Michael Marek
@mmarek.bsky.social
> Emeritus media/comm professor (many scholarly citations)
> State/Nat. non-profit organization leadership experience
> Political observer (no party)
> Star Trek podcaster
> South Dakota resident
> NO DMs, please
> State/Nat. non-profit organization leadership experience
> Political observer (no party)
> Star Trek podcaster
> South Dakota resident
> NO DMs, please
Lots of people seeing Northern Lights tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Lots of people seeing Northern Lights tonight.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My grandmother Emma's Christmas Cactus is alive and thriving in my home, 70 years after her death.
It blooms from roughly Thanksgiving to Easter each year (and is starting just a little early this year).
#Christmas #Cactus #Bloom
It blooms from roughly Thanksgiving to Easter each year (and is starting just a little early this year).
#Christmas #Cactus #Bloom
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My grandmother Emma's Christmas Cactus is alive and thriving in my home, 70 years after her death.
It blooms from roughly Thanksgiving to Easter each year (and is starting just a little early this year).
#Christmas #Cactus #Bloom
It blooms from roughly Thanksgiving to Easter each year (and is starting just a little early this year).
#Christmas #Cactus #Bloom
I just went outside to see the "supermoon" and it is amazingly, stupendously, incredibly, overwhelmingly 7% larger than average.
Glad I didn't miss it.
#Moon
Glad I didn't miss it.
#Moon
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I just went outside to see the "supermoon" and it is amazingly, stupendously, incredibly, overwhelmingly 7% larger than average.
Glad I didn't miss it.
#Moon
Glad I didn't miss it.
#Moon
3100 citations to my academic writing, as tabulated by Google Scholar. The h-index is also pretty good, for my field.
I have four papers with over 300 citations and the top paper is over 1050.
#Academia #ScholarlyWriting
I have four papers with over 300 citations and the top paper is over 1050.
#Academia #ScholarlyWriting
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
3100 citations to my academic writing, as tabulated by Google Scholar. The h-index is also pretty good, for my field.
I have four papers with over 300 citations and the top paper is over 1050.
#Academia #ScholarlyWriting
I have four papers with over 300 citations and the top paper is over 1050.
#Academia #ScholarlyWriting
Today is the 35th Native American Day in South Dakota, created in 1990 in the spirit of reconciliation and reflecting the importance of tribal nations in our state.
That was before almost anybody else had an "Indigenous Peoples Day."
#SouthDakota
That was before almost anybody else had an "Indigenous Peoples Day."
#SouthDakota
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today is the 35th Native American Day in South Dakota, created in 1990 in the spirit of reconciliation and reflecting the importance of tribal nations in our state.
That was before almost anybody else had an "Indigenous Peoples Day."
#SouthDakota
That was before almost anybody else had an "Indigenous Peoples Day."
#SouthDakota
@realtomemanuel.bsky.social
Guess where I was today.
Guess where I was today.
October 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@realtomemanuel.bsky.social
Guess where I was today.
Guess where I was today.
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
General consumers use ChatGPT most for practical guidance, seeking information and writing, in that order, but for business users, writing jumps to the top.
It's kind of a logn read, but intersting. For more, click the link, not the image.
#AI #ChatGPT
www.nber.org/system/files...
It's kind of a logn read, but intersting. For more, click the link, not the image.
#AI #ChatGPT
www.nber.org/system/files...
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
General consumers use ChatGPT most for practical guidance, seeking information and writing, in that order, but for business users, writing jumps to the top.
It's kind of a logn read, but intersting. For more, click the link, not the image.
#AI #ChatGPT
www.nber.org/system/files...
It's kind of a logn read, but intersting. For more, click the link, not the image.
#AI #ChatGPT
www.nber.org/system/files...
There are also what appear to be some ancient artifacts, shaped vaguely like aircraft, which Ancient Astronaut theorists love to talk about. Looks like a jet fighter, doesn't it?
September 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There are also what appear to be some ancient artifacts, shaped vaguely like aircraft, which Ancient Astronaut theorists love to talk about. Looks like a jet fighter, doesn't it?
September 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
They grow up so fast.
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
They grow up so fast.
Redheaded Woodpecker on an old stump. When we hear them "pecking" we always hope it is a tree, not a building.
#Photography #Birds #Woodpecker
#Photography #Birds #Woodpecker
August 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Redheaded Woodpecker on an old stump. When we hear them "pecking" we always hope it is a tree, not a building.
#Photography #Birds #Woodpecker
#Photography #Birds #Woodpecker
Note that the biggest difference in the new Cracker Barrel logo is that they removed the old white guy who used to be on the left.
#CrackerBarrel #Diversity
#CrackerBarrel #Diversity
August 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Note that the biggest difference in the new Cracker Barrel logo is that they removed the old white guy who used to be on the left.
#CrackerBarrel #Diversity
#CrackerBarrel #Diversity
It is more complex than this, Jörg. The clock is based on Felix the Cat, which was used in the first tests of the American TV system. So it aligns with the reference to John Logie Baird, which was a TV pioneer in Scotland.
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
August 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It is more complex than this, Jörg. The clock is based on Felix the Cat, which was used in the first tests of the American TV system. So it aligns with the reference to John Logie Baird, which was a TV pioneer in Scotland.
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
Today is the anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 13 after the service module explosion that threatened the lives of the crew.
I have been looking through my old family slides and I apparently took photos of the TV screen during #Apollo13. I believe this is after they were safe back on Earth.
I have been looking through my old family slides and I apparently took photos of the TV screen during #Apollo13. I believe this is after they were safe back on Earth.
August 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today is the anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 13 after the service module explosion that threatened the lives of the crew.
I have been looking through my old family slides and I apparently took photos of the TV screen during #Apollo13. I believe this is after they were safe back on Earth.
I have been looking through my old family slides and I apparently took photos of the TV screen during #Apollo13. I believe this is after they were safe back on Earth.
August 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I rebuilt the box that holds our salt block for deer. Some of them are REAL skitterish about the new one.
The old one lasted maybe 20 years, so generations of their ancestors knew the old, weathered one. They are used to licking the wood, not just the salt block, and this one doesn't taste right.
The old one lasted maybe 20 years, so generations of their ancestors knew the old, weathered one. They are used to licking the wood, not just the salt block, and this one doesn't taste right.
August 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I rebuilt the box that holds our salt block for deer. Some of them are REAL skitterish about the new one.
The old one lasted maybe 20 years, so generations of their ancestors knew the old, weathered one. They are used to licking the wood, not just the salt block, and this one doesn't taste right.
The old one lasted maybe 20 years, so generations of their ancestors knew the old, weathered one. They are used to licking the wood, not just the salt block, and this one doesn't taste right.
We had a visit from twin fawns this morning, and their mom, of course.
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We had a visit from twin fawns this morning, and their mom, of course.
Say where you are without saying where you are.
July 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Say where you are without saying where you are.
Google Scholar deleted 59 of my citations on July 13 without notice or explanation, so for the second time this year, I am pleased to announce that I have reached 3,000 citations to my scholarly publications.
#AcademicSky #Research #ScholaryWriting
#AcademicSky #Research #ScholaryWriting
July 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Google Scholar deleted 59 of my citations on July 13 without notice or explanation, so for the second time this year, I am pleased to announce that I have reached 3,000 citations to my scholarly publications.
#AcademicSky #Research #ScholaryWriting
#AcademicSky #Research #ScholaryWriting
Things we could live without during Independence Day weekend.
(Yes, there are other things, too.)
(Yes, there are other things, too.)
July 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things we could live without during Independence Day weekend.
(Yes, there are other things, too.)
(Yes, there are other things, too.)
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
White campion, growing in our yard. The plant is not native to North America, but is now found in most US states.
June 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
White campion, growing in our yard. The plant is not native to North America, but is now found in most US states.