gave the kid a new day bag stealing their best stickers

"Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." – Confucius Daily #zen #buddhism #confucius

We did a Sunday afternoon recovery hike on the Cheese Rock loop in the Teanaway community forest. It’s a very pleasant excursion with some nice views. Also: made a friend in the lizard community.

Pride Cake unusually salty this year a coincidence I'm sure

good to see this getting reported on, finally the next question is, of course, who paid for the planning staff who approved it […]

I love finding cool bookmarks. This one was in a 1954 copy of waiting for godot

⚠️ #sw_isac_advisory The following domain will be added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List with a "Silence" (aka "Limit") recommendation on Mon Jun 8, 2026 zirk.us Although there are a number of authentic accounts active, the service is overrun by a known botnet. Reports and repeated […]

these nerds are here for you as your #caturday winds down

Maybe we can measure economic progress by what the youngest generation is accused of doing that explains why they're broke? GenZ: Not working, too much doordash Millennials: Not working, too much avocado GenX: Not working, too much TV Boomers: Not working, too much not enough getting killed in war

The Russian botnet has now created over 2,500 inauthentic accounts on 180 Mastodon servers. These accounts spam propaganda, follow each other to increase federation, connect to Bluesky via the bridge to spread their content there, and create unlimited invite links for their bots to follow […]

some distant Mormon cousin has been busy in the genealogy mines which is how I learned that there's a WPA mural of one of my distant colonialist ancestors in Staten Island great grandpa is the dude with the big hat apparently the Lenape kicked his ass […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]

@sarae The Bikedel test is about transportation alternatives to cars. https://toot.cafe/@isaaclyman/114656178990415480

neighbor cut the hedge so short -- without asking! -- that he can now see into my windows it's not his hedge! I am seriously considering going out there and painting a giant cock and balls on that side of the house

the Bechdel Test is about gender representation in films the Bechtel Test is about civil engineering

Seattle gave Mark Zuckerberg a proper welcome after he pulled up in his mega-yacht the day after Meta cut 1,400 local jobs. One local artist even set up an easel on the dock and painted Zuck’s yacht going up in flames 🔥

if you'd told me when I was 8 that someday I would get to be in bed with 4 CATS I would not have been able to believe that such a good thing could ever happen to me

"I can reach right to the sky. With my paw I can feel that sky." Bear Spirit Power Song, Nehalem Tillamook Storyteller Clara Oskalowis Pearson, 1961—1948. #oregonstatecapitol #dogsofmastodon #bernesemountaindog (a bear from Bern Switzerland)

hey #oregon and #Washington, I feel like we should be able to find this gal https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/05/death-of-mystery-kayaker-with-portland-ties-prompts-canadian-investigators-to-share-new-details-seek-publics-help.html?gift=7c2f5168-a0e3-4ced-a000-4ffaee1ffaee #pnw

#thicktrunktuesday with some big friends in the Upper North Umpqua, where we spent much of Memorial Day weekend

New report from IRENA confirms that "in prime solar and wind regions, hybrid solutions combined with storage deliver round-the-clock power at lower costs than fossil fuels." Renewables+storage = round-the-clock power, cheaper than fossil fuels, in an ever-widening set of geographies. Pretty cool.

we tried this for dinner tonight and it was a great vegan dinner for two with enough leftover for lunch tomorrow I served it over short grain brown rice https://www.oregonlive.com/nytcooking/2026/05/779397405-chile-tofu.html?gift=0db66c24-ce49-4de1-bfac-2a1795826262

you can fix this right up with a sharpie

looking beautiful this morning #bloomscrolling

the great thing about people spamming the hashtag to describe how much they dislike the things described by the hashtag is that it makes them easy to block 🤦 #mastodonhoa

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116624026857651000 What if "better know a district" but for community access television? This!

I watched this on the rowing machine over 3 nights this week and while I wasn't expecting it to explain why Tennessee is so extremely determined to gerrymander Memphis what I took away from this film was, this community was extremely effective at organizing against this pipeline and now the […]

Bipartisan amendment to ban Flock and other ALPRs fails — but there’s support for regulation A writeup of yesterday's House Transportation & Infrastructure writup, including who voted for and against, and quotes from WA's own Rep. Rick Larsen (who disappointingly voted against the ban) We're […]

I watched this on the rowing machine over 3 nights this week and while I wasn't expecting it to explain why Tennessee is so extremely determined to gerrymander Memphis what I took away from this film was, this community was extremely effective at organizing against this pipeline and now the […]

some fascinating dynamics here if you care about things like rural infrastructure funding and state timber policy #oregon […]

RE: https://c.im/@folukeifejola/116606542326702971 If you read @thecontinent 's Museum of Stolen History series last year, this essay below by Professor @folukeifejola (as well as her other writing!) is a must-read for changing patterns of thought around museums and where we go from here. If […]

I'm glad the suit was successful but for cat people I think this highlights the advantages of feeding cooked foods https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2026/05/jury-awards-man-808000-after-his-cat-eats-pet-food-tainted-with-bird-flu-then-dies.html?gift=7a2edb56-7c03-426b-a84e-f2f835a7b48a

Journalists at The Olympian, Tacoma News Tribune, Bellingham Herald, Tri-City Herald and Idaho Statesman voted 93% in favor of a strike against McClatchy, citing low wages, AI investments, article quotas and alleged bad-faith bargaining. Journalists at The Olympian will join four other Pacific […]

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hey #oregon if you're voting tonight it needs to go in the drop box! if you're not voting, get off your ass, my children live here and they deserve a better world 🗳️🌹 find yours at https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/drop-box-locator.aspx

I've been eating fresh caught local salmon the last couple of days there's a reason this is a key component of regional Indigenous faith how can you not believe you are personally and specifically and eternally blessed by the Creator to live in this land after eating this fish

as the weekend draws to a close, Blair and her Northern Shoveler remain ahead of me in the eBird rankings I'm brushing up on my shorebirds and listening to an audiobook about the Buddhist art of letting go (actually quite good, practical stuff) #birding

#Bloomscrolling First one opened!

best bird of the day is shitting on surveillance swallow 😆

Enough already with the token white men in movies! Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry

hey #oregon if you're #voting this weekend, remember to go drop your ballot off -- all USPS mail is now being routed through a sorting center Portland and that may mean your vote doesn't get counted if you put it in the mailbox this late in the game! find your closest drop box with this tool: […]

In 2026, the most difficult part of voting-by-mail is finding a blue or black pen that is not dried out #oregon

"A person who is influenced by the quality of a thing, or who changes his speech or manner according to the appearance or position of the people he meets, is not a man working in the Way." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

This flicker gave us beautiful views of her underfeathers in an extended preening session yesterday. I hope she lives forever. #FlickerFriday #FlyDay 📷🌿🪶

There's a lot of talk about the addictive qualities of social media apps, but why is nobody talking about the effect solar panel monitoring apps have on middle-aged men?

Reading The Subtle Knife, and I was inclined to say the portrayal of scientists was unrealistic, but the part where they've discovered there are interdimensional travelers, that the universe is conscious, and the government is spying on them, and they're STILL talking grant funding is perfect.

I wrote my semi-regular emails to politicians. And I'm writing about it here to maybe inspire a few of you to write another email to your politicians about any of the many things that need fighting right now. It's one of those things that is important in aggregate, so keep doing it, even though […]