Presumed-extinct Oregon plant found on a community college campus in Grants Pass, based on a seven-year-old photo on iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/168279/journal/124801

Come QUICK there is a HUGE THREAT in the BATHROOM I need HELP (audio alt: Cato chirping and yowling excitedly) #cats #catsofmastodon #caturdayeveryday

Went to my new ENT appointment this morning. At the start the doctor put a tablet up on a stand on the counter and said "This is Genie, she will be transcribing our conversations for your chart." And I thought 😬 oh no AI transcription, OK, whatever, I guess. 😬 😬 Turns out it was actually […]

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of unimaginably stupid shit every fucking day

Cato helped me unpack the groceries this morning. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturdayeveryday (the kitten photos will continue until morale improves)

my precioussssss I wanntssss it #cats #caturday #catsofmastodon

Today's trail: snowier lower down than I expected, and really cold. My trail shoes were better on the ice than my running shoes would have been but I probably needed like, spikes, to feel actually comfortable on some of the steeper trails. #Trail Seems like […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Today's trail: otter footie prints in the snow.

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@LilahTovMoon/116095302018146137 Kind of surprised there is not a manifesto painted on the side of this shell.

NWS: In your area there is a possibility of 3-6 inches of total snow accumulation through Thursday. Actual snow, Tuesday morning: lol

Snow day #cats #catsofmastodon #caturdayeveryday (this is Cato's first snow and it is COMPELLING)

Today's trail: 6 miles on the usual route. Probably my last day outside this whole week because there's a huge snowstorm coming in, finally. ❄️ #trail Starting to see wildflowers out in the woods which is always nice. This is a pacific houdstongue, a kind of borage.

I splurged on a fancy automatic espresso machine when we moved. Thought it would supplement my careful complicated artisanal espresso but it turns out I am now addicted to the part where you can just press one button and walk away. It is not fantastic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

All my Cato closeup photos are on the bed because it is one of the few places he will sit still long enough for me to get a photo. His eyes are a little squinty because he has conjuncitivitis -- not an uncommon thing for a young rescue cat. (Max had the same […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Today's trail: An angry tree #trail

It is my 3-year cancerversary this week, so it is also time for my annual post: 💉 The HPV vaccine (gardasil) prevents the throat cancer I had, as well as many other cancers 💉 You can get it up to age 45 (although in the US your insurance may not cover it ☹️) 💉 Your kids (of all genders) should […]

Oh it's owl day! Here is a photo from that time I had to take a pygmy owl to the wildlife rescue because he got tangled up in some garden netting (owl was fine, they gave him back to me to release where I found him, I no longer use garden netting). Pygmy […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Vet: And what breed is Minna? Me: She is smol void baby. Vet: Excuse me? Me: Sorry. Domestic short hair. Black. #cats #catsofmastodon

#Cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon Cato the new cat is a fetcher, and he's very good at it. He's even good at the "drop the ball right at my feet" part. Only problem is that he wants to do it over and over and over and will start tapping my leg and going 'mrrpr […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Today's trail: All of Bandersnatch, with side quests to Red Queen and Gryphon. Bandersnatch is all tight switchbacks and my knees hurt. 6.88 miles; I did an easy week last week so now I'm back to longer hikes. #trail

Cato, he of the very large feets 🐾 #cats #catsofmastodon

In 2 weeks the Superbowl will be held in the City of Santa Clara. For the past 3 hours, the normal business of the Santa Clara City Council has been held up by person after person coming forward in public comment to tell City Council and its local police force to stand up and take concrete […]

Today's wildlife: I SAW A FISHER. A PACIFIC FISHER, y'all. 🎉 🎉 🎉 #Trail #Wildlife I came around a corner on the trail and surprised it, and it bounded up from downhill to my right, across the trail, and then far up the hillside into the trees. It's brown […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

crowd’s kinda melted in the rain but still holdouts and cars are enthusiastic also i liked this sign #bothell #seattle #protest #nokings #cascadia

Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)

Here is my future garden area, which is alas the same photo I posted last summer. The garden area still has no fence or grading or beds or water or greenhouse, because we've been trying to line up landscape contractors and that has been harder than we […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I think it's a good time for something cheerful. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday

Dear Internet Retail I would pay you extra NOT to send me an email or text or both every time there is the tiniest change in the status of my package. I do not care that the package has arrived in my state. Cmon now

Saw someone joke on another social media site that we all died during the pandemic and now we're in hell. And of course I was like mild chuckle haha lol but increasingly lately like well, that's... plausible

Today in My Life: #gardening

Today's trail: Snark and Red Queen. When I started hiking here it took me two weeks of working up to being able to do the whole Snark trail. Now this is my "easy" route. #trail

Another pic of the very photogenic new kitty (who is hard to pic because he is 9 months and rarely sits still). We are having trouble coming up with a name for New Kitty. We keep calling him Max (RIP). Oscar, Amos, and Seven have not stuck. We're now working on Cato. #cats #caturday #catsofmastodon

I’m watching Ken Burns’ American Revolution and I love when I notice a pivotal moment in the lead-up to war is about to happen because it’s a line in a Schoolhouse Rock song. “This is the WHITES OF THEIR EYES PART!!!”

sploot #cats #catsofmastodon

I am pretty skeptical about the "graphene" stage of this gas station car wash.

🚨 🚨 new kitty says hiiii :blobcat:🚨 🚨 #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday

Can I just say I *adore* the woman who does the signing for Tim Walz because she has the most amazing facial expressions. I think she's making the faces Tim Walz can't. It's so great. 😆 https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DTQkjvFCaYe

Today's trails: Wonder and Wasabi (breaking the Alice theme this time). Wasabi is primarily a downhill mountain bike trail so it's a bit steep and sketchy for hiking. I did not hit the snow line but it did flurry on me just a bit at the top. #trail

“Boy aquarium” 😂😂😂 https://aus.social/@aby/115853049842834261

Today's Wildlife: Yes hello I am Majestic. #trail

You got it easy kid

Today's trail: same old same old. It's going to snow a lot here tomorrow so I wanted to get out before then. Likely after this week this usual route will end up above the snow line and I'll need to find some lower elevation trails. #trail

I WARNED you there would be RAINBOWS

A weird estate from my (greater) neighborhood! This design is very Ashland. https://eigenmagic.net/@weirdestate/115833555517556252

I went to the local garden club meeting this morning instead of doomscrolling the news for four hours, and that was the right thing to do. 🪴 🌷 🌲 #garden As @ericm often points out, the internet will still be there when you get back.

I had like four hours yesterday where I thought maybe 2026 was not going to be an unremitting litany of outrage 😭😭😭

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

We signed the papers today to sell the house in California. I feel very very sad and bittersweet about it. 28 years in that house, lots of memories. ☹️