giant sloths “could have started digging to protect themselves from a colder and drier climate” during ice ages."
"Néstor Toledo, a comparative anatomist at the La Plata Museum argues that giant prehistoric armadillos might have carved the smaller burrows to hide from predators, and giant sloths “could have started digging to protect themselves from a colder and drier climate” during ice ages."
Did giant ice age beasts carve these vast caves in South America? A marvellous mystery told by @meghier.bsky.social for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fascinating
"Néstor Toledo, a comparative anatomist at the La Plata Museum argues that giant prehistoric armadillos might have carved the smaller burrows to hide from predators, and giant sloths “could have started digging to protect themselves from a colder and drier climate” during ice ages."
"Néstor Toledo, a comparative anatomist at the La Plata Museum argues that giant prehistoric armadillos might have carved the smaller burrows to hide from predators, and giant sloths “could have started digging to protect themselves from a colder and drier climate” during ice ages."
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Need something to watch tomorrow?
#TheOutpost
Watch free documentaries about permaculture – a design system for regenerative, ecological, and resilient communities.
happenfilms.com/permaculture
#TheOutpost
Watch free documentaries about permaculture – a design system for regenerative, ecological, and resilient communities.
happenfilms.com/permaculture
Permaculture Documentaries | Happen Films
Watch free documentaries about permaculture – a design system for sustainable, regenerative, ecological, and resilient communities.
happenfilms.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Need something to watch tomorrow?
#TheOutpost
Watch free documentaries about permaculture – a design system for regenerative, ecological, and resilient communities.
happenfilms.com/permaculture
#TheOutpost
Watch free documentaries about permaculture – a design system for regenerative, ecological, and resilient communities.
happenfilms.com/permaculture
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With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
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Farmer led results show the benefits of intercropping www.innovativefarmers.org/news/legumin...
Farmer led results show the benefits of intercropping
The 2024 intercropping trials reveal clear benefits for the practice, including improved nitrogen levels, reduced pest damage, and greater resilience.
www.innovativefarmers.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Farmer led results show the benefits of intercropping www.innovativefarmers.org/news/legumin...
I think Bluesky is a conspiracy to make me buy more books.
January 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I think Bluesky is a conspiracy to make me buy more books.
For later
Non-fiction 2/3
Coyotes Among Us by Stanley Gehrt. Must-read for Chicago wildlife enthusiasts.
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Read everything by her.
How Far the Light Reaches. This is the one I'm recommending to everyone. The octopus will make you cry.
Coyotes Among Us by Stanley Gehrt. Must-read for Chicago wildlife enthusiasts.
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Read everything by her.
How Far the Light Reaches. This is the one I'm recommending to everyone. The octopus will make you cry.
December 30, 2024 at 5:08 PM
For later
Nitrogen fixing organelles. Fascinating
Move over mitochondria, a new organelle called the nitroplast is here.
In a Science study from earlier this year, researchers report that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga. Learn more in this #SciencePerspective:
In a Science study from earlier this year, researchers report that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga. Learn more in this #SciencePerspective:
The nitroplast: A nitrogen-fixing organelle
A bacterial endosymbiont of marine algae evolved to an organelle
scim.ag
December 25, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Nitrogen fixing organelles. Fascinating
Hear him out...
Let's talk about Daylight Savings Time.
Pro: Nearly an extra hour of awake daylight time in summer.
Con: Costs from confusion, lost sleep
SOLUTION:
Eliminate clocks, return to daylight reckoning for timekeeping.
Pro: Meetings set at times like "when the oak's shadow touches the Elm."
Con: None
Pro: Nearly an extra hour of awake daylight time in summer.
Con: Costs from confusion, lost sleep
SOLUTION:
Eliminate clocks, return to daylight reckoning for timekeeping.
Pro: Meetings set at times like "when the oak's shadow touches the Elm."
Con: None
December 17, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Hear him out...
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A good news story.
“The bumblebee population has made an impressive comeback in a developed area by increasing to 116 times what it was two years ago thanks to a nature restoration group.”
https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bumblebee-population-increases-116-times-over-in-remarkable-scotland-proje…
“The bumblebee population has made an impressive comeback in a developed area by increasing to 116 times what it was two years ago thanks to a nature restoration group.”
https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bumblebee-population-increases-116-times-over-in-remarkable-scotland-proje…
Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland project
‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’
buff.ly
November 27, 2024 at 8:02 AM
A good news story.
“The bumblebee population has made an impressive comeback in a developed area by increasing to 116 times what it was two years ago thanks to a nature restoration group.”
https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bumblebee-population-increases-116-times-over-in-remarkable-scotland-proje…
“The bumblebee population has made an impressive comeback in a developed area by increasing to 116 times what it was two years ago thanks to a nature restoration group.”
https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bumblebee-population-increases-116-times-over-in-remarkable-scotland-proje…
On the list for the holidays!
The fourth book of #Advent.
Bumblebees. Behaviour, ecology, and conservation by @davegoulson.bsky.social
I mean, are any of you surprised?
Anyways, it's a tremendous insight into the fascinating world of #bumblebees🤩
Bumblebees. Behaviour, ecology, and conservation by @davegoulson.bsky.social
I mean, are any of you surprised?
Anyways, it's a tremendous insight into the fascinating world of #bumblebees🤩
December 4, 2024 at 9:54 PM
On the list for the holidays!
Pickled spruce tips and green tomato chutney with goat cheese.
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Pickled spruce tips and green tomato chutney with goat cheese.