bartong.bsky.social
Ocean advocate, pelican wrangler, whale detangler, writer(A Wonderful Bird, the CA Brown Pelican, due 2025), engineer, photographer, videographer, 11,000+ pelican band reads.
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I saw two unwell gulls most likely infected with HPAI yesterday while on a pelican survey. Sadly my county (SMC, CA, USA) isn’t doing anything to mitigate spread from dead birds, unleashed dogs rolling on dead birds on beaches are the big risk for us.
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Beautiful shot of an older male!
I was an on the water (kayak) docent at Elkhorn and Cannery Row for a decade, I know both bodies of water fairly well. The image of the otter with clam was shot at ES on Monday.
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For giggles take an empty water bottle (the cheap throw away plastic ones) on an airplane and seal it tightly at cruising altitude and watch what happens as you descend.
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Because you took a sealed container with a fixed volume of gas into a lower pressure environment, aircraft are pressurized to ~10,000'.
It expands, if the weak point (often seal/nozzle) of the container is below the gas bubble it will leak out until equilibrium. Liquids don't compress, gasses do.
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Thanks , I did a post yesterday and got a bounce back that said something like server unavailable contact administrator, but it vanished quickly. What was that?
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How?
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As a mechanical engineer I don’t see any way to do that without a significant price and weight increase. It would require sealed ball bearings and a sump/pump for the gears. They don’t make that many of them. It’s a portable walking foot, that’s what it does, period. Not for everyone.
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That’s a great machine, but is targeting a different niche, the Sailrite (I don’t have one) is a walking foot machine, the only one that is portable, to the best of my knowledge. It just does one stitch, and is slow, but will sew many layers of heavy material.
My Juki 8700H needs a crane to move.
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They now get so little from the Feds… and besides, they devolved into both sidesism. I get my news from Pacifica.
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I dropped Twitter when musk bought it. I so missed DevinCow. I am thrilled to see/hear that bovine again!
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I did #1 and #2, then WaPo owner overruled editorial board on prez endorsement. I cancelled my subscription that day. I won't be back.
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In Florida, hmm, maybe they were buying kindling.
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A Time of Gifts
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And in the first question it is not clearly stated what is placed in the ear, just "drops". Gum drops? Mic drops? Rain drops?
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I seriously doubt the cohort of people taking that quiz could be classified as average Americans. Sadly, average Americans are the people Jay Leno used to ask questions, Google that.
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I am also seeking alternatives to the NYT , I cancelled my subscription the day after the election.
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Physics hasn't changed in 60 years. It's a good machine for its size and weight. Nothing matches it for heavy work. Yes you have to maintain it, that's the tradeoff of no oil pump and pan.
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It's a tradeoff for portability. I have a Juki8700H, it weighs a ton and has an oil pump and oil pan. The Sailrite machines are great for their weight and size, there's no free lunch.
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And Matt sorry about your uncle. He was unique.
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I once interviewed a guy named Earp for a job and asked "Any relation" A- Great uncle. Apparently he was a dick.🤷🏼♂️
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They be planting the seeds of a new group of terrorists. And fertilizing and watering them.
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My view is no one gets through life without disasters. It is what it is, ya gotta "it's only a flesh wound" it and move on. Only one go
around, make the best of it.
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There's that pesky thing of communicable diseases, and being careful that your partner is not married to someone else.
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wow