Posts by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #B1xUtFHlqA3i2oZ1yi by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-05T00:59:08Z
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@futurebird Actual forensic geology is things like "That was an earthquake, not a bomb."But I suspect that was the infamous pseudoscientist Scott Wolter, who pretends to be a forensic geologist with a masters from the University of Minnesota.He never got such a degree.
(DIR) Post #B1xVEcXWZqx6FN7ozQ by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-05T01:03:01Z
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@futurebird I did not find any reference to a Scot Wolf pretending to be a forensic geologist; but Scott Wolter does.Much to the annoyance of the geology professors at the U.
(DIR) Post #B1xZlXC7s3iD2g4ADo by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-05T01:53:40Z
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@futurebird There are some promoters of pseudoscience who actually have credentials.I overlapped with someone at UCLA as a postdoc who did his PhD in geochemistry; got a faculty job; then quit to promote climate change denialism on Substack for money.Which makes their promoting blatant nonsense no less appalling.
(DIR) Post #B1ypxf4MDBFbMgCGdE by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-05T16:06:07Z
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Now is an excellent time to not add any unnecessary power demands from cryptocurrency and "AI" scams.QT Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com‬2026 January 5More than half of Minnesota's power comes from wind, solar, nuclear, and other non-fossil fuel sources. But the road to 100% carbon-free electricity in 2040 is rocky, especially as energy demand rises. https://bsky.app/profile/minnesotareformer.com/post/3mbooqupj722w
(DIR) Post #B1zgBEVkwhpIfPnz0a by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-06T02:15:03Z
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@futurebird Etch three channels of image information into copper plated with nickel and gold.Include calibration instructions to combine the three channels back into a color image.Store inside a cover of aluminum electroplated with a trace of U-238.Expected lifetime in excess of 1 billion years with proper storage conditions.(This is the Voyager record.)
(DIR) Post #B22oyoTg4YXGZ6BIlk by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-07T14:37:45Z
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@futurebird I would say rather that the current set of text generators being promoted as "AI" have been designed to manipulate people into anthropomorphizing the software.It was a deliberately choice for OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. to have the default interface to be chatbots that emulate the usual social media interfaces.(Although the same manipulative strategy worked with ELIZA even before widespread social medial use...)
(DIR) Post #B277XqRBLz5UaNhwZ6 by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-09T16:24:31Z
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@futurebird For things relating to cryptocurrency scams; I continue to learn from @molly0xfff and @davidgerard .
(DIR) Post #B2HQNZDCNsOKyYZxy4 by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-14T15:42:48Z
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@futurebird When I got solar panels and a battery pack for my house; one of my requirements was a system that both would work when the net is down and could not be remotely bricked (by negligence or any other reason).Which was annoying to have to check.
(DIR) Post #B2IKIHjRXdOUkQiep6 by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-15T02:09:21Z
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@futurebird @superflippy Unseparated cane sugar sold in chunks.Good for dissolving in strong assamica.
(DIR) Post #B2MWErYCP2BwlGQyum by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-17T02:42:02Z
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@futurebird I assume you already know about the Baby Tooth Survey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Tooth_Survey .
(DIR) Post #B2MWP6EIgIa3BR0YYi by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-17T02:43:53Z
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@futurebird Apparently; showing JFK baby teeth laced with strontium-90 was persuasive in getting the test ban treaties through.
(DIR) Post #B2MXx2ly8li4GIVQpM by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-17T03:01:12Z
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@futurebird @CStamp There are bands across my teeth showing when I started drinking fluoridated water.But that wouldn't tell someone in the late 1800s if someone was a time traveler or if they simply grew up Colorado.
(DIR) Post #B2PrJbrKqpxS3TMyWG by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-18T17:22:19Z
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@futurebird @astronomerritt I have known people named Bee, Cee, and Dee (and also D.O.).No "A" or "E" yet.
(DIR) Post #B2RiO1LvDmZKkDAuae by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-19T14:51:41Z
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@futurebird In Wisconsin, that is called "sewer socialism" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_socialism
(DIR) Post #B2VqCfraM1CVB0vRWy by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-21T14:37:58Z
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@futurebird When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples from the asteroid Bennu; the sample collection arm on the spacecraft sank about half a meter down before automatic lift-off was triggered: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-51928-4_83 So. Yeah.
(DIR) Post #B2VuLW5gSQExI3zYJM by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-21T14:41:18Z
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@theDuesentrieb @futurebird Quite a while ago now; I was involved with a NASA mission plan called the Asteroid Redirect Mission, which would have demonstrated gravity tractor asteroid deflection as well as space resource utilization.The plan was to pick up either an entire small asteroid or a boulder from a larger asteroid. To deal with even what looked like a single block potentially being only loosely held together, it would have been enclosed in a large bag to contain all the shed bits.
(DIR) Post #B2ei4fLl2qntNGtUSO by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-25T16:09:15Z
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@futurebird Here in Saint Paul, ICE invaded a home and kidnapped an innocent grandfather (who is a US citizen) because they were supposedly looking for two other people who are decades younger and who are currently in prison.As you wrote, they do not even bother making the pretexts for their crimes plausible.
(DIR) Post #B2j4hoDiyRannr2vFQ by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-27T23:51:51Z
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@futurebird @hallvors Here in Minnesota, the snow days are when it gets below -35 F or when the snow is too thick for the buses to run.
(DIR) Post #B2lRnFzPqIUwdaq8yO by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-29T03:20:00Z
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@futurebird When I was in Australia; I was told that honeypot ants were an important part of bush tucker.But I cannot speak to anyone eating the other ants around the place.
(DIR) Post #B2nTW8o7seljfFRgNE by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-30T00:32:46Z
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@feznander @inthehands I am informed that Saint Paul Public Schools is planning temporary remote instruction in three-week long blocks.Because nobody thinks that things have suddenly gotten better.