They did it!!!

Helicopter update: still foggy so I retreated to a warm place to get some work done Unclear how long it'll take for the fog to lift

Watched a Chinook try to pick up (most of) a PBY Catalina yesterday, hopefully they have better luck this morning

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

🧵 We still have work to do... “Urban transit systems in most American cities... have become a genuine civil rights issue - and a valid one - because the layout of rapid-transit systems determines the accessibility of jobs to the black community. (1/3)

We confirmed a #measles outbreak in Snohomish County – the first in the state since 2023 – with three unvaccinated children ages 23 months to 9 years testing positive for the highly contagious disease. More at doh.wa.gov/newsroom/was...

Washington state lawmakers are rushing through HB-2112, which is the bill that will force Washington citizens to upload their ID or credit card to view adult content online. Friday, Jan 16th, has been announced as the public hearing for the bill. app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...

My latest about how a new UW report shows ICE still has ways to access to WA's Dept of Licensing driver data, including photos, home addresses, etc. This is the latest in a now long saga of the DOL giving personal information to immigration enforcement.

www.thenation.com/article/acti... Hit them where it hurts them - boycotts can work

Wanna see how an earthquake works? Here's today's lab in my seismology class. An explanation follows. 🧪

All right. There's the confirmation. Call your US reps and tell them to impeach. Call your US senators and tell them to publicly support impeachment. blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Absolutely worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLK...

Did some textbook diagram studies

THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...

Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability lyra.horse/blog/2025/12... "CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"

The lack of commitment to and funding for vision zero improvements is killing increasing numbers of pedestrians on American streets. Europe has shown these kinds of deaths are preventable with infra and the US spends more than enough on roads to make it happen but we choose to prioritize drivers

Today in @theguardian.com from @leylandcecco.bsky.social: "‘There’s no monitoring of earthquakes’: new BC pipeline could spell catastrophe, experts warn" w/ @faultydata.bsky.social & I on geophysical unknowns @mark-carney.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social 🧪⚒️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Aurora pics from last night! There were just enough gaps in the clouds to get some images, I couldn't really see it by eye though.

NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️ wapo.st/4qKvavQ

Pictures from the San Juans-Anacortes run of @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov!

I saw so so many salmon today!

If you take a drive in Maryland you may find yourself asking "What is the point of rocks"

ohhh watch this one, the Gobelins art school often produce neat animations. youtu.be/eB9JdjNCiiA?...

Once again I am reading about how the Tacoma ASARCO smelter plumed a huge area of the south sound with lead and arsenic and despite decades of soil cleanup there's no end in sight and settlement money is projected to run out well before cleanup is anywhere close to complete

Here, have some spacecraft!

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person who stood against everything I believe in. He peddled racism, sexism, transphobia, and violence under the guise of reasonable debate. Turning Point USA is funded by corporate execs as astroturf to dismantle higher Ed and promote ghouls like Trump.

So ICE is just taking people actively fighting fires now?! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

NEW OP-ED // PCC Provides Model for State Rail Ownership in Washington State www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/14/o...

Set foot in the San Juans for the first time over the weekend!

Rode the battery hybrid ferry Wenatchee today! Not sure if they actually ran it on battery (it's hard to tell) but it seems like it's working well!

This (and the similar actions by Steam) is bad for art and free expression! Not to mention the intentional side effect of LGBTQ artists often getting caught up in this kind of thing. I will be contacting my representatives about this and you should too!

I reviewed some pencils! youtu.be/epzzaFc-67M

Great video about the floating bridges of Washington: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nol0... I have personally been stuck in a traffic jam caused by a submarine multiple times so I can confirm that's a common issue lol

Sometimes my Wikipedia app glitches a bit with incredible results

Seeing a lot of ads for mini "A/C" units which are actually swamp coolers (just evaporating water). They can be useful, but since this heat wave is also high humidity you have to be really careful you're not making things worse! There also much less effective when the air already has humidity in it

If you live in Washington State and go hiking like me one of your fav spots is probably on this map! National forests provide recreation, habitat, timber, research plots, etc. This is the kind of resource that would be very very difficult to get back if we lose

So you get to send masked ICE thugs (and the military, etc.) into cities to kidnap people without consequences, but having a senator talk sternly to you gets them detained? Unbelievable

One last Loki pic for the road

Great article from @casi-bev.bsky.social on the struggles with replacing the ISS www.spacescout.info/2025/06/wher...

I need you to see Loki

April 27th, 2025

On This Day May 24 1891: Electrification of the old steam railway between Nicollet Ave at 31st Street and Lake Harriet is complete. The new double tracks along Minneapolis' famous lakes are illuminated at night by powerful arc lights as a scenic attraction.

#Wenatchee spotted! The vessel is back on the water and cruising the Sound this week for sea trials. This is an exciting step toward bringing it back into service as North America’s largest hybrid-electric ferry. Read our blog to see what’s next: wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/wena...

Minecraft planning sketches