Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Another great #fungi find while on my morning walk in the woods. These cute puffball mushrooms were eating their way through this fallen tree and came out to say hello after the rain. #mycology #hiking #foraging 0160
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Dunno if you got a favorite #sandwich joint, but the Italian Rivera in Waldwick, NJ, makes a mean Italian Hero. I rate it 4.5 outta 5. Where do you get your favorite sandwich in NJ? #newjersey 010
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Went out #foraging for some Hen of the Woods and came across this dense cluster of Puffball mushrooms. Also known as Apioperdon pyriforme, this is another edible and delicious mushroom when you find it young. What a lucky day! #mycology #hiking #mushrooms 0161
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It's that time again for my second favorite edible mushroom, Hen of the Woods! AKA Grifola frondosa, this tasty fungus comes out around September and loves to grow at the base of Red and White Oaks. #mycology #foraging #nature 0195
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today's #mushroom find is a small cluster of Golden Honey mushrooms from a #foraging #hike in a boggy area in the NJ Highlands. Also known as Armillaria mellea, they are edible but parasitic #fungi. #mycology #hiking 061
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Found this mature Amanita variety #mushroom on my walk this morning. I'm switching up my photo workflow, using my iPhone 17 in RAW mode instead of my Ricoh GRD. I believe this to be Amanita muscaria var. formosa, or Yellow Orange Fly Agaric. Follow me if you like #mycology! 0161
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I found my first Spotted Cort years ago, and now I see them almost everywhere this time of year. They're so cool. Also known as the Viscid Violet Cort (Cortinarius iodes). #mushroom #mycology #hiking 212814
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Another great find from a few weeks ago. This is believed to be a cluster of Yellow Honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea). Found in Morris County, NJ. This year has been a banner year for #foraging and my #mycology hobby. 0131
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Here's a cluster of Mycena #Mushrooms on a wet, decaying log. Believed to be Mycena inclinata. Found in Morris County, NJ, a few weeks ago. #mycology. 0111
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This has been a great year for #mushroom foraging and exploration. I found my very first Amanita species mushroom in the wild. This is believed to be Amanita flavoconia. Found in Passaic County, NJ #mycology 015211
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The Roman groma let engineers lay out dead-straight roads and perfect grid cities using nothing but a staff, a rotating cross, and four plumb bobs. It’s the only Roman surveying tool with physical examples still surviving today. #Engineering #AncientRome #Surveying en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groma_(... 010
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 25/06/2026When I was in Barcelona a few years ago, I got to visit the gorgeous Sagrada Família and see Gaudí's hanging chain models. It's a marvel of catenary arch design from a structural standpoint. Gaudí used the simple to build a masterpiece. #Architecture #Art #Catalonia dataphys.org/list/gaudis-... 050
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Victorian builders cracked mass ornament with cast iron — design once, pour hundreds. It was 19th-century parametric design; the algorithm was molten metal. Today CNC machining does the same thing from a laptop in hours. #architecture #history #design www.nps.gov/orgs/1739/up... 021
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Yesterday, I got to hang out with General Meade at the lighthouse he designed and built. This is the Barnegat Bay lighthouse, one of three he designed and built along the NJ Shore. #LBI #CivilEngineering #History 010
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The Coastal Plain Milk Snake is on my bucket list to observe in the wild. Found in the NJ Pinelands and near #LBI, the banded red, black, and yellow is often mistaken for a coral snake, though harmless. Rare, secretive, and GORGEOUS!!! AMIRIGHT??!?! #snakes #NJ www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp... 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A few years ago, I visited Ellis Island for the first time and learned about the early 20th-century America First movement. Just like today, it tried to limit immigration, and we're repeating this again, but this time with violent & deadly force. Somewhere, right now, in America, is our Anne Frank. 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Tech has been volatile over the last few trading sessions. Is it SpaceX-related or something else? 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 21/01/2026US Treasury Purchases through November 2025 (data is 2 months delayed). Can't wait to see what Jan 2026 has in store. 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I've been revisiting some of my old posts, thinking about writing a year end digest of the wild 2025 I had. 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I've been spending time posting Notes on my Substack about various Engineering (Civil) and AI topics. Lately, I've been looking at Employment needs for Electrical Engineers. I'm wondering there will be a bump in EE hiring because of the insatiable data center growth we're experiencing! 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 22/06/2025What a sad day. My late Uncle was Iranian, and I've always been fascinated by the Persian culture. War is never the answer. Trump owns this, and if you voted for him, it's an albatross around your neck now, too. #NoKings 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 18/06/2025People like working with people they like. Be cool, be helpful, and remember: you're all in it together. #career #networking 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Canada and Europe managed to do what the American electorate didn't do: they took away Trump's Tariff Train. Good. 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Trump is saying grocery prices are down. I don't know about you, but "muy eggs" are still trending higher. #economy #recession 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 03/02/2025In December 2024 the average price for a dozen eggs in the USA was $4.15. I paid $9.99 yesterday. I know it's mostly attributed to Bird Flu but with the new Trump tariffs food is going to skyrocket and people are going to suffer. 010
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 13/12/2024If you believe that the market prices in future fear, then it's saying not much about Trump. The VIX is near all time lows and everyone is complacent. 010
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Cranberry walnut sourdough bread. It’s the best loaf I ever made! 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Jobless rates are a lagging indicator. While this correlation doesn't imply causation, it's something I watch a lot. #economy #recession #jobless 000
Thomas Ott @thomasottio.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Thoughts on a potential #recession anytime soon? #economy 000
