Mike Hart
@salmonidmike.bsky.social
Outdoorsy air ambulance pilot, science geek, humanist, stoic, hiker, hunter, photographer, astronomer, geophile - goofy-ass old dude
Sometimes I choose to make my commute longer by taking a different route. Who makes a 5 hour commute longer? I do. I lucked out and scored a tent camping site in a quieter part Glacier park. Bivvied under the stars in grizzly country. Slept well. Wasn’t eaten.
August 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Sometimes I choose to make my commute longer by taking a different route. Who makes a 5 hour commute longer? I do. I lucked out and scored a tent camping site in a quieter part Glacier park. Bivvied under the stars in grizzly country. Slept well. Wasn’t eaten.
I couldn’t help but notice the Presidential qualities of this carrot.
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I couldn’t help but notice the Presidential qualities of this carrot.
Timelapse view of the Tetons from 35,000 flying from GTF to SLC
July 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Timelapse view of the Tetons from 35,000 flying from GTF to SLC
Nothing says summer is here then some turbulence shown on a calibrated turbulence detector. When you can’t keep eye contact, it is moderate turbulence.
July 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nothing says summer is here then some turbulence shown on a calibrated turbulence detector. When you can’t keep eye contact, it is moderate turbulence.
Flying into Seattle is always a highlight, particularly when it is clear.
June 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Flying into Seattle is always a highlight, particularly when it is clear.
Drone views of the garden and house. It is hard to look at this view and not love the location we live in. It is easy to forget how close we are to the river, downtown and the mountains. Everything I love is so close. Particularly, my wife the gardener.
June 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Drone views of the garden and house. It is hard to look at this view and not love the location we live in. It is easy to forget how close we are to the river, downtown and the mountains. Everything I love is so close. Particularly, my wife the gardener.
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He hasn’t posted here in a while but this is @filmthepolicela.bsky.social helping out LAPD with some riot control tonight. Pretty funny.
June 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
He hasn’t posted here in a while but this is @filmthepolicela.bsky.social helping out LAPD with some riot control tonight. Pretty funny.
For what it’s worth, Salmon, ID showed up today. And we stayed and out lasted the much smaller counter pro-Trump crowd. All they could do was chant Trump’s and the the rejoinder across the street was “why?”
June 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For what it’s worth, Salmon, ID showed up today. And we stayed and out lasted the much smaller counter pro-Trump crowd. All they could do was chant Trump’s and the the rejoinder across the street was “why?”
For those of you out protesting today, here is an answer to the conservative trope regarding the hypocrisy of intolerance by liberals towards conservatives.
*Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies. Karl R. Popper
*Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies. Karl R. Popper
June 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
For those of you out protesting today, here is an answer to the conservative trope regarding the hypocrisy of intolerance by liberals towards conservatives.
*Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies. Karl R. Popper
*Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies. Karl R. Popper
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"I cannot say this strongly enough: until 2026, only two things stand between the authoritarian project and its objectives: the judiciary and a popular protest movement. We have no control over the former. We must not surrender, or abandon, the latter."
To understand this weekend, you need to understand who the audiences for both the parade and the protests are. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-n...
No Kings. No Surrender.
Shows of force can work both ways.
www.thebulwark.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"I cannot say this strongly enough: until 2026, only two things stand between the authoritarian project and its objectives: the judiciary and a popular protest movement. We have no control over the former. We must not surrender, or abandon, the latter."
My wife rallied the family to action. The Hart family is geared up for tomorrow. Garden stakes and furniture parts recycled into sign holders.
June 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
My wife rallied the family to action. The Hart family is geared up for tomorrow. Garden stakes and furniture parts recycled into sign holders.
May have to go camp at Basin Butte to experience a small earthquake first hand
June 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
May have to go camp at Basin Butte to experience a small earthquake first hand
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Folks like most academics I completely oppose the use of AI and Chat GPT in my classes, it counts as cheating and plagiarism in my classes. But sometimes even Chat GPT hits the nail on the head!
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Folks like most academics I completely oppose the use of AI and Chat GPT in my classes, it counts as cheating and plagiarism in my classes. But sometimes even Chat GPT hits the nail on the head!
This is a nice tutorial for flying gear into the Middle Fork of the Salmon, but also a great video that describes a substantial amount of what I did for a living when I worked for GemAir. It was hard work, but also super fun. River guides are great people too work with.
Flying Rafts, Gear, and People into Indian Creek on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River
YouTube video by Gear Garage
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June 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is a nice tutorial for flying gear into the Middle Fork of the Salmon, but also a great video that describes a substantial amount of what I did for a living when I worked for GemAir. It was hard work, but also super fun. River guides are great people too work with.
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“The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself, a war against culture, history, and science,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. “If this assault is successful, it will undermine Americans’ ability to comprehend the world around us."
The Attack on Knowledge
America could soon find itself in a new Dark Age.
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May 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself, a war against culture, history, and science,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. “If this assault is successful, it will undermine Americans’ ability to comprehend the world around us."
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Yesterday’s storm ended with the sun w/ a nice double rainbow. We live where Hope Street splits off from St Charles Street. So the street view is either from a location you could legitimately call the beginning of hope or the end of hope depending on your perspective and mood.
May 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yesterday’s storm ended with the sun w/ a nice double rainbow. We live where Hope Street splits off from St Charles Street. So the street view is either from a location you could legitimately call the beginning of hope or the end of hope depending on your perspective and mood.
I’m on day shift waiting to fly. No joy. So after watching Bournemouth beat Arsenal the Kentucky Derby came on. Horse racing is slow TV (lots of waiting) so I listened to podcasts as woman in hats paraded on screen. That prompted me to think of a favorite from back in the day. Enjoy
The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat
YouTube video by Weather Report - Topic
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May 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m on day shift waiting to fly. No joy. So after watching Bournemouth beat Arsenal the Kentucky Derby came on. Horse racing is slow TV (lots of waiting) so I listened to podcasts as woman in hats paraded on screen. That prompted me to think of a favorite from back in the day. Enjoy
Long morning read: "Welcome to the Slop World: How the hostile internet is driving us crazy" in Financial Times -- the link gets around the paywall. "From slop... to enshittification... The internet suffers from a cluster of disorders, some with overlapping symptoms and causes." archive.ph/RKBgT
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May 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Long morning read: "Welcome to the Slop World: How the hostile internet is driving us crazy" in Financial Times -- the link gets around the paywall. "From slop... to enshittification... The internet suffers from a cluster of disorders, some with overlapping symptoms and causes." archive.ph/RKBgT
One of the saddest things about the Pope’s death is that one of the last things he saw was JD Vance. How dispiriting that had to be.
April 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
One of the saddest things about the Pope’s death is that one of the last things he saw was JD Vance. How dispiriting that had to be.
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Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech:
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech:
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
Happy Easter to those who observe. Happy 420 to those who observe. Irie to those who observe both. In the name of Jah, Rastafari.
April 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Happy Easter to those who observe. Happy 420 to those who observe. Irie to those who observe both. In the name of Jah, Rastafari.
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Today is Good Friday 2025, the Friday before Easter Sunday. 2025 is unique in that the Western (Gregorian) and Orthodox (Julian) date for Easter falls on the same day, April 20th. This last happened on 2017 and won’t happen again until 2031.
April 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today is Good Friday 2025, the Friday before Easter Sunday. 2025 is unique in that the Western (Gregorian) and Orthodox (Julian) date for Easter falls on the same day, April 20th. This last happened on 2017 and won’t happen again until 2031.
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Just heard from the VP research that my grant with @dgrand.bsky.social, "Promoting Accurate Information on Social Media" was terminated as well
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
April 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Just heard from the VP research that my grant with @dgrand.bsky.social, "Promoting Accurate Information on Social Media" was terminated as well