Owen Biesel
@owenbiesel.bsky.social
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Math prof, dad, gardener, knitter, bike rider, community member, friendly introvert. he/him/his and e/em/eir Also on mastodon as @owenbiesel@mathstodon.xyz
Math prof, dad, gardener, knitter, bike rider, community member, friendly introvert. he/him/his and e/em/eir Also on mastodon as @owenbiesel@mathstodon.xyz
![Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.
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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nycc7oummopgeptw555s6icn/bafkreicwbyb3msa5cnllbexjrxrmuw2s6qj36aiitv2tp5aos5nsz2pem4)
![Comic 2500 from xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2500/
“Global Temperature Over My Lifetime”
November 1982
Exxon International report predicts that fossil fuel use will raise global temperatures to about 1°C above their normal levels within 40 years
October 1984
I’m born in Easton, PA
Summer 1991
I learn to ride a bike
Spring 1992
My elementary school celebrates Earth Day and I learn about the greenhouse effect
1993-1996
I get very into Star Wars and Animorphs
Fall 1996
I stand around awkwardly at my first middle school dance
Spring 2002
I get accepted into college
Spring 2006
I somehow graduate despite spending most of my time playing Mario Kart
Summer 2006
I see An Inconvenient Truth in the theater and feel anxious
Fall 2011
I get married
Summer 2012
I read headlines about a global warning “pause” and hope that maybe things aren’t so bad
2013-2021
I read more about climate science and get steadily more alarmed
Spring 2016
I read the 1982 Exxon report
June 2020
Global 60-month average reaches +0.94°C, Easton, PA is 2°C hotter than normal for the fifth year in a row
Today
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2022 (near future)
[Large X within a circle] 1982 Exxon Prediction](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b3xd6a3aqeooc2jremuj3oz6/bafkreifkkqbcgt42odxuxgowimf65atntcctujyginnpm5uhvw4lxa2tce)
![President (also commonly called Asshole,[1] Scum,[1] or Capitalism[1])](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreih2wd4ki4cls6dfwzdeukisc2xmhonyju5yed3gtpksem7pqj7mm4)
