Gerard Harbison
@gerardharbison.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. Irish and American; raised in Dublin, though born in England. Happily married (hope my wife feels the same!) Travels, watching birds. Grows plants. Snarks. Lives in Melbourne Beach, on the Atlantic Coast of the stupid state
Juvenile green heron, at Indian River Preserve State Park this morning.
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Juvenile green heron, at Indian River Preserve State Park this morning.
Hey Pedophile President...denaturalize this!
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hey Pedophile President...denaturalize this!
A bit derivative of a Corona beer commercial. Ha ha, fooled them, I’ drinking Presidente.
View from our balcony, Tahiti beach, Sint Maarten.
View from our balcony, Tahiti beach, Sint Maarten.
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A bit derivative of a Corona beer commercial. Ha ha, fooled them, I’ drinking Presidente.
View from our balcony, Tahiti beach, Sint Maarten.
View from our balcony, Tahiti beach, Sint Maarten.
Now at MIA: self driving wheelchairs! Unlike Teslas, they haven’t killed anyone yet.
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Now at MIA: self driving wheelchairs! Unlike Teslas, they haven’t killed anyone yet.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I hate those Mises to pieces.
October 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I hate those Mises to pieces.
No, we're not Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk is dead, so he can't read this.
(My Trumpkin neighbors are very silly)
(My Trumpkin neighbors are very silly)
October 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
No, we're not Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk is dead, so he can't read this.
(My Trumpkin neighbors are very silly)
(My Trumpkin neighbors are very silly)
Colocasia esculenta, the Elephant Ear, is invasive in Florida. I found this one and planted it under our sea-grapes. Now it’s flowering. I’m not sure this is the sort of tropical vegetable cultivation I contemplated, but I could harvest it for taro.
October 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Colocasia esculenta, the Elephant Ear, is invasive in Florida. I found this one and planted it under our sea-grapes. Now it’s flowering. I’m not sure this is the sort of tropical vegetable cultivation I contemplated, but I could harvest it for taro.
In Florida, you have to get used to sharing your home with a variety of critters.
October 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In Florida, you have to get used to sharing your home with a variety of critters.
Me, I’m drinking quietly to celebrate the descent of Charlie Kirk into the nether regions of Hell.
Hey Charlie, this is colder than anything you’ll ever feel, for the rest of eternity.
(I love Christian theology)
Hey Charlie, this is colder than anything you’ll ever feel, for the rest of eternity.
(I love Christian theology)
September 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Me, I’m drinking quietly to celebrate the descent of Charlie Kirk into the nether regions of Hell.
Hey Charlie, this is colder than anything you’ll ever feel, for the rest of eternity.
(I love Christian theology)
Hey Charlie, this is colder than anything you’ll ever feel, for the rest of eternity.
(I love Christian theology)
Here we go.
Rot in hell, Charlie Kirk. Champers was in the freezer a little too long. But where you are now, it’s probably refreshingly cold.
Rot in hell, Charlie Kirk. Champers was in the freezer a little too long. But where you are now, it’s probably refreshingly cold.
September 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Here we go.
Rot in hell, Charlie Kirk. Champers was in the freezer a little too long. But where you are now, it’s probably refreshingly cold.
Rot in hell, Charlie Kirk. Champers was in the freezer a little too long. But where you are now, it’s probably refreshingly cold.
Not going to waste decent champagne celebrating Charlie Kirk’s demise. So this is perfect.
(Airplane flew over trailing a ‘we are Charlie Kirk’ banner, not yet, sucker)
(Airplane flew over trailing a ‘we are Charlie Kirk’ banner, not yet, sucker)
September 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Not going to waste decent champagne celebrating Charlie Kirk’s demise. So this is perfect.
(Airplane flew over trailing a ‘we are Charlie Kirk’ banner, not yet, sucker)
(Airplane flew over trailing a ‘we are Charlie Kirk’ banner, not yet, sucker)
He's not quite my Congresscritter. But it's close.
September 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
He's not quite my Congresscritter. But it's close.
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
September 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
They really want us to piss in the street?
September 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
They really want us to piss in the street?
Letter to the WaPo. A parting shot, as it were…
September 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Letter to the WaPo. A parting shot, as it were…
'Freedom for Palestine'; a telephone pole in Dublin, this week.
September 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
'Freedom for Palestine'; a telephone pole in Dublin, this week.
Hey, who are you calling a LITTLE grebe?
(Lough Leane, Kerry, yesterday)
(Lough Leane, Kerry, yesterday)
September 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey, who are you calling a LITTLE grebe?
(Lough Leane, Kerry, yesterday)
(Lough Leane, Kerry, yesterday)
In Ireland, even the rocks are solar-powered! (2 Euro coin there for scale)
September 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In Ireland, even the rocks are solar-powered! (2 Euro coin there for scale)
Sluice-gate on the Grand Canal, Dublin. (Back in the old sod for a few days, checking out Trump escape opportunities)
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Sluice-gate on the Grand Canal, Dublin. (Back in the old sod for a few days, checking out Trump escape opportunities)
This is a great paper on the ancestry of Medieval Ashkenazi Jews. As one would expect they bridged the gap between European genomes and middle-eastern genomes.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
August 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a great paper on the ancestry of Medieval Ashkenazi Jews. As one would expect they bridged the gap between European genomes and middle-eastern genomes.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
But let's not forget Atlantis. He even gives us a map.
August 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
But let's not forget Atlantis. He even gives us a map.
Here's the first part of your alleged source, "Lebar Gabala Erenn", which in modern Irish is "Leabhar ghabháil Éireann". I'm sure you can translate it for me. It's easy.
August 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here's the first part of your alleged source, "Lebar Gabala Erenn", which in modern Irish is "Leabhar ghabháil Éireann". I'm sure you can translate it for me. It's easy.
Best I could do. Letter to the Orlando Sentinel, Jan 31 2024:
August 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Best I could do. Letter to the Orlando Sentinel, Jan 31 2024: