There's a banana in my kitchen with a longer shelf-life than this "promise"...
Patrick McCray
@patrickmccray.bsky.social
History Professor @ UC-Santa Barbara => science + tech + environment Cairn kicker 🚵 🎣 🧗♂️⛷️🏄🏼♂️🏔 in Cali-Rado. New book = https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553483/readme/ More = https://www.patrickmccray.com
Drafting a draft and unreasonably happy about this part...
It's 1973 and you smoke a doobie and tune into The Midnight Special to chill...and instead get a blast of prog rock chaos noise assault from King Crimson. 😳 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIDr...
Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part 2 - King Crimson | The Midnight Special
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Thoughtful reflections on a time and place. I recall visiting P-Town with my parents when I was about 10. My folks did a very good job of explaining that it was OK to be different, etc. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/d...
Anthony Bourdain’s Wild Summers Still Echo in Provincetown
As a new film evokes his coming-of-age in this bohemian Cape Cod town, Pete Wells goes looking for the people and restaurants that shaped him.
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Question for computer nerds - my MS Word for Mac updated itself with "exciting new features including an "Insert a Comment" box that appears on the right side of a document when I highlight text. The Internet says to deselect Preferences->General->"Modern Comments" but that didn't work. Ideas?
Pour one out this evening for L7's bassist Jen Finch... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/a...
Jennifer Finch, Scalding Bassist for Alt-Rock Band L7, Dies at 59
Often performing barefoot, she provided the thunder for a breakout feminist band of the 1990s, which had an alternative hit with “Pretend We’re Dead.”
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It's got glitter and thick paint and crayons...just like your 6 year old would make. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/a...
I'm either mining coal in western PA or working on a farm near Titusville that has oil wells.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
"AI Jesus" coming to a strip mall near you... (Like all things AI, this just degrades what should be a meaningful, spiritual experience) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
A Bay Area Pastor Made an A.I. Twin to Talk About God at Any Time
To meet the growing needs of his church, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it.
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Serious question - Trump's "Science: A New Golden Age" claims that start-up firms are doing an increasingly large share of "basic research." Is this claim true? What is the evidence? (Not surprisingly, the citation given has no date etc.) #SciencePolicy
Dr. Jason Herbert is a historian, public scholar, and outdoorsman from Kentucky. Here, Herbert explores Kentucky and Tennessee's Land Between the Lakes, a vast recreation area preserving centuries of natural and cultural history. #WeAreAmerica250 @herberthistory.bsky.social.com
Ralph Carr, governor of Colorado 1939 to 1943. Carr had the courage to speak out on behalf of persecuted Japanese Americans, insisting they were loyal citizens.
Statue of Minoru Yasui, downtown Denver. Yadui was illegally incarcerated in solitary confinement during the second world war. Ultimately vindicated by Ronald Reagan, who apologized for the USA violating his rights.
I should have done it sooner but this evening I re-upped my membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Section L) #TeamScience
Since we are out of missiles, and have to pause the new forever war, we should just catapult some lettuce into Iran...
The King: Flaming Catapult Launch
ALT: The King: Flaming Catapult Launch
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This week on Peoples & Things, I chat with the wonderful @lanalanalana.bsky.social about _New Money: How Payment Became Social Media_ and her other current, highly-creative projects. I love how Lana thinks through things. It's a really fun chat! newbooksnetwork.com/117-lana-swa...
Lana Swartz on Digital Money and Digital Cultures of Money - New Books Network
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There was a move in 1990s to speak about the "New West," a shift away from traditional extractive industries & towards things like service economies and outdoor recreation. And here we are the - The "New Old West" = a shift back to using this region a place to mine, frack, and ruin.
This is both charming and depressing...the need to outsource funding for long-term basic research because of the current admin's hostile policies toward science. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/s...
‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
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"Method and Apparatus for Finding Love," 2003 patent application
Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...
Here's to Silas Soule, the US Army officer who refused to participate in the Sand Creek Massacre. He was later murdered for his testimony against fellow soldiers. coloradosun.com/2026/07/26/n...
At Silas Soule's gravesite, a minister honors a heroic figure by reading his letters
Visitors converged on Soule’s grave at Denver’s Riverside Cemetery for what has become an annual ritual organized by Rev. Dr. Nancy Niero
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I'm going to visit Gothic, CO and RMBL where the marmots are studied next month. I hope there is a tip jar. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/s...
‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research (Gift Article)
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
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