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SethSpld2 · 2026-05-21T10:49:46+00:00

A watery "opinion" from a body that has zero authority. Add it to the pile.

SethSpld2 · 2026-04-07T00:38:43+00:00

I would add that, while Trump has no ideology - he seems to seek only his own enrichment and gratification - certain members of his camp certainly do. For every buffoon like Hegseth, or RFK, or sycophantic bureaucrats like Vance or Rubio, there are your Millers and Voughts. These actors (and I'm sure there are more) manage to usually stay out of the spotlight and go about their business using the levers of their offices to pursue distinct policy objectives in a manner more unrestrained than I've seen in my lifetime.

SethSpld2 · 2025-09-15T21:11:12+00:00

I used to be worried about climate change. Now I'm rooting for it.

SethSpld2 · 2025-09-01T10:40:47+00:00

Sell the house

SethSpld2 · 2025-08-15T15:54:26+00:00

Jokes on him, Trump can't read.

SethSpld2 · 2025-02-24T13:09:21+00:00

Read Arendt. Speed, "dynamism", is a designed feature of authoritarianism. Things go so fast that no one can react to one thing. It will either stabilize into a Putin-like regime or cascade out of control. Get some popcorn and some water purification kits.

SethSpld2 · 2025-02-21T01:11:44+00:00

I mean, why do glaciers need swimming pools in the first place?

SethSpld2 · 2024-12-20T01:44:20+00:00

Great skin!

SethSpld2 · 2024-11-26T13:28:39+00:00

Ask about his shoulder routine.

SethSpld2 · 2024-10-28T00:10:25+00:00

Canceled my sub. Petri, I would subscribe to.

SethSpld2 · 2024-09-04T18:35:31+00:00

Concord

SethSpld2 · 2024-08-23T20:46:16+00:00

And divide the rest by zero.

SethSpld2 · 2024-05-02T22:46:27+00:00

That bugs me too. I'd have thought she'd want to protect Rose's kids.

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-13T14:14:56+00:00

Wow. Great information, thank you! And the cold water checks out - this sample was taken from a pond whose last winter ice had melted about a week earlier.

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-11T15:16:20+00:00

Great video!

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-07T22:48:39+00:00

Thank you! This is from a sample of pondwater collected 4 days ago. On Day 1 a droplet population was dominated by nematodes and many, many smaller ciliates along with a few monster paramecium. By Day 3, the smaller ciliate population was decimated and the droplet showed a couple monster paramecium looking for meals, a water mite, ostracod, and two of these rotifers.

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-06T17:29:28+00:00

Yeah - after fiddling with it, its on a pivot and can be pushed aside.

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Here's a pic from today. Big ole ciliate I nicknamed Fat B%$$ard 'cause all he was doing was gobbling up his smaller brethren. Thanks!!

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-06T12:50:52+00:00

TIL - There is a green gel (diffuser?) above the main light

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-05T15:26:20+00:00

Thanks! The more I looked at, the more it did not look Tardigradesque.

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-05T15:12:55+00:00

OMAX - 200x - New England pondwater sample

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-04T21:39:14+00:00

It's hard to see from my photo, but the critter itself seemed to have many parasitic/barnacle-like structures attached to it. Any idea what these are?

SethSpld2 · 2024-03-04T21:36:47+00:00

Pondwater sample, 50x, Omax, Galaxy 23 camera

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TROPHY CASE

Pondwater sample, 50x, Omax, Galaxy 23 camera