I don't enjoy naming things—especially inanimate objects—the way other people seem to. I've had more than one #motorcycle pretty consistently for the past 18 years, and until recently, I've always differentiated them by color (I've owned the blue bike, the red […] [Original post on mindly.social]

#cats #caturday #catsofmastodon #dogsandcatslivingtogether #dogs #dogsofmastodon

One of my hand tremor metrics is how many times in a workday I misspell "from" as "form" in SQL queries. I lost count today, but it was more than twice my previous record.

Unlike most Americans I only think about superheroes every few years or so, and I realize it's a major shortcoming on my part and inconvenient for everyone else so please, apologies if this has been covered before, but... Shouldn't #wolverine have claws on his feet too?

I talk a lot here about what effective local activism looks like scroll down to read a great editorial from the chair of our county Dem party, who is right there with many of us on our frustrations […]

I should know by now that if the coffee is on sale, ESPECIALLY if it is on sale at Trader Joe's, I need to read the container carefully for phrases like "Sprinkled with cinnamon, cloves, and red and green peppercorns" that imply some kind of industrial accident at their packaging facility. #coffee

If you're going to be in Portland, Oregon before February 8th, there is a great - and very interactive - exhibit on Ursula Le Guin, at the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art. Can't recommend this enough. #dao #tao #scifi #sciencefiction

Oh hey everybody, the Bird Show is on. #catsofmastodon #caturdayeveryday

if you want to win around here -- and I can't speak for "rural areas" everywhere, and the idea that we're all in one big bucket that can be managed centrally is really messed up -- you'd point at all the services people rely on that are getting cut right now rescue helicopters SNAP hospital […]

I almost never remember dreams. This morning's dream was that I was part of a group of students performing scenes from Shakespeare-ish plays, in front of an audience. I had not rehearsed: I was confident I would just intuitively know my part and perform it well because I had read it once. Of […]

let us all sing the praises of people who make short YouTube videos about how to stop the beeping noise the garage door opener is making

An afternoon bushtit #birds #BirdsOfMastodon

1/ @rorystarr asked me about some ideas for folklore-themed dungeons - specifically, dungeons that are connected to the "Feywild". So I took a look at my repository of translations of German folk tales, and here is what I found. But first, a word about […] [Original post on mementomori.social]

I'm tempted to select "Option 8" just to see what happens, but these people will be doing things to my teeth, and I don't want them grumpy or irritable.

What did Othello say to the guy he thought was his closest friend? It's fine if you want to be the big cheese, just don't be such an asiago. #dadjokes

since today is Exploding Whale Day in #oregon, I want to remind you what the opposite of blowing up a whale looks like https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/23/coquille-indian-tribe-honors-gift-of-beached-gray-whale-on-southern-oregon-coast/

Not sure if this is a debilitating caffeine or post-vaccination headache. I may never find out, since it appears the cats have enabled Child Lock mode on the induction cooktop.

it's still #caturday for a bit the little ones figured out the wall mounted cat pole this week which gets them up to the shelf a previous owner of my house installed above the bed in earthquake country I'm not sure what you can store up there other than cats, so I got them a way to get up to it

My work here is done 😎 #eicma

Rather enjoying the graphics on both of these #eicma

you can have an election night bonus babycat as a treat

I don't tend to do much for #halloween because I don't have a clear idea of where the "too far" boundary is. I had this epiphany as I was planning to stage a #motorcycle crash scene in my front yard, with me (gently) pinned under the less-heavy bike, cheerfully dispensing candy from one of the […]

I worry that my life is not epic enough to listen to Florence and her machine. #florenceandthemachine #music

Spouse took the girl and her bestie over to the parking-lot trick-or-treat over at the YMCA, leaving me here with the dog, cats, a big bowl of candy for anyone who comes by, and the new Florence + The Machine album, which is awesome and very season-appropriate, at least so far. "" […]

Spotted towhee on the ground just outside my window. If I move enough to pick up the camera it'll—oh there it goes. #birdcallout

this is one of three sneaker waves I saw during 90 minutes at the beach today at low tide -- one I had to run away from, two I observed while sitting in the car, no regular periodicity that I could detect, no clear sign it would keep going before it did what […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]

Crow is still not 100% sure about this friendship, but the snacks are ok. #crow #corvid #pnw

Is #ipv6 broken on #macos 26 Tahoe? My mac seems to be ignoring automatic configuration from my router and manual config is getting me noplace. Or was it a router update (Orbi)? Curious.

Kingfisher (Alcedo athis, 🇩🇪 Eisvogel, 🇵🇱 zimorodek). #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #vogelflausch #ptaki

crows at low tide

As we strolled through the neighborhood at dusk, we heard the repetitive chirping of an angry Northern Mockingbird west of us. My wife wondered what threat might be around, perhaps an owl? As soon as that thought was out of her mouth, the large, silent form of an owl slowly floated across our […]

It's Biketober, and everything is disassembled. The bike on the left (which appears to be red, but is in fact not The Red Bike) has a punctured rear tire. A new tube is on order, as are front and rear brake pads, and a spiffy new lithium battery is waiting to […] [Original post on mindly.social]

highlights from today's #nokings in beautiful Roseburg, Oregon, pop 26k...of whom approximately 10 percent were in the streets today go on and tell me about rural America

Doña Quixote trying on her new armor. Due to the inherent difficulty and cost involved in finding good #motorcycle gear for smaller people, we arrived at a Landjoff caving suit, which costs about 1/9 of what a Roadcrafter does for the same thickness of cordura […] [Original post on mindly.social]

minus tide and it's breaking way out

Thanks to my hardware store. New insult unlocked.

Red-shafted Northern Flickers playing with electricity. #BirdCallOut I haven't done anything with the DSLR since moving here in June. Luckily, these two were at it long enough for me to find my camera bag, find the less-ancient of the two cameras, put the […] [Original post on mindly.social]

today's downtown slaps

Got an email from #hulu today. We want you back blah blah blah $2.99 a month blah blah blah. They also dangled a Handmaid's Tale spinoff show as bait, which felt a little too on the nose. Yeah, no thanks. Unsubscribe.

Crow stopped by for peanuts again this morning. Trusted me enough this time to pick up the peanuts as I stood there watching. #crow #corvid

you might need to see a lil guy in a box

New from me: There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo. Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post. Read and judge for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...