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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 23h

I dropped off my ballot today at the "Food 4 Less" in #Woodland #California -- "Food 4 Less, Vote 4 Free" 🤣 (& "Vote 4 Freedom"!) Let's hope that Wisdom, Compassion, & Justice will one day prevail in this complex (& often bewildering) nation & world of ours.... 🌎🌞🌍🌈🌏 #Vote

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 2d

One nice thing about working at a National Laboratory is that you are in the midst of the most advanced, cutting-edge technology.... 🤣 #EarthquakeDetectionTechnology

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 4d

Auspicious Día de los Muertos to all! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_... - #DíaDeMuertos #DayOfTheDead

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 5d

Better living through chemistry! 🤣

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 8d

"Our inability to understand the exponential function is our biggest weakness" So says Prof. Albert Bartlett in this thoughtful video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bvw... (I actually think we have bigger weaknesses than this, but we can give the good professor some room for hyperbole here...) 🌎🤓🌍😊🌏

Our inability to understand the exponential function is our biggest weakness - Prof Albert Bartlett

YouTube video by DrAlanBarnard

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 9d

Sitting thru another meeting... 😂🤣😂 (Image courtesy of Emily Steiner ( www.facebook.com/emily.steine... ), Medievalist Extraordinaire! 🤩 )

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 9d

For good, ill, neutral, or mixed, "Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground: Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s 'largest A.I.-empowered' university..." 🤓 NY Times unlocked article: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t... #AIinEducation #CalState

Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground

www.nytimes.com

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 14d

May blessings be with Green eyes 🥰

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 14d

"University of California sets world record for Nobel Prizes in a single year" www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/u... 🌎🤩🌍🤓🌏 CC #UnveristyOfCalifornia #UCBerkeley #UCLA #UCSantaBarbara #UCSanDiego - @berkeleylab.lbl.gov - @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov - @als.lbl.gov - #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2025

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 19d

www.youtube.com/shorts/gOPzZ...

Sade - Smooth Operator (1984) #musica #80s #oldsong #80smusic #oldisgold #music #pop #disco #dance

YouTube video by Funky Beat

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 19d

🎶 She's a Smoothie Operator🎵Smoooothie Operatorrrr 🎶 😂🤣😂 (Seen in #Davis #California 😊 ) -- #Sade #SmoothOperator #Operators #Smoothies #DavisCA

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 20d

I came across this photo of my Dad, from a news clipping in the 1970s (I believe). He was a tough ol' Marine, most at home in the wilderness. Though life with Dad was complicated, I've always be thankful he was my father. Semper Fi, Dad! I'll never be able to thank you enough....

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 20d

I asked Google Gemini (AI) two questions: "In what year did more than 50% of americans have internet service?" & "In what year did more than 50% of americans own a personal computer?" (An AI-response is only as good as the resources on which it is based! Easy to forget ....) #InternetHistory

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 21d

From 1954: "How to dial your phone by Bell System" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuYP... 🤓 #TechNostalgia #BlastFromThePast #TelephoneHistory #Telephony #The50s

1954 How to dial your phone by Bell System

YouTube video by trendymagic

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 23d

The advertising algorithm seems to think I'm interested in buying a shipping container 😂🤣😂 Good thing I'm not given to impulse buying, because I rather like the 3rd one to the right! 😛

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 26d

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The Nobel Prize on X: "BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to https://t.co/Zgth8KNJk9" / X

BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to https://t.co/Zgth8KNJk9

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 27d

These long-lived little rodents are resistant to cancer, arthritis, & other diseases: can we discover their health secrets & develop them for human beings? More - BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... -- Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -- #CancerPrevention #Cancer #Arthritis #NakedMoleRats

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · 28d

I was interested to learn that LBNL scientist (and former Director of Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry: foundry.lbl.gov ) Omar M. Yaghi has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [shared] :
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
More about Professor Yaghi here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....

D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · Oct 6

The "Paradox of Buridan's Donkey" strikes again! 🤣 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan... -- #BuridansAss #Aristotle #Spinoza #JeanBuridan #AlGhazali #Paradox #Dilemma #Ambiguity

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · Oct 5

A map projection necessarily distorts *something* -- it is a 2-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional reality. 🌍🌏🌎 Different projections distort different things (& get other things right). Good to be acquainted with the different types of map projections! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · Oct 4

Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor’s Work in Philadelphia www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/cald...

Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor's Work in Philadelphia

Calder Gardens is designed to bring art, architecture, and nature into a constant and ever-evolving conversation.

www.thisiscolossal.com

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · Oct 3

Wow!! 🤩 May all blessings be with the first female Archbishop of Canterbury!! 🌍🌹🌏🌹🌎 www.bbc.com/news/article... -- (Though not Anglican myself, I am happy to see the progress of fairness anywhere in our struggling human species 🥰 ) Pacem in Terris! #ArchbishopofCanterbury

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury

She becomes the first female leader of the Church of England, replacing Justin Welby who resigned over his handling of a safeguarding scandal.

www.bbc.com

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D. Brett Richardson @berkeleybrett.bsky.social · Sep 27

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · Nov 18

We're here! Come friend, follow, etc.
Looking forward to seeing you.
Blue skies from now on ?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 25

An experimental treatment slowed the devastating progression of Huntington’s disease, a rare hopeful advance against a genetic disease that robs people of control of their bodies and minds in the prime of life.

First successful Huntington’s treatment slows disease progression

The company behind the experimental treatment says it plans to submit its data seeking approval to U.S. regulators in the first quarter of next year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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