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Colby Moorberg

@colbydigssoil.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, soil and wetland scientist, academic, bike commuter, advocate for open textbooks and active transport, and sourdough baker linktr.ee/moorberg

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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Second day of practice at the Region 5 Soil Judging Contest in southern Missouri. #SoilCats #SoilJudging
Students describing soil scattered around a soil pitA Fragiudalf soil profile
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have an old desktop that can't be "upgraded" to Windows 11. Just installed Linux Mint to boot from a USB, and it's great! The old computer definitely seems to be happier not being choked to death with bloatware. The next step is to replace Windows completely. Does anyone have Linux pro tips?
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stuff for drivers left on sidewalks for pedestrians is just another front in the #WarOnWalking.
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c3rmen @c3rmen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Losing my mind while doing some research for my creature design lecture that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog. Like there has gotta be a fable where the maned wolf took all the leggie from its cousin
Maned wolfBush dog
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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
conference realignment is getting crazy
euronews: Canada invited to become first
'associate member' of the EU
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm trying out making homemade vanilla extract. I'll report back in 2 months.
A jar of vanilla beans in vodka in a table
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
First time making naan (sourdough naan, of course). The video doesn't do it justice. This was delicious with garlic butter, coarse salt, and some hummus. Not too bad for a first ever attempt! #bread #naan #sourdough
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Project Panama was, as Anthropic itself put it in internal documents, 'an effort to destructively scan all the books in the world.'" Was *never* about unsold airport thrillers or the equivalent.
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
3 separate people asked me about my #ebike today while I was out running errands. My answer to all three of them when they asked how much it cost: "more than you think, but probably less than you'll pay for gas this year"
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I need the help of a music scholar. With the help of many semesters-worth of intro Soils students who wanted extra credit, I've built up the Soil Songs playlist to 550 songs. I want to now go through and characterize the songs. (1/2) music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com
Soil Songs
YouTube video by Colby Cheese
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at a paltry $7.25 an hour since 2009. Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I baked four sourdough French baguettes and a sourdough Italian loaf this afternoon. The baguettes were immediately sliced, topped with goat cheese and honey or jam, and devoured. #Sourdough
Five sourdough loaves on a cooling rack on a stove top
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I grew up in NW Iowa and had a really thick upper Midwest accent going into graduate school. I had to dial it back after I heard myself speak in a recorded self intro as part of a seminar course. Living in Seattle and then Kansas for the last 13 years has probably had an influence as well.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I played "Dig" by Incubus from the Soil Songs playlist this morning as #Agron205 students were shuffling in, and I learned they're too young to have ever heard of Incubus. Sigh... music.youtube.com/watch?v=RhvV...
music.youtube.com
Dig
YouTube video by Incubus - Topic
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 31/08/2026
Still cracking up over the idea of a movie asking "What if Scrooge had a point," because A) he didn't and B) it's not as if we haven't already had the entire run of DuckTales to explore this question
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My University's email system is down. I thought things seemed too calm after returning to my desk after a day full of meetings...
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today's #ClassicCartoon
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League of American Bicyclists @bikeleague.org · 27/08/2026
ACTION ALERT 🚨 Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue! Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...
Action alert graphic. A man holds a sign next to a bike lane that says "Everyone deserves safe streets!" Below the image is white text on a black background: "Tell congress: Funding for Bike Safety Projects MUST Continue! bikeleague.org/action-center"Action alert graphic. White text on a black background: "Congress Must Save America's Bike Lanes
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy erased the data that shows bike lanes reduce crashes and don’t cause congestion. Then he asked Congress to defund all bike lanes — and even remove bike lanes from busy roads.

Now, Congress may be listening: the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict what kinds of roads could have bike lanes on them at all. 

We need everyone in Congress to hear us clearly: bike lanes save lives and bicyclists have a right to ride on the roads and get home safely. 

Tell your elected representatives: vote NO on any transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict the ability of federal funding to be used on bike safety projects. bikeleague.org/action-center"
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Bikeyface @bikeyface.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“They want AI to do to our minds what cars have done to our bodies.“
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Velour Shirt @object.works · 26/08/2026
Northeast Minneapolis excellence
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."
theconversation.com
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 24/08/2026
Hey. Conference organizers. STOP MAKING EARLY REGISTRATION RATES END BEFORE THE PROGRAM IS OUT
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I complain about headlines a lot but this is art.
metro.co.uk
Biggar Penis Woods get the chop after getting blown too much
'It's not just any woodland, it's a penis-shaped woodland, visible from the motorway.'
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 22/08/2026
They will tell you it takes years of studies and millions of dollars to make a protected Bike lane… They’re lying
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If university accountants could just assume faculty don't speak accountant language, that would be fantastic. Because, NO, I don't know what object code E3000 means! Nor do I know how I would find and fix such transactions in my report on Concur.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My wife and I honeymooned in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). This place is amazing, and has enough natural threats as it is. Additional mining threatening its headwaters should never be a possibility.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The company that killed bookstores is now killing books, literally.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Seems like they're building a digital Library of Alexandria, destroying the books in the process, and putting all of the information behind an AI paywall.
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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My dad was a research meteorologist and my mom was a painter. I guess that’s why I love to paint storms so much. ❤️
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If there's one thing that will convert me to a soccer fan, it's that the match isn't constantly interrupted for commercial breaks like football or other mainstream sports in the US are.
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C. M. Alongi @cmalongi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Heh. #vaccines #autism #autisticmeme
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A wonderfully appropriate Banksy
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Ben Myring @benmyring.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is wonderful - if you need cheering up then this is a real tonic. ordinaryabundance.com
ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Your reminder that ebikes replace cars not bikes.
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Ban right turn on red. Drivers have proven repeatedly that they can't handle the responsibility.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The Wachowski sisters didn't use 120 cameras to film one shot just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."
Bullet time sequence in The Matrix featuring 120 still cameras in a big circle
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Perfect message and messenger for the midterms. Can’t fail.
Bessent Declares Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor 'Dead'
Despite data to the contrary, the Treasury Secretary made the case that the K-shaped economy no longer exists.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Has anybody heard any news about the NRCS reorg? Apparently, details were announced internally today. I've only heard from a few contacts, and it doesn't sound good. The silence is deafening.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to bluesky.
static.klipy.com
Peewee Herman rides his bike with his feet up on the handlebars
Alt: Peewee Herman rides his bike with his feet up on the handlebars
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
At the SWCS conf. last week I listened to a talk about a new NRCS software to streamline conservation compliance developed by Palantir. I asked, "the chairman of Palantir is Peter Thiel, who is the venture capitalist behind Acre Trader. How do you ensure farmer data is not used for nefarious uses?"
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Obligatory bike to the polls selfie with my @bikeleague.org I Bike I Vote cap. Get out and vote folks!
A bearded man with glasses wearing a bike helmet and a cap that says "I Bike I Vote".
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Sean D. Johnson @seanjohnson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is going to be a disaster for students and colleges alike. That is the point.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Disclosure fatigue". That sounds like a problem AI would make up.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I got my brother's and his kid's bikes all tuned up and went for a ride this evening with them and my kiddo. I also swapped a shifter on my gravel bike and got it running smooth.
A scene on a bike trail - a selfie with two boys on bikes and a guy riding a bike towing a bike trailer. Two boys on bikes and a dad towing a kid bike trailer on a bike path.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.
The cover of the Rage Against the Machine album, The Battle of Los Angeles with the album name spray painted inside the sprayer painted outline of a man raising his fist
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The median newspaper columnist writing about bike infrastructure is like, "I once had to park 150 feet away from the coffee shop so I talked to 2 other drivers, a failing restaurant owner, and a person who once saw a cyclist run a stop sign about how bike lanes ruined our lives."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
nytimes.com
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Colby Moorberg @colbydigssoil.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Today is the end of an era. We sold my Radwagon 4 cargo eBike today which we called the "Pa Patroller" from when my kiddo was much more into Paw Patrol. The bike was often lit up with Christmas lights or EL wire. Luckily the bike went to a family with little kids.
A little boy sits on a cargo bikeA cargo bike with a kids balance bike leaving against it parked in front of a playgroundA cargo bike lit with luminescent wire making it look like a Tron bikeA cargo bike parked on the lawn in front of Kansas State University's Anderson Hall
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