retired software engineer, volunteer for environmental causes, wanna-be inventor.
grand opening policy: one free Follow for each journalist, scientist, engineer or doctor kicked off of Twitter when and as I learn of your refugee status. In a previous millenium I got a degree in physics and still identify as a member of the tribe of science.

I could reprogram your museum: Python, Java, C, Bliss, Fortran, Pascal, VB. IBM360, PDP-11, 8086, 68000, Data General. RSTS, RSX, Unix, Solaris, Windows...ugh I am getting a cramp.
But what about: physics, paleontology, climate, environment, plastics, fossil fuels, money in politics

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The faster you pull the fossil water from the ground, the more quickly it will be replaced by the water that has filtered through the landfills and roadside ditches. Even if we killed every data center and rationed irrigation water, we will still wind up drinking from our own wells many times our maximum daily allowance of PFAS.

2025-06-03 14:20:17 UTC

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I used to say "William L. Calley died for your sins" but I find that he actually died at age 80 last year. He was the only soldier convicted for the Mai Lai massacre and it seems ever so unlikely he did all that killing single handedly.

2025-06-02 16:25:20 UTC

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and I would guess that the attacking party wanted a target that would not keep mum about the incident as many corporate and govt targets do. They wanted everyone to know a very large shark was loose in the swimming pool.

2025-05-31 14:25:00 UTC

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In a culture where most of the people who are at all engaged in productive and social activities feel they don't have enough time, reading also marks a hope that the time you put into it will by some measure be "worth it".

2025-04-17 13:41:00 UTC

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I have not yet seen any successful example of automating moderation. I am grateful for the quality of the toots that now flow to me so its good to understand to whom that gratitude belongs.

2025-04-11 01:54:18 UTC

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2025-03-04 15:00:12 UTC

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Hey, Richard, could there be a QR code for that webpage? It will be handy to print on the placard I will be carrying today!

2025-02-02 02:48:11 UTC

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That is destruction of public property without cause or due process. The data from
the years before and during Hump's brilliant handling of covid would be embarrassing but who explained that to him.

2024-07-07 11:59:17 UTC

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I used to blog, starting almost 20 years ago, on the alarming trends of our environment. It was bad for my blood pressure and I have few readers... I was going to change the name to "Calm Post" But I could not maintain any kind of dethatched voice for more than a paragraph. Keep pluggin. The ecological healing one can do in their back yard may be as important as or lead to the demise of the Monsantos and Exxons.