Scott Akenhead
@scottakenhead.bsky.social
Canadian! Ecologist. Analyst. Pro-civilization.
Temple: Pacific Biological Station
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1218-3118
https://www.zotero.org/scottakenhead
Temple: Pacific Biological Station
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1218-3118
https://www.zotero.org/scottakenhead
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Guess which island this one is.
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Guess which island this one is.
Worth the read. Thanks.
We need to respond, somehow, to the growth of white-supremacist paramilitary groups throughout western democracies.
We need to respond, somehow, to the growth of white-supremacist paramilitary groups throughout western democracies.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Worth the read. Thanks.
We need to respond, somehow, to the growth of white-supremacist paramilitary groups throughout western democracies.
We need to respond, somehow, to the growth of white-supremacist paramilitary groups throughout western democracies.
Quality is worth paying for.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Quality is worth paying for.
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Frankly, Stalin beat Hitler; Russia took Berlin.
At a cost of ~8.7 million military deaths and 19 million civilian deaths.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_W...
At a cost of ~8.7 million military deaths and 19 million civilian deaths.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_W...
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Frankly, Stalin beat Hitler; Russia took Berlin.
At a cost of ~8.7 million military deaths and 19 million civilian deaths.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_W...
At a cost of ~8.7 million military deaths and 19 million civilian deaths.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_W...
Whoa! Just imagine how big the bill from Temu must be!
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Whoa! Just imagine how big the bill from Temu must be!
Raids by ICE on Home Depot 🇺🇸 stores to arrest people who congregate there for construction and home maintenance work.
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Raids by ICE on Home Depot 🇺🇸 stores to arrest people who congregate there for construction and home maintenance work.
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
Just in case you were thinking,
“To hell with it. Let’s move.”
OK, maybe a temperate rainforest island in the Pacific Ocean?
This is Tofino.
In Canada.
Not too bad. Not too bad at all. Pretty good, actually.
“To hell with it. Let’s move.”
OK, maybe a temperate rainforest island in the Pacific Ocean?
This is Tofino.
In Canada.
Not too bad. Not too bad at all. Pretty good, actually.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just in case you were thinking,
“To hell with it. Let’s move.”
OK, maybe a temperate rainforest island in the Pacific Ocean?
This is Tofino.
In Canada.
Not too bad. Not too bad at all. Pretty good, actually.
“To hell with it. Let’s move.”
OK, maybe a temperate rainforest island in the Pacific Ocean?
This is Tofino.
In Canada.
Not too bad. Not too bad at all. Pretty good, actually.
“… democratic systems can indeed help expose and reduce corruption. And there is also a causal impact running the other way: corruption can weaken democratic institutions, for instance by lowering voter turnout.”
ourworldindata.org/data-insights
ourworldindata.org/data-insights
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“… democratic systems can indeed help expose and reduce corruption. And there is also a causal impact running the other way: corruption can weaken democratic institutions, for instance by lowering voter turnout.”
ourworldindata.org/data-insights
ourworldindata.org/data-insights
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Global warming in North Pacific.
The Y axis is standard deviations (SD), related to chance of being observed given historical temperatures.
2 SD: 2.3 times in 100 years
3 SD: 1.3 in 1,000 years
4 SD: 3.2 in 100,000 years
5 SD: 2.9 in 10,000,000 years
6 SD: 1 in 1,000,000,000 years
Now is new.
The Y axis is standard deviations (SD), related to chance of being observed given historical temperatures.
2 SD: 2.3 times in 100 years
3 SD: 1.3 in 1,000 years
4 SD: 3.2 in 100,000 years
5 SD: 2.9 in 10,000,000 years
6 SD: 1 in 1,000,000,000 years
Now is new.
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Global warming in North Pacific.
The Y axis is standard deviations (SD), related to chance of being observed given historical temperatures.
2 SD: 2.3 times in 100 years
3 SD: 1.3 in 1,000 years
4 SD: 3.2 in 100,000 years
5 SD: 2.9 in 10,000,000 years
6 SD: 1 in 1,000,000,000 years
Now is new.
The Y axis is standard deviations (SD), related to chance of being observed given historical temperatures.
2 SD: 2.3 times in 100 years
3 SD: 1.3 in 1,000 years
4 SD: 3.2 in 100,000 years
5 SD: 2.9 in 10,000,000 years
6 SD: 1 in 1,000,000,000 years
Now is new.
While inadvertently kindling a proletariat revolution?
Americans might not take kindly to discovering they are peasants.
1776 was tidy compared to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_o...
Americans might not take kindly to discovering they are peasants.
1776 was tidy compared to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_o...
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
While inadvertently kindling a proletariat revolution?
Americans might not take kindly to discovering they are peasants.
1776 was tidy compared to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_o...
Americans might not take kindly to discovering they are peasants.
1776 was tidy compared to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_o...
Uh oh. “The Blob” returns?
Ocean heat wave in the North Pacific.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The last one, 2014-2017, was devastating.
Global warming is about massive energy accumulating in Earth’s ocean.
Ocean heat wave in the North Pacific.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The last one, 2014-2017, was devastating.
Global warming is about massive energy accumulating in Earth’s ocean.
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Uh oh. “The Blob” returns?
Ocean heat wave in the North Pacific.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The last one, 2014-2017, was devastating.
Global warming is about massive energy accumulating in Earth’s ocean.
Ocean heat wave in the North Pacific.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The last one, 2014-2017, was devastating.
Global warming is about massive energy accumulating in Earth’s ocean.
What jobs is AI currently replacing, at tens of thousands per month?
Entry-level and “white-collar roles seen as vulnerable to AI-driven automation, rather than those on shop or factory floors.”
But in a few years… ?
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
Entry-level and “white-collar roles seen as vulnerable to AI-driven automation, rather than those on shop or factory floors.”
But in a few years… ?
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What jobs is AI currently replacing, at tens of thousands per month?
Entry-level and “white-collar roles seen as vulnerable to AI-driven automation, rather than those on shop or factory floors.”
But in a few years… ?
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
Entry-level and “white-collar roles seen as vulnerable to AI-driven automation, rather than those on shop or factory floors.”
But in a few years… ?
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“sheer volume makes that impossible”?
here you go.
here you go.
October 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“sheer volume makes that impossible”?
here you go.
here you go.
Now listen, maple trees.
We’ve talked about so-called “Autumn leaves” haven’t we?
I’m very disappointed that you are dropping leaves. Very.
Attitude and choices, right? I expected better.
If this sort of thing continues… well, we will need to have a very frank discussion.
Be better maples.
OK?
OK.
We’ve talked about so-called “Autumn leaves” haven’t we?
I’m very disappointed that you are dropping leaves. Very.
Attitude and choices, right? I expected better.
If this sort of thing continues… well, we will need to have a very frank discussion.
Be better maples.
OK?
OK.
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Now listen, maple trees.
We’ve talked about so-called “Autumn leaves” haven’t we?
I’m very disappointed that you are dropping leaves. Very.
Attitude and choices, right? I expected better.
If this sort of thing continues… well, we will need to have a very frank discussion.
Be better maples.
OK?
OK.
We’ve talked about so-called “Autumn leaves” haven’t we?
I’m very disappointed that you are dropping leaves. Very.
Attitude and choices, right? I expected better.
If this sort of thing continues… well, we will need to have a very frank discussion.
Be better maples.
OK?
OK.
who need snakes for hair when you have a face like that?
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
who need snakes for hair when you have a face like that?
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SO disappointed. 😿
TEMU doesn’t seem to sell Trump’s Oval Office gold stick-ons, or any “Epstein Ballroom furniture.”
Maybe I’m not searching right.
Lil’ help?
… Oh, of course, “tacky.” That will help.
TEMU doesn’t seem to sell Trump’s Oval Office gold stick-ons, or any “Epstein Ballroom furniture.”
Maybe I’m not searching right.
Lil’ help?
… Oh, of course, “tacky.” That will help.
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
SO disappointed. 😿
TEMU doesn’t seem to sell Trump’s Oval Office gold stick-ons, or any “Epstein Ballroom furniture.”
Maybe I’m not searching right.
Lil’ help?
… Oh, of course, “tacky.” That will help.
TEMU doesn’t seem to sell Trump’s Oval Office gold stick-ons, or any “Epstein Ballroom furniture.”
Maybe I’m not searching right.
Lil’ help?
… Oh, of course, “tacky.” That will help.
Africa is bigger than you were shown in school.
“the world’s longest misinformation and disinformation campaign” - the result of Gerardus Mercator’s 1569 map.
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
“the world’s longest misinformation and disinformation campaign” - the result of Gerardus Mercator’s 1569 map.
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
October 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Africa is bigger than you were shown in school.
“the world’s longest misinformation and disinformation campaign” - the result of Gerardus Mercator’s 1569 map.
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
“the world’s longest misinformation and disinformation campaign” - the result of Gerardus Mercator’s 1569 map.
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
Found this artefact from a lost civilization. Apparently they were quite advanced before whatever happened to them.
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Found this artefact from a lost civilization. Apparently they were quite advanced before whatever happened to them.