Nick Burdick
@nickthehiker.bsky.social
Dad, Hiker, Writer, Musician, Reader, Teacher
I was in Gates of the Arctic national park a couple weeks ago. This is what it was like—on snow, on tundra, on the riverbanks, in the moose trails, even on the argo tracks. The terrain: “Is this step gonna hold? Guess. Guess again.”
July 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I was in Gates of the Arctic national park a couple weeks ago. This is what it was like—on snow, on tundra, on the riverbanks, in the moose trails, even on the argo tracks. The terrain: “Is this step gonna hold? Guess. Guess again.”
Starting tomorrow I spend 11 days in the Brooks Range with Andrew Skurka and like-minded type-2 crazies. Today we were handed our bingo cards.
June 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Starting tomorrow I spend 11 days in the Brooks Range with Andrew Skurka and like-minded type-2 crazies. Today we were handed our bingo cards.
Yes please
We welcome the introduction of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill by @monicalennon.bsky.social.
This bill is a bold and vital step toward recognising severe environmental harm as a serious crime and ensuring meaningful accountability for those responsible.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This bill is a bold and vital step toward recognising severe environmental harm as a serious crime and ensuring meaningful accountability for those responsible.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Company directors who cause nature damage in Scotland could face jail
New ecocide bill in Scottish parliament aims to criminalise environmental destruction in line with EU directive
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Yes please
For my performing friends: ForScore glitched on me tonight 30 seconds before my solo. Instead of music with all my markings, I had just the markings on an otherwise blank page. Then it jumped to the last page of a 40-page score, so I had to stop singing and tap madly until I got back.
May 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
For my performing friends: ForScore glitched on me tonight 30 seconds before my solo. Instead of music with all my markings, I had just the markings on an otherwise blank page. Then it jumped to the last page of a 40-page score, so I had to stop singing and tap madly until I got back.
Magical realism—mostly logical, but with some strange twists that don’t quite add up.
You're a book. People are reading you. What genre are you?
May 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Magical realism—mostly logical, but with some strange twists that don’t quite add up.
David Foster Wallace has given me chills in two subsequent essays today. I wish I had started him earlier.
May 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
David Foster Wallace has given me chills in two subsequent essays today. I wish I had started him earlier.
I’d be okay if I never heard Don’t Stop Believing ever again.
May 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’d be okay if I never heard Don’t Stop Believing ever again.
Looking for tortoises at Mojave National Preserve.
May 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Looking for tortoises at Mojave National Preserve.
The thickest concentration of Joshua trees in the world used to stand here in Mojave National Preserve until a wildfire destroyed a huge number of them a few years ago. Now their desiccated remains hang like skellington’s ornaments.
May 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The thickest concentration of Joshua trees in the world used to stand here in Mojave National Preserve until a wildfire destroyed a huge number of them a few years ago. Now their desiccated remains hang like skellington’s ornaments.
The wife and the pup in Mojave National preserve.
May 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The wife and the pup in Mojave National preserve.
Kelso dunes, Mojave National Preserve
April 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Kelso dunes, Mojave National Preserve
Hole in the Wall campground, Mojave National Preserve
April 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hole in the Wall campground, Mojave National Preserve
Kelso dunes, Mojave National Preserve.
April 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Kelso dunes, Mojave National Preserve.
Hiking (climbing) in Mojave National Preserve. Not pictured: the dog I carried down.
April 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hiking (climbing) in Mojave National Preserve. Not pictured: the dog I carried down.
I’ve moved off of goodreads and on to StoryGraph. It was very easy to move my reading list over. The book recommendations feature is on-point. My only complaint is that there’s no easy way to find friends. So if you want to come find me, please do. And if you want to find me, let me know.
March 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’ve moved off of goodreads and on to StoryGraph. It was very easy to move my reading list over. The book recommendations feature is on-point. My only complaint is that there’s no easy way to find friends. So if you want to come find me, please do. And if you want to find me, let me know.
RW Emerson, History
March 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
RW Emerson, History
Rules for readers:
1. When you finish a book, you may start two new books.
2. When you finish a book, you may buy two-four new books.
3. When you are within a hundred pages of the end of a book, you are not expected to keep up with the demands of life—sleep, chores, returning emails, etc.
1. When you finish a book, you may start two new books.
2. When you finish a book, you may buy two-four new books.
3. When you are within a hundred pages of the end of a book, you are not expected to keep up with the demands of life—sleep, chores, returning emails, etc.
February 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Rules for readers:
1. When you finish a book, you may start two new books.
2. When you finish a book, you may buy two-four new books.
3. When you are within a hundred pages of the end of a book, you are not expected to keep up with the demands of life—sleep, chores, returning emails, etc.
1. When you finish a book, you may start two new books.
2. When you finish a book, you may buy two-four new books.
3. When you are within a hundred pages of the end of a book, you are not expected to keep up with the demands of life—sleep, chores, returning emails, etc.
“He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living hand to mouth.” —Goethe
February 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living hand to mouth.” —Goethe
Reposted by Nick Burdick
🎶 Music calms the womb?
A study finds that classical music exposure makes foetal heart rhythms more stable and predictable in late pregnancy, with effects lasting after the music stops.
This suggests music may influence early heart development before birth.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#SciComm 🧪
A study finds that classical music exposure makes foetal heart rhythms more stable and predictable in late pregnancy, with effects lasting after the music stops.
This suggests music may influence early heart development before birth.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#SciComm 🧪
Response to music on the nonlinear dynamics of human fetal heart rate fluctuations: A recurrence plot analysis
Music has been shown to influence physiological functions in humans, but its effects on fetal heart rate variability (fHRV) are not well understood. This study
doi.org
February 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🎶 Music calms the womb?
A study finds that classical music exposure makes foetal heart rhythms more stable and predictable in late pregnancy, with effects lasting after the music stops.
This suggests music may influence early heart development before birth.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#SciComm 🧪
A study finds that classical music exposure makes foetal heart rhythms more stable and predictable in late pregnancy, with effects lasting after the music stops.
This suggests music may influence early heart development before birth.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#SciComm 🧪
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Want to learn more about the General Strike? Here’s our Welcome Packet. We’re so happy you’re here! #USprotests
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GSUS Welcome Packet
The Packet Welcome to the resource hub for everything GSUS They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete wi...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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All that stuff that gets in the way of developing your talent—the procrastination, the alcohol, the distraction, the hiding—is a crime against the future. (Reminder to self)
February 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
All that stuff that gets in the way of developing your talent—the procrastination, the alcohol, the distraction, the hiding—is a crime against the future. (Reminder to self)
I just had a dream during my nap that I was really tired and wanted to take a nap. What does it mean?
February 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I just had a dream during my nap that I was really tired and wanted to take a nap. What does it mean?
