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Tony Nuspl
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goodreads bookwyrm, culture muncher, shutterbug (e.g. banner image is my photo, 2025) & cat butler
Following #booksky #filmsky #envhist #opensource
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Earth Rover Program, soilsmology : ”to build #opensource hardware and software cheap enough to be of use to farmers everywhere; and to create, with farmers, a global, self-improving database"

#EnvironmentalSeismology
#EarthSciences
#soilscience
#SoilSeismology

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Elk
Bobcat
Black bear
Great Lakes Boreal Wolf (Canis lupus x Canis lycaon)
Osprey
markstoll.bsky.social Mark Stoll @markstoll.bsky.social · 7d
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Humpback whale
Grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Sambar
Pine marten
dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 8d
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Hazardous sites in coastal U.S. at risk of flooding: toxic waste dumps, refineries, agricultural hazards like #CAFOs, abandoned military sites, and operating nuclear power plants in CT, FL, LA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, TX & VA from Cat4&5 hurricanes

#RiskDistribution
#envhist
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Sea level rise and flooding of hazardous sites in marginalized communities across the United States - Nature Communications
Socially marginalized communities in the U.S. are at higher risk of contaminant releases due to sea level rise-related flooding of hazardous sites. By 2100, 5500 facilities are at risk of a 100-year f...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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"Emissions of nitrous oxide —a greenhouse gas nearly 300x more potent than carbon dioxide— have soared in America’s #CornBelt"

"Solar panels can generate as much energy as corn ethanol on roughly 3% of the land."

#DysfunctionalCorn vs #SolarFarms
#TheEthanolLobby vs #Covercrops
#carbonfootprint
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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"Underwater radiated noise – sound energy that ships emit through their hulls, propellers and machinery – is disrupting marine life."
+surveys for oil and gas exploration pollute

#SoundPollution
#envhist
#CetaceanHabitat
#WildlifeConservation
#SilentEclassVessel

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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2 years ago: Victoria Inner Harbour, view from the gang plank, alighting from the Victoria Clipper V (fast ferry out of Seattle)
cropped photo ©TonyNuspl2023
#waterscape
#urbanphotography
#BlueskyMonday
#cellphonephotography
Img-right: Facade (partially obscured) of the Fairmont Empress, formerly and commonly referred to as The Empress, one of the oldest hotels in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Img-left, middleground: various vessels docked in the Inner Harbor. Roofline of various buildings downtown, in the distance. img-bottom: Blue water, in the foreground. Img-topright: A seagull in the sky
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Today is #SecondhandSunday! Support resellers, highlight the benefits of #thrifting, and make secondhand your first choice this holiday season.

Vintage, thrifted, and #secondhand items can make the perfect gift.

Find more secondhand gift-giving tips and tricks here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4pAK5Yk
A stack of books next to a steaming mug. Red and black text at the top reads: "Secondhand Sunday: Make secondhand your first choice this holiday season."
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Tom Stoppard (d.2025) author of various screenplays, in addition to many stage plays not yet adapted for the screen
🎥🎬 #filmsky #moviesky
#lastfourwatched #letterboxd
#booksky 💙📚
#GridArt #gridmix
#Broadway #WestEnd
film posters, for 4 films written by Tom Stoppard, 1985, 1990, 1998, 2017
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Sports reporting, including vintage photos, historical illustrations, vintage newsreels, and photojournalism

#authorinterview
#booksky 💙📚
#ballislife
#sports
#lacrosse
#Haudenosaunee
#medicinegame

m.youtube.com/watch?v=It-8...
The lesser-known history of lacrosse, a uniquely American sport
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
m.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Nationally-Determined Contributions (NDCs) provide a “bottom-up” model, which allows countries to retain some degree of sovereignty over their decisions, about how to address the #ClimateEmergency

Large banner reads: "The answer is us, NOT fossil fuels."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30
In this week’s newsletter: Ultimately, climate progress will come from real-world action, and this year’s summit made some promising strides on that front
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Tony Nuspl
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#QuizOfTheDay: What is the Fastest object ever built by humans?

A. Space Shuttle Atlantis
B. NASA Parker Solar probe
C. Voyager 1
D. .220 Swift Cartridge

knowledgezone.co.in/resources/qu...
October 3, 2023 at 3:50 PM
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Watching that blowout of leaky oil and gas infrastructure in "Landman" one is forced to conclude that the fictional M-TEX company is not just ignorant of best practice, or worse than average, but actually among the worst.

#LongformTV
#fossilfuel
#globalwarming

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Craquelure (fine hairline cracks in an old oil painting)
photo©2024TonyNuspl

#sunrisemagic
#silhouetteSunday
#lakeside
Final de madrugada en Oklahoma Oriental photo credit Tony Nuspl 2024March10 dawn at Lake Hudson, OK
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Another sub-plinian eruption, this time at the triple-junction of the African, Arabian and East Indian tectonic plates.
The African plate is also splitting in two--diverging at a rate of 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) per year
#Holocene
#geologictime
#envhist
#vulcanology

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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BEEP BEEP! SpaceX Starship Booster 18 Explodes

Super Heavy suffers catastrophic COPV (composite overwrapped pressure vessel) failure during test.

In 2016, Falcon 9 rocket exploded due to COPV.  In June 2025, Starship prototype S36 was destroyed by COPV.

#techbroFAIL

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New Glenn’s MASSIVE Upgrade, Starship V3 Booster Explodes & EuroSuit on ISS!
YouTube video by NASASpaceflight
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November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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With mention of the Ponca Nation in Oklahoma, fighting a Google data center in Stillwater, OK

#datacenteremissions
#datacenterwaterconsumption
#AIbubble
#AIslop
#sycophancymachines

www.democracynow.org/2025/11/19/j...
“Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals
A new report titled “Data Crunch: How the AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals” from the Center for Biological Diversity warns the booming artificial intelligence in...
www.democracynow.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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East Java: pyroclastic flow, sweeping down flank of vulcano.
Similar to (not as powerful as) Plinian eruption of Mt Vesuvius, that destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 AD.
CCTV feed cuts out as fast-moving current of hot gas and tephra moves closer.

#worldhistory

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj0W...
GIANT Pyroclastic Flow from Semeru Volcano – November 19, 2025 (Level IV Alert)
YouTube video by afarTV
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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An example of #BrightGreenEnvironmentalism or tech fixes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming

#sailpower vs #dirtybunkerfuel
#decarbonization
#internationalshipping
#carbonfootprintreduction
#pilotproject

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?
The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A death by electrocution during an upgrade to the nuclear power plant, as part of a deal made by Facebook’s parent company Meta to expand the output by 30 megawatts to meet surging electrical demand-- all for the sake of #AIslop
 Edwin Lyman @nucsafetyucs.bsky.social · 20d
My goodness. On Friday an Unusual Event was declared for more than 3 hours at the Clinton-1 #nuclear reactor in #Illinois after the emergency reserve aux transformer shorted out, causing a loss of offsite power. A worker was electrocuted and killed. A warning sign of the impact of reduced oversight?
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Claudia Cardinale (d2025) in some of her films 🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky #lastfourwatched
#letterboxd #GridArt #gridmix
Claudia Cardinale in 4 film stills, 1963 (2x), 1968, and 1982, arranged in a grid
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Mise en place -- vegan tacos 'al pastor'
Tried NYTimes recipe
Remarkably well-balanced flavors
Salsa is both tomato- and onion-free
But no, did not use fresh pineapple
Makes more than suggested 8-12 tortillas
Goes well with non-alcoholic Bundaberg's ginger beer

#OmnivoresDilemma
#MeatFreeOptions
Ingredients needed for vegetarian recipe, displayed on kitchen counter, ready to start cooking. Unneeded toaster in background. Needed food processor outside of frame. Other utensils not displayed: sharp knife, cutting board, medium-sized glass and metal bowls, large frying pan and spatula. photo©TonyNuspl2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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"Big Ag, Stay outta my plate!" or "Don't bother me or my meal, Ag Industry"

Indigenous peoples vs #IndustrialEaters
#COP30
#ClimateJustice

oilchange.org/blogs/cop30-...
photojournalism from Conference of Parties, in Belem, Brazil: indigenous activists photographer unknown via OilChangeInternational
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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With historical footage/photos, maps, #underwaterphotography and excerpts of Gordon Lightfoot singing about the 1975 shipwreck on the Great Lakes--the best-known of some 6,000 such founderings.

#authorinterview
#booksky 💙📚
#GitchiGumee
#GhostShips
#musicsky
#envhist

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'The Gales of November' explores the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy and the legend it inspired
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Spinoza would've loved to see this.

The human-sized L1 lens of the Rubin Observatory camera, or the first lens of the observatory's telescope, at 1.55 m in diameter, the largest lens ever built.

#Astronomy #RubinFirstLook #NightSkyViewer
L1 lens, 2018 photo by LSST ( Large Synoptic Survey Telescope ) first put into service this year, in June 2025 • CC BY 4.0 via Wikipedia
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Flight season comes to an end

©TonyNuspl2025oct
#poisondata. AI overview in Google "The image shows a fire opal, a type of transparent or translucent opal known for its fiery yellow, orange, or red color. Fire opals are formed in volcanic rock, such as rhyolite, when water becomes trapped in lava. Fire opals are often found in Mexico, where they are sometimes referred to as "Hummingbird stone" due to their resemblance to the bird's plumage. Another AI image sesrch result for the same image:  "Rare orange sea glass" #funny #techfail
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM