Yesterday's shift (volume up 'cause rain)

Oh, yes, I do want an Aptera. But...

Touching grass? The park was quite pleasant yesterday. I was there from open and closed the visitor center myself. Notable animals seen on the ground: Two young turkey-vultures and the local raven. Rarely get to see the former on the ground!

This is the image in my head when I'm riding my motorcycle ^-^

"Drop a movie that traumatized you as a kid" There's a few movies that took me like a million watches to make it through: The Andromeda Strain was one of them. There's gross-out scenes I couldn't watch in say, Indiana Jones, but this one... This movie terrified me.

If only clean air wasn't political, guys. But as someone who's life has been made 'political' by those same sorts, I know the best revenge is living! This is the perfect car for the US, given our wide open spaces and average <2 per car. I'm all in on this being my next one. youtu.be/XrTXRSdr0Jg

Aww man, close. Also, I think there's a line on the left of my screen now @-@ What's My JND? 0.0049 Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

Trying to earn a little more cash in this horrid economy; Doordash: - Requires insurance that does not exist (but does not check) - Sends your ID and face to Persona who recently had a data breach and shares it with Palantir - App is written in code a decade out of date and in compatibility mode.

Observation: Even a super greens salad, with garlic stuffed olives, and pickled red onions, beet, and hot peppers and dressed with blue cheese is not enough to eat when you're having a sugar crash x-x

Five authors I’ve read at least five books by of course: Asimov (Foundation, but also The Collapsing Universe; all before I graduating HS) Jack L Chalker (Well World, found in college) George RR Martin (Wild Cards) Elizabeth Moon Becky Chambers (current fav) This list could be *alot* longer

Good advice for getting over any mistake; breathe, slow down, recreate a safe pattern by practice. Everything is practice! Even day to day things. As someone who has trouble shifting and maintaining patterns, mindfulness is all I got. youtu.be/yGlFjrrMkjY @canyonchasers.com

Hehe, she does tend to try to do too many things at once!

Free pony sketches? Ooo...

Thank you for stepping up for our rights.

When I was three, my father was shot and killed by an officer. Since 1985, this has been a violation of our civil rights. We should stand for Good, and us all. Call out sick. Don't go shopping. It's not so big an ask to defend our civil rights, is it?

Brain, the dreams... I don't want to experience a home invasion while I'm alone (but also its a creepy lawyer in the dark), or play out that episode of M*A*S*H where they're stuck on a bus (but with floating alien rocks as the Buddhist temple) or og Star Trek (but Commander Pike ia an umbrella)...

Fog closes in... ...And so do my allergies. x-x

I was backup for the visitors center today, so I spent most of the day on the trail between rain showers.

Oh wow! I wonder what this went for originally?

"Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are." My dad had a collection that included Kurt Vonnegut, but not much... but when I got access to the school library in second grade But this is the first serious scifi I rerereread

@profanity.accountant This seems silly, will probably delete.

she looks familiar!

Oh, I forgot to repost this! I chose to play a centaur 'cause I love centaurs and the gm said 'well, expect to have weirder outcome than being a centaur!' 💚

Lost my camera last night. Don't know when it came off the bike; it was dark and I was running across the county in the dark. We drove back and forth and saw no sign of it. Maybe someone will find it and trace the video back home... All I have now is mountings and 4 terabytes of memories. ;-;

Neighbor cut down the tree between my bedroom and his accessory dwelling's front stoop. What an asshole. This tree was between hide driveway and my bedroom, he did it without notice.

PLEASE VOTE ON NOV 4TH! CA: Yes on Prop 50 (Districting) NYC: Yes for Zohran Mamdani for Mayor NJ: Yes for Mikie Sherrill for Governor VA: Yes for Abigail Spanberger for Governor PA: Yes for State Supreme Court Justices Dougherty, Donohue & Wecht ME: No on Question 1 & Yes on Question 2 (Red Flag)

Do you notice replies are disabled as are quote posts? Well, that's because this guys is suggesting something illegal. Not only is the shortfall magnitudes more than the DNC coffers, it would be illegal to redirect donations to charity. Please do actual things. www.rockthevote.org/online/

Please don't trash things which can be recycled. It's easier for a donation place to deal with weird things like fiber and electronics recycling because they end up with piles of it. My local for-profit thrift does fiber and electronics. Call yours and ask around! Most Goodwills have a list.

Still up at Mom's; she's doing well. But got some light novels to pass the time. This one is much lighter than I expected; the TV was oh so good. Whereas this is *written* in such a peculiar way. If I hadn't liked the character from the TV show so much, I'd have given it a miss; but it's right.

Oh, wow! Hey, neighbors, if you can, please drop our Governor a note to push these over the finish line. I know there's alot of politics out there, but letters (even emails) do work. It's something small we can do to shore up against that bad out there. bsky.app/profile/sbqs...

Even if it's gibberish, it's always useful to include what you did hear in the question of asking for more information. As someone who has trouble being understood, it lets me repeat it in a way that may focus on the correct bits to help the conversation.

Age Verification: We had a party line and only mechanical pulse switches when I learned how to use a phone.

Update on my mom: She's good, at home, back to normal. My sister is here and we're going to rebuild some habits for her hopefully to reduce the impact of these injuries so mom can be independent again. Learning new skills and patterns is tough in your 70s, or any age.

Santa Cruz, CA Content Warning This morning I was awoken to a call, my mom had a stroke. So tonight I'm driving to her. I had to run errands, this is stressful. But on my way, I see someone else's mom isn't going home. This is the country we live in.

I can not take a picture of this grand adventure of making flatbread on a skillet in the forest under whispering pines. I just can't, there's not enough hands. Even if I used a tripod, how would I get the exact moment?

I know, I know, but I really want this future: Ultra-efficient.

So I can have light without using the 'boob' lamp, we put up LED strands in a decorative pattern... but for some reason, as the strands die, which arms stop being lit varies. It's usually at least the one of the right, but sometimes it's joined by two more failing to light. Randomly.

Find something to enjoy in the world. Don't look for enemies where there aren't any. There's enough bad in the world without making more. Today I got to hand out jr rangers badges to almost a dozen kids!

FURRYMUCK USERS: The memorial service for Tugrik on FurryMuck will be this coming Friday (August 8, 2025) at 9 pm CST (10 EST, 8 MST, 7 PST). Instructions for how to attend are on the Park bulletin board. Please pass the word to all who may be interested.

Violet's ready for TV in bed! She's really hard to photo.

Ahh, sometimes it's nice to take the backroad home.

Find something you like doing yourself, that makes you happy, and others will gravitate towards that happiness.

Ooo, looks so good. ...Now how are we going to buy one in this economy...

Mmm, 8-bit flowing into something happy hardcore into a far more deeper vaporspace moving so quickly. My mom would not approve. ❤️ youtu.be/jYPjEXqJO_w

"What’s a poster you had in your room growing up?"

Dinner and a flick for a Friday night!

It's me! In the orange. Confused how the image can see my front and back at the same time; must be on the edge of the lens. It's extra good to get out and do something good and constructive for everyone (and get a good dose of the forest) in these times of troubles.

Back when it was brand new, I saw computers in a shop and fell in love. I lived in a very rural fishing town in Oregon, so we didn't have computers, my parents sent me to a summer camp and I got to learn DOS and BASIC on a brand new PCjr. Our class got an Apple Color the next year.

#Hermonfire Additional units mustered from SLV stations; avoid Mt Hermon Road for the time being.

Finder Carla Speed McNeil