#Earthquake #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Claude may be good at writing software, but its terrible at drawing pictures. Here's Claude's drawing of King Kong climbing the Taipei 101 building. #AI

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

40th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster. "The US & other countries have sought to [minimize] the potential for a [similar] accident.... [but] the safety benefits of LWRs... were [over-sold] — [as] illustrated by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi triple LWR meltdown..." blog.ucs.org/edwin-lyman/...

How it started. How it's going. #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

The Danjiang Bridge will open in May. Today for the first time, pedestrians can walk the bridge. Big thrill to see its completion. #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Scenes from #Taiwan

Zero pollution. Exercise. High density transporting. Easier parking.

Leave for #Taiwan tomorrow night. Probably the last trip by air for a while.

The Cairo Hotel is a pet friendly establishment, including Sushi, Brownie and Helen The Cat as previous guests. Brownie's owner sent us a picture. Brownie's a mom now with three adorable #puppies. 🥰

A gang of mallards descended upon the Cairo Hotel pool. The maintenance crew refused to get involved, citing animal cruelty laws and reminding me that they had personal injury lawyers on speed dial.

#neoliberalism open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...

His lawyer said the case against his client didn't have a leg to stand on because his client was unarmed. #joke apnews.com/article/quad...

Two six minute exposures. One at Encinitas, California. One at Lee's Ferry, Arizona. #Astrophotography

I was disappointed in the #SeeStar telescope on a camping trip. It discarded +50% of stacked data. Firmware update tonight made a huge improvement. 0% discarded images tonight looking at M 81. New leveling hardware arrives today. #Astrophotography

Camping near Mormon Lake next to a cattle paddock in the pines. #Arizona

Camping at Lee's Ferry. #Arizona

Good night for observing. #astrophotography

Scenes from around #Arizona

Threading some stuff about oil & oil markets, just basic but hope it helps: 1/ oil markets are what you call “finely balanced”. Supply is usually very very close to demand/consumption. Demand is hard to shift *quickly* in response to supply hiccups. So even small supply changes = big price effects

Even if the war on Iran ended today, the effects on the world's energy supplies will last for many months. This will speed the adoption of decentralized renewable energy and decarbonizing energy. oilprice.com/Energy/Natur...

Bill Williams River maps.app.goo.gl/Zpbhb7UFj3Y4... #AZ #aerial

Little news coverage on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz where 20 million barrels of oil transit every day. If the war with Iran will go on for four weeks, as Trump says, the world economic disruption will be huge. It's all part of the plan. Destroy world economy. Buy the remains with 0% loans.

Another step towards AI replacing CEOs, as employees test presentations against an AI-CEO. The dimwitted CEO loves it, not realizing it is the first step towards his replacement. #AI #TechoCommunism futurism.com/artificial-i...

Been traveling through Quartzsite for years. Never visited the Hi Jolly cemetery. #Arizona history.

Cleaning the original art work proudly displayed at the 1941 Cairo Hotel.

Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop for me. #AZWX

Good morning #moon

Sleep is just your own personal time machine into the future. #wisdom

So many unanswered questions. Why was the airspace around El Paso suddenly closed for 10 days and then lifted a few hours later? Dry run for something that got out of hand. #incompetence #FAA www.axios.com/2026/02/11/f...

Time to tenderize your ears. #AI

Geodes are like people. We may seem bland and uninteresting on the outside, but are beautiful and interesting on the inside. #geode #rock

Traveled to Tucson yesterday. Brought the telescope and amazed at its performance in darker skies. Little noise in the image. Envious. #astrophotography

Good morning 🌖 #moon

Good news at the #WaPo www.cnn.com/2026/02/07/m...

Good morning. #moon

Citrus trees last about 50 years. Mine have largely died off. The new trees bared fruit this year. #citrus #oranges