My cats this morning.

Is that the glowing Loc Nar?

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…

My wife: "Uncle Jesse was conceived in a haunted hotel in Denver." My niece: "What happened?"

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this is a masterpiece

These salt and lime tortilla chips taste exactly like my feelings!

Look at this larkspur that appeared in my yard today. LOOK AT IT

There's a gulf fritillary butterfly chrysalis on the door frame above my front door.

Fried egg poppies: "Romneya coulteri, the Coulter's Matilija poppy, or California tree poppy" Gorgeous things in my own front yard that make me feel undeserving. They smell amazing.

I can't find anyone talking about Sabrina Carpenter's Coachella intro video featuring a cameo from the Loch-nar from the 1981 film Heavy Metal. WHAT.

As a trans engineer who left the space industry in order to feel safe enough to transition: oof.

I know that sponges are breeding grounds for bacteria but I am a sucker for cute things. This one tore and I should throw it away, but it looks like it is so hungry for one last load of dishes.

As far as I can tell, this is the first cat to go into this shelter ever. It was the first one I built, three or so years ago. Alt: A video of a feral Siamese cat named Shacklegänger squeezing into a cat shelter made out of a storage tub.

@michaelianblack.bsky.social ten episodes is not enough.

It was an incredible honor to represent tens of thousands of rapid responders across Minnesota who have spent the last 118 days standing up for our neighbors. Here’s my speech from yesterday at No Kings St. Paul. 1/

Books I read too young - or maybe at the perfect age: The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. I should re-read it and see if it still seems as dreamy as it did when I was in elementary school.

We had only written the pilot of Halt and Catch Fire when we read Soul of the New Machine. That book had a huge impact not only on the content of our show, but the tone. The humanity at the center of the work. The book is still on my desk and will be forever. We owe Tracy a lot.

I am not sure what kind of bee this is on this aster flower in my front yard. It might be a sweat bee of some kind?

What I say: "Hi, mister possum, do you want some pets? Maybe some tummy scrumbles? Tumbo scrumbo? Tumbo scrumbo??? SCRUMBO? What the opossum hears: [ incomprehensible sounds from an alien place, from an tremendous bellowing giant - threats of being ripped from existence and plunged into madness ]

I believe that the female Johnson's Jumping spider in this image is eating the non-native gulf fritillary. This was just in my front yard this afternoon.

The Charles Mullan in this article is almost assuredly my great grandfather, who emigrated to America right about then. It's a strange feeling to see such a clear precipitating event for emigration. Belfast Evening Telegraph • Sat, Jul 6, 1907, Page 6

On my porch there are some caterpillars.

Check me out!!

@captdope.bsky.social Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it come come come comes

Today in front yard news

I'm not saying that this is for sure an ancestor of mine, but I can also supply you with F words on the shortest notice.

Today I am grateful that the intrusive thought was just "What if you poured chicken stock on your cereal instead of oat milk? Are you sure that you have the right carton? ARE YOU SURE?"

I was outside for almost a whole minute and greg needed attention to make up for it.

Fanart? Yeah, I'm a fan of your art.

The past few mornings, bright orange fritillary butterflies playing in my front yard have multiplied. Two, six, twelve. The weather in Oakland has cleared and warmed. Blue skies, syrupy sun, warm breezes. The yard is verdant. Sage, asters, phacelia. Joy feels selfish.

The reason you can’t give a single inch on anything be it trans rights or dignity for unhoused people is that they, democrats and republicans alike, will take it and say thanks what else is in your pockets? They won’t say thanks actually.

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A remarkable historical document from 2008: the NYT on Jeffrey Epstein’s plea and jail sentence. The last paragraph will be interesting to readers of the recent release of his emails. www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/b...

I am too tired to put a stop to this opossum's cat food thievery tonight. Also, the more cat food they eat, the more luxurious their fur, which I do delight in seeing. No! I must resist their cuteness!

Neighborhood cats from the other day.

Look at this beautiful angel kitty who is thinking about taking over our backyard from Shacklegänger.

The feral cat Shacklegänger is welcome to live inside, and there are four dry shelters in the back yard, but he'd rather nap in the bushes and meow at me in the tiniest angriest voice that I am personally responsible for the weather being too rainy and windy.

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

Goldman to Lyons: "You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as 'the Gestapo' or 'secret police' encourages threats against ICE agents. The problem is you have it backwards. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist."

I ordered two gross (288) of "party whistles" from American Carnival Mart for $45.35, including shipping, on January 29th, and they showed up today, February 10th. 15 cents a piece, versus 1.5 cents if one 3d prints them. ( I don't have a 3d printer )

Today's neighborhood cats.

This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Today's neighborhood cats.

Every day I don't run screaming into the forest forever is an act of extreme courage and bravery. The forest never stops calling

The modern day trolley problem is people of good conscience losing sleep over the switch and broken emergency brakes while the CEO says that we have higher priority action items.

One of my coworkers got a promotion to Staff Software Engineer today and thanked me for helping them develop as an engineer. That feels pretty good! I don't always feel the most fulfilled at work, but helping elevate a peer is a real win. I'm gonna give myself a cookie!

Baby shampoo mixed with water recommended as optimal treatment for pepper spray by an ophthalmologist, which speaking as a maker of soap & “personal care products” makes total sense. Milk products not recommended primarily due to risk of infection. Plain water is fine & much better than nothing!