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thedavejohnson.bsky.social
Australian-American mineral exploration geophysicist, living in Saint-Vaast, Belgium and Alpine, Utah, USA. Likes: hiking, fly fishing, camping, ham radio, shooting, nature, art, travel, history Dislikes: MAGA, Utah politics
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Funny: Just now, I'm on my HF radio, having a keyboard-to-keyboard chat over VarAC with a dentist in Italy. Suddenly, he types, "Have to go. A patient has arrived." So he's sitting in his surgery, screwing around with his radio while waiting for patients on a Saturday morning. #hamradio #dentist

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

US has a dangerous dependency on imported rare earth elements (REE). DoD awarded more than $439M to establish domestic REE supply chains since 2020. But one of the projects, awarded a combined $288M in MCEIP funding, is mired in water permitting issues. Lack of sympathy for bureaucrats has a cause.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Y'all are pissed about Trump sacking Federal employees. I'm pissed too. But this move is very popular. Many people hate US bureaucrats. I'll give you just one example: USFS closures of forest roads that have been used for generations by working people in UT. It's OUR forest! Change the culture.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

We spend our weekends exploring Belgium and surrounding countries. The ruins of the Abbey of Villers-de-Ville (constructed from 1197 CE and finally abandoned during the French Revolution) are spectacular. In its prime, this place would have been magnificent.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Question for people familiar with #Morocco #train travel: The #ONCF website is garbage. I cannot book my ticket there. Should I just wait until I get to #Marrakech to buy a ticket at the train station? Trying to get to #Tangier. Worried that the first class tickets could sell out.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

SOTA (ham radio) activation of Mt Raymond, Utah in June last year. Not long before we moved to Belgium. We're heading back to Utah at the end of June this year for a while, and I'm looking forward to climbing more mountains with my radio. #SOTA #Summitsontheair #hamradio #hiking

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Mediterranean bowl v1.1 #healthyeating #food #Mediterranean

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Trying to eat better. Homemade Mediterranean bowl. Falafel, hummus, grilled zucchini and capsicum, olives, feta, pickled red onion, tzatziki sauce, cherry tomatoes.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Encrypted radio comms for activists, SHTF, etc I'm seeing posts about getting ham radio licenses as a means of combating the fascist regime taking over the US. Can I suggest an alternative? Meshtastic requires no license, and encrypted comms are legal, unlike on ham bands. No barrier to entry.

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments