Many layers to this protest. https://youtube.com/shorts/Y-g6G21Djeo #validcrashout #metal

Dogwood looking electric last night #bloomscrolling #oregon

15 pages a day turns you into a reader of 40+ books a year - Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2026/04/13/15-pages-a-day-turns-you-into-a-reader-of-40-books-a-year.html #sciencefiction, #amreading #goals

The reason AI is so sketchy is because some of you incorrectly identified motorcycles.

🕛Illusions of control. Abandoned power plant control rooms are always fascinating to explore and photograph. #Photography #abandoned #lostplaces #industry #ruins #abandonedplaces #Energy #industrial

When the internet gifts up this lovely new song and I can auto translate the lyrics into English, I do actually feel like I'm living in the future. From: @donray https://mastodon.online/@donray/116369365006544202

Finally reading Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz after it’s been on my shelf for years. Didn’t expect the spanking around page 50. #amreading #sciencefiction

It's worth braving youtube shorts for this: How many snacks for a $1 in 1989? #timetravel #notinthiseconomy #retro #vlog https://www.youtube.com/shorts/147Uko-I5to

On collecting physical media #indiehead #datahoarder #homeserver #physicalmedia https://tylersticka.com/journal/ephemeral-media/

Reading Bullet Points Magazine vol 13 https://bulletpoints.nathantoronto.com #sciencefiction #amreading

April evening dogwood #oregon #bloomscrolling

Random find while sorting my mom’s stuff. She never had a WSJ subscription, so no idea where the full 12/27/13 Arts section came from. Cool art though

My #AltProcess #Kallitype development/printmaking journey is already showing strong parallels to my software dev experience, i.e. a preference for avoiding monolithic frameworks and building more granular, reliable, understandable & controllable tooling […] [Original post on mastodon.thi.ng]

Love of Lego inspired blind man to make the sets more accessible | AP News https://apnews.com/article/lego-bricks-for-blind-audio-braille-instructions-5a2a27de4354a0b1443171c3f24f29e4 #lego

god i wish there was an easier recipe

Saving "The Grave" by Katherine Anne Porter, which was mentioned in a book of creative non-fiction I'm reading where someone said it wasn't "much good" being about birth and such, and matters important to women. https://xpressenglish.com/our-stories/the-grave/ #shortstory #savedforlater […]

A few closeups from around the yard. #bloomscrolling #permaculture

I don't want the #fediverse to grow because I see "growth" as an intrinsic good. I want the Fediverse to grow because I see commercial social media as a major threat to the long-term survival of human civilization. Thus, we need to replace it - and right now, the Fediverse seems to be the best […]

“You build reputation over years. … it revolves around giving a shit, day after day, about something specific…The passive income thing was a fantasy about not having to give a shit.” Super insight into the passive income brain cancer by @Daojoan […]

A frontpage of personal websites. https://text.blogosphere.app/ There are two versions: Minimal (HN-inspired, fast, static): https://text.blogosphere.app/ Non-minimal: https://blogosphere.app/ #smallweb, #getablog #indieweb #webring

A few spring blooms on the walk #bloomscrolling #oregon

Holy shit this is detailed. Can you believe the hubris to silently collect all this information on users? #privacy https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/

Apple lost my iPhone for a month (really) when I attempted a warranty repair. I used a cheap #android phone as backup, and I didn't realize how bad the iOS keyboard is until I went back to Android. Wrongly replaced words, missed keys. Sure, my brain is mush, but my iPhone wasn't helping.

Teaching a One-Day Tech Class https://www.kb6nu.com/teaching-a-one-day-tech-class/ #diy, #hacking, #useful

Seen at the new University of Oregon #communitygarden. These go surprisingly hard.

I hope that somewhere deep in the heart of Palantir, the algorithm tracking consumer confidence saw that today I didn’t enter “0” to just fill my tank and instead set a limit, because I don’t need any more surprises on my life. #iranwar

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116318180851499127 I couldn't care less about this garbage being something you're subjected to for using ChatGPT, but this is a preview of the DRM-esque hell Cloudflare is preparing for the entire internet. It's a preview of the hell YouTube will probably […]

My latest @theguardian.com books cartoon

Tell the news. It's nice to link to an article, or do more in depth analysis, but I really appreciate it when people who I trust and who are knowledgeable (especially in areas I know less about) summarize news and events. Even if it's very local stuff. Especially the local stuff. Big […]

"I warn my students: - Yes, AI can generate the code for this assignment. Don’t let it. You have to write the code. I explain that, if they don’t write the code, they will not be able to effectively read the code. The ability to read code is certainly going to be valuable, maybe more valuable […]

Added Mastodon to my IRC client so I could see my home feed on my second screen during the day. Hashtags are channels, etc. https://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoMastodon :mastodance: #mastodon #irc #apps

In a first since the time change, I got up at 5 am to write! Day one of new streak. #amwriting

We’re going to see Project Hail Mary today and I’d like to thank Andy Weir for telling a story about a teacher going to space with a cute alien so my 7yr old would say “Ok I’ll watch that” to a 2.5 hour movie. #projecthailmary

This is from 1941. https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/ #theythoughttheywerefree #dontbeasucker

Jasper looking regal #dogfriend #accidentalrennaisance #dog

On #forensic #geology. “The Gravel Page” by John McPhee https://gwern.net/doc/technology/1996-mcphee.pdf #savedforlater

Exploring the hidden world of sand. https://magnifiedsand.com/ #geology #microscopic #savedforlater

Today I learned Apple dropped firewire support in OS 26 and Linux plans to drop it in 2029. I still have several miniDV cameras that are fun to record on. I guess I can continue with the old iBook I've been using to pull the video, but is till a bummer. The aesthetic isn't as strong as my Sony […]

I love all the hacking taking place for e-ink readers https://github.com/iandchasse/de-link/tree/main #ereader #eink #xtreader #diypcb

Currently my daughter’s non-Chromebook computer, this D630 was saved from the Goodwill #scrapbook pile, including stickers. The keyboard isn’t the best, but I like the rounded case edges and the wrist-rest battery. #writerdeck #amwriting

Offpunk 3.0 "A Community is Born" Release https://ploum.net/2026-02-09-offpunk3.html #smallweb #offpunk #savedforlater

The sale of my mom's house was complete a week ago. I'm still getting used to someone else living in the house I grew up in. It was different with renters. They were borrowing it. Now the house is gone. I had felt for a long time that the house was dead […] [Original post on mementomori.social]

I presented at the local planetary journal club this morning about the 3 articles I co-authored for The Conversation in the past weeks about the effects that one million satellites would have on the night sky, the atmosphere, and the orbital environment (spoiler alert: all very very bad) […]

A few springtime flowers from this morning #bloomscrolling #springfieldor

Great blog by Pat Thompson on academic writing: ▶️ https://patthomson.net/2026/03/08/getting-comfortable-with-being-uncomfortable/ "Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself. One of the ways we make […]

This week's library haul: Breakneck by Dan Wang "EACH TIME I SEE a headline that officials from the United States and China are butting heads, I feel the state of affairs is more than just tragic; it is comical, too. I am sure that no two peoples are more […] [Original post on mementomori.social]

GitHub - ericjenott/Evertop: E-ink IBM XT clone with solar power, ultra low power consumption, and ultra long battery life. · GitHub https://github.com/ericjenott/Evertop #diy #3dprinting #solar

For anyone who remembers StumbleUpon, this little tool add similar functionality to your blog: susam/wander: A tiny, decentralised tool you can host with just two files to explore the small web - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/susam/wander#readme #smallweb #getablog #stumbleupon

A couple small web resources https://kevinboone.me/small_web_is_big.html https://blog.kagi.com/small-web #smallweb #getablog #savedforlater

This is neat. A site dedicated to classic short stories. Formats them for easy reading on many devices. https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/ #amreading #shortstories #coolstuff