High tide and south swell before the rain even hit.

It's probably best not to count how many tabs I currently have open. My reference books are in a teetering pile as it is. Fortuitously, a lot of the quotes I'm using are ones I've used in previous lectures so I'm grabbing them out of those images rather than looking them. Good job, Past Me!

Strike a Pumpkin Pose ~ semi-occasional, partially annual, usually seasonal, almost final, regularly scheduled pumpkin portrait.

I took a break from lesson planning to text hubby to bring me lunch in my office. And he did. #BestHubbyEver

We have arrived at the rope for the Naha Great Tug of War

All the extant species DO. But extinct ones like the rhino/SUV-sized diprotodon probably didn't.

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14h ago

Diprotodon, the proto-wombat, was the size of an SUV. They lived alongside anatomically modern humans in Australia for about 10,000 years until going extinct about 25-40,000 years ago. If they had proportionally sized cubic poop, it would be the size of a cinderblock, I think?

Periodic reminder that Jupiter has rings.

Today I Learned: - there is more than one species of wombat - they grow over 3 meters in length - they have [redacted so I don't get in trouble] spines

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3y ago

In my mind, I picture wombats as badger or possum sized, but they're ... um ... not.

(sorry, I’m a musician)

I love the fishy tote! I also love that the Korean (물고기 - mulgogi) literally translates to "Water Meat".

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · yesterday

👀 Must be the season of the fish. Squidfacts.net

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🇧🇷Iratauá-grande 🌎Gymnomystax mexicanus Conservação: Pouco Preocupante O iratauá-grande é uma ave da ordem Passeriformes, da família Icteridae. 📷 José Rondon

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Treated to a lovely display tonight! Took these from the bridge over the Ythan here in Newburgh. #northernlights #aurora #nature #outdoors #scotland @davidbflower.bsky.social

I captured the Milky Way from Yanliao Port in Hualien, Taiwan. I wanted to capture it vertically. My 15mm wide-angle lens framed it nicely. High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/ypaqdp #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #milkyway #eastcoastkin #photography

My spooky girls are ready for halloween #pigeonsky #doves #birds

And now a reposting from the ambassador with a message in French, Korean, and English!

I was reading from either Chiang or Doctorow about how the tech industry has gone hog wild into LLMs because it has *no new ideas.* All the money is in 6 companies that eat rivals just as they bloom; they don't have TIME to become the next Big Thing. They are acquired and killed. Tech has stagnated

YES. I was just thinking about how many useful ideas and real solutions AREN'T being funded - or even THOUGHT UP - because the money and attention is being sucked into tulip bulbs. You've got kids who might have figured out cold fusion spending all their time building AI video apps.

Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Hype is eating the future, and leaving us the bones.” Sun-ha Hong of UNC-Chapel Hill says the Silicon Valley hype machine systematically “borrows credibility from the future to purchase legitimacy in the present.” The cost, he argues, is a planetary-scale drain on our alternatives.

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The Apollo astronauts had duct tape. It was used on Apollo 13 to put square CO2 filters in a round hole. A lot of writers don’t want to make problems hard enough for the characters. I don’t think you have that problem. :)

I'm trying to find something to watch that's in English and #LostInSpace is not working. What do you mean you don't have duct tape for your suit? Why are there only a handful of people on your ship? Why were you sitting in a cargo bay? The average soccer mom is better prepared than you.

I feel very lucky that in WA overseas voters can vote by email. (Print ballot and sign, then scan or photograph and attach to email.)

A lot of the overseas voters I know are paying for tracking on their ballots so they know they actually arrive in the USA and get counted. The Korean postal system is not the major concern here.

If you're writing a novel and want help, whether it's help writing your first book or editing your latest passion project, feel free to drop me an email. I do have a few spaces for new editing clients this year and very reasonable rates. www.LianaEdits.com?u... #LianaEdits #AmWriting #AmEditing

I have started applying stickers to my new laptop.

A new study finds the same waʻa settled both Hawaiʻi and Easter Island, carrying genes that leave some at risk of rare diseases.

Opinion: Who Are Native Hawaiians Most Related To? You May Be Surprised

A new study finds the same waʻa settled both Hawaiʻi and Easter Island, carrying genes that leave some at risk of rare diseases.

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The skye above the port was the colour of parchment, as yet unmarkèd by a scrybe.

I love when my kid's text starts with... "Ok, before you see the news and worry, I am alright..."