Mark Graf
@grafphoto.com
🌎 Photographer, husky wrangler, naturalist, citizen scientist, explorer of things - made in Detroit, Michigan, c. 323 ppm CO2
Pixels to prints, licensing, notes;
🕸️ https://www.grafphoto.com
Pixels to prints, licensing, notes;
🕸️ https://www.grafphoto.com
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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One-hundred fifty year later from when #JohnMuir was sitting at his desk, a tree that was around during his time is possible collateral damage on the sale of #publicland.
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Sierra Club inquires on Sterling Heights land deal - The Sterling Oak
In 1875, the Overland Monthly magazine published the words of John Muir's observations and musings about the relationship between human civilization and nature in the column Wild Wool, a theme establi...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
One-hundred fifty year later from when #JohnMuir was sitting at his desk, a tree that was around during his time is possible collateral damage on the sale of #publicland.
www.sterling-oak.org/sierra-club-...
www.sterling-oak.org/sierra-club-...
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The U.S. EPA and Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a set of new rules that would leave millions of acres of wetlands, small waterbodies, and ephemeral streams across the country unprotected — threatening the drinking water of millions of Americans. #GreatLakes #CleanWater
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Three Great Lakes States at Greatest Risk as EPA Rolls Back Wetland Protections
The wetlands protection rollback threatens millions of acres, impacting drinking water and essential wildlife habitats across America.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The U.S. EPA and Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a set of new rules that would leave millions of acres of wetlands, small waterbodies, and ephemeral streams across the country unprotected — threatening the drinking water of millions of Americans. #GreatLakes #CleanWater
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McKibben’s substack filled with all sorts of interesting bits open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Tale of Two Cities
Unimaginable thirst in Tehran--but some relief in New York?
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November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
McKibben’s substack filled with all sorts of interesting bits open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
"Red" - Jesse Welles (LIVE at The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In sum, more junk news yields more engagement, the feedback loop of clickbait!
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Divergent patterns of engagement with partisan and low-quality news across seven social media platforms | PNAS
In recent years, social media has become increasingly fragmented, as platforms evolve
and new alternatives emerge. Yet most research studies a sing...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In sum, more junk news yields more engagement, the feedback loop of clickbait!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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The measure of a visionary – Jane Goodall on the indivisibility of art and science www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/01/j...
The Measure of a True Visionary: Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science
The aim of science is to illuminate the mysteries of nature and discover the elemental truths pulsating sublime and indifferent beneath the starry skin of the universe. The aim of art is to give us…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The measure of a visionary – Jane Goodall on the indivisibility of art and science www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/01/j...
“Artificially enlarging a problem only serves to camouflage it…”
Good read on our need to try to stay vigilant in our reactions to the “news.”
centerforinquiry.org/blog/the-ame...
Good read on our need to try to stay vigilant in our reactions to the “news.”
centerforinquiry.org/blog/the-ame...
The America of Kitty Genovese | Center for Inquiry
The tragic story of Kitty Genovese has for decades been emblematic of Americans’ indifference toward one another. I first heard about the classic case in my ...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Artificially enlarging a problem only serves to camouflage it…”
Good read on our need to try to stay vigilant in our reactions to the “news.”
centerforinquiry.org/blog/the-ame...
Good read on our need to try to stay vigilant in our reactions to the “news.”
centerforinquiry.org/blog/the-ame...
Who doesn't love a discussion of Godzilla, physics, and the environment?
#kaiju #nature
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#kaiju #nature
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Could Godzilla Actually Exist? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Charles Liu Breaks It Down.
YouTube video by StarTalk Plus
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November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Who doesn't love a discussion of Godzilla, physics, and the environment?
#kaiju #nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q87Y...
#kaiju #nature
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Informative read!
As data centers proliferate across the Great Lakes, driven by AI’s soaring demands, communities face a dual reality: economic growth and environmental challenges. Planet Detroit's Guide to data centers in Michigan: buff.ly/Mi9BBCz
Data centers in Michigan: What you need to know
As data centers proliferate in the Great Lakes, Planet Detroit answers your questions about their effects on water, energy, and climate.
planetdetroit.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Informative read!
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I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
Thoughts from a climate scientist on the Bill Gates climate memo
I wanted to offer my thoughts, as a climate scientist, on the widely discussed memo published by Bill Gates in late October 2025. While I actually do agree with some of the specific points made therein regarding the urgent global need to accelerate efforts to reduce global poverty and improve human
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
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I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Pragmatic advice for the #KillYourLawn movement. I like the reference “Rather than getting rid of our lawns, shrink them. Lawns should be area rugs, not wall-to-wall carpet.” - slowly shrinking ours. Credit also @alex-kunz.com ‘s find for a tune to hum along to. 🧵1/2
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Lawn Care Killing Your Back and Wallet? Try This Low-Maintenance Approach — The Wall Street Journal
Turf is hard on the pocketbook, the planet and your body, so consider shrinking your lawn, says this horticulturist—and use fall leaves strategically to make the transition
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November 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Pragmatic advice for the #KillYourLawn movement. I like the reference “Rather than getting rid of our lawns, shrink them. Lawns should be area rugs, not wall-to-wall carpet.” - slowly shrinking ours. Credit also @alex-kunz.com ‘s find for a tune to hum along to. 🧵1/2
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The first scientist’s guide to truth www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/14/a...
The First Scientist’s Guide to Truth: Alhazen on Critical Thinking
Born into a world with no clocks, telescopes, microscopes, or democracy, Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965–c. 1040), known in the West as Alhazen, began his life studying religion, but grew quickl…
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October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The first scientist’s guide to truth www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/14/a...
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Cherry-picking a few of Lightroom Classic's new features and some thoughts from this landscape & nature photographer's point of view:
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#PhotoBlog #Photography #Lightroom #BlogPost #LightroomClassic
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#PhotoBlog #Photography #Lightroom #BlogPost #LightroomClassic
Lightroom Classic 15 News
A few thoughts on the latest updates to Lightroom (Classic) and how relevant they are for landscape and nature photographers.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Cherry-picking a few of Lightroom Classic's new features and some thoughts from this landscape & nature photographer's point of view:
www.alex-kunz.com/lightroom-cl...
#PhotoBlog #Photography #Lightroom #BlogPost #LightroomClassic
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#PhotoBlog #Photography #Lightroom #BlogPost #LightroomClassic
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Helpful video (as usual) from Julieanne Kost: 15 New Features in #Lightroom Classic (v15)
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#Photography #LightroomClassic #Video #Adobe
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#Photography #LightroomClassic #Video #Adobe
15 New Features in Lightroom Classic (v15)
YouTube video by Julieanne Kost
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October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Helpful video (as usual) from Julieanne Kost: 15 New Features in #Lightroom Classic (v15)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKXq...
#Photography #LightroomClassic #Video #Adobe
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#Photography #LightroomClassic #Video #Adobe
Even though it feels like yelling into a void at times, I try to remember what Dr. Jane (Goodall) would say … probably “so? keep yelling…”
#climatesky #co2
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#climatesky #co2
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WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin
YouTube video by World Meteorological Organization - WMO
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October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Even though it feels like yelling into a void at times, I try to remember what Dr. Jane (Goodall) would say … probably “so? keep yelling…”
#climatesky #co2
youtu.be/AEhu4DYG6AI?...
#climatesky #co2
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Long Live the Frogs of Portland. 🐸
October 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Long Live the Frogs of Portland. 🐸
“Danger Will Robinson” 🚨🤖 seems appropriate. Worth watching, but seems the train just keeps gaining momentum. 😕
CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology."
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Danger Will Robinson” 🚨🤖 seems appropriate. Worth watching, but seems the train just keeps gaining momentum. 😕
Eastern screech owl has been in our backyard past few nights. Love listening to them do their ghostly calls.
October 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Eastern screech owl has been in our backyard past few nights. Love listening to them do their ghostly calls.