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What the hell is “Grammar Geezers”?

"\"TweetShareShareA YouTube series to share the writing and grammar wisdom of John...

February 2, 2021 toddneff #GrammarGeezers, Grammar tips, John Rubadeau, University of Michigan, Writing tips 1009

Some background on my new book, “A Beard Cut Short”

"\"TweetShareShareQuick summary: a blog post led to a...

December 23, 2020 toddneff #MeToo, A Beard Cut Short 1470

Trump’s a bad choice for this beach dweller

"TweetShareShareI\u2019ve learned to ignore Trump 2020 signage and those who display them. It\u2019ll drive you crazy otherwise. More than 40 percent of the country will vote for a dangerous incompetent for reasons that make twisted sense (for the...

October 21, 2020 toddneff climate change, Sanibel Island, sea level rise, Trump 1060

Covid-19 in CO and FL: A tale of the tape

"\"TweetShareShareI was reticent to travel to Florida from my adoptive home state of Colorado. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\\u2019s laissez-faire lassitude toward the pandemic \\u2013 to Floridians\\u2019 great detriment \\u2013 a has been all too...

October 18, 2020 toddneff coronavirus, covid-19 1375

Lidar (and me) on the Curiosityness podcast

"\"TweetShareShareTravis DeRose of the excellent Curiosityness podcast — an eclectic and fascinating smorgasbord with episodes spanning the visual effects of Star Wars, how to get started mountain biking, the Presidential Pet Museum, the...

September 15, 2020 toddneff #curiosityness, #iphone12, #lidarhistory, lidar 744

Lidar to hit mainstream in pockets (not on cars)

"\"TweetShareShareWhat will having a laser mapper in your pocket...

August 25, 2020 toddneff #iphone12, #lidarhistory, lidar 1253

An ash and the emerald ash borer

"\"TweetShareShareI began to look at our ash tree not as trash, but as something that\\u2019s dead but doesn\\u2019t quite know it...

June 30, 2020 toddneff #ashmageddon, #beasmartash, #coloradotrees, #emeraldashborer, #kentuckycoffeetree 1574

Earthview Media’s statement on racism

"\"TweetShareShareIt all boils down to vitamin...

June 11, 2020 toddneff #BlackLivesMatter, #GeorgeFloyd, #racism, #vitaminD 999

Don’t wear a mask. This is about freedom.

"\"TweetShareShareSure, I\\u2019ll wear a mask: when you put it on my too-warm, pneumonic body as you wheel me from the inpatient tower to the ICU for proning and...

May 26, 2020 toddneff #Covid-19, coronavirus, Masks 1751

Coronavirus in the air: what we know; what can help

"TweetShareShareJust because it doesn\u2019t look dirty doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s clean. That\u2019s always been true, of course. But the coronavirus pandemic is reinforcing this lesson in unspeakably tragic ways. A gleaming doorknob could well ...

April 14, 2020 toddneff #Covid-19, #SARS-CoV-2, bioaerosol, coronavirus, viral transmission 1095

Coronavirus is exponential math in human lungs

"\"TweetShareShareI have not rented space in a former Minuteman missile silo, nor have I stockpiled a cubic kilometer of toilet paper or a reservoir\\u2019s worth of PET water bottles. But Covid-19 is extremely serious, and it\\u2019s serious...

March 10, 2020 toddneff #AlBartlett, #Covid-19, #exponential function, #LizSpecht, coronavirus 1143

A chaperoning hellscape, courtesy of American Airlines

"\"TweetShareShareA buddy and I \\u2013 two dads on either side of 50 \\u2013 chaperoned a group of twenty 14- and 15-year-old girls from here in Denver to a soccer tournament in Phoenix (the Desert Classic) last weekend. I write this as a public...

February 12, 2020 toddneff American Airlines, Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club, group travel mistake 1108
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1 Jul

I think the Big 10 and the SEC should merge into a megasuperconference called "Conference."

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Supreme Court Ruling Allows Public School Teachers To Lead Students In Crusades https://www.theonion.com/supreme-court-ruling-allows-public-school-teachers-to-l-1849119443?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_twitter

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Indoor Cat Wouldn’t Last A Day In The High-Octane World Of Street Racing https://www.theonion.com/indoor-cat-wouldn-t-last-a-day-in-the-high-octane-world-1849015695?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_twitter

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