Mark Zec
@markzecwrites.bsky.social
Aspiring writer, mostly SF/F with an emphasis on the environment ("eco-fic" or "cli-fi"), but not exclusively. Husband, dad, former IT/data analyst, cook, baker, musician.
All of my stories (so far): https://shorturl.at/qFErZ
All of my stories (so far): https://shorturl.at/qFErZ
On the up side, they update how they calculate their various metrics every time they release new models. On the down side, things like this sometimes happen.
On my old Vivoactive 4, getting a 100% body battery used to happen ever week or so. My Venu 3? Not once. Low 80s is the best I've gotten.
On my old Vivoactive 4, getting a 100% body battery used to happen ever week or so. My Venu 3? Not once. Low 80s is the best I've gotten.
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On the up side, they update how they calculate their various metrics every time they release new models. On the down side, things like this sometimes happen.
On my old Vivoactive 4, getting a 100% body battery used to happen ever week or so. My Venu 3? Not once. Low 80s is the best I've gotten.
On my old Vivoactive 4, getting a 100% body battery used to happen ever week or so. My Venu 3? Not once. Low 80s is the best I've gotten.
It happens so frequently here that a satire headline from 2017 turned into a meme.
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It happens so frequently here that a satire headline from 2017 turned into a meme.
Don't know if you collect ignored warnings from outside environmental science, but this one has been on my mind since I had to start prep today for my surgery next week.
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A warning from Fleming
An excerpt from Alexander Fleming's 1945 Nobel Prize acceptance speech for his, Howard Florey, Ernst Chain's discovery of Penicillin.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Don't know if you collect ignored warnings from outside environmental science, but this one has been on my mind since I had to start prep today for my surgery next week.
www.futurelearn.com/info/courses...
www.futurelearn.com/info/courses...
With scientists now talking about 1.5C overshoot, this is the overshoot that keeps me up at night. Because "electrify everything" means electrifying and perpetuating this level of resource consumption.
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
How many Earths? How many countries? - Earth Overshoot Day
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
With scientists now talking about 1.5C overshoot, this is the overshoot that keeps me up at night. Because "electrify everything" means electrifying and perpetuating this level of resource consumption.
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
How long has the bird been dead? It appears to have been lying in the sun for quite some time.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How long has the bird been dead? It appears to have been lying in the sun for quite some time.
We're just as good at finding reasons to discount health warnings as well.
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We're just as good at finding reasons to discount health warnings as well.
Can't wait for his treatise on poor health resulting from an imbalance of humors.
Moron.
Moron.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Can't wait for his treatise on poor health resulting from an imbalance of humors.
Moron.
Moron.
Well, I'm doomed.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Well, I'm doomed.
Two more for me this past Friday, pneumonia and shingles (even though I never had chicken pox as a kid).
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Two more for me this past Friday, pneumonia and shingles (even though I never had chicken pox as a kid).
Would that put it from the first IPCC report?
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Would that put it from the first IPCC report?
From a 1980s documentary.
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
From a 1980s documentary.
I'll go with The Prisoner.
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I'll go with The Prisoner.
As an American, I'd say it's akin to what I've heard for years: "Guns don't kill people. People kill people."
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As an American, I'd say it's akin to what I've heard for years: "Guns don't kill people. People kill people."
The pandemic has always been one of my favorite analogies for climate change, and not in a good way.
Many weren't willing to mask and/or stay home for a few months to contain the spread of the virus. Climate action is a "for the rest of everyone's lives" commitment.
Many weren't willing to mask and/or stay home for a few months to contain the spread of the virus. Climate action is a "for the rest of everyone's lives" commitment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The pandemic has always been one of my favorite analogies for climate change, and not in a good way.
Many weren't willing to mask and/or stay home for a few months to contain the spread of the virus. Climate action is a "for the rest of everyone's lives" commitment.
Many weren't willing to mask and/or stay home for a few months to contain the spread of the virus. Climate action is a "for the rest of everyone's lives" commitment.
And our yearly EV adoption rate is about half the rate for the entire world, most of which is poor compared to the US.
We can afford pickups (avg price $65k) and SUVs (avg price $49k for midsize), but balk at the average price of an EV ($55k).
We can afford pickups (avg price $65k) and SUVs (avg price $49k for midsize), but balk at the average price of an EV ($55k).
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
And our yearly EV adoption rate is about half the rate for the entire world, most of which is poor compared to the US.
We can afford pickups (avg price $65k) and SUVs (avg price $49k for midsize), but balk at the average price of an EV ($55k).
We can afford pickups (avg price $65k) and SUVs (avg price $49k for midsize), but balk at the average price of an EV ($55k).
I can't believe the Christmas ads were already running in mid-October. Now they're running in almost every ad break.
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I can't believe the Christmas ads were already running in mid-October. Now they're running in almost every ad break.
No heavy rain in our forecast (central VA), but we are expected to hit 73 today when the normal is 57.
It's been warm enough frequently enough that I could probably do one more lawn mowing, when early October used to be the last time.
It's been warm enough frequently enough that I could probably do one more lawn mowing, when early October used to be the last time.
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
No heavy rain in our forecast (central VA), but we are expected to hit 73 today when the normal is 57.
It's been warm enough frequently enough that I could probably do one more lawn mowing, when early October used to be the last time.
It's been warm enough frequently enough that I could probably do one more lawn mowing, when early October used to be the last time.
The Charlottesville subreddit had some local pics from yesterday. Just one of them.
www.reddit.com/r/Charlottes...
www.reddit.com/r/Charlottes...
Aurora update 11:41
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November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Charlottesville subreddit had some local pics from yesterday. Just one of them.
www.reddit.com/r/Charlottes...
www.reddit.com/r/Charlottes...
It used to work well for staying asleep, but the older I get, I'm more prone waking up 3 or 4 times during the night. That's one of the things associated with aging, though.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It used to work well for staying asleep, but the older I get, I'm more prone waking up 3 or 4 times during the night. That's one of the things associated with aging, though.
Here's a better write-up. The TL/DR is that chronic difficulty in falling asleep could be a sign of heart problems, not that the heart problems are caused by melatonin.
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Taking this supplement for more than a year could be a sign of heart problems
Researchers found that adults who took melatonin for more than a year had a higher risk of heart failure, but not because of the supplement itself.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Here's a better write-up. The TL/DR is that chronic difficulty in falling asleep could be a sign of heart problems, not that the heart problems are caused by melatonin.
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It's your space (no pun intended). We're just visitors.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's your space (no pun intended). We're just visitors.
And I back up the entire VM, so that should it get trashed (which hasn't happened yet), all I need to do is delete it from the host machine and restore it from backup.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And I back up the entire VM, so that should it get trashed (which hasn't happened yet), all I need to do is delete it from the host machine and restore it from backup.
Agreed. There's always something more important to be addressed now, and climate change has always been a later problem. Until now.
As David Ho posted a few months back, hyperbolic discounting is a normal cognitive bias that influences almost everyone.
As David Ho posted a few months back, hyperbolic discounting is a normal cognitive bias that influences almost everyone.
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Agreed. There's always something more important to be addressed now, and climate change has always been a later problem. Until now.
As David Ho posted a few months back, hyperbolic discounting is a normal cognitive bias that influences almost everyone.
As David Ho posted a few months back, hyperbolic discounting is a normal cognitive bias that influences almost everyone.