My family has a dinosaur named after us because my dad is a self taught paleontologist and found a new species through local dinosaur tracks. It’s called Tyrannosauripus bachmani.

My goals in life have been whittled down to “I hope I can have a working car again someday”.

AI feels like psychological warfare.

hey @danielbachman.bsky.social you probably know about this (and probably said so when you wrote about your grandmother (?) and Lorton a bit back, forgive my memory) but just in case you don't washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7806...

Depraved

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Humans have become a force of nature! 20K years ago we emerged out of the ice age. Temps climbed gradually over ~12K years… then stabilized for 10K years. That’s when & why modern humans have thrived. But 150 years ago the rate of change abruptly changed… 1/

Just heard the TV say “lethal use of chatbots” 💀

Incredible resource from one of our favorite local folklorists Chuck Perdue. Weevils in the wheat : interviews with Virginia ex-slaves : Perdue, Charles L., 1930-2010

March 3-6, 1865: Federal troops defeated Confederate units in Waynesboro, Virginia, and continued marching east through thick mud. When Union forces arrived in Albemarle County and Charlottesville, Virginia, liberated slaves rejoiced.

"The Electronic Intifada has obtained a complete copy of The Lobby – USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel’s covert influence campaign in the United States."

It’s so American to be like you should return home via your bootstraps

My best friend growing up was the son of the VP of the Evangelical church during the Ted Haggard era IYKYN & I got a little glimpse into how that world really operates. I really feel like it was an early radicalizing moment in understanding the power ways of American Christianity. Super sad & scary.

If the 10 day forecast is correct, we are nearly at the last frost date here, which aside from a stray 30 degree night, is pretty consistent with recent years growing a garden is this part of Madison county. Historically I think it’s something like early May for this area.

I made a bingo card

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Today is Liberation and Freedom Day In Charlottesville! March 3, 1865, is when word of liberation from slavery reached the area. A reminder below that much of what we experience as Cville/UVA culture was built by enslaved individuals & families. www.cvillepedia.org/Liberation_a...

Happy Freedom and Liberation Day! There is a fantastic book about Black history in Albemarle, Freedom Has A Face. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/3533/

Feel like there is a surge in young people getting really into Christianity rn, and not just the super fascist flavors, and it’s kind of unsettling given he whole “Armageddon…Jesus is returning soon” narrative the US dept of war is giving its troops.

Still getting collards from the 2025 garden. These blueish ones are so cool.

You can really see our garlic in the snow.

🚨”You bring that mace I’m gonna mace you!” Chairman Afrika of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party shouts at ICE Agents after ICE caused DANGEROUS car crash in Newark, NJ. “If everybody had a gun, you wouldn’t be out here!” We spoke to Afrika —who called out BOTH parties ⬇️

Snowing pretty good here rn. I went to visit one my favorite trees here, this massive rotted out tulip poplar that overlooks the river valley here and there was snow falling through it’s open canopy.

Alaska has averaged 23.2F below normal statewide for the last 5 days. The Lower 48 has averaged 7.4F above normal during that same period. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Looks like it’s snowing really high up in Shenandoah rn.

For ppl who aren't aware: Old temperate forests are insanely rare nowadays and extremely important ecosystems lost forever once cut. They're not just "old trees" but intricate networks of trees, fungi and all kinds of living creatures. You CANNOT replant this!! Once it's gone it's lost FOREVER!!!

The rate of change of renewables in China is accelerating. Solar has passed wind in generation. Fossil fuel generation is decreasing. Renewables will pass fossil fuels by the early 2030's or sooner. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

Cannot even guess how many times I’ve come back to this track over the years for Sunday afternoon music. The melody at this slow of a pace is especially hard to try and recreate. youtu.be/gxI3t67cspw?...

Experimenting with super dense plantings of peas this year. First planting of the new year!

Wow, pretty neat gadget to hack a AC unit to make a refrigerator for farm/produce called “CoolBot”. youtu.be/WocdCnMjxA0?...

Last night of Black History month, tune into my friend Tyler’s radio show Earth Mixtape, Black Ecologies. wpkn.org WPKN 89.5 Community Radio - WPKN.ORG

Long day in the garden today, pretty much spent the whole day prepping beds and starting seeds. Gourds finally harvested, the dipper gourds did excellent. Going big on cabbages this spring. Ready to plant some plants.

Just tried to tune into the Radio Garden Iran stations and they're all down . . .

I've been waiting for our wire rake to break before putting in an order at the horticultural supply and I'm super excited about getting a heavier duty field hoe. www.amleo.com/leonard-fiel...

😭 we love Bevis

I get so excited about making new work and music sometimes that I will work non stop for days and nights on end and completely burn out, really struggling to take a weekend rn but I need a break. 😂

Good day to start planning your spring garden to help take your mind off how evil the United States of America is.

BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

Israel, immediately after vaporizing a bunch of little girls:

"This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do," said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser. The DoD has created an impossible mess:

Fighting Not Drowning: Behind the Scenes at the ICJ Hearings

reposting as we all begin to plan our spring gardening

Spinach really coming through for us during this late winter garden period.

Experimenting with contact speakers and the Cantareel. This is a guitar sample run through granular synth and out of a contact speaker attached to my guitar.

Photobucket is still emailing me asking if I’d like to view my orphaned photo albums from 2005.

Hannah Edgar is one of the best arts and culture journalists around

this story was covered by lud's local news station, @wusa9.com.web.brid.gy lud's sister and official organizer, @aeriqui.bsky.social, shared updates on video with the news team. source: www.wusa9.com/article/news...

I think this dude I used to party with from NOVA, who at the time was that kind of fancy crust punk dude, is a CIA or other intelligent agency asset now.

Sunrise is supposed to be the best time to catch this where we are in central VA.