Jack Turek
Public Historian & Baseball Fan
recent posts
- Presidential Visits to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
- Analyzing the Sentiments of Declarations of Independence
- 2024 Is Still As Dangerous as Ever in San Antonio for Pedestrians & Cyclists
- So Far, 2024 Has Been Worse for Pedestrians & Cyclists in San Antonio
- Mapping Educational Gag Orders
Hi, I’m Jack! Welcome to my site. I’m a public historian interested broadly in cities, labor struggles, and baseball history.
Category: Post
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I was recently in Europe and brought my camera along. Here’s some of what I shot…
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I recently purchased the book “Copenhagenize” by Mikael Colville-Anderson. I’m only about 30 pages into it but I was immediately struck by the really cool urban photography that’s featured in the book. So, naturally, I went to OfferUp and decided to find a relatively cheap starter camera. I found a Nikon D3300 with 2 lenses,…
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Austin may be the most peculiar large city in Texas. One one hand, it’s the capitol of Texas, where Republicans have dominated state politics for the better part of 3 decades and have legislated some very conservative laws. On the other, more colorful hand, Austin is a city offering tons of live music, a hoppin’…
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After taking a look at ozone levels in San Antonio, it’s time to look at the other nasty pollutant that lives in our air — Sulfur Dioxide (SO2). I’m sure this will surprise nobody, but the largest source of SO2 in our atmosphere comes from…burning fossil fuels! Smaller vehicles like your typical passenger car or van aren’t…
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This is definitely going to be much different from previous posts. Instead of looking at the statistical insights of my favorite baseball players, I’ll instead be taking a look at some of the air quality data gathered by San Antonio’s SmartCity sensors. The sensors are placed at three different parts of the city — Downtown, the Medical…