djm
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Old science/computer academic, researcher, now quasi-retired in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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· Oct 19
Was just looking at one of my all-time favorite videos. Up at Eagle Summit (north of Fairbanks) in 2014 with my canine soulmate, Kenai, just doing "the life thang." #Alaskasky
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“When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.” - Epictetus, Discourses 1.21.1
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.” - Epictetus, Discourses 1.21.1
This is one of the best Special Weather Statements I've seen. Does an excellent job of indicating the confidence and potential problem areas in the forecast. It's great CYA for NWS, and it's a great help to the users of the forecast. It's really the best we could hope for. @alaskawx.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is one of the best Special Weather Statements I've seen. Does an excellent job of indicating the confidence and potential problem areas in the forecast. It's great CYA for NWS, and it's a great help to the users of the forecast. It's really the best we could hope for. @alaskawx.bsky.social
Wow, I've watched a lot of geology documentaries, but this one has some wonderful animations on the evolution of the Rocky Mountains, and help to understand so much of the detail you see when you roam those parts. Highly recommend if you're interested -- youtube.com/watch?v=TGnDsZwAtRY
Naked Science | The Rocky Mountains Were Once Underwater, Here’s What Happened
YouTube video by The Full Series Channel
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November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Wow, I've watched a lot of geology documentaries, but this one has some wonderful animations on the evolution of the Rocky Mountains, and help to understand so much of the detail you see when you roam those parts. Highly recommend if you're interested -- youtube.com/watch?v=TGnDsZwAtRY
This really cracked me up. With the ban of fox hunting in England/Wales, people have adapted so that they're now chasing after volunteer human prey! It's actually a pretty creative idea. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This really cracked me up. With the ban of fox hunting in England/Wales, people have adapted so that they're now chasing after volunteer human prey! It's actually a pretty creative idea. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Last month was the mildest October on record for the Arctic, with the North American Arctic especially warm. Details in the latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Climate #Autumn2025 @climatologist49.bsky.social
alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/october-20...
alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/october-20...
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last month was the mildest October on record for the Arctic, with the North American Arctic especially warm. Details in the latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Climate #Autumn2025 @climatologist49.bsky.social
alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/october-20...
alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/october-20...
Was just looking at one of my all-time favorite videos. Up at Eagle Summit (north of Fairbanks) in 2014 with my canine soulmate, Kenai, just doing "the life thang." #Alaskasky
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Was just looking at one of my all-time favorite videos. Up at Eagle Summit (north of Fairbanks) in 2014 with my canine soulmate, Kenai, just doing "the life thang." #Alaskasky
It was a right fine day for trail running north of University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Well, actually, it would have been a right finer day with some snow cover. #Alaskasky
October 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It was a right fine day for trail running north of University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Well, actually, it would have been a right finer day with some snow cover. #Alaskasky
It was a right fine autumn Sunday morning for the Chena Ridge / Chena Pump loop above the Tanana (and Chena) River in #Fairbanks #Alaskasky. On peaceful old fart Sunday mornings like this, I like to contrast with Sunday Morning Coming Down of decades ago --
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqG...
September 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It was a right fine autumn Sunday morning for the Chena Ridge / Chena Pump loop above the Tanana (and Chena) River in #Fairbanks #Alaskasky. On peaceful old fart Sunday mornings like this, I like to contrast with Sunday Morning Coming Down of decades ago --
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqG...
It was a right fine early autumn afternoon up on Chena Ridge, east of #Fairbanks #Alaska. In the bike-less picture, University of Alaska Fairbanks is the set of buildings on the left.
August 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It was a right fine early autumn afternoon up on Chena Ridge, east of #Fairbanks #Alaska. In the bike-less picture, University of Alaska Fairbanks is the set of buildings on the left.
#Alaska #Goldpanners #Alaskasky - for those who enjoy following the Goldpanners, it's interesting to note that they are in the quarterfinals today (times are Central Daylight) in the National Baseball Congress World Series. See attached chart. 1/
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July 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#Alaska #Goldpanners #Alaskasky - for those who enjoy following the Goldpanners, it's interesting to note that they are in the quarterfinals today (times are Central Daylight) in the National Baseball Congress World Series. See attached chart. 1/
nbcbaseball.com
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A picture my wife just took looking south and west from University of Alaska Fairbanks. A wee bit of smoke and fire out there. #Alaskasky #Alaskans #Fairbanks
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
A picture my wife just took looking south and west from University of Alaska Fairbanks. A wee bit of smoke and fire out there. #Alaskasky #Alaskans #Fairbanks
Class act, man.
Carl Sagan wrote this letter to Chuck Berry on the musician's 60th birthday!
June 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Class act, man.
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Did you know Dr. Makenzie Lystrup was sworn in as the director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center using Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot instead of a Bible?
May 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Did you know Dr. Makenzie Lystrup was sworn in as the director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center using Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot instead of a Bible?
It was a right fine morning to run 7 miles of trails and roads around University of Alaska Fairbanks. That's Smith Lake in the foreground, Ester Dome in the background, and a wee bit of ice on trails.
May 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It was a right fine morning to run 7 miles of trails and roads around University of Alaska Fairbanks. That's Smith Lake in the foreground, Ester Dome in the background, and a wee bit of ice on trails.
Right purty day for solitude on the Savage Alpine Trail at Denali National Park. #Alaska #Alaskasky
April 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Right purty day for solitude on the Savage Alpine Trail at Denali National Park. #Alaska #Alaskasky
Nothing really special, yet, it's so special - that most precious time of the day. For well over 55 years I've treasured that solitary time of day, full of newness and hope, when one can experience the transition from dark to light. This is top of Skyline/Skyridge in Winter City USA, looking east.
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Nothing really special, yet, it's so special - that most precious time of the day. For well over 55 years I've treasured that solitary time of day, full of newness and hope, when one can experience the transition from dark to light. This is top of Skyline/Skyridge in Winter City USA, looking east.
Another day of skiing Denali Park Road, nobody else but a couple of park dog teams. Winter is amazing here.
January 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Another day of skiing Denali Park Road, nobody else but a couple of park dog teams. Winter is amazing here.
Looking east from near Clear Space Force Station, Alaska. Watching airflow from south to north on lee side of Alaska Range.
January 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Looking east from near Clear Space Force Station, Alaska. Watching airflow from south to north on lee side of Alaska Range.
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Enjoying University of Alaska Fairbanks ski trails. Not much solitude today, though. Temps finally above 0F seem to bring out the restless folks.
January 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Enjoying University of Alaska Fairbanks ski trails. Not much solitude today, though. Temps finally above 0F seem to bring out the restless folks.
Looking down PAFA Runway 20R, Denali in the background, 1:50pm. #AlaskaSky
December 20, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Looking down PAFA Runway 20R, Denali in the background, 1:50pm. #AlaskaSky
Nice lenticular stack viewed from top of Skyline and Crestline in Fairbanks this afternoon. #AlaskaSky. I'd like some maple syrup on that stack, please.
December 10, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Nice lenticular stack viewed from top of Skyline and Crestline in Fairbanks this afternoon. #AlaskaSky. I'd like some maple syrup on that stack, please.
Always love those precious winter days when I get the Denali Park Road all to myself #AlaskaSky
December 5, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Always love those precious winter days when I get the Denali Park Road all to myself #AlaskaSky