Sunday, June 28, 2026

The stark folly of poisoning a lakeshore (photos)

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Next to my apartment complex is a large retention pond (henceforth, "the lake") which captures and processes runoff from the spraw...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

Current thoughts on wealth inequality

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 1. Billionaires* shouldn't exist. Their existence** is bad for society. Some people say, "Another's wealth doesn't hurt yo...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Reflecting on the reflecting pool

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How about that algae bloom in the Washington DC reflecting pool that Trump just “fixed” in his typical manner- with foolish vanity, at grea...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

What fundamentals of humanity are most absent from America’s public consciousness?

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The current human population is about 8,300,000,000. ( https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ ) We each have a consciousness and i...
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Friday, May 8, 2026

Manatees to oysters; school's out fieldwork blitz in SW Florida

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I finished my spring semester grading on Sunday night then woke up at 6 am Monday to begin four consecutive days of benthic ecology fieldwor...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Tendon u-joints - Windsurfing's weakest link?

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The critical piece of hardware that makes windsurfing possible is the "universal joint" or "u-joint." The u-joint attach...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Good hydrofoil windsurfing session + pretty dune plants

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Hydrofoil windsurfing is great. I'm still using the "Slingshot Infinity 76" hydrofoil that I got in 2019 and first blogged abo...