“No, we’re not”
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That’s a silly idea, especially about a universe which is fundamentally stochastic.
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Daily writing promptDo you think everything happens for a reason?View all responses
“record warm 2026”
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From Prof Zeke Hausfather of Berkeley Earth: https://pdpwbj.clicks.mlsend.com/tj/c/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjI0OTYxNyxcImxcIjoxOTQxMzQxMDg2ODU3MzE1NDgsXCJyXCI6MTk0MTM0MTI1OTIxMTc1NDkxfSIsInMiOiJkNjgyNmU0NzI0MTc1OGRiIn0
Professor Jeff Galkowski won a Whitehead Prize this year
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Jeff is a professor at University College London. What the Whitehead Prize is all about.
From TJ on the 250th
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“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” — Thomas Jefferson
Professor James Hansen
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“2026 is on track to be the hottest year.” /
Insight from Tamino
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Not just another summer
Climate is Back …
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/climate/noaa-climate-science-data-website.html
Some Solar in Westwood
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More on RCP 8.5 from …
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… The Climate Brink.
“Estonia Warns European Allies Against Direct Talks With Russia”
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-16/estonia-warns-european-allies-against-direct-talks-with-russia: Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.
Dr Des Callaghan’s “Bryophytes around the world”
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Dr Callaghan is a superb bryophyte photographer.
Entire NSF National Science Board fired by Donald Trump
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More moves to make himself remembered in history, no doubt. And DT is intending to gut NOAA.
The Climate Brink
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I follow The Climate Brink carefully because Dr Dressler always has something useful to say, and because I often learn something reading him.
Tamino, on Climate, Spring 2026
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March 2026: Climate in the USA
thanks DT for making the case for solar and EVs and NOT oil
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. Go EVs!
2026 March 14 [J 073.87] “Pi Day”
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Geographic coordinates N42.227, W71.230, Westwood, MA, USA
Rare and hard to find 1937-1938
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https://667-per-cm.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ChronicaBryophyta-1938.pdf is a PDF of 1938 paper ‘A YEAR-BOOK Devoted to the Study), of Mosses and Hepatics</a> by Fr. VERDOORN, Volume X, 1937, published by the Chronica Botanica Company, Leiden.
RC: “a peek behind the curtain”
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A peek behind the curtain…
Stark
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NAP update on Endangerment Finding
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EffectsOfHumanGHGEmissions–MyNAPDownload
Sporophyte capsules
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Mostly Polytrichum.
AI and GPT don’t manufacture results from nothing
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If the AI and GPT result reported in Nature is other than superstition,there must be a statistical model justifying it. I’d like to know what it is and how it compares to existing well known prediction schemes and algorithms. Right now, can’t tell.
16th September 2025, Westwood, MA
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Mckibben vs Nordhous
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There’s a review of McKibben’s new book in The New Atlantis at https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-bill-mckibben-lost-the-plot I think people should read in full the Wikipedia article about Nordhaus before buying into this, even much at all I’d say....
NOAA climate assessment which has been taken off the federal site
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… By You Know Who … NOAA report
Fast-Track Review of Latest Evidence for Whether Greenhouse Gas Emissions Endanger Public Health and Welfare
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On 7 August 2025, the United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine initiated a new study to “review the latest scientific evidence on whether greenhouse gas emissions are reasonably anticipated to endanger public health and welfare in the U.S.” (press release)....
A New Phase in Trump’s War on Data
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“RIGGED” Nothing new … Censorship of Science by the administration of President Donald Trump “Azimuth Backup Project (Part 5)”, upcoming presentation by Prof John Carlos Baez
Beaker Street
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As of today I support Beaker Street
Steve Buchan, botanical photographer
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https://flic.kr/ps/267Eah
2025 Jul 4-12 J(185-193) around yard 2 long lenses OM5 camera
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25mm compact lens equivalent to 50mm
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Versatile yet simple, the black M.Zuiko Digital 25mm f/1.8 II Lens from OM System is an IPX1-rated 50mm equivalent prime for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. Its normal field of view is complemented by a fast f/1.8 maximum aperture for controlling depth of field and producing selective focus...
Polytrichum macro photos, several of spore capsules
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Polytrichum sporophytes.
Flickr Account
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I also have a collection of photos, mostly of bryophytes, on Flickr.
2025 May 8 J 128 redbuds, etc, OM Systems 60mm lens
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2025 April 19 J109 some close-ups of Polytrichum
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OM Systems OM5 camera with OM System M.Zuiko 90mm macro and non-macro 1:3.5 digital lens. Also used M.Zuiko 40mm-150mm 1:4 zoom macro, and Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens for Micro Four Thirds. Most of these are also stored in the author’s Flickr photostream.
A New Lens
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A new lens for macrophotography, an OM Systems M.Zuiko ED40-150mm F4.0 PRO.
2025 March 23 J 82
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