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Morro Rock yesterday. Saw seals, otters, pelicans diving.

Some weirdo wrote a thing that I read this morning that still moves me deeply. I can plant the seeds I can plant.

I'm reading an ARC of WICKHILLS by @premeemohamed.com right now and you know what? It's the perfect Venn diagram of Le Carre and Mieville. And it's eligible for the B&N preorder sale. Wickhills by Premee Mohamed, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® share.google/pC0yLO89JqZ3...

Don't support an evil terf by reading bad books for children. Wanna read something new, funny, queer positive, and available in book print AND online for free? sidequested.com/book

Somehow this was just what I needed to see this morning

I just finished this and loved it!

New & Notable: Soulful house music from this British-born Nigerian artist delivers shining anthems for dark times.

This is amazing!

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. “We usually make it in California during wildfire season, since chili is firefighters’ comfort food.” The World Central Kitchen Cookbook

"Selena believed, with every fiber of her being, that a person’s worth was not defined by how hard they worked or how productive they managed to be. She also believed just as strongly that this did not apply to her." ...I am feeling so called out by this book already. (Snake-Eater, T. Kingfisher.)

I got to be part of something like this at a Super Bowl when I was in high school.

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Reduction block print inspired by the California Gull! 🐦🍟✨ This is the very last print for my Printmaking Pals as the club is now coming to an end. #art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking

I went and read a bit more about this today. I hate the look of AI mixed with a password manager that people depend on, especially when you shouldn't have to be technical to use it and understand what it's doing with your private information.

What are they thinking?!

Went for coffee this morning and got a print from a little vending machine.

I'm at the Cornell Lab of Orinthology and this display on visitors' hopes for birds is very good.

Volunteered at the library book sale last week and managed not to come home with any new books, so victory, I guess? Did acquire some impressive bruises from moving boxes.

We feed you. They hunt us.

Really enjoyed this!

some tuesday poppies

Why is this squirrel staring at me?

Just finished The River Has Roots, weekend fiction is Back After This by Linda Holmes, nonfiction is Black in Blues by Imani Perry.

I love these little green guys!

I don't really know anything about it other than the title, but check out this Kickstarter for a board game: A Place for All My Books A cozy board game about collecting good books & the joy of organizing them. www.kickstarter.com/projects/smi...

Getting in a morning walk before rain makes the trails muddy. Johnson Ranch, near San Luis Obispo CA.

Guess what, Tantie Merle fans? There's a sequel coming soon!! Logic(s) Magazine commissioned LINCOLN & THE HARVESTER C100 in which Lincoln must outwit another bot to save Tantie's garden! Watch this space for the pub date & read the original until then! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/tant...

Fog in the distance on my morning walk

Happy New Year from invertebrates that look like fireworks. Credits Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live Anemone: Cathy Lewis Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute

Finding out where critters left sunflower seeds last summer…

Recently read: Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan This is a fun story with some serious things to say about food. I like seeing people just being really good at something, and there's some top-notch cooking in this book. whatever.scalzi.com/2024/11/07/t...

Circle In and Out of a Polygon 2 by Robert Mangold, 1973 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137905

Dropped off my ballot today. My original ballot got lost in the mail, so I had to pick up a replacement, but that let me get one of the kid-designed stickers instead of the plain default ones.

They eat your plums, your dad and mum They don't plan to, but they do. They stumble on them and succumb And write a poem telling you. But they lost fruits that they had bought When Gran and Grandpa wanted them: That fragrant golden apricot, Those dusty grapes still on the stem.

You know how I love weird treaty consequences? The IANA bases TLDs off ISO3166 country codes. If a code stops existing, IN THEORY they follow suit and kill the TLD. Officially this was 'British Indian Ocean Territory'. That's the .io domain everyone loves so much. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

WOW! Researchers at ETH Zurich have effectively suppressed the growth of Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and deadly brain cancer, in BOTH ex vivo human tissue samples AND in preclinical trials with Vortioxetine- an FDA APPROVED serotonin modulator. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

The Iris Nebula (left) and the Ghost Nebula (right). #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Vaccines are wonderful. #GetYourShots www.statnews.com/2024/01/25/h...

A morning walk, with a sand dune and a deer. After getting over the dune the first time to see the ocean, I was not entirely happy about climbing it again. In the end I think I managed to leave most of the sand at the park rather than bringing it home with me. Montaña de Oro

Exciting news this morning: Romancing the Vote was chosen as a Democracy Hero alongside some EXTRAORDINARY organizations doing incredible work. THANK YOU ALL! We did this together! www.msnbc.com/know-y...

Whaaat? You can get the Kindle version of my novel The Terraformers for just $2.99 from now until 10/9! Can you really afford to miss this opportunity to learn about moose romance, cat journalism, and a civilization of nonbinary people who live under a volcano? www.amazon.com/Terraformers...

Sept 22 is Hobbit Day, as it’s the shared birthday of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins. If Tolkien’s work has ever brought you courage, peace, or cheer, I encourage you to revisit it. “May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” All art below is by Tolkien. 💙📚

Partial lunar eclipse. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Hey y'all. A friend of mine actually made it out of Afghanistan, which is great. His wife and family have their visas but he needs help with airfare and deposit + first months rent for an apt. www.gofundme.com/f/help-zikri...

Recently finished Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, which is great. A quote: "We are not ignoring the problem, the city insists; we are intentionally and mindfully waiting for the problem to go away on its own." bookshop.org/p/books/rake...

As I'd hoped, I had another almost eight hours to work on NGC 7479, the Propeller Galaxy. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Had no idea my morning walk would include a filming site. The point to the left apparently played Maine in the Disney film Pete’s Dragon. (This is near Point Buchon in California)