Thursday, January 1, 2026

Which is the right "hot take" regarding our political situation and the way out?

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As 2026 begins, many Americans, including me, are reflecting on our deeply troubling political, cultural, economic, and environmental dysfun...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Excel calculator for measuring volume and displacement with a cup or bucket

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It's easy to measure the volume of a fluid sample or the volumetric displacement of an irregularly-shaped object if you have access to a...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Hudson Bay - Where is the sea ice? + Polar/Temperate Ocean Boundaries

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Hudson Bay in Canada is exceptionally late in icing up this year. The bay is interesting in normal times, too, as it's an extension ...
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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Wacky diversification within single genera of aquatic plants

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On Friday I was snorkeling around in the nearly-freshwater part of the Caloosahatchee River Estuary, checking out the status of efforts to r...
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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Ranking the realness of "problems" and the goodness of "solutions"

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I think we need to be more careful about how we evaluate the realness of "problems" and how we evaluate the goodness of "solu...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Unite against "Alligator Alcatraz" Everglades prison camp

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This "Alligator Alcatraz" Everglades prison / deportation waystation thing that FL Governor Ron DeSantis and FL Attorney General J...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Say no to "recission" of funding for PBS, NPR, etc.

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"Recission" means taking back something that has already been given, promised, or approved. There's a big recission on the tab...