if you’re looking to inject some Indigenous folklore into your spooky season, I highly suggest reading Never Whistle at Night- a collection of dark, fictional stories told by Natives. & don’t forget, NEVER whistle at night ;)

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day. We honor the Indigenous communities that lived in the Americas long before Europeans arrived. Join us in celebrating the richness of Native American culture and history by exploring our booklist: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/209743155/1993699701.

On Indigenous Peoples Day I always recommend checking out this website/interactive map to understand the non-colonial history of the land you occupy

That #Mariners baby better get a jersey

Do you emember how the Tron light cycles can make high speed right angle turns? Chuck Jones invented that. #Tron #RoadRunner

I want #TronAres. At the MacMinimans with daughter. Because I worked ten years at software company that named parts of their OS after stuff from the #Tron movie. Years later, be in meetings where younger developers would refer to the MCP, then look at the floor and spit.

Portland is so peaceful Republicans had to go all the way to South America to find photos from years ago for their bad memes.

I took a walk

Lemon drop detail

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

Albuquerque balloon fiesta this morning. New Mexico #photography 📷

The Honey-Soy-Glazed Salmon With Veggies And Oranges was a success 😽

More reporting like this please.

Garter Snake

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

Went into the breakfast room of the Grant’s Pass HIEx and saw it was full of firefighters with packs. Lady refilling the coffee pot told me a fire up on the mountain blew up yesterday and they needed to call more in. www.grantspasstribune.com/moon-complex...

Can’t help thinking of Eliot during August & September, our driest months, when the naked lilies suddenly spring up leafless “out of the dead land, mixing / Memory and desire….”

I really enjoy this interpretive sign at the Randolph E. Collier Safety Roadside Rest Area

I hope everyone who enjoys the great outdoors will take a moment to recognize Public Lands Day! And be thankful that we were able to fight off a Republican proposal to sell off millions of acres of some of America's most beautiful places.  (1/2)

He can fuck all the way off. There's no war here. PDX is thriving. soaking up the last sunny days of summer. But there is resistance, which Trump cannot abide. Massive, peaceful protests are needed. Don't let violent elements give Trump & his gestapo what they want. We've played this game before.

Firefighter monitoring the fire break overnight. Photo: Colville Tribal Broadcasts. The Confederated Colville Tribes, CCT, have wildfire fighting crews based at Mt. Tolman Fire Center, Keller WA.

In elementary school I would come home for lunch and watch Belva Davis anchor the news on KPIX. Back in the BA this week to visit my Mom. Peninsula has changed a lot … www.kqed.org/news/1196291...

Berkeley got a nice little reminder to prepare an emergency earthquake kit this morning. M4.3 occurred just before 3am this morning a few hundred meters south of the football stadium and Hayward Fault. Caught nicely by my @raspishake.bsky.social 82mi away. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

From quiet Gothic Basin to jagged Weden crest, Sheep Gap awaits as the ultimate test. #sheepgapmountain #gothicbasin #northcascades #landscape #mountainmonday #adventureawaits #onehikeaweek

Beginning in the 1970s, sleep psychologist Irene Tobler set out behavioral criteria to show that sleep is not unique to higher-order mammals — even cockroaches sleep. (From the archive) www.quantamagazine.org/sleep-evolve...

Feeling very grateful to have received a covid booster and a flu shot today. Thanks, scientists!

Larrabee State Park, WA

Thrasymachus: “Listen—I say that justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger” —Plato, Republic, 338c . . . or not. 🧐

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/s...

Not easy to see, but there is a dinner plate sized snapping turtle on the bottom of the river!

Cape Flattery is a short hike with some amazing views 🐳 📸 August 2024 #hiking #washington #pnw #nature #photography #travel #olympicpeninsula #capeflattery

Clouds in the Coulee this morning.

“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes.” Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Please check out the book page for #ScienceUnderSiege (by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly). Contains links to where you can purchase the book, as well as reviews, news articles, op-eds and interviews! michaelmann.net/books/scienc...

Exciting news for East King County! The Eastrail network continues to grow with the Redmond Central Connector extension. I helped secure $1.1M for this project, which will connect 4 cities & bring our communities closer together. Grateful to see this project officially open.

Today is National #VoterRegistration Day! As people who love the outdoors, voting at the federal, state and local levels is one of the most effective ways we can speak up for trails 🏔️ ⁠ Register to vote or update your voter registration today:

Republicans control the House, Senate, & White House. If we want to avoid a shutdown, they need to come to the table. I’ll keep pushing for bipartisan solutions that keep our government open & working for families.

Berkeley things 🌟

For #Stunday I'll drop this off from my very quick visit to #CraterLake National Park. I was in the area, so how could I not? Compression will probably negate all the incredible detail I got out of this shot, which I need to print large format! #PhotographersofBlueSky #Landscape #Scape #EastCoastKin

After months of almost a total absence of the Southern Residents in the inland waters of the Salish Sea, we've been lucky enough to have multiple days with J-Pod off the west side of San Juan Island over the first half of September. Here are some video highlights! #whalesky #orcas #killerwhales

Anacapa Ocean, Channel Islands National Park #NPS #NationalParkService #ChannelIslandsNationalPark

#now #hiking #leventina #ticino #Switzerland🇨🇭 Close-up #photography of #mushrooms today.

Salmon run on #GanaraskaRiver in #PortHope Ontario on this #FishFriday

Today marks the start of Welcoming Week. This national event helps build understanding and creates welcoming spaces for all. Find Welcoming Week reads, events, and more at kcls.org/welcoming-week.