Listener comments!

🤖 ♥ 5:57pm
: Mark! Techtonturists! 🤖 ♥ 6:00pm
chresti: Hi Mark and techtonicians! 6:00pm
joe_rosevear: Hi, Mark and Techie People! 6:01pm
spodiodi: Greetings, Mark Hurst and everyone! 🤖 ♥ 6:01pm
Bas NL: Hi ii hhii Mmmark! Hi all! 🤖 ♥ 6:02pm
Mxter Baba: ah, this is great—that book just caught my eye the other day, interested in learning more. ♥ 6:02pm
PaulRobeson1924: Morningggg 🤖 ♥ 6:02pm
Webhamster Henry: Hi Friends! You know what's great? There are zillions of comments on the WFMU chat board and none of them get harvested to target ads to you or train AI. Pledge to the Hellraiser! 🤖 ♥ 6:03pm
Deano de los Muertos: Howdy Mark 👾📡 🛰️ 🤖 ♥ 6:03pm
joe mulligan: exciting guest, I love it when nature reclaims itself over human constructs ♥ 6:03pm
Adi From Sheffield: Good evening. 🤖 ♥ 6:04pm
joe mulligan: btw lets repurpose all those malls from the 70s and 80s 🤖 ♥ 6:04pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Mark and data minors. 🤖 ♥ 6:06pm
herb.nyc: hey, that's a beautiful looking cover, for A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS 🤖 ♥ 6:06pm
mackeral: hey folks!   6:07pm
morphe': "Pioneering river restoration declared a success delivering incredible benefits for nature and people within 12 months of completion
4 days ago Duncan Sandes..."

https://news.exeter.ac.uk/centre-for-resilience-in-environment-water-and-waste/pioneering-river-restoration-declared-a-success-delivering-incredible-benefits-for-nature-and-people-within-12-months-of-completion/

♥ 6:08pm
melinda: hi friends ♥ 6:08pm
PaulRobeson1924:

↳ joe mulligan @6:03

www.wfmu.org...

Rust and mold. seasonal change you can tell by the rain

♥ 6:08pm
Mark Hurst: Hi ultra, chresti, joe_r, spodiodi, Bas, MxterBaba, PaulR, webham, Deano, joe, Adi, KfHP, herb, mackeral, morphe', melinda - welcome all! 🤖 ♥ 6:11pm
joe mulligan:

↳ PaulRobeson1924 @6:08

what's that? a water damaged MMT album damaged in a basement NJ river flood? 🤖 ♥ 6:11pm
herb.nyc: aside, but kinda related, i saw a one man play on saturday, at the Pubic (haha) Theater nyc. it was brilliant. info -

At the end of 2019, in the English countryside, Australian playwright David Finnigan began writing a play about the six turning points that have brought us to this moment in time—our ecosystems transformed, our planet on the brink of unthinkable climate disaster. But then Finnigan's hometown of Canberra was hit by bushfires. As an area the size of England burned and one billion animals perished, he started to receive texts from loved ones racing to evacuate amid the devastation. In a performance that interweaves 75,000 years of humanity with the incredibly personal account of his best friend’s escape, Finnigan calls on scientific research, phone footage, and a very personal story to illuminate the transforming planet and how we’ve arrived here.  An extraordinary ride through human history, DEEP HISTORY is shot through with humor and glowing with hope.

🤖 ♥ 6:11pm
Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Mark Hurst and all!!!   6:11pm
morphe': Former Empty Lots .. !!!!

Former empty lots ...
Green Oasis Community Garden NYC is hosting a FMU meet-up in Nov...

Come One ... Come All !!!
Saturday, Nov 9, 2-5pm

Green Oasis Community Garden
370 East 8 Street
[Ave C/D]
Sat Nov 9 = 2-5pm

Fire [not BBQ]
BYO: Beer/Wine/Spliffs/Pot-Luck
children A-ok
dogs on leads

Carry in Carry out rubbish

Big bag will be there for cans and bottles
a box for paper/cartons..

but bring own wee rubbish bags for small rubbish ..

Carry in Carry out rubbish...

Come One ... Come All !!!

♥ 6:12pm
PaulRobeson1924:

↳ joe mulligan @6:11

Man’s creation ♥ 6:12pm
Mark Hurst: Hi WtSG   6:14pm
morphe':

↳ morphe' @6:11

http://greenoasisnyc.org 🤖 ♥ 6:15pm
herb.nyc:

↳ morphe' @6:11

hey, sounds cool. maybe it can also be a SWAP. bring a book(s), tee(s), cd(s)... and take something   6:17pm
Listener Robert: I give up...what does Dolly Parton have to do with Elon Musk? Something happen I missed?   6:17pm
morphe':

↳ herb.nyc @6:15

Yes Herb .. anything but sales .
Exchange is a great idea !!!   6:19pm
morphe':

↳ Listener Robert @6:17

Sounds like a joke set up ..

What do Elon Musk
and
Dolly Parton
have in common

=

nothing ...
Dolly has a soul....

6:20pm
joe_rosevear: We have canyons in San Diego. Sometimes people try to dump things in the canyons. About a month ago, on a walk in our neighborhood, I stumbled upon some guys unloading something from a pickup truck.

On my return trip home I found a central air conditioning unit on the sidewalk. Apparently the guys I saw a few minutes earlier unloaded it onto the sidewalk, because they couldn't fit it through the break in the fence which lead to a canyon.

  6:20pm
Dan from Delco: This is a great topic.

Re: filling every square inch, residents around my town recently defeated an effort to build a shopping center on one of few remaining green spaces.

  6:21pm
Elvin: I remember reading about the abandoned golf courses near Myrtle Beach SC and how they bounced back despite years of pesticides. 🤖 ♥ 6:22pm
Mxter Baba: This sounds like the book I didn’t know I was looking for! Just put it on my reading queue.   6:22pm
GC in Bmore: Baltimore!! C’mon people-/we have a bunch of no person’s land, parks built along watersheds, a nice central river valley currently despoiled by the freeway but still full of flora and fauna.. the housing is still affordable here. Tons of nature here even in the super urban zones. ♥ 6:23pm
melinda:

↳ Mxter Baba @6:22

I know what you mean! 🤖 ♥ 6:25pm
joe mulligan: TIL what is urbex:
www.adobe.com... 🤖 ♥ 6:25pm
ultradamno: Seagull sizes up cat media1.tenor.com... ♥ 6:25pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Hello Mark and everyone. Loving the topic tonight.   6:27pm
Elvin: In North Jersey you can go kayaking on the Passaic River or in the Meadowlands and see nature in areas that were industrialized, polluted and abandoned. Captain Bill from Hackensack Riverkeeper leads interesting tours. 🤖 ♥ 6:27pm
herb.nyc:

↳ morphe' @6:14

maybe sunday, nov 10, at the nearby la plaza cultural, will have a Pumpkin Smash. sponsored by LES Ecology Center, where i work / volunteer 🤖 ♥ 6:29pm
Will thee SG OCNY: I'm working at home on a swingset/ playground.... As a surveyor I typically trespass on the regular. I'm diggin this story. ♥ 6:30pm
PNX: I think I saw Chris's house featured on a TV show. ♥ 6:30pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:25

Hi Peter, thanks   6:30pm
morphe': NYC Wandering :

if ya go to the Jamaica Bay WildLife Sanctuary ... ya can register for free and get an OFFICIAL "Urban Ranger" ID [no photo..] .. is useful if ya do "Unofficial" wanderings around NYC and the cops show up .. Ya pull out the card [have real ID too] and say "I am an Urban Ranger" and doing Bird Counting ... Ya need a genuine ID too .. and no illegal drugs...

🤖 ♥ 6:30pm
herb.nyc: elon bought land in texas? wnyc was telling us of fine print in instagram / x AGREEMENT. that if ya sue, "case will be adjudicated in texas", and there's a texas judge who has financial interest w elon. lovely ♥ 6:31pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ herb.nyc @6:30

Twitter / X, but yes 6:31pm
Malcontent: Great topic tonight, Mark!

A corollary to Chris' book is "The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification" by Julian Montague

www.amazon.com...

🤖 ♥ 6:32pm
chresti: en.wikipedia.org...

A park in south la that was a big storage lot (something like that)

🤖 ♥ 6:32pm
herb.nyc:

↳ Mark Hurst @6:31

oops, thx for correktion 6:33pm
joe_rosevear:

↳ Malcontent @6:31

That's hilarious. I sometimes push stray shopping carts back to the neighborhood Smart & Final.   6:34pm
ledzeppelinsucks: TX buys jobs from CA enterprises with free real estate and discounted taxes. These are drop kicked jobs in expiring programs that used to go to Mexico and Philippines. TX rigs the numbers and claims the jobs are created by Texans. They are call center, project or manufacturing, not innovation. They are vulnerable jobs to the economy.   6:35pm
morphe':

↳ joe_rosevear @6:33

"Idiotarod NYC XXI: January 27, 2024
Idiotarod NYC is an annual event that puts a satirical, creative spin on that totally-unrelated annual event in Alaska. Idiotarod NYC features costume-clad teams and their elaborately-themed shopping carts in a "race" through NYC that emphasizes showmanship over speed.

Also, bribery.

For more info, go to http://bit.ly/idiotgroup. To race, email [email protected] & we will provide you with a registration form...

http://www.idiotarodnyc.com

🤖 ♥ 6:36pm
ultradamno: I hear he's still talking about self-driving "robo taxis" with no wheel or human oversight, because the self driving tech has been working out so well so far....   6:39pm
morphe': Great photos: Idiotarod NYC

https://www.bkmag.com/2023/01/29/20th-annual-idiotarod/

🤖 ♥ 6:42pm
Ken From Hyde Park: I'd like to see a study that compares carbon dioxide absorption/emission when comparing wild areas vs. developed areas. ♥ 6:42pm
melinda: Didn't know that about Fresh Kills, I recall seeing a photo or photo essay about it in one of the mags I subscribed to many years ago. 🤖 ♥ 6:43pm
Bas NL: Just this week a municipal action started in my street to make pockets of plants and to add trees. Any would be welcome as at present there is just some grass growing on the pavement..   6:43pm
Dan from Delco: @Elvin pbs had a show on the Passaic River kayaking, it was fascinating   6:44pm
morphe':

↳ Song: "Interview with Christopher Brown"

He reminds me of Adam Purple ... not just his good ideas/intelligence, but his voice and tone and his deep soul ..

for later .. Doc about LES Gardens*** and Adam Purple ..

*** Green Oasis is the FMU Meet up 9 Nov ...[see above]

Dirt Doc = no adverts..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCTKxmUQKYE

  6:45pm
Elvin: I went swimming in the Rhine this summer while in Basel Switzerland What a hoot! ♥ 6:45pm
San Pedro Girl: Hi Mark and Techtonic friends.
What an interesting guest. I love this show. 6:47pm
joe_rosevear:

↳ morphe' @6:35

That's great. I like the name and the humor! ♥ 6:48pm
PaulRobeson1924: Dr.Kevorkian   6:48pm
morphe':

↳ Song: "Interview with Christopher Brown"

He just encapsulated the NYC Gov't schemes ... Adam Purple was evicted to build housing for "The Deaf Community" the latest eviction of the Elizabeth Sculpture Garden is for Elderly living ...
they choose the Zero Sum Battle ... "You do not want housing for the deaf community???" "Ya do not want housing for the elderly???' 6:53pm
spodiodi: heckreaiser! olo⭐️ ♥ 6:53pm
zachary: Is Mark Hurst saying we've reached the point of no return to living with nature?   6:54pm
morphe': Thanks Mark and all !!! ♥ 6:55pm
PaulRobeson1924: Hell YeaH! WFMu worth ten bucks to pledge to Techtonic! 🤖 ♥ 6:55pm
Webhamster Henry: Ahh the Techtonic Network! See if there's room on WGXC or Radio Kingston (WKNY) ♥ 6:55pm
zachary:

↳ Bas NL @6:43

Nature bandaids.

Like this?

billemory.com...

♥ 6:56pm
Troy: Thanks Mark!   6:56pm
GC in Bmore: YES KALW in San Francisco! I’ll contact them! ♥ 6:56pm
zachary: Thanks, Mark. 🤖 ♥ 6:56pm
mackeral: thanks Mark ♥ 6:56pm
PaulRobeson1924: To keep WFMU StRONG & to support Freedom of expression! ♥ 6:56pm
StringOFperils: Thanks!   6:56pm
Bea: Syndication!! Hope we can spread techtonic around the world!! 🤖 ♥ 6:56pm
chresti: Thanks Mark! 🤖 ♥ 6:56pm
Bas NL: Thanks Mark! Thanks Christopher! 🤖 ♥ 6:56pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Toss Tesla!
Thanks, Mark & Christopher. 6:57pm
joe_rosevear: Thanks Mark, and Techies.

Wow, syndication.

See ya, bye!

♥ 6:58pm
bleubombersune: Mark great interview all stay safe and be well beware of Wolfsbane 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Mark Hurst and Christopher Brown!!!
Interesting show 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "I Won't Google That" by "Hurst & Ottsc"

So good! 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Will thee SG OCNY: Good luck with the syndication ♥ 6:59pm
Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone! ♥ 6:59pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ Bea @6:56

Thanks, Bea, here's hoping :)