D. Brett Richardson
@berkeleybrett.bsky.social
Trying to save the world, one sentient being at a time. May Compassion be our Compass! (Retired from the Advanced Light Source at LBNL @als-lbnl.bsky.social / @berkeleylab.lbl.gov )
"Call Your Mother" exhorts this park bench in the hummingbird grove at UC Davis 😊 "Nurture Life, Trust Your Gut, Stay Fierce, Call Your Mother" -- "In loving memory, Carolee Gish Ferguson, 1937-2015" 🌹 #UCDavis #ParkBench
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Call Your Mother" exhorts this park bench in the hummingbird grove at UC Davis 😊 "Nurture Life, Trust Your Gut, Stay Fierce, Call Your Mother" -- "In loving memory, Carolee Gish Ferguson, 1937-2015" 🌹 #UCDavis #ParkBench
Oddball USB flash drives: one with a bottle-opener, another with a wrench -- because, why not?!? 🤣 #USBFlashDrives
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Oddball USB flash drives: one with a bottle-opener, another with a wrench -- because, why not?!? 🤣 #USBFlashDrives
"Crispr Kreme - DNA Edits" 😂🤣😂 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR_... --- #CRISPR #GeneEditing #DNAediting #GeneticEngineering
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Crispr Kreme - DNA Edits" 😂🤣😂 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR_... --- #CRISPR #GeneEditing #DNAediting #GeneticEngineering
Reposted by D. Brett Richardson
Airports are in chaos as the holiday travel season approaches—and the railroad is looking pretty good by comparison, @kait.bsky.social writes.
America Is Taking the Train
Airport chaos is leading people to ride the Amtrak. Will they stick with it?
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November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Airports are in chaos as the holiday travel season approaches—and the railroad is looking pretty good by comparison, @kait.bsky.social writes.
Reposted by D. Brett Richardson
In future, flexibly operated heat pumps and electric cars could reduce both electricity imports and electricity prices. That is according to a new study by a Swiss research consortium led by ETH Zurich. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
How electric cars and heat pumps can help Switzerland implement its Energy Strategy
In future, flexibly operated heat pumps and electric cars could reduce both electricity imports and electricity prices. That is according to a new study by a Swiss research consortium led by ETH Zuric...
ethz.ch
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In future, flexibly operated heat pumps and electric cars could reduce both electricity imports and electricity prices. That is according to a new study by a Swiss research consortium led by ETH Zurich. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
"A Woman's Instructional Guide for Men" 😂🤣😂 #MaryMcHugh
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"A Woman's Instructional Guide for Men" 😂🤣😂 #MaryMcHugh
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Living on earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun." - Ashleigh Brilliant, 🤓 www.AshleighBrilliant.com , #PotShots #BrilliantThoughts #AshleighBrilliant
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"Living on earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun." - Ashleigh Brilliant, 🤓 www.AshleighBrilliant.com , #PotShots #BrilliantThoughts #AshleighBrilliant
Reposted by D. Brett Richardson
Over the last months, we’ve entirely rebuilt search on Our World in Data — we just launched it:
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
Introducing our new, more powerful search
Finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
ourworldindata.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Over the last months, we’ve entirely rebuilt search on Our World in Data — we just launched it:
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
I dropped off my ballot today at the "Food 4 Less" in #Woodland #California -- "Food 4 Less, Vote 4 Free" 🤣 (& "Vote 4 Freedom"!) Let's hope that Wisdom, Compassion, & Justice will one day prevail in this complex (& often bewildering) nation & world of ours.... 🌎🌞🌍🌈🌏 #Vote
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I dropped off my ballot today at the "Food 4 Less" in #Woodland #California -- "Food 4 Less, Vote 4 Free" 🤣 (& "Vote 4 Freedom"!) Let's hope that Wisdom, Compassion, & Justice will one day prevail in this complex (& often bewildering) nation & world of ours.... 🌎🌞🌍🌈🌏 #Vote
One nice thing about working at a National Laboratory is that you are in the midst of the most advanced, cutting-edge technology.... 🤣 #EarthquakeDetectionTechnology
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One nice thing about working at a National Laboratory is that you are in the midst of the most advanced, cutting-edge technology.... 🤣 #EarthquakeDetectionTechnology
Auspicious Día de los Muertos to all! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_... - #DíaDeMuertos #DayOfTheDead
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Auspicious Día de los Muertos to all! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_... - #DíaDeMuertos #DayOfTheDead
Better living through chemistry! 🤣
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Better living through chemistry! 🤣
"Our inability to understand the exponential function is our biggest weakness" So says Prof. Albert Bartlett in this thoughtful video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bvw... (I actually think we have bigger weaknesses than this, but we can give the good professor some room for hyperbole here...) 🌎🤓🌍😊🌏
Our inability to understand the exponential function is our biggest weakness - Prof Albert Bartlett
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October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Our inability to understand the exponential function is our biggest weakness" So says Prof. Albert Bartlett in this thoughtful video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bvw... (I actually think we have bigger weaknesses than this, but we can give the good professor some room for hyperbole here...) 🌎🤓🌍😊🌏
Sitting thru another meeting... 😂🤣😂 (Image courtesy of Emily Steiner ( www.facebook.com/emily.steine... ), Medievalist Extraordinaire! 🤩 )
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sitting thru another meeting... 😂🤣😂 (Image courtesy of Emily Steiner ( www.facebook.com/emily.steine... ), Medievalist Extraordinaire! 🤩 )
For good, ill, neutral, or mixed, "Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground: Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s 'largest A.I.-empowered' university..." 🤓 NY Times unlocked article: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t... #AIinEducation #CalState
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
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October 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
For good, ill, neutral, or mixed, "Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground: Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s 'largest A.I.-empowered' university..." 🤓 NY Times unlocked article: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t... #AIinEducation #CalState
"University of California sets world record for Nobel Prizes in a single year" www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/u... 🌎🤩🌍🤓🌏 CC #UnveristyOfCalifornia #UCBerkeley #UCLA #UCSantaBarbara #UCSanDiego - @berkeleylab.lbl.gov - @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov - @als.lbl.gov - #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2025
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"University of California sets world record for Nobel Prizes in a single year" www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/u... 🌎🤩🌍🤓🌏 CC #UnveristyOfCalifornia #UCBerkeley #UCLA #UCSantaBarbara #UCSanDiego - @berkeleylab.lbl.gov - @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov - @als.lbl.gov - #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2025
🎶 She's a Smoothie Operator🎵Smoooothie Operatorrrr 🎶 😂🤣😂 (Seen in #Davis #California 😊 ) -- #Sade #SmoothOperator #Operators #Smoothies #DavisCA
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🎶 She's a Smoothie Operator🎵Smoooothie Operatorrrr 🎶 😂🤣😂 (Seen in #Davis #California 😊 ) -- #Sade #SmoothOperator #Operators #Smoothies #DavisCA
I came across this photo of my Dad, from a news clipping in the 1970s (I believe). He was a tough ol' Marine, most at home in the wilderness. Though life with Dad was complicated, I've always be thankful he was my father. Semper Fi, Dad! I'll never be able to thank you enough....
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I came across this photo of my Dad, from a news clipping in the 1970s (I believe). He was a tough ol' Marine, most at home in the wilderness. Though life with Dad was complicated, I've always be thankful he was my father. Semper Fi, Dad! I'll never be able to thank you enough....
I asked Google Gemini (AI) two questions: "In what year did more than 50% of americans have internet service?" & "In what year did more than 50% of americans own a personal computer?" (An AI-response is only as good as the resources on which it is based! Easy to forget ....) #InternetHistory
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I asked Google Gemini (AI) two questions: "In what year did more than 50% of americans have internet service?" & "In what year did more than 50% of americans own a personal computer?" (An AI-response is only as good as the resources on which it is based! Easy to forget ....) #InternetHistory
From 1954: "How to dial your phone by Bell System" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuYP... 🤓 #TechNostalgia #BlastFromThePast #TelephoneHistory #Telephony #The50s
1954 How to dial your phone by Bell System
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October 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
From 1954: "How to dial your phone by Bell System" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuYP... 🤓 #TechNostalgia #BlastFromThePast #TelephoneHistory #Telephony #The50s
The advertising algorithm seems to think I'm interested in buying a shipping container 😂🤣😂 Good thing I'm not given to impulse buying, because I rather like the 3rd one to the right! 😛
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The advertising algorithm seems to think I'm interested in buying a shipping container 😂🤣😂 Good thing I'm not given to impulse buying, because I rather like the 3rd one to the right! 😛
These long-lived little rodents are resistant to cancer, arthritis, & other diseases: can we discover their health secrets & develop them for human beings? More - BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... -- Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -- #CancerPrevention #Cancer #Arthritis #NakedMoleRats
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
These long-lived little rodents are resistant to cancer, arthritis, & other diseases: can we discover their health secrets & develop them for human beings? More - BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... -- Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -- #CancerPrevention #Cancer #Arthritis #NakedMoleRats
I was interested to learn that LBNL scientist (and former Director of Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry: foundry.lbl.gov ) Omar M. Yaghi has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [shared] :
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I was interested to learn that LBNL scientist (and former Director of Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry: foundry.lbl.gov ) Omar M. Yaghi has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [shared] :
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....