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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 1h

I credit flying a lot as a kid - looking out the window with my strength in looking at satellite data and topographic maps and being able to spot things others can’t, or seeing the landforms and weathering patterns. Still do it on every flight!

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Der Führer hat immer recht! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 3d

Economic BLACKOUT

November 28 - December 5

#Blackout #FridayBlackout #EconomicBlackout #RESIST #protest #GreedyBastards #politics #tyranny

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 9h

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 1h

Why do these guys worship the worst of the worst?

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 13h

One of my favorite Folk songs that Johann does… a Scott’s Gaelic ballad/lullaby usually heard on bag pipes… it’s also been performed as a lament at funerals/remembrances for Queens, Prime Ministers & Presidents. #folkmusic #gaelic #Scotland

Mist Covered Mountains - Scottish Folk Music in Mt Holly

Mist Covered Mountains Scottish Folk Music in Mt Holly

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Der Führer hat immer recht! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 2d

Ocean Acidification Crossed A Critical Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#CriticalBoundary #Ocean🪸 #OceanAcidification #marine #MarineBiology🦐 #Ecosystem #conservation🌎 medium.com/grrlscientis...

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Der Führer hat immer recht! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 1d

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#species #MarineBiology #siphonophore #oceanography🌊 #ecology #conservation🌏 medium.com/grrlscientis...

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 1d

Quick break from Johann vids to color grade a short clip of Mac (1.5yro Black Lab) grooming Oreo (6yro cat) I swear these two are so funny sometimes! #cats #dogs #grooming

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 1d

With All this crazy going on... working on a passion project - edit, color grade, etc videos of son doing songs (mostly folk and chanteys) when we were in VT 2 years ago. Should have done it long long ago, correcting now. The first Mt Holly Session will be on YT Wed. @ 4pm EST #folkmusic #chantey

Chanteys and The Dirty Blue Shirts - YouTube

My son is a Folk Musician, Chanteyman and member of The Dirty Blue Shirts (A group of Mystic Seaport trained museum outreach specialists with training in lat...

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 2d

They know I have liver treats on my bedside bureau.

Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 2d

Each… just made up 6 pints of extra spicy horseradish… my nose is running, crying, nose and eyes burning… but man it tastes great!!!

Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 3d

Johann and the Dirty Blue Shirts performing the Dead Horse Ceremony at CT Sea Music Festival.

Beginning to feel a lot like those sailors these days, between expenses going up (largely greed & corruption) & services going down... feels like I work ¾ of the year before I make any money "for me"

Johann leading the "Dead Horse Ceremony" at the CT Sea Music Festival

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 4d

rogress??? Got as much renovation destruction done as I could before the kids came over for help with Ren Faire outfits (finally my son is glad I did so much theater tech and vfx back in the day. Glad/not glad I didn’t stay in that biz. Master Bathroom we have studs sighted!

Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 5d

I have deep respect and love for my dad - a wonderful influence & supporter. He's also an award winning nature photographer. Whenever I go out with him, I learn a ton! "It's the photographer, not the gear that makes the image". He's making most of us missing peak color, but he got a lot keepers.

My father getting a good shot of Branch Brook in Vermont, running at normal levels after some fall flooding. We missed peak color, but he got some amazing shots. Technically on point all the way, and his eye is well trained to find the "winning image" in many situations that are non-optimal. The secret to being a good nature photographer or photojournalist: "Have your gear and yourself ready to capture what is happening, then, if you have time, find that special shot nd take your time to nail it."

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 5d

Booo.. but I guess "Progress?" At Uni?

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Susan Cosier @susancosier.bsky.social · 5d

USGS scientists tell us about the effects of invasive species & climate change. Yet their fate, like many other federal employees who work in science & the environment, is unknown. My latest for @nrdc.org. Thank you to @meadekrosby.bsky.social, John Organ, Ed Arnett, and others for speaking with me.

The Attacks on Science Continue—This Time at the USGS

From sea level rise to bee populations, the agency’s wildlife and climate programs shed light on the world around us.

www.nrdc.org

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 5d

2 batches of blackberry/raspberry jam from last berries(?) out of the garden. Used two thickeners on left added pectin, on right small amount of tapioca flour. 1.5 quarts of each. Flavor pre canning on each was very good and I couldn’t tell difference from flavor.

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, they didn’t. I mean Sen. Kennedy is such a caricature - Yale educated lawyer… Suuuuuuuurrrreee he sounds like that. Accent, yeah, I’m sure but the “Now I’m just a country bumpkin lawyer, not a high falutin Ivy League Lawyer” total affectation.

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 6d

Time for some recipe testing. Same weight/mix of berries. Same amount of sugar and lemon juice (my normal recipe for mixed berries) back one using gelatin, front one with use tapioca as thickener. No thickener I got close to what I wanted, but… lost a lot of volume cooking it down.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

www.nature.com

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 6d

But of course. Like almost all human behaviors these days - according to one brand of hypocritical (mostly)white men at least.

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 6d

So funny, I am a military brat (and former active) so grew up all around the world and US. I code switch regularly between accents often without realizing it. Talking to someone with a Texas accent - on comes that hillcountry accent, same for Alabama, VA, NM, AZ, PacNW, Hillcountry Germanic English.

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Eric Heupel @ericheupel.bsky.social · 7d

Cleaning and archiving old projects - came across this one I had forgotten about. Used in a UN/UNESCO report and presentation about invasive species and biofouling on ocean installed energy structures. Twas quite fun modeling out the various structures. 🐡

Illustration of different types of submerged structures of offshore renewable energy systems. A) wind power:(L-R) Substation Gravity pylon, Monopile, jacket, spar, semi-submersible and tension leg. Each support type has limits and optimal depths of deployment, and different potential refugia for invasive specis and biofouling.
B) Wave and tidal generators - (L-R) Wave generators, Submerged tidal power generators, emerged tidal generators at differing deployment phases

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702ajf @vegasgello.bsky.social · 7d

Rest In Peace Jane Goodall

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