Ivan "Oats" Storck
@ivanstorck.com
Senior Software Architect @ lululemon. Sustainable software advocate. Also drone photography and geospatial expertise. Crazy about paddling on the Salish Sea and beyond. #surfing #paddleboard #surfski https://ivanstorck.com
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Ivan "Oats" Storck
@ivanstorck.com
· Feb 21
New Bio (thread): I’m Ivan Storck, a Senior Software Engineer at lululemon, specializing in scalable, high-performance web applications for the company’s content management and upper funnel e-commerce platform.
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Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025.
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025.
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
Shilshole Marina. Seattle, WA, USA
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Shilshole Marina. Seattle, WA, USA
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“We couldn’t tell if it was day or night.”
On top of crowded cells, meager rations and other reported cruelties of ICE detention, immigrants face a more insidious hazard… My latest for @theguardian.com.
On top of crowded cells, meager rations and other reported cruelties of ICE detention, immigrants face a more insidious hazard… My latest for @theguardian.com.
Dim days, bright nights: a hidden cruelty of Ice detention
Tens of thousands of people held across the US amid Trump’s immigration crackdown could face an insidious hazard: broken internal clocks
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“We couldn’t tell if it was day or night.”
On top of crowded cells, meager rations and other reported cruelties of ICE detention, immigrants face a more insidious hazard… My latest for @theguardian.com.
On top of crowded cells, meager rations and other reported cruelties of ICE detention, immigrants face a more insidious hazard… My latest for @theguardian.com.
Rad!
new hobby unlocked: generative music with strudel.cc and visuals with #p5js 😁
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6zI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6zI...
UKG 135bpm (strudel.cc livecoding)
YouTube video by VIVAVOLT
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October 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Rad!
Wow! Won my first photography competition. Thanks @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social for selecting the photo of seals in Netarts Bay, Oregon. 🙏
🌿🏆 Congrats to Ivan S, our Fall in Love with Nature contest winner! Thank you to everyone who shared their amazing moments outdoors. 💚 Stay tuned for our blog with contest highlights!
#FallInLoveWithNature #NaturePhotography #GetOutside #ExploreNature #ClimateAction #NatureLovers #OutdoorLife
#FallInLoveWithNature #NaturePhotography #GetOutside #ExploreNature #ClimateAction #NatureLovers #OutdoorLife
September 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wow! Won my first photography competition. Thanks @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social for selecting the photo of seals in Netarts Bay, Oregon. 🙏
Sitting on the bus, in traffic, waiting to go to the office for a morning full of Zoom meetings. I can’t help but feel we had a missed opportunity to reshape society to be more equitable and flexible. Instead the powers with money are insisting on consolidating it, and backing fascists. 😭😡
August 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sitting on the bus, in traffic, waiting to go to the office for a morning full of Zoom meetings. I can’t help but feel we had a missed opportunity to reshape society to be more equitable and flexible. Instead the powers with money are insisting on consolidating it, and backing fascists. 😭😡
USGS releases detailed topographic maps for recreation: www.usgs.gov/news/nationa...
Adventure awaits: USGS releases detailed topographic maps designed for recreational use
For outdoor enthusiasts, hikers, and adventurers, maps are more than just a tool – they are a gateway to exploration. The U.S. Geological Survey has released an innovative new series of topographic ma...
www.usgs.gov
August 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
USGS releases detailed topographic maps for recreation: www.usgs.gov/news/nationa...
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The U.S. has led the world in science since the mid-20th century for two reasons: funding & welcoming students and researchers from around the world. The Trump administration is destroying both advantages (1/2)
Science is the most international endeavor in human history.
This flagrantly racist administration is destroying the U.S.'s lucrative and life-saving leadership. www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-... on @thetransmitter.bsky.social
This flagrantly racist administration is destroying the U.S.'s lucrative and life-saving leadership. www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-... on @thetransmitter.bsky.social
What U.S. science stands to lose without international graduate students and postdoctoral researchers
Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen—at the United States’ expense—as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The U.S. has led the world in science since the mid-20th century for two reasons: funding & welcoming students and researchers from around the world. The Trump administration is destroying both advantages (1/2)
Paddle Rave! Last Friday on Lake Union, Seattle.
July 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Paddle Rave! Last Friday on Lake Union, Seattle.
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“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
🌬️🌊🏄🏻♂️New downwind board! College club on Lake Union and STS9 at the Crocodile. Funnnnn weekend! 💃🏽🪩🕺🏼
July 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
🌬️🌊🏄🏻♂️New downwind board! College club on Lake Union and STS9 at the Crocodile. Funnnnn weekend! 💃🏽🪩🕺🏼
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As Frieden says, RFK Jr. "mangled science" to justify pulling support from Gavi.
This is the type of Fool's Gold Science from the Trump admin that we MUST call out.
Support our Open Letter condemning the present assault on science here: zurl.co/U79wl
zurl.co/FRbsH
This is the type of Fool's Gold Science from the Trump admin that we MUST call out.
Support our Open Letter condemning the present assault on science here: zurl.co/U79wl
zurl.co/FRbsH
RFK Jr.’s intellectually dishonest excuse for defunding Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
“I was literally nauseated by Kennedy’s remarks” about Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden.
www.statnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As Frieden says, RFK Jr. "mangled science" to justify pulling support from Gavi.
This is the type of Fool's Gold Science from the Trump admin that we MUST call out.
Support our Open Letter condemning the present assault on science here: zurl.co/U79wl
zurl.co/FRbsH
This is the type of Fool's Gold Science from the Trump admin that we MUST call out.
Support our Open Letter condemning the present assault on science here: zurl.co/U79wl
zurl.co/FRbsH
Colorado time, was great to be back! Won’t wait 10 years again!
July 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Colorado time, was great to be back! Won’t wait 10 years again!
Robust clinical trials show that CBT, breathing exercises, social support, exercise and time spent in nature can fight bad stress by altering how a person thinks, how they act and how their body responds to stress. CBT has been shown to reduce how much people dwell on negative feelings after…
Feeling stressed? You are far from alone. And scientists are working hard to help. I'm happy to share my latest for @nature.com, with stellar editing from Beth Quill, on how better stress assessment and tailored interventions could fend off lasting damage. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Stress is wrecking your health: how can science help?
Better stress assessment and tailored interventions could give clinicians the tools they need to fend off lasting damage.
www.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Robust clinical trials show that CBT, breathing exercises, social support, exercise and time spent in nature can fight bad stress by altering how a person thinks, how they act and how their body responds to stress. CBT has been shown to reduce how much people dwell on negative feelings after…
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Hey book lovers! Support your local library, of course. Also! Cool news! @bookshop.org has free shipping July 8-11. They also now sell ebooks, which is an excellent development. AND if you sign up for their email, there are periodic boook/ebook deals & I've snapped up many fine books that way. 💚📖🔥📘
July 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hey book lovers! Support your local library, of course. Also! Cool news! @bookshop.org has free shipping July 8-11. They also now sell ebooks, which is an excellent development. AND if you sign up for their email, there are periodic boook/ebook deals & I've snapped up many fine books that way. 💚📖🔥📘
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NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump.
It's uncanny.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Snapshots from summer
July 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Snapshots from summer
Tonight at Urban Surf at Gasworks, Seattle
June 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Tonight at Urban Surf at Gasworks, Seattle
Frogs in a slowly boiling pot
A groundbreaking new study finds the signal - or "fingerprint" - of human-caused global warming was likely detectable by 1885, earlier than previously thought. (1/3)
www.cnn.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Frogs in a slowly boiling pot
Shilshole dock party and sunset last night! 🔥🍗🍷🎉
June 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Shilshole dock party and sunset last night! 🔥🍗🍷🎉
Good times at the Urban Surf SUP race #2 on Lake Union last night. Pure chaos at the buoy turns! #standuppaddle
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Good times at the Urban Surf SUP race #2 on Lake Union last night. Pure chaos at the buoy turns! #standuppaddle
Fun weekend in Portland on the Columbia!
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Fun weekend in Portland on the Columbia!
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RFK Jr. is absolutely poisonous. He has now caused Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, the person in charge of COVID19 vaccinations at the CDC, to resign.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
RFK Jr. is absolutely poisonous. He has now caused Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, the person in charge of COVID19 vaccinations at the CDC, to resign.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
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tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
www.wired.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
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A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI. www.wired.com/story/new-re...
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
www.wired.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI. www.wired.com/story/new-re...