DMc
@danmcaoa.bsky.social
Marine Geologist, Dad, Husband, News Junkie, Music, Books, Cooking, Travel, History, too.
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Still hurting over Joe Ely's death. Glad I can post this song tonight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9Z...
Saint Valentine
YouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Still hurting over Joe Ely's death. Glad I can post this song tonight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9Z...
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Meet the Metal Snail from the Bottom of the Ocean ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/i...
Meet the Metal Snail from the Bottom of the Ocean
Live specimens of Chrysomallon squamiferum (known as the “scaly-foot snail”) from the Longqi vent field in the Southwestern Indian Ocean
ocean.si.edu
February 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Meet the Metal Snail from the Bottom of the Ocean ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/i...
All right! My tri-coastal Super Bowl spread. Clam chowder for Boston, Seattle style teriyaki chicken for the Pacific Northwest, and maque choux from the Gulf Coast to pull it all together. Who am I rooting for? Whoever is behind.
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
All right! My tri-coastal Super Bowl spread. Clam chowder for Boston, Seattle style teriyaki chicken for the Pacific Northwest, and maque choux from the Gulf Coast to pull it all together. Who am I rooting for? Whoever is behind.
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Because we're talking about the New Fire ceremony tonight, they get to play with this site. It's a fantastic reconstruction of the city of Tenochtitlan. It'll really help the students visualize a place they're just freshly learning of and will maybe never get to see. tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Because we're talking about the New Fire ceremony tonight, they get to play with this site. It's a fantastic reconstruction of the city of Tenochtitlan. It'll really help the students visualize a place they're just freshly learning of and will maybe never get to see. tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
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re: that reskeet of the Tarrant County, TX election results…I'm *from* Tarrant County, pre-Portland. I was involved in activism & government in Fort Worth. I can personally attest that a 31-point swing toward a Democrat in Tarrant County TX state senate is absolutely bonkers banana pants.
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
re: that reskeet of the Tarrant County, TX election results…I'm *from* Tarrant County, pre-Portland. I was involved in activism & government in Fort Worth. I can personally attest that a 31-point swing toward a Democrat in Tarrant County TX state senate is absolutely bonkers banana pants.
A 31 point swing?!! Rattled they should be. No gerrymander will hold against that size wave.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 AM
A 31 point swing?!! Rattled they should be. No gerrymander will hold against that size wave.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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OK. I will call you crazy. ACA insurance is not very different from employer based health insurance. Low premium policies (meaning the total employee + employer premium) that are PPO or HMOs are essentially indistinguishable.
look, call me crazy, but Dems should probably find a better health care policy than just "if you like your insurance company death panel, you can keep your insurance company death panel"
January 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
OK. I will call you crazy. ACA insurance is not very different from employer based health insurance. Low premium policies (meaning the total employee + employer premium) that are PPO or HMOs are essentially indistinguishable.
Wow. Massive day for renewables on the Texas electricity grid. Over 75% wind and solar at one point in the day, yesterday. Plus look at the drawdown for power storage. Change can happen fast.
January 16, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Wow. Massive day for renewables on the Texas electricity grid. Over 75% wind and solar at one point in the day, yesterday. Plus look at the drawdown for power storage. Change can happen fast.
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Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia was an unlikely idea: a place where anyone could share free knowledge.
Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia was an unlikely idea: a place where anyone could share free knowledge.
Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
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I think the funniest part of this is trump talked to the oil CEOs and asked them if they wanted to set up shop in venezuela and they're like "Go to an unstable country and extract so much oil that we devalue oil prices? are you stupid?"
January 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I think the funniest part of this is trump talked to the oil CEOs and asked them if they wanted to set up shop in venezuela and they're like "Go to an unstable country and extract so much oil that we devalue oil prices? are you stupid?"
Best wishes for the New Year. Black-eyed peas, cabbage, cornbread, and a fine brisket my sister gifted me. 11 hr Texas cook, by the book, with post oak. Sated, a bit sleepy, but counting to continue to be among the prosperous and lucky. Hope you are, too.
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Best wishes for the New Year. Black-eyed peas, cabbage, cornbread, and a fine brisket my sister gifted me. 11 hr Texas cook, by the book, with post oak. Sated, a bit sleepy, but counting to continue to be among the prosperous and lucky. Hope you are, too.
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It is kind of weird that Texas and Michigan have only crossed paths three times, and that they're all in the last twenty years, and that Michigan has lost to Vince Young, Quinn Ewers, and now Arch Manning. -OS
January 1, 2026 at 5:23 AM
It is kind of weird that Texas and Michigan have only crossed paths three times, and that they're all in the last twenty years, and that Michigan has lost to Vince Young, Quinn Ewers, and now Arch Manning. -OS
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It good to see bowl season hasn't been totally devalued. Because Texas vs. Michigan is good fuckin' football. -OS
December 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It good to see bowl season hasn't been totally devalued. Because Texas vs. Michigan is good fuckin' football. -OS
My paltry book list for 2025.
I still haven't finished Robert Caro's The Power Broker, so I can't claim my coffee cup from Knopf yet.
The shortest book I read was The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson. It seemed longer.
The longest book I read was Texas by James Michener. It seemed longer....
I still haven't finished Robert Caro's The Power Broker, so I can't claim my coffee cup from Knopf yet.
The shortest book I read was The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson. It seemed longer.
The longest book I read was Texas by James Michener. It seemed longer....
December 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My paltry book list for 2025.
I still haven't finished Robert Caro's The Power Broker, so I can't claim my coffee cup from Knopf yet.
The shortest book I read was The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson. It seemed longer.
The longest book I read was Texas by James Michener. It seemed longer....
I still haven't finished Robert Caro's The Power Broker, so I can't claim my coffee cup from Knopf yet.
The shortest book I read was The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson. It seemed longer.
The longest book I read was Texas by James Michener. It seemed longer....
Texas grid right now-68% renewables, 25% fossil fuels. It seems change will never come, then it happens quickly.
December 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Texas grid right now-68% renewables, 25% fossil fuels. It seems change will never come, then it happens quickly.
Science that depends on access to oceanographic research vessels depends in turn on governments to support a research fleet. The US capability devolved from leader, to budget-stressed, to ‘no, not interested.’
Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Science that depends on access to oceanographic research vessels depends in turn on governments to support a research fleet. The US capability devolved from leader, to budget-stressed, to ‘no, not interested.’
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🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
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Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
As announced in Budget 2025 -
nserc-crsng.canada.ca
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
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Seems smart to go right to the political case. If you lost your election to a non citizen, wouldn’t you challenge it? Why not? They knew that birthright citizenship in the 14th amendment said what it said. Full stop. Thanks A. Frost and colleagues for this.
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Seems smart to go right to the political case. If you lost your election to a non citizen, wouldn’t you challenge it? Why not? They knew that birthright citizenship in the 14th amendment said what it said. Full stop. Thanks A. Frost and colleagues for this.
‘If you see Miss Caroline, tell her I’m doin’ fine.’ #RIPJoeEly youtube.com/watch?v=cv_j...
Because of the Wind (Live)
YouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
‘If you see Miss Caroline, tell her I’m doin’ fine.’ #RIPJoeEly youtube.com/watch?v=cv_j...
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Wonderful to join my former Houston Chronicle team last night to accept the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing! Congrats Sharon Steinmann, Raj Mankad and Leah Binkovitz!
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wonderful to join my former Houston Chronicle team last night to accept the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing! Congrats Sharon Steinmann, Raj Mankad and Leah Binkovitz!
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Condolences to the families of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, and a fast recovery to Ahmed al-Ahmed, the man who was shot trying to stop the shooter. Anti-semitism is a scourge.
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Condolences to the families of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, and a fast recovery to Ahmed al-Ahmed, the man who was shot trying to stop the shooter. Anti-semitism is a scourge.