Julie Sargent
@sargentja.bsky.social
Product person & technophile, into: hiking, cooking, architecture, quantitative self, reading, exercise, building systems, research, optimizing things, + science.
One thing that has always puzzled me - how does anyone lose a single shoe by the side of the road?
March 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
One thing that has always puzzled me - how does anyone lose a single shoe by the side of the road?
If you felt the 4.1 earthquake centered a few miles offshore of York ME, help collect data by filling out the ‘Felt report’ on USGS site. You have to scroll down a bit. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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January 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you felt the 4.1 earthquake centered a few miles offshore of York ME, help collect data by filling out the ‘Felt report’ on USGS site. You have to scroll down a bit. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
All I need to accomplish everything I want to in a given weekend is an entire extra day.
January 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
All I need to accomplish everything I want to in a given weekend is an entire extra day.
The LLBean Yule Dog video is the kind of holiday movie I needed. The transcript is 👌
www.llbean.com/llb/shop/518...
www.llbean.com/llb/shop/518...
December 21, 2023 at 1:31 PM
The LLBean Yule Dog video is the kind of holiday movie I needed. The transcript is 👌
www.llbean.com/llb/shop/518...
www.llbean.com/llb/shop/518...
I love methodical initiatives like this where long-standing assumptions are identified, validated (or invalidated), and considerations detailed. Result - an accord that will reduce the environmental footprint of wine bottles by 25% within 3 years.
www.foodandwine.com/lightweight-...
www.foodandwine.com/lightweight-...
November 14, 2023 at 1:11 PM
I love methodical initiatives like this where long-standing assumptions are identified, validated (or invalidated), and considerations detailed. Result - an accord that will reduce the environmental footprint of wine bottles by 25% within 3 years.
www.foodandwine.com/lightweight-...
www.foodandwine.com/lightweight-...
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🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
October 14, 2023 at 11:48 AM
🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
These AI (MidJourney) renditions of states as shoes are so cool. Maine as a heel rather than a Bean boot was surprising, but I can see a Coastal Maine villainess wearing them www.kurufootwear.com/a/blog/ai-vi...
Footwear Forecast: AI Visualizes Each U.S. State as Shoes | KURU
Explore AI's unique perspective on each state as shoes, with a collection that draws inspiration from each location's landmarks and geographical features.
www.kurufootwear.com
September 28, 2023 at 11:55 AM
These AI (MidJourney) renditions of states as shoes are so cool. Maine as a heel rather than a Bean boot was surprising, but I can see a Coastal Maine villainess wearing them www.kurufootwear.com/a/blog/ai-vi...
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The Great Orion Nebula is a challenging object to get the correct exposure. I used several applications of GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch in PixInsight to tease out the surrounding dust while keeping the brighter parts from blowing out. Captured this back in Feb ’23. It’s about 10 hrs of data.
August 23, 2023 at 6:13 AM
The Great Orion Nebula is a challenging object to get the correct exposure. I used several applications of GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch in PixInsight to tease out the surrounding dust while keeping the brighter parts from blowing out. Captured this back in Feb ’23. It’s about 10 hrs of data.
Since we need more food Bluesky:
These were AMAZING. from Paris Picnic Club cookbook.
These were AMAZING. from Paris Picnic Club cookbook.
July 29, 2023 at 10:56 PM
Since we need more food Bluesky:
These were AMAZING. from Paris Picnic Club cookbook.
These were AMAZING. from Paris Picnic Club cookbook.
At last the truth!
July 20, 2023 at 12:14 AM
At last the truth!
Very promising, especially given that it doesn’t seem to require exploitative materials: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/26/science/harnessing-same-forces-lightning-new-technology-extracts-electricity-humidity/
Harnessing the same forces as lightning, new technology extracts electricity from humidity - The Boston Globe
“Throughout history, we haven’t been able to find any means to capture the electricity in the air. It’s dangerous. It’s unpredictable. But I think this technology essentially turns that dream into reality,” said Jun Yao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst.
www.bostonglobe.com
May 27, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Very promising, especially given that it doesn’t seem to require exploitative materials: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/26/science/harnessing-same-forces-lightning-new-technology-extracts-electricity-humidity/
For bread Bluesky:
Two French Mediterranean natural levain boules (recipe from Henry Jones via Anson Mills)
One Field Blend #3 - white, rye, wheat - boule (recipe from Ken Forkish’s Evolutions in Bread) *not sure I executed this one correctly, it’s a bit flattish?
Two French Mediterranean natural levain boules (recipe from Henry Jones via Anson Mills)
One Field Blend #3 - white, rye, wheat - boule (recipe from Ken Forkish’s Evolutions in Bread) *not sure I executed this one correctly, it’s a bit flattish?
May 26, 2023 at 3:44 PM
For bread Bluesky:
Two French Mediterranean natural levain boules (recipe from Henry Jones via Anson Mills)
One Field Blend #3 - white, rye, wheat - boule (recipe from Ken Forkish’s Evolutions in Bread) *not sure I executed this one correctly, it’s a bit flattish?
Two French Mediterranean natural levain boules (recipe from Henry Jones via Anson Mills)
One Field Blend #3 - white, rye, wheat - boule (recipe from Ken Forkish’s Evolutions in Bread) *not sure I executed this one correctly, it’s a bit flattish?
Reposted by Julie Sargent
Since we’re talking about what we liked about that other site and want to import here, here’s my eulogy for science twitter, 2022’s most-read blog in American Scientist
https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/what-we-lose-if-we-lose-science-twitter
https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/what-we-lose-if-we-lose-science-twitter
What We Lose If We Lose Science Twitter
www.americanscientist.org
May 23, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Since we’re talking about what we liked about that other site and want to import here, here’s my eulogy for science twitter, 2022’s most-read blog in American Scientist
https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/what-we-lose-if-we-lose-science-twitter
https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/what-we-lose-if-we-lose-science-twitter
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This is M13 the Great Hercules Globular Cluster in the constellation Hercules. It’s 23,000 ly from Earth and is made up of almost a million stars, most of which are old. I took this from my deck in central MA on 5/28/21. Follow me for more great original astrophotos. @col.bsky.social
May 19, 2023 at 2:31 PM
This is M13 the Great Hercules Globular Cluster in the constellation Hercules. It’s 23,000 ly from Earth and is made up of almost a million stars, most of which are old. I took this from my deck in central MA on 5/28/21. Follow me for more great original astrophotos. @col.bsky.social
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Here is NGC 7635 a.k.a. The Bubble Nebula. It’s about 11,000 ly from Earth. The bubble itself is a planetary nebula created as a dying star blows off core material. The surrounding nebula is energized Ha and OIII dust. This was an 11 hour capture from my back yard in central MA.
May 13, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Here is NGC 7635 a.k.a. The Bubble Nebula. It’s about 11,000 ly from Earth. The bubble itself is a planetary nebula created as a dying star blows off core material. The surrounding nebula is energized Ha and OIII dust. This was an 11 hour capture from my back yard in central MA.
I just can’t delete Dark Sky; I know it’s not coming back but I miss it.
May 10, 2023 at 1:46 PM
I just can’t delete Dark Sky; I know it’s not coming back but I miss it.
I know it’s early, but it’s time. You can blame me if central New England gets a late frost.
May 6, 2023 at 6:29 PM
I know it’s early, but it’s time. You can blame me if central New England gets a late frost.
I always love a Blucifer mention, and the rest of this piece on DIA’s weird mix of urban legend / conspiracy theory + attempt to harness it for marketing is interesting. (Gifted link)
A Towering, Terrifying Demon Horse Isn’t Even the Weirdest Part
The Denver airport is a magnet for conspiracy theories — and a case study in the line between mass delusion and fun.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2023 at 2:29 PM
I always love a Blucifer mention, and the rest of this piece on DIA’s weird mix of urban legend / conspiracy theory + attempt to harness it for marketing is interesting. (Gifted link)
The only thing this place needs is more dog pictures. Here’s Fred:
May 1, 2023 at 6:25 PM
The only thing this place needs is more dog pictures. Here’s Fred:
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This is an excellent piece by @kissane.bsky.social on Mastodon and Bluesky.
Worth a read if you care about either.
https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon
Worth a read if you care about either.
https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon
Erin Kissane
In the early 80s, my mom worked a couple shifts a month at a little small-town food co-op that smelled like nutritional mummy. She brought home
erinkissane.com
May 1, 2023 at 10:38 AM
This is an excellent piece by @kissane.bsky.social on Mastodon and Bluesky.
Worth a read if you care about either.
https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon
Worth a read if you care about either.
https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon