Category Archives: Ecology

Earth Science, Energy Saving/Efficiency, tree-hugging stuff the GOP denies.

LEGO® recycling!

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Steve

Great news! A while back LEGO made plans to start making their famous bricks from plants which is a mixed bag; its sugar cane and it only works with softer parts like tree branches, leaves, etc. No success in making … Continue reading →

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Texas gubmint decides to murder the poor for Kapitalism

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Steve

The animation from The Simpsons is a pretty accurate representation of how fucking dumb and willfully ignorant the Texas government, namely the executive branch, is. It’s also spot-on impression of this douchenozzle we have named Sid Miller, he’s the Agricultural Commissioner. … Continue reading →

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An old piece of propaganda from the Seventies

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Steve

The recent winter storm brought this to the forefront again as a friend asked why I was giving the temperature in Metric, then backpedalled on how he was joking. Another friend reminisced with me about the big push to learn … Continue reading →

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Snow-ma-geddon 2021!

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Steve

Power was restored at my house today, hence no post for yesterday! Lucky you while unlucky for Jennifer, her apartment remains offline and everything there is electric. Hard to believe 20 years ago, I wasn’t too thrilled about natural gas … Continue reading →

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1980: Mount St. Helen’s erupts!

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Steve

I don’t remember too much about this the day when it happened. I think more of the news was I paid attention to was the aftermath, namely how all those people died because they chose not to evacuate. The eruption … Continue reading →

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1970: The First Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Steve

It was a nice try 50 years ago but then St. Reagan came along to demonize those of us who had the nerve to demand clean air and water. Even to this day, the FBI spies on is the Green … Continue reading →

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1980: Mount St. Helens

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Steve

I made a slight error in making the volcano my Header. On this day in history is when Helens began to have activity which experts feared would be an eruption. A week later, there were small ones but the big … Continue reading →

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Harley’s first set of mpg stats are in

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Steve

With the iPhone app Road Trip always takes the second fill up to be of any use when you buy a new car because I can’t remember why it doesn’t calculate the dealer’s gratis tank, doesn’t matter, the car’s computer … Continue reading →

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MAD makes a good point against straws!

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Steve

I have been asking Starbucks to give me what’s called a nitro lid with my drinks so I can consume my iced latte like a can of soda (it’s soda, pop is what you do to a zit). Besides, the … Continue reading →

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Updated genetic stuff from 23 and Me

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Steve

The updates just keep rolling in from 23andme.com and these were finally worth sharing. The past ones aren’t awful, they’ve been more along the lines of surveys to add to their collection of data. The four icons above represent three … Continue reading →

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It seems we live in the Anthropocene Period

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Steve

Last week, co-host Brooke Gladstone of On the Media interviewed stratigrapher Jan Zalasiewicz. They discussed what aliens or future humans would find if they dug up our epoch for the Holocene Era (starts around 7000 BC) is definitely over. The period I think … Continue reading →

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Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes & Erik M Conway

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Steve

Ignore the documentary and take the time to read this painful book which was well-researched. You may not be able to get through Merchants easily, I often found myself putting it down for a two-day intervals due to the rage I felt. … Continue reading →

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Even if you hated TRON this is a good idea

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Steve

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Another step toward cyberizing the house!

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Steve

We finally got around to installing this cool device you may have heard of, namely a few weeks ago when Google acquired them. A couple power companies will give it to you for free if you want one; Austin Energy … Continue reading →

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Texas SBOE’s contrite approval…

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Steve

…of Science textbooks has occurred but they promise more shenanigans to impose their knuckle-dragging perspective on Texas’ students. This affects the rest of America since the book publishers cater to the larger states/populations. I thought California still had some pull. … Continue reading →

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