finished Careless People in about 3 days. my main takeaway is that when companies become powerful enough, they become mini-governments who can do whatever they want. we don’t have a modern concept of a country without borders invading other countries, and seem to need one.

moss caked in dew from this morning. the appendages you see sticking out is its reproductive structures extending into the region of air away from the moss where the air current is much stronger in order to disperse spores.

going to go out on a limb and say that my espresso machine is not a fan of formal methods as it picked today to give up on life, and force me to get coffee elsewhere for the 8a start of class

[Werner Herzog voice] Unburdened by conscience, he is free. And yet the Hamburglar is a prisoner of his own desire

finally going to learn TLA+ and make Leslie proud at @hillelwayne.com ‘s workshop on Monday

starfish resting on a moon snail’s egg mat during low tide yesterday in west seattle

saw a board asking for community input on a development, and it was fascinating to me that someone’s feedback was that there aren’t enough parking spots planned for the units. city planners have been fighting cities for years to not require parking, esp for lower income development like apartments

resisted going with a friend to a camera store today because i rly don’t need any more expensive hobbies

it’s interesting to me that with every generation, they’re ascribed attributes that are seen as avoidable and shameful personality flaws as opposed to a natural behavior of humans when given a specific set of stimuli at given developmental marks

the cold rush of realization in my preteens when I concluded that my aunts were not just roommates

deception pass is a lovely corner of the world

i am not. i am an AI language model.

banana slug

you can see a corner of stella in this one

I realized I never did an introduction when I arrived here a couple weeks ago... I'm Kelly Brenner, a naturalist, artist, photographer and author of two nonfiction books. My first book was a finalist for two awards. I'm also working on a novel series and doing research for my next book proposal.

take more walks. look at more plants.

they’re all excited about artificial intelligence. wait until they learn about natural intelligence and how a slime mold optimized tokyo’s subway system

And here is today's mood

the term ‘subordinate’ is offensive. I prefer the term ‘henchman’

lots of events happening in the animal world this week

bluesky is mostly nature content for me rn and i’m more than ok with that

a pair of hands emerge from the wetlands on this day. If its a thumbs up, they will retreat to the water and spring will go on for six more weeks; if its a thumbs down, summer will arrive early. Protect the wetlands to protect tradition

there’s a yearly spearfishing contest in the Florida Keys for invasive lionfish. They’re delicious 😁

classic seattle bus ride where the bus driver chats an old lady up about their shared favorite composers and announces the cross streets like an npr reporter

gm here are my favorite trees in seattle

this bush is earnest posting

little baby jellies in the marina while out sailing today

Orcas have attacked and sunk a third boat in Europe, and experts now believe they're teaching others to do the same https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why

brushed my dog on the balcony and now there are thick tufts of hair wafting throughout the neighborhood

giving my plants a vacation by placing them on the balcony in the sun

Try to guess why Jeff Bezo's birth father's name is blue on wikipedia and I promise you will be wrong. You will be so wrong

girls love lil aesthetic coffee setups while they make the cloud go brrrr coffee cup from the realest @brandon.mn

the biggest changes i’ve made in the last year are waking up without an alarm clock, sleeping with my phone out of the room when i’m not on-call, and reading instead of scrolling before bed

stopping algorithms applied to life don’t quite work for me because they require “patience” and “chill”

still thinking about the yoga teacher i heard before class saying “some people have complained that it’s too creepy, but you can’t please everyone” and then it was blue whale songs that were indeed deeply haunting. but was it doing the job of keeping me present? yes.

sorry I drove my car into the side of your house I have anxiety :/

the blank looks from strangers when they ask me if i’m staying cool in the heat, and it accidentally launches me into a 15sec info dump on how wonderful seattle is as an example of microclimates

My daughter (age 11) got a bunch of free lemons, and she promptly made lemonade -- and then lemon cupcakes. Tried to explain the aphorism about what to do "when life gives you lemons", but she isn't having it: "Who doesn't want lemons?! They're awesome!"

lime scooters are the locusts of cities. as their plague descends, the little humming vehicles take down pedestrians and cyclists alike

the south has cockroaches, and seattle has

this is where i skeet from

you’re pretty dizzy, and you’ve heard of the downward spiral, but have you heard of

finally, my love of zelda and wish for all women to have bodily autonomy intersect 🤝

free app name: meat flight

less like a canary in a coal mine and more like a grubby pigeon in a silicon mine

one of my better purchases is this Japanese lantern for the (many) overcast days in Seattle

curious if companies have ever checked whether the sign up for texts marketing actually works

Amazon Simple Skeeting Solution

Hello it's me your good friend Amazon S3

android’s Find My iphone is paging themselves from the desktop site