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Since 2008, this Blog has been a communications priority providing shorts, op-eds, and bramblings that communicate experiences through the life aquatic..

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Security Implications of Unauthorized Software Activators

October 11, 2025

In the realm of software security, unauthorized tools like the kmspico windows 10 activator pose significant risks. While these tools offer enticing shortcuts to software activation, their use can have serious implications not only for individual users but also for businesses. This article delves into the security concerns surrounding such activators and underscores why caution is paramount. It is essential

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Imagine an Aquatic America this 4th of July

July 4, 2025

To my fellow Americans, Happy 4th of July, if it can be. Among the myriad of social, economic, and political turmoil we’re presently blessed with I want to draw particular attention to a new ideological battleground – where environmentalists are saving environmentalists from their attempt to save the environment. Every movement – be it towards independence, social justice issues, religious

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Overpopulation Nation. Do we need a Sea Station?

July 20, 2024

This is a refreshed op-ed from its original publication in 2017; to expand on context related to modern and future subsea habitation as we reflect on the historical significance of the Sealab Program on its 60th anniversary. Call it one of those quirky fateful twists – as I started up my truck this morning [January 6, 2017), the local radio

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one small step for man – 8 years earlier

'A New Life in the Sea' by Michael LombardiI wouldn’t have thought twice about today being any more significant than yesterday, though thanks to Google I was reminded otherwise. Today is an incredibly significant day in fact – marking the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first steps beyond Planet Earth. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin left our atmosphere on April 12, 1961.

Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy
The event has likely been downplayed by US historians given the neck and neck space race during that time, with US educators and media encouraged to do all to keep the US in the ‘lead’ so to speak. But looking back, this small step may have been a bit larger in stride than the US setting foot on the moon in 1969. I’m not here to argue that one way or another, but in considering the implications of what it means to leave one planet to begin with, this guy Yuri could hang with the best of them.

Consider all that goes in to venturing to a new place for the very first time…consider that on a personal level, and then multiply that by the taking on of that venture by a single man on behalf of us all. Wow. Setting out into uncharted time and space comes with calculated risks, but a huge factor of the unknown – and striving to better contemplate that unknown is the fundamental driver in our existence.

Today, I encourage you to celebrate Yuri’s great accomplishment, and consider how much further along we would be today if we sought to collaborate and cooperate, rather than compete, on a global scale and all for the betterment of the human race. There are frontiers out there for the taking, but ‘opposition’ becomes the word to deflate. Think and dream cooperation, and a renewed model to improve our quality of life here on Earth.