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@willowsword.bsky.social

Canadian Gen X with a background in physics, math, computer programming, radiation protection, teaching, and school administration. Interested in nature and music. Concerned about climate change and social justice.

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Yeah, getting your arm through one of those wouldn't be pleasant. Better than my friend in high school whose hand went into a mechanical wool preparation machine. Hmmm...I have too many stories of young people harmed by equipment.

06.08.2025 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My aunt told a story about someone getting caught in those rollers. Different kind of juice.

06.08.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So that's what's wrong with MAGAts!!!

03.08.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 364    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Sitting in the backyard drinking cider and listening to Rush at the moment.

03.08.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you met the internet?

01.08.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#blocklist #moderationlist #blocklists #moderationlists
Over 15 Racists / Homophobes / Transphobes / Misogynists / Gender trolls block lists, a thread ๐Ÿงต

23.11.2024 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Hey #Canada! We are so awesome! We got thisโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโค๏ธ

#ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong

01.08.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

You are such an icon. Good for you!

31.07.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A natural philosopher. If I could have a rich patron pay for me to just do science experiments, and pay for my lab equipment, research journal subscriptions, fees to attend conferences, etc., I am sure I would come up with something great. Hopefully, before I become totally incapacitated by age.

31.07.2025 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which I obviously didn't do with the above reply.

30.07.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But i expect you didn't put it off. I wxpect you planned it out perfectly in your head through rumination so that you were able to accomplish it in 14 minutes.

30.07.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Discrete Math

30.07.2025 04:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CSU study links climate change and earthquake frequency - Warner College of Natural Resources A recent Colorado State University study demonstrates that climate change can affect the frequency of earthquakes, adding to a small but growing body of evidence showing that climate can alter the sei...

I suspect it is because most people do not think that earthquakes are related to climate change in any way. So tracking them is ok. Although climate change may impact them: warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/climate-chan...

30.07.2025 03:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I learned this, some people's incessant need to talk through things made some sense. No less tiring to listen to.

29.07.2025 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Buckfast Tonic Wine - Wikipedia

I had to look it up: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfas....

27.07.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The blooms smell wonderful, too.

26.07.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dr. Michael Mann on Climate Science Under Siege and Why It Matters Now โ€” MCJ Climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann joins Inevitable to discuss the evolution of climate misinformation, the fossil fuel industry's role in policy delay, and the urgent fight to protect climate science...

New podcast with MCJ where I discuss how climate science is under attack and why it matters now more than ever:

mcj.vc/inevitable-p...

23.07.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 504    ๐Ÿ” 164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Scientific colour maps โ€“ colour-blind friendly and accurate palettes The Scientific colour maps are perceptually uniform and ordered, colour-vision deficiency friendly, and freely available and citable.

Check out the work by Fabio Crameri: www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/. His work is used by ArcGIS: www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/. Geologists seem to like thinking about the appropriate way to map things. Go figure.

23.07.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SNORT comes to mind.

21.07.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Benny Hill - Birds and the Bees Poem
YouTube video by ChaZacIsa Benny Hill - Birds and the Bees Poem

It is part of a longer poem: youtu.be/P-gch_wlPBI?...

20.07.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Benny Hill joke.

20.07.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is so cool - you are not looking reflection or emission of light here on the right - you are looking at a mechanical property of cells, in this case stiffness, using a custom created microscope. Excellent work @embl.org's @prevedel-lab.bsky.social and collaborators

17.07.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I received some old microscopy slides from the 1800s, when at-home microscopes made it possible to look at hidden worlds of diatoms, polycystina, and other teeny tiny things.

I made this website so people today can take a look too: microspeci.men

Enjoy! #scienceisforeveryone #microscopy #HistSci

17.07.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Goldflame honeysuckle blooms and leaves in front of a brown fence.

Goldflame honeysuckle blooms and leaves in front of a brown fence.

Goldflame honeysuckle blooms and leaves with blue sky and a cherry tree in the background.

Goldflame honeysuckle blooms and leaves with blue sky and a cherry tree in the background.

Goldflame honeysuckle growing against a brown fence with other random flowers and sweet potato vines around.

Goldflame honeysuckle growing against a brown fence with other random flowers and sweet potato vines around.

Goldflame honeysuckle growing against a brown fence with other random flowers and boxwood around.

Goldflame honeysuckle growing against a brown fence with other random flowers and boxwood around.

My goldflame honeysuckle is blooming, and it is so pretty I had to share. #gardening #honeysuckle

14.07.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I liken it to the "poll the audience" in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. And in my line of work, not precise enough. But good for finding resources, some of which may be useful.

14.07.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One cherry farmer in Dalles, Oregon will have to leave 300 to 400 tons of fruit on the trees due to a lack of available workers.

Workforce shortages are impacting the cherry harvest, leading to significant losses for farms.

Trumpโ€™s illegal deportations are hitting Oregonโ€™s cherry farmers hard.

12.07.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 874    ๐Ÿ” 587    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 107    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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One almond won't settle down until two other tell him to quit it.

10.07.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

George was so bang-on.

01.07.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Imagine being so fragile that inclusion feels like a threat, but authoritarianismโ€”just another Sunday.

29.06.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4955    ๐Ÿ” 1641    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
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