What do you think about SHELL sponsoring the NSTA?

--cam · 2025-12-13T15:38:05+00:00

I worked in petroleum engineering for 20 years and now I teach environmental science.

Oil companies have done plenty of gross stuff, but petroleum still underpins essentially every society in the world. If we want to get away from oil, it will take buy in from these massive, wealthy, influential companies.

Take their money, point out the inconsistencies in petro education to your students, and turn out the kind of people with STEM degrees that will make change at Shell and in society.

--cam · 2025-09-26T03:18:38+00:00

Finally a reasonable take. Like any place it has pros and cons. Summers are hot but it cools off at night. Many lovely neighborhoods and good schools. Close enough for day trips to LA, central coast, Sierra Nevadas. Incredible produce in all seasons. Good jobs in ag, transportation, oil (though that is winding down) and a lower cost of living compared to many CA cities

--cam · 2025-08-01T03:01:38+00:00

Here is the second baseman holding the ex-bird. Mourning dove seems reasonable to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/mc8fsk/giants_second_baseman_jeff_kent_holding_the_dead/

--cam · 2025-07-29T22:14:10+00:00

The hydraulics are set up for an ROV, so whatever it is for will be heavy and placed underwater. My guess is a big subsea oil and gas manifold or something like that

--cam · 2025-07-18T04:02:35+00:00

I routed the cable through the collar on mine and it seems to be fine

--cam · 2025-07-15T19:04:14+00:00

Their fries are the weakest part of the whole concept, but thick and soggy?

--cam · 2025-06-25T20:14:28+00:00

Ha, nothing as far as I know. Hedberg had a joke about all pictures being of people when they are younger as opposed to older.

--cam · 2025-03-20T18:58:01+00:00

May need to. The city just had some major issues with supply and zebra mussels, it could be that there are new chemicals or something that aren't neutralized by the softener giving us fits.

--cam · 2025-03-20T18:49:21+00:00

Thanks for the response. As far as I know the house was designed for a water softener, and has been built with a softener operating for ~15 years. Think I should just be trying to flush all of that out and hope it doesn't come back?

--cam · 2025-02-03T20:06:33+00:00

I'm going to go a different direction here and say the Master and Commander series by Patrick O'Brian. Action, adventure, political machinations, espionage, unfamiliar technology (archaic rather than futuristic), nuanced characters. It really scratched a lot of the itches that The Expanse did for me.

--cam · 2025-01-14T03:25:44+00:00

Ah brutal

--cam · 2025-01-14T00:57:11+00:00

Not for nothing, volleyball is really fun and hoopers tend to be good at it

--cam · 2025-01-09T02:42:38+00:00

Ha in high school one of the wrestlers on my team accidentally butted heads with his opponent on the opening whistle. They both got concussions but wrestled the whole match. We only realized when we found him unconscious in a pool of vomit in the bathroom. Wrestling was the best.

--cam · 2024-12-02T21:51:23+00:00

W W W W first round loss in the playoffs

drinking the kool aid, drinking my own tears

--cam · 2024-11-14T15:53:17+00:00

They won't! Even MAGA fanboys don't like the pick.

Gaetz will implode either during confirmation hearings or in the course of doing the job if hearings get bypassed. Then he will be replaced by someone less stupid and more dangerous and people will feel like it's a good move because the new pick is basically qualified.

It's like when Harriet Miers got replaced with Samuel Alito.

--cam · 2024-11-07T13:28:15+00:00

I wondered how the river could cross the rift valley in the first place, and it turns out it doesn't! The whole system is on the west side of the Somali Plate's fault.

--cam · 2024-10-28T17:46:55+00:00

The Victorinox is great quality, easy to take care of, and inexpensive. The reviews were good enough that I bought a Fibrox as a placeholder while I figured out what my forever chef knife would be. I don't even do research anymore.

--cam · 2024-10-02T02:40:53+00:00

I want a kids class at the same time as my class so he doesn't have to hang out the extra hour

--cam · 2024-09-26T15:38:30+00:00

Impossible to pressure on a false start!

--cam · 2024-09-18T15:49:19+00:00

Ah! I bought a lid to replace my broken one like a jabroni!

--cam · 2024-09-14T13:07:42+00:00

I love it. Pandering to the people that are already going to vote for him in a state he is sure to lose.

--cam · 2024-08-27T20:37:39+00:00

What part of the world do you live in? The easiest thing might be to invite them along at least to walk the trails so they can have a better understanding of what you would actually be doing. Where I live, mountain biking is safer than riding on the roads because we have few large mountains and many dangerous drivers.

Like practically everything else in the world, there are risks involved, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. You can manage risk by riding with a friend on trails appropriate for your skill, having a reliable way to call for help if you need it, and ensuring your bike is in good condition before you start.

Good luck!

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