Officially spring

Morning soundtrack

Trillium report for Monday, February 23. I'd guess full blossom in 2-3 days?

I finally took an avalanche awareness course last month, so all of the recent avalanche tragedies hit hard

Warday rules. Like ID:YD says, a whole lotta folks miss the mark when trying to combine punk with synths, but not this guy

Trillium report for Monday, February 16. Last year's first blossom happened on the 20th, not sure we'll hit that this week.

Perfect day out at Kendall Peak Lakes

The video is even better than I expected

apparently Anna Logue did a reissue of this way back in 2009 and I totally missed the boat, but it looks like they are doing a new pressing later this year. insanely good UK synthpop from the early 80s that somehow sat unreleased for decades.

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A few snaps from Townsend today

3 years old today and probably the best thing I've ever done. thanks to everyone for listening

If you have read or even heard about the classic text "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder, you should read this piece he just published *today* about what is likely to happen THIS WEEK in Ohio. An American Nazi ethnic cleanse. We cannot let this happen.

We were just wondering about this very subject!

Spanish/French folk music inspired by textiles? yes, please

This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

I'm retired from organizing gigs, but someone else in the PNW should make this happen

watched this last night and it is incredibly entertaining; highly recommended even if you have zero interest in birds, but it's a must-see if you do

🧊❌ Here's how you take off work on January 23rd! No matter what your employment situation is, we're here to help you organize your workplace and participate in the strike. All links here: buff.ly/rnvJcLx

Another bluebird day, another mountain

Obligatory Panorama Point pano

I'm excited for new Robyn, but honestly I'm way more excited for new Tove Styrke

1st musical purchase of 2026 - "II: Lonesome Bridge" by Silver Rein, an absolutely lovely album of ethereal/classical darkwave in the style of Projekt Records. many thanks to @salexanderreed.bsky.social for the h/t

Last full day in the North Cascades for the time being, spent a few hours pushing myself through deep mounds of fresh powder. Definitely type 2 level fun.

Very glad I got a new one just before these came out

great album! I was underwhelmed by the other LP they put out a couple months back, but this one more than makes up for it

A better view than the last time I did Artist Point in winter. Supposedly the clouds were going to break a bit later, but I can only handle getting pelted by icy snow for so long.

reminder to my fellow noise-sensitive dog-havers - it's time to book that 4th of July getaway

I'm not even much of a nin fan (nothing after broken please), but I am a nerd who's susceptible to a cheap gimmick

We had Duckabush completely to ourselves today

Lukewarm take: the ending of "The Room in the Tower" would've been infinitely more effective without the full reveal

Cougar prints intermingled with various hooves and my 40lb dog for reference

I hate Christmas, but maybe this is the year I finally watch "It's a Wonderful Life"?

rewatched the xmas ghost story "Stigma" last night, and wow, what a horrid little film (laudatory)

Cool to see footage from Refused's final shows in Umeå, but tbh, the footage I've seen of Fireside opening rips way harder

music I enjoyed a lot in 2025: THE HIVES - The Hives Forever Forever The Hives MORAX - The Amulet CENTURY - Sign of the Storm WARRINGTON-RUNCORN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Public Works and Utilities / Appendix I TE/DIS - Impending Divulgence

Well that's certainly validating for how crummy yesterday felt

no one will be surprised that being in an industrial band does not pay the bills, but cool to see Peter/Agent Side Grinder featured in DN nonetheless

highly relevant to my interests

Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.

ALERT King County Message – Green River Area Levee Breach and Flooding “GO NOW” This is for residents and businesses east of the Green River in the Orillia area in Tukwila, Renton and Kent. Due to breach in the Desimone Levee, this area is under a GO NOW evacuation notice. kcemergency.com

Who's dumb idea was it for Strava to start inserting AI summaries into activity tracking? I already know what I did, I just want the numbers

Friday night, getting absolutely tanked on latkes

I honestly did not expect this to happen. hooray?

huge thank you to our brave resistance democrats for throwing away all their leverage during the shutdown in exchange for this vote they knew would fail, heckuva job guys!

deleted my music from spotify, something I should've done back when I ditched the service at the beginning of the year. anyhow, distrokid requires you use their online support to make the request but it's fairly painless.

far more goth than any of the actual goth music I've heard in a good long while

My two favorite reads of 2025; Dorothy is monstrously cruel and has no qualms about killing off children whereas a number of The Ghastling stories are quite touching in the end

movies I have seen recently: The Blob (1988), Deathstalker (2025), Frankenstein (2025); I'm not anti-CGI by any means, but Frankenstein is such a bloated cartoon compared to those other films