Something awesome about Bluesky: 1. I see a post I'd like to load in my agent. 2. "wouldn't it be nice if I could give it the atproto link?" 3. Wait, markdown would be better, let's try renaming the domain to bsky.md on the off-chance… 4. It works 🤯

ATmosphere 1.0.0 — Liftoff https://activitypub.blog/2026/05/20/atmosphere-1-0-0-liftoff/

As high-profile websites vanish, it’s a reminder that the web has no built-in archival layer. But some publishers are now blocking the Wayback Machine. What’s at stake if the web stops being archived? Our new FAQ explains: preserving the public record matters. 🌐📚 help.archive.org/help/faq-pub...

First of the garden radishes.

Fired up the pizza oven to make some flatbreads. Charlie is getting good at turning them.

I'm at a store and I've been waiting 45 minutes for a stock person to get something out of the back. This is why people prefer to shop online.

The drill bit version of tire repair tools is 100x easier than the T handled version. If you ever plan to plug your own tires, get some. $13 at AutoZone.

What a delight to find another stream with native brook trout close to home! #tenkara #flyfishing cagrimmett.com/2026/05/05/b...

Some time at the vise.

A nice Jack in the Pulpit I noticed this afternoon.

I tied some futsu-style #kebari with it.

Thanks to @jcguarneri.bsky.social's @tenkaraangler.bsky.social article, I found some Cinnamon Ferns and collected zenmai to some kebari with!

Crazy idea of the day: Getting into micro fishing 🧵

Today during our Trout in the Classroom macroinvertebrate sampling we had something very cool happen. Dozens of tiny BWOs emerged right in our sample bins! It was great to be able to show the students this happening in realtime.

The cat loved it.

Took some water samples today for eDNA testing. Saw some bloodroot and Jack in the Pulpit.

Deceivers and Clousers. #flytying #stripedbass

Charlie loves playing with our friends' cat, and they invited us over for dinner tomorrow, so I took a break from tying striped bass flies to tie a hookless cat toy on a swivel clip. I call it "Maisie's Deceiver." #flytying

In this house, we use the outdoor pressure release method.

Charlie's school had an Earth Day event today and I set up a table on conserving brook trout, New York's state fish, and the only trout native to the eastern US. cagrimmett.com/2026/04/23/b... #flyfishing

I made pasta. cagrimmett.com/2026/04/22/s...

The annual Cool Green Science book review features an extinction novel, why Indigenous conservation is so successful so often and titles on birding, fishing, rivers & crayfish. Featuring @uncpress.bsky.social, @mountaineersbooks.bsky.social

Books to Read on Iran fivebooks.com/category/wor...

This is cool! science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

Video tip: If you need portrait orientation/9:16 phone video, choose New > App Preview in iMovie. I'm glad that works, but it is wild that we need to use workarounds in Apple's pre-installed video editing app to edit videos from iPhones in their standard orientation.

My TU contact said this stream was on the list for eDNA testing to find brook trout presence, but my photo confirmation allows them to skip that and move to the next step in the conservation process! 🎉

Incredible to see photos from IRL friends going viral in the Atmosphere.

What should I make with these ramps? #foraging

Today I caught a beautiful wild brook trout today in Westchester County, just five miles from my house. I'd heard whispers that this small stream contained brook trout, and I was delighted to catch one on my first outing there. #flyfishing #tenkara #brooktrout

I used to want digital, internet-connected everything. Now I want: - A pomodoro timer that actually looks like a tomato and has zero chips or digital displays. - A wind up mechanical watch. - A dryer without internet connection. - No voice assistants in the house.

I put in a reverse osmosis water filter system under the sink today. Took about 90 minutes, which included collecting my tools, drilling a hole, and following the instructions. I picked the iSpring RCC7AK. Working nicely so far and we can taste the difference in a side-by-side comparison.

For the weekly been dish project, I made Frijoles Charros and then turned the leftovers into Frijoles Puercos. #beansky cagrimmett.com/2026/04/19/f...

Following my post containing the scans of Cecil Heacox’s 1969 Charmed Circle of the Catskills articles, Ed Ostapczuk emailed that Heacox did a follow up in the May 1972 edition of Outdoor Life on Catskill Flytyers. Naturally, I had to track that one down, too. cagrimmett.com/2026/04/17/c...

One low-key long-term project I have is trying different variations of the Kingston Negroni to find the best combination of rum + bitter amaro + sweet vermouth. Tonight's version of OFTD + Aperol + Carpano Antico is the best so far, easily topping the 8 previous iterations.

I noticed that Outdoor Life republished the March 1969 Cecil Heacox Charmed Circle articles online today. I can't help but think my tracking the article down last month and sharing it widely prompted them to republish it. Who knows. www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/lege...

📢 Journalists: Have you used the Wayback Machine in your research or reporting? Share your story & support: ➡️ www.savethearchive.com/journalists/

I walked and fished the section of the Pocantico River running through Rockefeller Preserve to document disturbances with Trout Unlimited’s RIVERS app as part of the Big Apple Brook Trout program. Here are my notes: cagrimmett.com/2026/04/16/w...

High temp recorded on the weather station today was 87.6F. It was hot enough that we realized our car's AC needed recharging, so Charlie and I worked on that after dinner.

Charlie and I took a walk down at the pier tonight. I asked all the old fishermen, "Stripers here yet?" They all said, "Not yet, 1-2 weeks." Time to tie some big striper patterns.

Had a great afternoon yesterday taking my son out exploring Constitution Marsh after school. It is fun that he is at an age now where we can do this regularly!

After three weeks of walking through the woods at night looking at vernal pools with a flashlight, I finally found a spotted salamander! cagrimmett.com/2026/04/15/s...

Charlie and I found trout lilies, wood anemone, fiddleheads, and a common flicker feather today in the woods.

Yard flowers blooming today.

First row of the season. cagrimmett.com/2026/04/12/f...

We must protect the @archive.org on every front. Knowledge is power & Internet Archive puts that power in the palm of your hand every day.

I still remember my first time trying out HTML at a school computer lab and the magical feeling of hitting Save and Refresh and seeing the webpage change. I wish I still had the old Elizabeth Castro book I used then.

Trying out some float bags on the Guideboat. These are actually inflatable dock bumpers.

Wax-dipped daffodils cagrimmett.com/2026/04/10/w...

Why is call spam getting so bad? I've received 21 spam calls in the last 24 hours. I am now silencing all unknown callers, which I was hesitant to do before, but this spam is just too much.

How long until we only leave our internet plugged in when we need to use it, and disconnect it the rest of the time? I've been slowly dismantling the Internet of Things devices we rely on, but as AI models like Mythos come out, it makes me want to disconnect most things most of the time.