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Stev Balo

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broad-spectrum data scientist and modeler - PhD env sci - systems thinker - ecologist - energy nut - beagle lover. Co-founder HedgeRow Analysis

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Instant Pot Crispy Carnitas This Instant Pot Carnitas recipe is quick and easy to make in the pressure cooker, perfectly crispy and juicy, and SO delicious!

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10.02.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Instapot has revolutionized pork shoulder in our household. It’s not something that needs to be cooked in advance anymore!

10.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The first AOL install disk for Apple came on a 5.25” floppy!

06.02.2026 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same. Burning through it

27.01.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition

The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away

What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse

The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

17.01.2026 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 14746    πŸ” 3159    πŸ’¬ 193    πŸ“Œ 112

The lack of cell padding drives me nuts

13.01.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HAH
MONEY
NACHOS

28.12.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
After Eight Mint box and candy

After Eight Mint box and candy

Those and After Eight mints, which were only brought out for company

28.12.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My Aunt made this when I was a kid for family parties and I think about it at least once each holiday

26.12.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Straight to jail meme

Straight to jail meme

22.12.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s the β€œseason of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a β€œseason of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

🧡 1 of 9

21.12.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 22985    πŸ” 5966    πŸ’¬ 824    πŸ“Œ 1619

Not a big DMB fan eh?

20.12.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do my part every day

10.12.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

05.12.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 22506    πŸ” 6699    πŸ’¬ 635    πŸ“Œ 411

This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving

01.12.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 687    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 7

*finger hovering over the block button in New Jersey*

27.11.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A faint blue green aurora visible over rooftops of houses

A faint blue green aurora visible over rooftops of houses

A faint blue green aurora visible over rooftops of houses. A purple streak extends above

A faint blue green aurora visible over rooftops of houses. A purple streak extends above

Aurora trying to get going in South Jersey. Better viewed through the camera lens than naked eye at this point

12.11.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome! Only visible through the phone so far in NJ

12.11.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! It was a humbling learning experience to find out that most of my great ideas, in fact, had been addressed by smart people already β€” and they were now discussing 2nd and 3rd derivatives of the work.

10.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An American Tail poster with lil ol mouse immigrant Fievel

An American Tail poster with lil ol mouse immigrant Fievel

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

05.11.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11725    πŸ” 2468    πŸ’¬ 256    πŸ“Œ 296
Purple and orange clouds over a soccer field

Purple and orange clouds over a soccer field

Spectacular sunset over a soccer playoff victory

06.11.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s pronounced β€œlame-o”

12.10.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The movie line scene πŸ˜…πŸ’€. β€œHe was supposed to keep driving…”

17.09.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Salt potatoes

07.09.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this seems like an April Fools Day kind of skeet

04.09.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reader, I choked up

04.09.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 856    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 11

Untitled from Green or World Leader Pretend

02.09.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.instagram.com/p/DN71fEHE_-...

31.08.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 280    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5
I can

I can

I can

30.08.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17275    πŸ” 4073    πŸ’¬ 355    πŸ“Œ 340

Crazy as it sounds, try getting a pair of "indoor Crocs" -- It did the trick for me. Leave them by the bed at night and door when you go out. Try to never let your bare feet touch the floor in your house.

28.08.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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