My kid made this meme which I enjoy immensely. #noaiplease

Happy Samhain to those who celebrate the #WheelOfTheYear I took this picture in a cave I found while hiking in Joshua Tree last week. Winter feels cozy and encircling to me, like this spot in the tumbled rocks.

#Inktober October is almost over. One last panel from my graphic novel in progress.

#silentsunday sunrise at Joshua Tree national park

#Inktober A panel from the graphic novel I'm working on

People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility. I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I […]

I'm working on my first graphic novel. This is one of the (almost) finished pages. #graphicnovel #noai #handmade

A praying mantis I met this morning. #insects #entomology

#silentsunday branches

#caturday The jaguar stalks her prey.

I'm working on a graphic novel set in neolithic Spain. This is my first sketch of the village one of the characters is from. #sketchbook

Building the challenges for FLL Robotics. There are some very complex ones this year. Fun. #robotics #fll

I love this study. So much of the media kids engage with only increases their anxiety. This shows that video games and movies can increase feelings of 'life happiness' if carefully chosen. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-zelda-studio-ghibli-happiness-purpose.html

Slightly late for #caturday Koko is pretending to be a pile of books.

Final tomato harvest of the summer.

Nasturtiums are my favorite. #bllomscrolling

Nerd outing today. We hiked the old zoo loop at Griffith Park (abandoned cages and habitats covered with graffiti), then went to Apex Surplus (a warehouse full of obsolete electronic equipment).

I updated the SAMR model to include a place for AI. It is now the OSAMR model. #teachers #edtech

My son made this and asked me to post it.

#silentsunday hike in the Santa Monica mountains.

#caturday sploot

I used to love tech. I guess I still do but every day, it feels like the spying and the data siphoning, the attention economy and the forced adoption of generative AI crap takes a little bit more joy out of it. It gets harder and harder to find good tools. I'm increasingly drawn back to low-tech […]

#silentsunday tree branches

#caturday (photo of Koko by my friends' son)

Happy solstice to those who celebrate. We went down to the beach and watched the sunset on this longest day of the year. #solstice #WheelOfTheYear #pagan

Hey, it's my book birthday! Infinity Blast and the Labyrinth of Time is out today from Reycraft Books. If you know any middle grade readers who like sci-fi and/or books with neurodivergent characters, this is the third and final book in the series. #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent […]

Went to the Jeffrey Gibson exhibit at the Broad a couple of days ago. An amazing artist! The beadwork blew my mind. A few of the pieces incorporate native beadwork from unknown artists. I loved this one in particular. Well worth the visit if you are in L.A. #beads

New study on the effects of LLM use (in this case on essay writing): https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 Quote: "LLM users also struggled to accurately quote their own work. While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs. Over four months, LLM users […]

#silentsunday thistle

#caturday toe beans.

Hey, Mastodon? My #queer #enby #ASD #adhd kid @thewoodbinewitch is an INCREDIBLY talented drama/theater/Shakespeare nerd. (When I bought out all the Kenneth Branagh Shakespeares on VHS from a folding video shop, I had no idea I was creating a monster.) They've been part of Oregon's "original […]

Now, more than ever, writing clearly with a distinct voice is going to be such a skill. One of the most important things you can learn to do.

Food is growing in the greenhouse my 5th grade students built. We've got bell peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, and rosemary. They were pretty excited to taste everything. #gardening

Jailbreaking my old kindle. This was a bit alarming but a reboot fixed it. Now happily reading epubs with koreader.

KoKo is using 'paw of stay' to dissuade me from getting up. #caturday

My 12yo is into #retrogaming and has recently become obsessed with Portal. He wanted to make a weighted companion cube PC case so I helped him with the 3D printing and laser cutting. These points of data make a beautiful line. Full blog post on how we made it […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

Really great essay. I admire the writing and the way the message is developed: https://www.hgreer.com/PlayingInTheCreek/

We drove out to the Mojave desert to launch big rockets at Friends of Amateur Rocketry yesterday. We missed the protests but we did dedicate the pink and green one to the downfall of fascism. #modelrocketry #rockets

#carurday Sorry, you can't fold this laundry. I'm using it.

#caturday lap cat

You can hardly find a studio the works of which are so thoughtful, kind, and intentional as Studio Ghibli. To stripmine that for its aesthetics, to take a piece of cardboard and paint it like food and say "See, doesn't this taste just as good?" is more than missing the point, it's barbaric […]

Making tiny things today #dragon #tinydragon #miniatureart #miniature #watercolour

I would have enjoyed a more silent sunday but I had a pretty good #noisysunday launching #modelrockets with the ARC team I coach. They did pretty well this year. Probably not well enough to get to nationals but I'm proud of their progress since last year.

Nitroplasts! This is a really cool/interesting discovery. https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5330385

++ https://poets.org/poem/student-who-used-ai-write-paper

Lazy #caturday

KoKo is minorly disgruntled this morning. #caturday