Richard Waite

by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · May 20

*elder millennial voice*
And that’s about the time my back gave out on me,
Nobody likes you when you’re 43,

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

That IRL meetup sounds super fun. Have not had that experience. But it is very cool meeting people IRL after interacting here.

I think the score over the years is roughly 53,679 positive points to 53,585 negative psychic damage points. I mean I’m still here posting through it. FOR THE MOMENT.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦

@watershedlab.bsky.social

I was today years old when I learned that Picasso overlapped in time with both Charles Darwin and Eminem. True fact.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Aug 12

My most viralest tweet ever (thanks to a Greta Thunberg retweet)

Anakin/Padme meme

A: I’ve set a net zero target for 2050:
P: So you’ll quickly reduce your emissions, right?
A: …
P: So you’ll quickly reduce your emissions, right?

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

- I learned about Athletic Brewing Run Wild NA IPA
- I learned that limeade and almond extract are a top-tier combination
- I discovered I’m not the only pamplemousse seltzer aficionado on the planet
- Someone told me my posts inspired them to enroll in a food/sustainability master’s program

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@waiterich.bsky.social

One thing to remember is that global land temperatures are rising quite a bit faster than overall global surface temperatures averaged over the land and ocean. IPCC (2019) said that land temperatures rose ~75% more than global average temperatures since 1850.

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@waiterich.bsky.social

seems pretty bad

Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 1d

Let's check in and see how September temperatures have changed in the U.S. and Canada over the last 75 years. 🔥😢

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by Richard Waite — Reposted by: Halley E. Froehlich

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

- I met hundreds (thousands?) of interesting folks working in my field and/or expert in other stuff
- I’ve learned a lot from you all
- I once had a tweet end up in the UK National Food Strategy (2021)
- It was good to be so connected when we were all physically isolated in 2020
- You make me laugh

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

I’ve learned to try to appreciate winter mornings to not get so annoyed at 5pm night

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I-Scream Ridge

@eileen4ever.bsky.social

I went out back in the rain this morning to take a few pictures to get me through the week. 🌱 #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

Young hydrangea bloom on a plant that’s winding down for the year.

Pink dahlia with raindrops. Kelsey Dwarf, a nice compact little plant.

Bumble Rumble dahlia, pink and white petals with white collarette petals around a golden center.

Bee Happy dahlia, magenta petals that are burgundy toward the center.

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

Otherwise known as the it’s still too dark by 7 am season.

Soon we will sort of fix the morning problem but make the evening problem way worse…

Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 10h

We’ve def reached the it’s way too dark before 8 pm season. The worst.

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Ian Livingston

@ianlivingston.bsky.social

We’ve def reached the it’s way too dark before 8 pm season. The worst.

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

A swing band? In the late 1900s? Ok yeah I think it’s past your bedtime.

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Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

They toured with the Squirrel Nut Zippers for a while

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

“No Trouble” by the Desiccated Vegetables could have easily topped the charts for weeks in 1996

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

This looks like it could have been album cover art for a 1990s swing revival band

Old Timey Food @oldtimey.bsky.social · 14h

Double, double,
desiccated vegetables and no trouble

Wellcome Collection
between 1890 and 1899

The Portable Food Co's consolidated soups and dessicated vegetables : "no trouble" : Burn, fire! Cauldron bubble! Splendid soup, NO TROUBLE.
Portable Food Company.
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
Advertisement image shows three women around a cauldron labeled "no trouble;" they are wearing aprons and caps and each carries a giant spoon. For some reason the spoons are labeled 1, 2, and 6.

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Dan Killam

@dantheclamman.blog

Mercenaria mercenaria, the hard clam or quahog, is a staple in New England cuisine. Its Latin name, Mercenaria, refers back to the use of shell wampum beads as currency, while 'quahog' comes from its Narragansett name, poquauhock. It also has varying common names depending on size! (296)

A size chart from Fulton Fish Market, showing how different market sizes have different common names. The biggest are Chowder clams, next down cherrystone, then topneck, then littleneck

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Old Timey Food

@oldtimey.bsky.social

Double, double,
desiccated vegetables and no trouble

Wellcome Collection
between 1890 and 1899

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

Peanut butter

Soymilk (which has been around since at least the 14th century without confusing consumers)

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by Richard Waite

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

Arguing against this vote, “the Austrian MEP Anna Stürgkh…said consumers were unlikely to be misled. ‘A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef … Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers and stop this hotdog populism.’”

See also: peanut butter, hot dogs themselves…