I really should come back to spending more time on Bluesky. I forgot how much "calmer" the room seems here. No, I haven't been back on the former bird site, just mostly doomscrolling on the other socials.

Have they tried sending more tone deaf text messages?

Superb Owl Sunday 🪶

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@ottergoose.net grabbed some things off your wishlist. More important than ever to have as many eyes on this as we can. I appreciate your efforts.

I think it's best for my mental health to stay the hell away from the internet today. But, now and forever, fuck ICE

Courage and defiance to the Minneapolis general strikers!

The final boss of dicey food: the airport lounge deviled egg

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

A hearty "Welcome Back to the New Academic Year!" to everyone except people who don't understand that you need to let people exit the elevator before barging in.

Deskilling is real. This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service. Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.

It's a shame we have to wait until 2030 to primary Maria Cantwell. Of course, that's a long time from now and she probably hopes that the voters will have forgotten that she was on the wrong side of history.

Mentally, I'm still here. #norway

The modern capacitive touch screen, such as the 13" screen on the back of a recently delivered 787-9 economy seat, can be operated with the gentlest grace of the finger. Or, according to the gentleman behind me, with a forceful poke reminiscent of the blows delivered by the great George Foreman.

What the actual hell? Add it to the list of millions of reasons I'm not ready to return to the US HEd scene and truly fear for the future of our campuses.

The nice thing about work slowing down a bit in the summer is having ample time to spiral and anxiously watch the world fall apart

The situation in the US is getting grim and way beyond out of control. This vigilante behavior needs to be reined in.

On Juneteenth and forever… Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched. (National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)

There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"

People who go on a trip and post 72 pictures from each day of it on Facebook, is everything OK?

This is serious. One would hope this is a red line (or at least a deeper shade of red than all the others they've already blown through)

Smallest violin, but currently plotting 3 upcoming trips and doing my best to keep the details sorted. I've had great luck using Todoist and templates to track trip essentials and make a workflow.

The American tourism industry is going to get absolutely smoked

Feels like there's been a shift lately. Has folks given up? Fellow photographers: "Stop using my photos to train AI. AI hurts artists." Also photographers: "lol, here's my photos like they're ghibli and also i'm an action figure hehe"

So glad to finally call myself an EV driver--what an upgrade! And even better, it's not one of *that guy*'s cars.

If you thought things were already not great for education in America, here's our "hold my beer" moment. As someone who has worked their entire career in higher education the rapid dismantling and intentional dumbing-down of our public (and private!) education spaces terrifies me.

No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.

Most disappointing news I’ve seen in weeks

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How many times are we going to do this? 🤦

At least here in not-America we're getting only the partially-stupid version of this. I feel like there's an implied "sigh" in the parenthesis.

Sent a lengthy email to my senators today. I'm not expecting a response (though I do expect some fundraising emails 🙄). But it felt good to remind them they have a job to do by challenging all of this from every angle

One of the great things about being 9-12 hours ahead of the US is that most business-day news happens while I'm asleep, meaning I can start every morning with the glass rectangle telling me what horrors the world hath wrought.

Not super exciting, but given that I'm expecting to be here for the longhaul I've updated/verified my username by setting it to my own URL. You can do the same super easy!

Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

Though it originally drove me nuts, not gonna lie...the Cisco default hold music (Opus Number One by Tim Carleton) is kind of a bop. And then this full band cover? Perfection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTvx...

"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..." Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...

Excited to discover this morning that someone placed me on a block list titled "does not get bitcoin/nft/ai" and described "People who have made being anti-technology their whole personality" 😂 I'll wear it as a badge of honor.

Apropos nothing, my visa was renewed yesterday for a couple more years. That feels nice.

Was away for a while, but I'm really going to put an effort into migrating more of my work to @fotoapp.co The work they're doing is incredible to create a photography-forward space unencumbered by the whims algorithms. When the public beta opens soon I encourage #photographers to give it a look!

Oh, we won't be doing that today, thanks.

New business idea: opening an Etsy shop that sells vinyl facial tattoos you can stick on your vacuum creating...Mike Dyson.

For the longest time I thought they were goofy looking--and I still sort of do, but getting a pair of Shokz headphones for work has been great. Nice and lightweight, but leaves me situationally aware and able to converse with colleagues. Sound certainly isn't for critical listening, but it's decent.

Helsinki nights. Or maybe early afternoon. Dark early here. #travel #shotoniphone

Excellent night in Tromso last night. Glad I ventured out as the forecast isn't looking great for the next couple days. Can't wait to get home and go through these shots. #travel #photography

Meant to mention it at the time, but last week had my very first experiences with Cathay Pacific and it was really a delight! Things operated smoothly, the lounges in Hong Kong are excellent, and even got an unexpected upgrade on the return leg.

There should be a special chute on planes to eject passengers watching videos on their phones without headphones.

Currently having a lovely time in central Vietnam and excited for a big trek tomorrow

Me: I'd like this printed in color Work printer: Hey, no problem! Me: And single sided, not duplex Work printer: 10-4 buddy, you got it Me: Hmm, OK [Prints] Work printer: I've got that double-sided, black and white printjob you ordered.