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Miles McDaniel

@iammiles.bsky.social
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Ambling around with curiosity

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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Springtime is meant be enjoyed outside as much as possible. #pdx #oregon
A meadow with oak treesA path in the grass alongside a blooming treeBlooming yellow basalmroot flowers and a snowcapped mountain background
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My semi-secret camping spot on the Oregon Coast. Just minutes from a not-so-secret surf destination.
Clouds rolling over forested hills
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Nicholas Rougeux @rougeux.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
New: I recreated Tomas Wright’s 1742 astronomical treatise, Clavis Cælestis, and its accompanying sheets titled A Synopsis of the Universe. New posters are available in antique style and modern colors. Explore: www.c82.net/clavis-caele... How it was made: www.c82.net/blog/?id=99
Screenshots of websites pages arranged in a collageAntique and color postersCloseup of antique posterCloseup of color poster
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Hello––Is A River Alive? is published in the US & Canada on 20 May. I am coming on tour––dates & locations below––& would love to speak of the book’s ideas, people & rivers to as many folk as possible while I'm out there. Please let anyone know who you think might want to come to an event. Cheers!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Hello—Is A River Alive? has been adapted as Radio 4’s Book of the Week next week. Five episodes, read by me—& we’ve folded in field recordings & some beautiful Max Richter music. First episode, Anima, broadcasts tomorrow at 11.45am. You can listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane, Episode 1: Anima
Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world – that a river is alive.
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TAKAO★WATANABE🌿10/23-28Exhibition @watanabetakao.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom today. Let's climb to the top to find the highest branch with the best view! The white-eyes are cheering you on, too. #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My morning routine now consists of chasing away this winged bandit (colaptes auratus) from breaking and entering via the dryer vent. #northernflicker #birds #pdx
Northern flicker (colaptes auratus) hanging on side of house attempting to gain entry via the dryer ventZoomed in photo of the bandit northern flicker (colaptes auratus)
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Finally starting to feel like spring in PDX. Lovely to see early bloomers but also means it's time to fend off the pesky northern flickers (colaptes auratus) from my dryer vent. #gardening #portland
Striped white petals of wood sorrel (oxalis oregana)
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Finally working through The Little Schemer during my paternity leave.
Screenshot of scheme code
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
#hiking on Ed's Trail in mid-June is my favorite way to kick off summer (sub)alpine adventures.
A forested valley in the foreground with diamond shaped Mount Hood in the backPhoto of self with Mount Hood in backA natural rock archA forested vista with Mount Rainier in the back
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The neat thing with #hiking and #backpacking is forgetting all about the hardships encountered and only remembering the beauty of the journey. For today I'm thankful for the sun's morning glow upon Mt. St. Helens.
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Autumn sure is a nice time for a walk around #forestpark in #Portland
Mossy green conifers interspersed interspersed with autumnal yellows of deciduous leaves
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 12/04/2024
Summit of Tumalo Mountain a few weeks ago. Was not psyched to drop into the bowl.
White snow against a gray sky
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/02/2024
I recently made a comic complaining that NASA refuses to listen to my good ideas for improving the Solar System (xkcd.com/2750). To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.
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Miles McDaniel @iammiles.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Blue skies, hot tea, and fresh snow. What a fantastic day to be skiing the backcountry on Mt. Hood!
Scenery of fresh snow, trees, and Mt. Hood in the background
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