which version of the [3]DS is the bestest? I kinda wanna revisit some DS games.

GOOD NEWS: Right whale births have exceeded 20 for the first time in 15 years! That brings the 2025–2026 calving season total to 21 calves.

I miss being smart

Fall Landscape https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/fall-landscape

what's the cringiest email provider now? I want to switch to an AOL email address or something even more perplexing dated.

Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish. . 🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...

I'm not going to articulate this well. But before the internet you could not readily see video of people dying. The few videos that were out there it was considered really perverse to watch them. Now they show up automatically in your social media feed.

Late Afternoon, Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Texas https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/late-afternoon-alamo-heights-san-antonio-texas-1922

It's my birthday day, I'm 43! Feel free to say nice things to me. :)

In another timeline (or at least pre-parenthood) I would be pulling every string I could to buy the Palace Theater in Marfa to turn into a house and art space. I hope it finds a cool owner! www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Damn, even Sesame Street is scoring off me

I love that Jet’s innovative 8 corner pizza is just two pizzas.

Nerd Nite 178: A Fermentation Opera January brings another fun and fascinating nite of nerdery! Thurs, Nov 20, 7:30pm in-person at Barrel O' Fun & live-streaming on twitch.tv/nerdniteaustin "Opera for the Curious" by Adam Hagerman "The Art and Science of Edible Fermentation" by Dr. Sarah Coleman

Late Afternoon, Valley of the Leon https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/late-afternoon-valley-of-the-leon

Gen Z dads, stop playing with your kids at the playground. Get off the monkey bars. Don’t go down the slide. Go sit on a bench and smoke.

Blue buttons jellies float at the oceans surface, like little animal flowers, living between sea and sky. There are millions of them out there right now, and most will live their whole lives without even being seen by a human. Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.

When the breath rite strip lands on your schnoz just right.

It is 2032, I provide a drop of blood to activate my last Imperium Credit. I am told I may ask Meta God Mind one, and only one, question. "oh mighty AGI answer this, how do I use the microwave without having to stop the timer"

There is a new autistic barbie out, but no one is talking about her mother, undiagnosed computer engineer barbie about to get the surprise of her life when she starts to argue with the evaluator that these are all normal childhood behaviours that she had when she was the same age.

Rio Grande! youtu.be/_faV8Y8tw0Y?...

I took a nap after watching a lot of Iron Chef and dreamt that I was a big block of tofu sizzling in soy sauce. Truly one of the strangest dreams I've ever had.

Anyone else watching culinary class wars or blank menu for you? I now have strong opinions about Korean ingredients I've never tastes.

How many photos of this bird can sate our curiosity? Two can.

anyone in northish Austin want to be my tennis buddy?

I won three trees from Native Plant Rescue! This inspired me to plant those plus two pine trees, and four black walnut trees. Not all of them will make it. Soon birds will thank me and in a century someone might be mad at me for planting some of the largest tree species in North America.

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

I have absolutely no use case for it BUT I am having that periodic desire I get to setup a linux machine.

Hey Bob! @pumpkinempanada.bsky.social ive been meaning to ask, would it be ok if me and @nieto.bsky.social print a few more of your nerd nite whale shirt? not for sale or anything. I lost mine long ago and miss wearing it!

I know it’s a dumb idea but I am considering building my own financial planning platform again (with the help of technical professionals). The software I license is very good but not owning my platform bugs me a lot!

Peach Orchard on Mavericks Farm https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/peach-orchard-on-mavericks-farm-1915

shoutout to people working a shift who went to bed at a reasonable time last night.

“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!

A paris texas platter at kerbey still slaps. French toast, migas covered in queso. Dammmmmn.

stuck at home potty training got you like

62.5% through no-daycare holiday break. somehow in the last couple days she learned the phrase "I want iiiiiit" and no one is taking credit/blame.

Double check to make sure you are spelling people's name correctly before hitting send. I am not perfect about it but I do check. Sincerely, Louis

I am drastically reducing my caffeine intake during the holidays. What is even in this stuff? Actually, I don't think I want to know.

Happy Septober to those who celebrate!

I'm going to get you so many lizards!

Calling all 6502/NES programmers! We recently preserved and shared a source code snapshot of the lost Police Academy game! Which is great, except it's in a pretty bad state. I'm hoping there's enough to "revert" back to its trade show demo. Any interest in helping? www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pgm4m...

wow....

Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.

imagine a perfect world where vib ribbon is on vectrex

bioaccumulating caffeine so that I am unappealing to any predators

Squid in sunshine

I tried a local bakery that I really wanted to like but it was pretty bad. Do I email the owner and share some thoughts or do I stand back and let bakery darwinism take its course?

I am elated to see restoration of Lake Texcoco happening against all odds! If covid hadn't happened there is a tiny, but not zero, chance I would have been working on this project.

Amazing pictorial about the rewilding of Lake Texcoco, from decades of draining for a planned airport to the restoration of extensive migratory bird habitat:

Mountain Laurel in Bloom https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/mountain-laurel-in-bloom

This industry is such a thresher but sometimes its music touches my heart in ways nothing else can.