Maker, Thinker, Father, Gardener. I like to get back to basics, in both ideas and making things from scratch.
Missouri, USA
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Only a tiny fraction of the world’s mosquito species prey on humans. All of these are invasive across essentially their entire range, having tagged along with humans as we moved around the world. Multiple careful studies say that eliminating these species would have little or no impact on the environment. However, it would save at least a million human lives a year, and get rid of a constant source of discomfort that prevents people from safely spending as much time outside as they would prefer. Malaria is only one of dozens of diseases, many potentially fatal, spread by mosquitoes. Gene drives can safely and relatively inexpensively eliminate these parasitic insects; we can create male mosquitoes that can only have male offspring and which then crash the population. It’s well past time that we did it.
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I make 3d printed spinning wheels. Files are free on Thingiverse. Available for sale on Etsy.
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I did a thing. This is an illustrated audiobook chapter from Tales of the Longbow, by GK Chesterton.
The voice is mine. The images are AI.
I hope you enjoy.
youtu.be/7kD-A_U5wyk
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My son drew this picture of something that made him happy this week.
It's a picture of our family cooking over a campfire, which is a frequent favorite of ours.
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Utterly brilliant video on the cost of censorship to critical thinking (especially creative thinking that examines the parameters of an assignment) youtu.be/laPVR5nKMaE?si=xAxI…
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I made a really cool charcoal-fueled forge out of wood. youtu.be/bm5NcxnerFg
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Have you tried eating Dulse? (dried purple seaweed)
I heard in a book that it tastes like bacon.
It is delicious, even though it does not actually taste like bacon.
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Guess who I met on the train? @ALScyborg can control a computer with his brain. We were able to converse in real time as he typed answers to my questions and cracked jokes. I was geeking out all day afterwards. Thanks for the conversation!
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Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project youtu.be/xbBdIG--b58?si=JTpC… via @YouTube
This is absolutely amazing.
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Nerdiness is Contagious! (Open Sauce 2024) youtu.be/NiuUlIpE9wQ?si=vDhT… via @YouTube
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We actually made a video about that exact thing. youtu.be/3z5qFT12sGY?si=QgBu…
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Why Go to College? Education as a Monastic Vow: youtu.be/v7Q0WVoat5I?a via @YouTube
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/v7Q0WVoat5I?a Monastic Vow
Throwing in the Hobbit Shed (Introduction to the Potter's Wheel): youtu.be/qFoL2uvi3TM?a via @YouTube
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/VjmGBSY_9Fg?a Fluffing Cotton, A Disappearing Handicraft In China
The Problem with Pure Democracy: youtu.be/qjB5nD1BeRg?a via @YouTube
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/qjB5nD1BeRg?a The Problem with Democracy
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/sP-K0fvEGqE?a Spinning Wheel Naration2
DIY Japanese Box Bellows (from a sewer pipe): youtu.be/V46vw1MJfz8?a via @YouTube
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/hv4Ii-ba3Fg?a A point about nunchucks: Lindybeige Tribute
Hunting Bog Ore with Cody's Lab: Part 3: youtu.be/ehp-gDhknmI?a via @YouTube
Hunting Bog Ore with Cody'sLab!: youtu.be/K_v3J6LG9Ao?a via @YouTube
Making Tortillas from Concrete?: youtu.be/9doTWzuJZ_k?a via @YouTube
Small is Beautiful and the Value of Work: youtu.be/HdJmzVpEuU4?a via @YouTube
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/HdJmzVpEuU4?a Small is Beautiful and the Value of Work
But Is It Iron? Post-Smelt Primitive Forging: youtu.be/-8kUbi1tme0?a via @YouTube
Testing the Primitive Forge: youtu.be/IiM5hAlbRt8?a via @YouTube
Am I Dishonoring My Ancestors??: youtu.be/DaCRstXzbrg?a via @YouTube
How the Iroqouis Planted Corn: youtu.be/PettbzKF96Q?a via @YouTube
All Analogies are Invalid: youtu.be/HfWOV-O_xdE?a via @YouTube
This Grows Where? Paw Paw Fruit: youtu.be/TwTg2Y2_k8w?a via @YouTube
Stone Axe: Will it Chop?: youtu.be/pN4XZhllT98?a via @YouTube
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I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/FJyg8Y3M5t0?a DIY Viking Wool Combs
Why Math isn't Everything: Kurt Gödel and the Incompleteness Theorems: youtu.be/TdeKw0jbTdc?a via @YouTube
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/YoJConmypp0?a Value Theory and a Giant Stone Sphere
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/pGAd0gVIZLQ?a Imagine the Past, Remember the Future
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/3n-gTH1Hd9s?a Ideas that Self-Destruct when You Think Them Through. (Logical
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/X9T-cBv0S-o?a Virtual Reality: Into The Matrix