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Saw it at a Lowe’s and posted it on iNaturalist and it’s the second individual of that species reported in Nevada. Probably came in with some plants or something.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Just finished reading: 🔗 A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis — arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/a-c… I keep a huge backlog of tabs because ‘I’ll read it later’ is how my brain saves ideas. Lately I’m practicing: op…

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

One more tab off the pile: 🔗 Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine - Ars Technica — arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/rus… I have thousands of Firefox tabs open. Not as a cry for help — it’s my rea…

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today’s reading log: 🔗 They war-gamed dimming the Sun. It went even worse than you think. — arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/the… Current project: burn down my Firefox tab debt. Strategy: 20/day. If I keep …

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Supposedly, in the nearby and much, much colder, ghost town of Bodie, CA, winter firewood theft due to high wood prices cause some miners to booby trap firewood with carefully hidden sticks of dynamite. 🧨

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Didn’t a lot of inventors die in or from their inventions? The flat-earth space guy, the submersible people, early parachute guy, some Niagara Falls watercraft inventors?

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Thanksgiving from your deeply troubled neighbor to the south! Maybe for US Thanksgiving, we will have some election results that both our nations can be be thankful for.

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Season of Scaryanne Denton 🧡🎃 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

daláʔak hálaŋa da ʔíyušiʔ ~the mountains are always there~ Duka Doya ~ Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe (Shoshoni): snowcapped Kooyooe Panunadu ~ nɨɨmɨ (No Paiute): cui-ui fish Toiyabes ~ Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe (Shoshoni): mountains Dáʔaw ~ wá·šiw ʔítlu (Washo): lake Their home first #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Ruby Mountains at sunset with pink clouds and snow covered. There is a sagebrush landscape in the foreground that has snow

Pyramid lake under pink auroras. The water is reflecting the auroras and some of the night sky objects. There are desert mountains on the horizon

The Toiyabe mountains covered in snow with a clear sky, with some clouds and a sagebrush landscape in the foreground

Lake Tahoe with a twilight sky and a moon above the horizon. The lake is reflecting the orange and blue colors of the sky. There are large boulders in the foreground

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yeah. Finally broke the stupid heat at least. And the desert has been looking dry with the cacti all crinkled up. This will help the wildlife.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Fine here! 1.50 inches of rain at my house but just typical street flooding. Lots of gravel in the streets. Family in Florida got a direct hit but are fine. Lots of down trees but power restored in a day.

A photo of a strip mall pawn shop that says “super pawn” and jewelry center and gold and diamonds and jewelry and there’s landscaping in the front and in front of that there is a bunch of water pooled up as as in a flood

A picture of a suburban street with dramatic clouds and light. A bunch of water is flowing down the street and down the gutter and onto the sidewalk and covering the right lane

A picture of gray clouds with a tiny bit of trees and streetlights and rooftops in the very bottom of the picture and a bright segment of a rainbow across the middle of the picture.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“You where where?” “When?” “No! What time, exactly!?!” “No way!” (Eh, I should have known. They are trying to see all the national parks. I am too, but at a slow pace and with little planning.)

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Love that trail. Three years ago, I was hiking it with my son and we missed my cousin from Minnesota by 2 hours on the trail. They didn’t know I was in CA and I didn’t know they were in CA either!

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Another one down from the reading queue: 🔗 Evaluation of a Contactless Sleep Monitoring Device for Sleep Stage Detection against Home Polysomnography in a Healt… — www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… I keep a huge backlog of tabs because ‘I’ll read it later’ is how my…

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I just read and closed this tab: 🔗 Evaluation of a Contactless Sleep Monitoring Device for Sleep Stage Detection against Home Polysomnography in a Healt… — www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… I have thousands of Firefox tabs open. Not as a cry for help — it’s my readi…

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I've gotten more rain since midnight than I have since January 1.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ordered and can’t wait! Looks awesome!

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We are about 6 months away from my book, RESONANCE & RADIANCE, being released into the world. (April 13th, 2027!) RESONANCE & RADIANCE is a narrative nonfiction book about spectroscopy—the field of science that studies how light interacts with molecules. I want to share this book’s origin story 🧵:

A picture of the cover of the book: RESONANCE & RADIANCE: HOW LIGHT REVEALS THE CHEMISTRY OF OUR WORLD by Debbie Gale Mitchell

The book cover is a selfie of a woman (me) using an infrared camera

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The first generator in Hoover Dam near Boulder City, NV was turned on, successfully generating electricity on Oct 9, 1936. t.co/qP0coks5eR There was a parade in Los Angeles, CA that evening, celebrating the arrival of electricity from Hoover Dam. t.co/bCdddBxkOB

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Alone but Moving in Stereo

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can’t tell you how much I needed this message of hope from the great President Barack Obama. 💙👊

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I am happy to report I got my flu and COVID shots this week. Barely noticed a sore arm.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 09/10/2026

#Rachel is expected to approach the coast of the northern Baja CA Peninsula and extreme Southern CA at tropical storm strength Saturday night. Tropical storm conditions are expected over portions of western Baja California, Mexico where Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect.

National Hurricane Center forecast for Tropical Storm Rachel, issued October 9, 2026, at 2 PM PDT. Rachel has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is moving northeast at 7 mph. The storm is forecast to move northeast toward the Baja California Peninsula, then weaken while approaching southern California and Nevada over the weekend. Tropical storm warnings are indicated along portions of Baja California, with tropical storm watches along nearby coastal areas. The forecast cone represents the probable path of the storm's center, and hazardous conditions can occur outside the cone.

Weather Prediction Center map showing flash flood risk across the Southwest. A Moderate Risk (red) covers portions of southeastern California near the Arizona border, south of Las Vegas. A broader Slight Risk (yellow) extends from southern California into southern Nevada, surrounded by a Marginal Risk (green) covering portions of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.

Weather Prediction Center map showing an expanded flash flood risk across the Southwest. A Moderate Risk (red) stretches from southeastern California through southern Nevada, including Las Vegas. A broad Slight Risk (yellow) covers portions of southern California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, with a surrounding Marginal Risk (green) extending farther north and east.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Our tropical warnings come with snow information: ❄️ "In addition, snow levels fall to less than 9000 feet, opening the possibility for light snowfall over the Sierra, White Mountains, and Spring Mountains." — Las Vegas Weather Service Office

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 10/10/2026

no idea who made this but I think of that random person with gratitude every time I heat up any sort of wraplike food object in the microwave

two scenes from an X-Men animated program: in the first, scott summers and jean gray are making out; he is labeled "microwave heat" and she is labeled "plate." in the second, we are more distant from the couple, and wolverine is standing in the foreground, labeled "my burrito."

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Sarah Lidwell-Durnin @sarahlidwelldurnin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The event all Minoan scholars have been waiting for - World Octopus Day 🐙

Minoan vessel with spout, featuring a slightly stunned-looking and highly stylised painted octopus rendered in dark brown on cream.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That’s abhorrent and disgusting.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bonkers: Sea levels are running 1.2ft above the late-20th century baseline in San Diego as sea surface temperatures are about 7°F warmer than normal. These highly anomalous ocean temperatures and heights will continue through winter along the California coast amid El Niño. #CAwx

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As weird as this whole thread is, this analysis is super cool and interesting. I know little about nuclear chemistry but this is certainly a clever bit of analysis and probably quite routine for the lovable nerds at DOE. Eh. They probably got DOGED in 2025 and are texting high school chemistry now.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I saw these new numbers and walked down to the school board meeting tonight to relay the info. Then asked them to consider talking to maintenance staff to quickly prioritize deferred maintenance related to roofs, gutters and drainage. Told them money upfront now likely saves a lot down the road.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

These are not the actions of a civilized people.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seriously, watch and share this.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Walter Alvarez, born on this day in 1940, sitting on the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary in the gorge of Gubbio (Italy) ...

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I was saddened to hear that he was still alive for all this time.

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Dave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bear with me, all, on a thread for #MeteoriteMonday. May 1, 1860, just after lunch, a skygrazer meteorite broke up in an airburst over Sarahsville, Ohio, as it shot across a partially overcast sky towards the northwest. Fragments fell across Guernsey and Muskingum counties, to the NW.

Selfie with the largest known surviving piece of the New Concord meteorite, at Marietta College

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

UNLV has a much bigger cannon. And it is RED!

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 04/10/2026

Fleetwood Mac again, the iconic Silver Springs performance where Stevie Nicks stares into Lindsey Buckingham's soul for 45 straight seconds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDwi...

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Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs (Live) (Official Video) [HD]

YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can’t find the big lever to vote. I pull one of the 3 levers, spin the wheel, honk the horn, and then what do I do? This happens in real life too?

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Saw this cute little Pantropical Jumping Spider (Plexippus paykulli), a non-native species in the gardening section at Lowe’s this evening.

Picture of a jumping spider on a solid textured orange surface. The spider is viewed from a directly above and has bold white stripes down its cephalothorax and abdomen, surrounded by black. Its legs are black and white, modeled with the front legs having black towards the distal part of the legs. It’s cute

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah. My first thought was starlings too but they move more. I’m thinking smoke.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah, that’s a puzzler. Looks possibly like a smoke plume to me. Hot fire but put out quickly (or maybe a poorly tuned diesel was started that is running better), and the surrounding air mass is really stable so the cloud of soot is slowly dispersing.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Post your best trees! Fremont cottonwoods, Warm Springs Natural Area, Moapa Nevada.

Picture of a Fremont cottonwood with yellow leaves backlit by the setting sun.

A picture of several bright yellow cottonwood trees in a river valley amongst some brown vegetation with a handful of green palm trees scattered around. Brown pyramidal mountains or bare vegetation are seen in the background. The pyramid shaped peak is called Moapa Peak.

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