So does the Doomsday Clock leap ahead tonight too? Feels like it.

A week ago the US bombed a school in Iran, killing 150 schoolchildren, and most major domestic news outlets have basically stopped covering the story.

Under any other administration this would be a huge, presidency-ending scandal. Under this administration it's barely a news blip, and just one more example of the blatant corruption of our current president and his cronies.

Starting to think the USA will not survive another 3 years of this madman

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

I so want to introduce my kids to sushi so I can eat sushi more frequently, but I also don’t want to introduce them to sushi because every meal with them is like witnessing Joey “Jaws” Chestnut and I don’t have that kind of disposable income

Currently riding in an uber and the driver is playing some sort of inspirational audio program that is just some guy relentlessly yelling at you. “Let’s get some fucking money! Let’s go get that shit! Let’s fucking go do it!” Let’s make something of this fucking life!” It’s been 10 mins of this.

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM . 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst... via @19thnews.org

Scientists: for a new story, I have one big question—> What is a “good day” in the lab? I’m looking for epic examples of the best day ever to general criteria for what constitutes a “good day” compared to a nothing-burger day. Ping me if you have examples to share! Re-posts appreciated!

Me once again lecturing with a head cold

I'm convinced that if any higher ed institution were to put a stake in the ground and define themselves as AI-free (and hold students to that ideal), its market value among employers would explode in ~10 years. AI is going to produce countless college grads who won't be able to think for themselves.

And the shadow's too chilly to linger Leica M5 50mm f2 Fuji C200 The Yukon

Last night my kids referenced an event from the 90's with "Back in the 1900's..."

If anyone is experiencing imposter syndrome, this should make you feel a lot better. (And also a lot worse, but for other reasons.)

Javier Bardem has way too much fun in Dune 2. He's hilarious.

29 lakes have been sucked dry to create the AI slop that has besmeared all these Super Bowl ads

As a resident of Maine in February, that halftime show was the most color I’ve seen in months.

This is going in my next lecture on aerodynamics

This guy invested $75 million for the rights and marketing for Melania, which grossed only $7 million. He could personally fund the WaPo from his vast personal wealth without even feeling it. It's clear what his motivations are here and it's not about cost savings. Anyway, stop buying from Amazon.

300mya the American Southwest was covered by the Pedregaso Sea and rust-stained sandstone was deposited along its shoreline. 80mya these deposits uplifted and erosion has been slowly erasing them ever since. We are a blink of an eye in geologic time. Nikon FM | Kodak 250D #believeinfilm

Working the poles, somewhere in New Hampshire Nikon FM | Ilford HP5 Plus #believeinfilm

Shhh/Peaceful Bessa L 25mm f3.5 Ilford FP4+ The Yukon

Maine should have their own version of Punxsutawney Phil. Skowhegan Seth staggers out of his burrow every March, which is littered with empty miniatures of Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy. He looks around in disgust, declares 6 more weeks of mud, then crawls back down again.

Antelope Canyon Nikon FM | Kodak 250D #believeinfilm

Maybe the dark is from your eyes Fuji GS645S Ilford SFX Whitehorse, YT

Sedona Nikon FM | Kodak 250D #believeinfilm

Terrible news. These are brutal conditions for landing a plane.

Voigtlander Bessa T LLL 8 element 35mm f2 Kodak 5222

It's hard to underestimate just how much damage Citizens United has done to democracy in the US. That 2010 Supreme Court decision allowed wealthy donors and corporations to consolidate political influence to the point that the vast majority of our politicians now act primarily in service to them.

This isn’t good

The Maine coast in late fall, before the snow arrives Nikon FM | Ilford HP5 Plus #believeinfilm

Nowhere in this article does anyone even begin to reflect on the ethics involved in isolating the DNA of a person who is unable to give consent to such a personal intrusion.

Nikon FM | Ilford HP5 Plus #believeinfilm

This old head needs a good tutorial on Negative Lab Pro because my marginally-informed strategy of sliding all the sliders until I get in the vicinity of what I envisioned is not very efficient. Anyway, here's a shot of Saguaro NP. Nikon FM | Kodak 250D #believeinfilm

Antelope Canyon, AZ Nikon FM | Kodak 250D #believeinfilm

Our neighborhood Barred Owl has made his way into my neighbor's chimney...and down into his living room...for a second time.

Antelope Canyon, AZ is one of those places that you could point your camera in almost any direction and get an amazing shot. Go visit if you can. Nikon FM | Kodak 250D #believeinfilm

Saguaro NP Nikon FM | Kodak 250D #believeinfilm

The first time I read Nineteen Eighty-Four in HS, I remember thinking that the idea of a ruling party telling you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears was too far-fetched; that it would be absurd for any party to expect such a strategy could possibly suppress truth. How naive I was.

My kids’ neighborhood gang decided they wanted to shovel someone’s driveway so I told them they could do our neighbor’s provided they complete the job and don’t accept payment. Work has begun.

Happy 50th, Blue Hill Twinkie! (Maine news is the best)

Pitchers and catchers report in 5 weeks

Ahh, that time of year in Maine when my hands, ridiculously chapped from the dry air, are also enlisted to tighten the skates of half a dozen kids in the locker room every-other-day. Doing well.

LLM's like ChatGPT and Grok are behind an increasing number of horrific stories. The humans designing and promoting this tech should be held accountable. "ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances."

The Yukon Hasselblad 500CM Zeiss Sonnar 150mm f4 Kodak 5203

After explaining the concept of a New Year's resolution to my youngest son, he immediately asked if he could give resolutions for other people.

The gong show

Why is the latest iOS so unrelentingly bad?