The world is terrible but this bird is rad. Christmas Island Frigatebird, photographed in Jakarta harbor.

male fragility needs to be studied in a LAB

I have thought deeply about what I am going to write and am so in the character's headspace and so ready to write it, and have little notes and scene fragments as anchors, that it is painful not to write because *it is time*. Plus very close to final in terms of prose. Some sequencing might change.

GO DUCKS!!!!!

Oh man, about 35,000 words in two days. My brain's exhausted, but I think it's turning out pretty great.

black and white ethereal mix

Around Portland tonight. A strange day that started with writing almost 20k in a fugue state of sorts, only to come out into the terrible and real world again. Portland is a sanctuary city subjected to unlawful attack, not a warzone.

I hide all gifs and meme related replies on my posts, just so you know. I want to prioritize actual responsiveness and deemphasize what amounts to spam. It's also okay not to comment sometimes.

any gmail purportedly from me with "novelist" or "author" in the email address is a scam and should be reported

Around Portland tonight. A strange day that started with writing almost 20k in a fugue state of sorts, only to come out into the terrible and real world again. Portland is a sanctuary city subjected to unlawful attack, not a warzone.

sure looked like pass interference on miami, but whatever gets this day over faster i guess

Vigil/press conference featuring six city councilors ends with an “abolish ICE” chant and the Portland crows circling overhead.

gotchu

if you want to throw a few bucks to an organization that is doing really great work against ICE here in Portland, this is a Willett family rec pircoregon.org

this certainly contradicts the statement put out by the feds, as in it is completely and utterly different

your third moment of calm

your second moment of calm

your moment of calm

The world feels rough right now So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery. 🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta

Border Patrol has shot two people in Oregon close to Portland. The shooting occurred near East Burnside and 141st Avenue. The two who were shot allegedly drove to this location for further help and are now en route or at hospital. Their condition is unknown.

jesus

Let some rescue dogs brighten your morning. Gift link. wapo.st/4qxBvKi

I can't stop thinking about these brave rabbits.

2nd time with this book. Got a lot more out of it this time - helps that I have read Borne and The Strange Bird. Experimental narrative, inner voices veering toward insanity, heartbreaking devotion, terrifying creations and creators, and enduring love. Thank you, @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social

Perfect shot 🥰

This is the proper framing.

Rabbit Trap is a wonderfully strange and beautiful movie that feels like it got little attention. Ignore the low Rotten Tomatoes score and watch it.

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good at the site of her murder

Please don't respond to my novel excerpts with stupid gifs and asinine comments. Save that for my other posts, if you must. Work in progress is uncertain and I don't need that in my head.

it's evil, just evil. all of it.

Arrest the shooter. Immediately.

Washington friends: Do you want your state to spend $2 billion building a dam on the Chehalis that won't even generate electricity when there are cheaper solutions that won't drown an important salmon-bearing river? Learn more: wildsalmoncenter.org/projects/che...

“I am penguin" #birds

three pudu species not two pudus. who woulda thunk it. i was always taught two pudus good, three pudus extravagant. But our education back then was more expansive in including pudus at all.

Many are saying he is The Chosen One

Just another couple weeks until the deadline. Keep the photos coming! Got this one today from Ruby, standing in front of Warrior Rock Lighthouse, right outside Portland.

SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos? www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...

Well, back on my old bullshit: writing a novel. Should be done sometime this month.

available corner of se 37th and grant, image in mirror immutable

I just read the entire Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer including #4 Absolution; I'd read them before but never boom boom boom one after the other like that. My head may fall off, but I loved it. @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social

Hallways MTL

Coyote Creek Solar Project in Sacramento County has been canceled. This was very poor site selection, w the company claiming it was bare ground, when, according to locals, it was largely great habitat with lots of trees and environmentally important. Some solar projects are stupid, believe it or not

As someone who once (rightly) castigated an author for writing scenes in a dry well without ever going into a dry well... i now feel an urgent need to crawl around in underground crevices with the ceiling just a foot from my face.

The Major had appeared in the space btwn horizon and a blinding light to take control, sent by the horizontalists at Central. By then, there was already the legend of the sublimination of his eye by Area X, and how he’d contained it. Which meant sometimes he was his own sunset staring out at them.

winter's arrived

around portland today

Running out of time! Still got until Jan 21, though! Keep submissions coming!!!

I understand ecotourism, but it's time for a massive reduction in the number of whale watching tours in the Salish Sea and US coming in line with tougher Canadian regulations. Can you imagjne a whale having to encounter the noise and bother of seven or more boats in a day?