Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables —at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere —if governments have the courage to change the rules. For […]

Watching the snow totals for next Tuesday jump from 6-7-8(!!)-6-5 inches thought out the day today. Such a cliffhanger! Also-what? WHAT? IAM NOT READY! ❄️🌨️

Youngest asked if their friend could come for Thanksgiving with us a while ago and I forgot (of course). They reminded me yesterday. “Sure! But don’t they want to be with their family?” “Well, they are trying to get her engaged to a guy who’s younger than her and they’ve invited him…” “Say no […]

Just concluded a 90 min text exchange with my brother who I haven’t talked to for three years. It was nice. We both were able to write things the other needed to hear and I’m glad I reached out. Family can be hard.

My illustration agent, Heart, made a lovely book to celebrate their 30th birthday. I illustrated the year 2012 with a little comic about the Curiosity Rover. See more here: www.heartagency.com/news/what-happened-hearts-30th-anniversary

We have 2 cats. Fish is very food motivated and will eat everything available until he throws up, so his food is given in measured aliquots. Mouse is not that fussed about food and prefers to graze when hungry. To solve the obvious problems with this, we made […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Oh maybe I should figure out what we are cooking soon.

I hadn't realized that "Pieces of April" was such a DIY labor of love! So many endearing details here. Time for a rewatch! (thanks, @gothamist.com!)

We went to a party last night of old friends. It was lovely. The kids stayed home and finished the pies, and put them in my office to cool in a cat free zone. There is a non-zero chance I will have forgotten this by the time I get dressed and go downstairs, open my door, and step inside.

A few years ago, desperate to find space for a passionflower vine I’d got on sale in spring and wanted to overwinter, made a plant stand from a metal shelving unit and some grow lights and put it in the bathroom. Two more passionflowers later, you can do your […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Thinking about marzipan and Yule logs we have made. May be time to make one again this year.

So the friend who stopped over for a chat this morning is the same one holding the party tomorrow. I told her my T Shirt With Acceptable Conversation Topics idea and she approved, but said, “You mean you don’t want to talk about <waves hands> all of this? Fall of democracy, etc.?” “Not unless […]

ADHD is inviting a dear friend over for a chat, forgetting you’ve done that, having them show up with donuts knowing you’ll have 40+ kinds of tea to offer.

Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons. * Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years * Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years * Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years * Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]

Why are there moths on my window in late November?

Given that the words "information integrity" were followed by, effectively, science denial in the #COP30 text, that is not a win but rather a co-opting of the language folks are trying to use to fight climate disinfo. drilled.ghost.io/there-can-be...

I’m just borrowing These bones From the stars. Come then, fire, To claim them Back. #poetry

We were getting a small food delivery yesterday evening, I went to the door to pick it up, it felt very heavy so immediately realised we'd been given the wrong order, delivery guy obviously didn't know what to do. While we're talking, one of the cats runs outside. We're desperate to get her back […]

Deep in the Sumatran jungle today we found the extraordinary flowers of Rhizanthes pushing their fangs through the forest floor. A sap-sucking, leafless parasite, this is one of the world's weirdest plants.

*Televisions and phones are for poor people.

There are things that shouldn't be in private control, and water is one of them. In East Maui, Hawaiʻi, a decision is pending on whether to grant a 30-year water license to a private Canadian company whose predecessors have a long history of devastating the local ecosystem or give control to […]

Texas Episcopal diocese says one of its priests has been detained by ICE https://religionnews.com/2025/11/02/episcopal-priest-detained-by-ice-in-texas/

I’ve been testing a theory: many people who are high on #ai and #LLMs are just new to automation and don’t realize you can automate processes with simple programming, if/then conditions, and API calls with zero AI involved. So far it’s been working! Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]

"Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly & live quietly in a society designed to prevent all four."

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

I think that many of us are starved for participation in small-scale systems in which we interact with other humans, and are treated like humans in return

It's the 15 minutes of the day we have sunlight up here, so here's my reindeer buddies in the backyard. #reindeer #laplandd

@heidilifeldman Looks like Schumer will vote no. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-no-on-shutdown-deal-00644135

"Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to fall for the same old trick once again."

This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this. https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/

COP30’s $365 Billion Question: How Do You Measure Adaptation? #Climate

Friends, It would be remiss of me if I didn't bring to your attention this ridiculously cool rap video featuring NYC mayor Mamdani and his grandma (made back when he was known as 'Mr Cardamon') https://youtu.be/iQVsVNPkPmE?si=3ACnzInxyG-T_Zy2 suspect [@bruces might enjoy this]

From a friend here, if you're wondering why what the GOP is really saying: "no food stamps until you agree to no insurance" "Yesterday we got a letter in the mail saying that our insurance in 2026 is going from $226/month to $2984/month. Let that sink in. More than our rent." #politics

Blood test developed that can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy. Links to long Covid found. Epigenetic connection confirmed (it's how the test works). https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251102205021.htm HT @bamboy #mecfs #longcovid #chronicillness

As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵

🚨 BABY ALERT 🚨 #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #puppy

"We are not, and we must not become, a nation that imprisons and deports people because we are afraid of what they have to tell us."

Bees in the garden this AM. #insects #bees #gardening