Colby Moorberg
@colbydigssoil.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, soil and wetland scientist, academic, bike commuter, advocate for open textbooks and active transport, sports fan, and sourdough baker https://linktr.ee/moorberg
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You know what doesn't help with the national fertility rate? Allowing states to ban IVF.
The lengths universities go to make things difficult for student organizations boggles my mind. I'm an adviser/coach for two student groups, and the hurdles seem constant.
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University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."

Also university administration:
Stolen from the Internet, a sign that says "If Elevator does not move do a small jump it should move after", and a dirty-white freight elevator wall and aged elevator controls with only floors 1 and 2."

I have no idea where this really is, I just stole it off Wikimedia.
We're watching a classic in my introductory soil science lab this week. #Soil #Water
Students watch a video on soil water movement on a projector screen in a dark laboratory
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Distressed to see I guess I'm out of a job. AI has figured out everything there is to know about maize domestication. (Found this online when looking for images for a talk)
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Said every #BikeCommuter ever.
Absolutely beautiful weather for the bike commute this evening. I guess I could sit on my butt in a car on the freeway instead, but this seems quite a bit better to me.
A cyclist rides along a trail below a canopy of maple trees in the fall
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.
I encountered a fungus puffball today during the #Agron635 Soil and Water Conservation class. All the students were busy doing infiltration measurements with mini disk infiltrometers across our site, so I had to record a video for them. #fungi #soil
This! I am a sustaining member of my local NPR and PBS stations, a subscriber to my local newspaper, and a few other groups that do excellent journalism (e.g. Wired for their reporting in Doge).
It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.
Every mention of Beri Weiss in the news makes me think of this beer first, and I want to keep it that way. It's not a great beer, but it's better than the news. #BeriWeiss #BerryWeiss #Leinenkugels
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Here's an example. LinkedIn lets you share a metric comparing you to CEOs. CEOs are leaders. Good leaders hire the smartest people.

Zip #198 | 0:06 and flawless 🏁
With no backtracks 🟢
🏅 I’m smarter than 95% of CEOs today!
#AreYouSmarterThanACEO
lnkd.in/zip.
Zip
Plot a path through the grid while passing through each number in order.
lnkd.in
I've been playing LinkedIn's games lately, especially "Zip". It's weird that it compares your performance and says stuff like "you're smarter than 75% of CEOs". I could see why LinkedIn would be biased, but I don't think we as a civilization should hold CEOs as the standard bearers of intelligence.
My attitude is salty today. Perfect timing to get an email from Pearson about textbooks for my classes so I can reply and tell them why they're terrible!
If anyone wants to join me in calling out NPR for victim blaming in this story, this is at the bottom of the article.
Screen shot of text that reads: "This story was edited by Meghan Keane. The visual editor is Beck Harlan. We'd love to hear from you. Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org."
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Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
You've heard of defensive driving — driving practices to help you stay safe on the road, like reducing your speed in bad weather or signaling before switching lanes. But what about defensive walking and cycling?
I've been hit by drivers three different times as a pedestrian and once riding a bike. In all instances I was in a crosswalk/bike path crossing. I'm a large man. I'm not hard to see. Unless people are diddling their phone while driving a 3-ton death machine.
Cell phone use by drivers should carry the same penalties as driving while intoxicated since the reaction time of using a phone or being under the influence is the same.
NPR @npr.org · 21d
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
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“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement.

YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.
If I lived in Michigan I would totally use deep snow as a justification for buying a fat tire bike.
Lol. Honestly, with studded tires on my Surly Skid Loader, I'm much more confident riding a bike in the winter than I am driving a car with "all season" tires. I can't really justify winter car tires in Kansas, but a second wheel set with studded tires for my Surly was 100% worth it.
It's a shame I couldn't watch the second half because CBS decided I'd rather watch the Steelers/Patriots game. Seriously, what channel switches broadcasts halfway through a game?
lol, I think I missed that one.