Dan Dickerman
@dickermn.bsky.social
dad, reed-instrument musician, tinkerer in tech, lover of nature and uncrowded spaces, and people who are kind to each other
Wealth disparity checkpoint (Sept): "The 20 richest people in the country hold a collective $3 trillion..." up 30% this year year. See the full list, linked to the article... www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...
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January 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Wealth disparity checkpoint (Sept): "The 20 richest people in the country hold a collective $3 trillion..." up 30% this year year. See the full list, linked to the article... www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...
On the origins of a ball drop to mark exact time. Note that such “maritime time balls” were /released/ to mark the hour, not slowly dropped to count-down the seconds preceding the hour… www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
Hull's gold time ball drops again after 100 years
The golden time ball on Hull's Guildhall was used to help ships set their navigation clocks.
www.bbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
On the origins of a ball drop to mark exact time. Note that such “maritime time balls” were /released/ to mark the hour, not slowly dropped to count-down the seconds preceding the hour… www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
Does it bother anyone else that we tell school children that their busses are painted yellow, and that the lines on the road are yellow — yet clearly that color (and that of an orange) is halfway between full yellow and orange? Any wonder folks feel they’ve been gaslit their whole lives…
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Does it bother anyone else that we tell school children that their busses are painted yellow, and that the lines on the road are yellow — yet clearly that color (and that of an orange) is halfway between full yellow and orange? Any wonder folks feel they’ve been gaslit their whole lives…
Yesterday in Redlands CA, a driver was recorded shouting "F*** the Jews" and firing 20 rounds into a thankfully-empty home decorated for Hanukkah. At Brown, a gunman fired into a study group, killing 2 and injuring 9 — the class was economics, but the prof also is Faculty Associate in Judaic studies
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Yesterday in Redlands CA, a driver was recorded shouting "F*** the Jews" and firing 20 rounds into a thankfully-empty home decorated for Hanukkah. At Brown, a gunman fired into a study group, killing 2 and injuring 9 — the class was economics, but the prof also is Faculty Associate in Judaic studies
Approaching cancer with humor & curiosity was exactly what I needed, at a time I desperately needed to hear it. Thank you @hankgreen.bsky.social!
Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer | Full Comedy Special
YouTube video by Hank Green
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December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Approaching cancer with humor & curiosity was exactly what I needed, at a time I desperately needed to hear it. Thank you @hankgreen.bsky.social!
Scammers are ramping up for the holidays. If you’ve ever wondered “buy how do they make money from that?” Watch this… youtu.be/GrZi2pHnoQg
Scam Fighters Answer Scam Questions From Twitter (ft. Trilogy Media) | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Scammers are ramping up for the holidays. If you’ve ever wondered “buy how do they make money from that?” Watch this… youtu.be/GrZi2pHnoQg
How it started (2006) www.sierrasun.com/news/coal-cr...
How it’s going (2025) cleantechnica.com/2025/12/06/l...
How it’s going (2025) cleantechnica.com/2025/12/06/l...
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
How it started (2006) www.sierrasun.com/news/coal-cr...
How it’s going (2025) cleantechnica.com/2025/12/06/l...
How it’s going (2025) cleantechnica.com/2025/12/06/l...
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
That tech which generates slop-art that nobody wants is also consuming enough energy to keep us on coal & gas power longer, and help destroy the planet! Not cool, literally. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
That tech which generates slop-art that nobody wants is also consuming enough energy to keep us on coal & gas power longer, and help destroy the planet! Not cool, literally. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
Don’t know why people keep asking when Hanukkah begins this year: it always starts on 25 Kislev
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Don’t know why people keep asking when Hanukkah begins this year: it always starts on 25 Kislev
Wealth disparity checkpoint: if Elon gave 3500 of his shares to each of the 140,473 TSLA employees — including the thousands laid-off because… economy — each employee would hold $1.4M equity in their company, and he’d *still* retain over 25M shares ($10B), to add to his $300B in other holdings
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Wealth disparity checkpoint: if Elon gave 3500 of his shares to each of the 140,473 TSLA employees — including the thousands laid-off because… economy — each employee would hold $1.4M equity in their company, and he’d *still* retain over 25M shares ($10B), to add to his $300B in other holdings
It is said that ”Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” — maybe we should have studied the last century more critically youtube.com/shorts/GCJt3...
The 👏🏼 Roaring 👏🏼 20s 👏🏼 were 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 fun 👏🏼
YouTube video by Anti-Social Studies
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November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It is said that ”Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” — maybe we should have studied the last century more critically youtube.com/shorts/GCJt3...
I reminded of old jokes about suppression of the Soviet press www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | My Bosses Were Afraid of Crossing Trump. So, I Quit.
A veteran journalist opens up on the censorship that he says led to his resignation.
www.politico.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I reminded of old jokes about suppression of the Soviet press www.politico.com/news/magazin...
CA often gets blamed for high taxes as a driving factor (pun!) in gas prices, so here's a fun game... these photos were all taken today, on the same trip along the north end of (tourist-priced) Lake Tahoe (TC to IV): guess which are in CA and which in NV. Hint: CA gas tax is ~47¢ higher than NV
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
CA often gets blamed for high taxes as a driving factor (pun!) in gas prices, so here's a fun game... these photos were all taken today, on the same trip along the north end of (tourist-priced) Lake Tahoe (TC to IV): guess which are in CA and which in NV. Hint: CA gas tax is ~47¢ higher than NV
youtu.be/Ub6KPW8jGDA?...
Clarinetting is not a crime or "assaulting an officer" no matter how bad a reed-day you're having: contact the OR DOJ — the OR AG is compiling written comments on this... www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...
Clarinetting is not a crime or "assaulting an officer" no matter how bad a reed-day you're having: contact the OR DOJ — the OR AG is compiling written comments on this... www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...
Clarinetist playing ‘Ghostbusters’ arrested at ICE facility
YouTube video by KOIN 6
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October 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
youtu.be/Ub6KPW8jGDA?...
Clarinetting is not a crime or "assaulting an officer" no matter how bad a reed-day you're having: contact the OR DOJ — the OR AG is compiling written comments on this... www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...
Clarinetting is not a crime or "assaulting an officer" no matter how bad a reed-day you're having: contact the OR DOJ — the OR AG is compiling written comments on this... www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...
Reposted by Dan Dickerman
🌟 very sad that my dear friend Jane Goodall has died. we were 1st in contact via fax letters to her home in Bournemouth, UK. we met in 1999, hit it off. she inspired me to write 3 songs: Counting On You, Roots & Shoots Everywhere and my tribute, Jane Jane (with her own chimp sounds). #RIPJaneGoodall
October 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🌟 very sad that my dear friend Jane Goodall has died. we were 1st in contact via fax letters to her home in Bournemouth, UK. we met in 1999, hit it off. she inspired me to write 3 songs: Counting On You, Roots & Shoots Everywhere and my tribute, Jane Jane (with her own chimp sounds). #RIPJaneGoodall
A moment of good news that would have made Dad proud: Arrow service (between MetroLink in San Bernardino and U of Redlands) has just deployed the first hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered trains in the US www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2...
Nation’s first hydrogen-powered ZEMU passenger train unveiled in San Bernardino County
San Bernardino made history, as it launched North America’s first hybrid hydrogen fuel cell-battery electric passenger train, known as ZEMU.
www.vvdailypress.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A moment of good news that would have made Dad proud: Arrow service (between MetroLink in San Bernardino and U of Redlands) has just deployed the first hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered trains in the US www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2...
I like getting messages with the headline:
Your Bill is Ready to View!
It conveys a feeling of excitement not unlike “a new episode of your favorite show is out!” Appropriate: I can hardly wait to see what they’re billing us this month!
Your Bill is Ready to View!
It conveys a feeling of excitement not unlike “a new episode of your favorite show is out!” Appropriate: I can hardly wait to see what they’re billing us this month!
September 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I like getting messages with the headline:
Your Bill is Ready to View!
It conveys a feeling of excitement not unlike “a new episode of your favorite show is out!” Appropriate: I can hardly wait to see what they’re billing us this month!
Your Bill is Ready to View!
It conveys a feeling of excitement not unlike “a new episode of your favorite show is out!” Appropriate: I can hardly wait to see what they’re billing us this month!
Some context from “villians wiki” on 47’s referencing “Apocalypse Now”:
…Kilgore as what he is, a bloodthirsty, sadistic and amoral warmonger. This arguably makes him eviler than the film's main antagonist, as he is willing to involve innocent civilians in his reign of mass murder and destruction
…Kilgore as what he is, a bloodthirsty, sadistic and amoral warmonger. This arguably makes him eviler than the film's main antagonist, as he is willing to involve innocent civilians in his reign of mass murder and destruction
September 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Some context from “villians wiki” on 47’s referencing “Apocalypse Now”:
…Kilgore as what he is, a bloodthirsty, sadistic and amoral warmonger. This arguably makes him eviler than the film's main antagonist, as he is willing to involve innocent civilians in his reign of mass murder and destruction
…Kilgore as what he is, a bloodthirsty, sadistic and amoral warmonger. This arguably makes him eviler than the film's main antagonist, as he is willing to involve innocent civilians in his reign of mass murder and destruction
Music of the future (at least in some date numbering systems), for today tidal.com/browse/album...
Yes - 90125
Listen to 90125 on your streaming service
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September 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Music of the future (at least in some date numbering systems), for today tidal.com/browse/album...
ICE is now protecting us from the urgent threats posed by symphony violinists? WTaF? gofund.me/806df8e8
Donate to Help Bring John Shin Home, organized by Danae Snow
My husband, John Shin, has been detained by ICE, and our family is facing an urgent and frighteni… Danae Snow needs your support for Help Bring John Shin Home
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August 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
ICE is now protecting us from the urgent threats posed by symphony violinists? WTaF? gofund.me/806df8e8
These generate the same 70mt of CO2e pollution:
- Coal-fired plant generating 66.8MWh electricity
- Driving a RAV4 for a 20 years (15k miles/yr)
- Gas stove on high, 2hr/day for 121 years
- Jenner Family flying a private jet to the Bezos’ wedding
Beginning to see where we need to make some changes
- Coal-fired plant generating 66.8MWh electricity
- Driving a RAV4 for a 20 years (15k miles/yr)
- Gas stove on high, 2hr/day for 121 years
- Jenner Family flying a private jet to the Bezos’ wedding
Beginning to see where we need to make some changes
July 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
These generate the same 70mt of CO2e pollution:
- Coal-fired plant generating 66.8MWh electricity
- Driving a RAV4 for a 20 years (15k miles/yr)
- Gas stove on high, 2hr/day for 121 years
- Jenner Family flying a private jet to the Bezos’ wedding
Beginning to see where we need to make some changes
- Coal-fired plant generating 66.8MWh electricity
- Driving a RAV4 for a 20 years (15k miles/yr)
- Gas stove on high, 2hr/day for 121 years
- Jenner Family flying a private jet to the Bezos’ wedding
Beginning to see where we need to make some changes
Seems like “impersonating an officer” would be grounds for arresting all of them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers
Experts say trend of agents detaining people while masking and wearing plainclothes increases risk
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Seems like “impersonating an officer” would be grounds for arresting all of them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...