trying this again: rather anxiously awaiting my #BeanClub shipping confirmation from @ranchogordo.bsky.social. I'm down to my last half-pound of beans!

rather anxiously awaiting my Bean Club shipping confirmation from @thejacko.bsky.social. I'm down to my last half-pound of beans!

I am eating all the stone fruit. apricots gone - next up are the peaches, though I'm not sure they're entirely ripe. not to worry! because there are pluots ...

dammit

Nasser Abu Srour is among the first Palestinian prisoners to write about how Israel’s jails became torture camps after October 7. The horrific conditions he describes – and survived – have not changed.

looking forward to spending the next couple weeks reading a bunch of books by Dava Sobel. I loved "Longitute" and "Galileo's Daughter". Coming up, Copernicus, Curie, and the women of Harvard Astronomy. It's gonna be a FABULOUS June.

Yes. I know.

Now, on the "hopeful" front, I give you a delightful example of language-processing elasticity. A clever and charming romp through a fictional dynasty that teaches you meaning through context. It's never, EVER too late to learn another language. It's a gift that never stops giving.

Again, straight from Delaney Hall in Newark NJ: ICE just tear gassed Senator Andy Kim.

This article is just excellent. And spot on in a bunch of ways. I've been working in Silicon Valley for just shy of 30y and this place is unrecognizable. Nothing gets made here anymore except money for the oligarchs at the top of VC firms. Thanks @anildash.com for your honesty.

a National Treasure. Never Forgive. Never Forget.

take care of your feet and they'll take care of you.

so this is fun ...

Timeline cleanse!

honestly, WTF is wrong with people?

I'd argue this ends perfectly. 😚👌

I am 💯 asking which rocket. Right up there with "which submarine?"

HELL YEAH I DID

call me a philistine but white wine spritzers rule. and they're even better when you use wine that tastes good from the jump.

VoteHub projects Doug Jones to win the Democratic primary for Alabama Governor.

tomorrow. LFG! #Zwift #Pinkki

Summerfest 2026 is set for June 18-20, June 25-27, and July 2-4. Fingers crossed for those bean hats.

Big Cylon Energy

Tom Steyer could be in second place. He could have spent that money keeping lunatics out and then running on policy and merits. But since he knows he’d lose… he’s too busy attacking Democrats being a chaos agent. A Garbage Cicada that shows up every election. His enshittification is showing.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

massive shout-out to @parktool.com and Calvin, who retired at the end of February, for being pillars of the bicycling community.

proceeding down the rabbit hole of bicycle maintenance and repair. holy cow this is super fun. and am seriously crushing on my man Calvin Jones.

Posting this again for everyone filling out primary ballots in CA. An absolute TERF is running for State Superintendent and this cannot stand. This is a manufactured moral panic and it needs to end. Full stop.

one guy with a pipe wrench could do the funniest thing right now

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

absolute nonsense.

A Georgia couple who terrorized a Black family at a child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs, guns, and death threats were sentenced for a hate crime. Joe Torres got 20 years; Kyla Norton got 15.

Note that I am NOT voting for the person lauding their record of "protecting girls sports and private places." And no, I do not believe that "many [girls] even change in their cars ... because they feel unsafe in locker rooms." Fuck you, you TERF. Not on my watch.

a ramble down memory lane. what a time it was.

gonna do the most radical thing I can today - I'm going to vote. and drop my ballot off in the collection box.

Marin County Fair gonna LIGHT IT UP for the 4th of July.

I really, really hate to sharing this, but last week, we @biographic.bsky.social learned that the California Academy of Sciences will no longer be providing the magazine with financial support, including money we were expecting to receive this year. We're in a real bind.

The average American has three friends.

live every day like this King.

we seem to be unwittingly booking travel to places rife with "coffee culture" (laudatory).

Powerful statement. Fuck the patriarchy.

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

well through my 6th decade on this planet and I still CAN NOT get a handle on "left" and "right".

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

Husband: "I may have over-bought on the vegetables." Me: "Challenge accepted."

15 best movies; don't think about it too hard (not in order) Casablanca Hunt for Red October Gone with the Wind Star Wars Young Frankenstein Terms of Endearment Out of Africa All the President's Men The Princess Bride Dr. No On the Town Gigi Thelma and Louise Best In Show Much Ado About Nothing

Heidi Clover, contemporary Finnish ceramic artist based in Kingsbridge, Devon, UK #WomensArt

Spirit Airlines has officially shut down operations. Well, you know what that means...

So, friends: I promised I'd tell the story. Now I shall. Let a (former) psych nurse tell you the true (gods help us) story of a night in a big-time NYC emergency room: and the arrival of The Man With The Bloomingdales Bag. (1/n)