Love that Python supports `<`, `<=`, etc., for subset tests. Around since version 2 at least: docs.python.org/2/library/st....

Japanese cheesewood in Japan! blog.revfad.com/2026/08/04/j...

7 People Who Saved the Most Lives in History While tyrants may dominate public memory, there are many heroes who helped mankind and saved millions of lives. www.thecollector.com/people-saved... #history Florence Nightingale

Grateful to @lizthegrey.com and the rest of the Honeycomb team for making www.honeycomb.io/observabilit... available for free. Looking forward to reading it!

Honeycomb’s O’Reilly Book Observability Engineering, 2nd Ed.

Let authors Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, George Miranda, and Austin Parker explain how to apply Observability successfully in your organization.

honeycomb.io

Just came across pygis.io/docs/a_intro... -- free book on using open source tools for geo data analysis. I love the WWW. Much gratitude to the authors.

Was disappointed to learn today that Berkeley Bowl isn't selling the lab grown meat mentioned in this article. Seems it was a one off? www.sfgate.com/food/article...

Berkeley Bowl dishes up meat banned in red states

No pigs died in the making of these meatballs.

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Was delighted to learn of a couple languages via this language pop-up on cartes.app: Brezhoneg (Breton) and Occitan. Fun to see the code for the list here: codeberg.org/cartes/web/s... and codeberg.org/cartes/web/s...

May Chen explores the insect life in a native plant garden, close up -- bumble bee queens, aphid mummies, skippers, and more. One new thing for me: it's not just wasps making galls -- aphids can too. bringingbackthenatives.net/guest-post/p... #californianativeplants

Pollinator Post 6/15/26 - Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase

After dropping Fred off at Shoreline Park for his walk this afternoon, I head for the Bay Farm Island Library to check on the native plant garden there.  Much to my delight, the young garden

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I spent the last month obsessed with finding colors that can't be displayed on a conventional screen. This is what I found. moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...

Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You

An atlas of the vibrance of the real world

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Seems like [sunset time] no longer works to get the sunset time on Google?

I did some weeding while I was visiting my parents. blog.revfad.com/2026/06/15/c.... I got to learn a little about creeping thistles (Cirsium arvense).

NEWSFLASH: Russia has struck the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a historic monastery complex. The overnight attack also destroyed a national film studio and a key Ukrainian logistics hub in the capital.

NEWSFLASH: For Russia, even a monastery is a target

Overnight, Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones, destroying a historic film studio and a Ukrainian logistics hub in Kyiv.

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Russia struck the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, setting its roof on fire. Built in the 11th century, the cathedral is the main church of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Ukraine's most important Christian shrines.

NEW: After ProPublica contacted leading vaccine skeptic Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed. “The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote.

A Popular Doctor Had Long Warned That Vitamin K Shots Are Risky for Newborns. Now He’s Changed His Tune.

After ProPublica contacted Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed. “The da...

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Roger of "Roger's Red" comments on the cultivar named for him: pacifichorticulture.org/articles/vit.... (Shared recently on Facebook.) "The paternity test confirmed what had long been suspected: ‘Roger’s Red’ was a hybrid between a native grape (V. californica) and a wine grape cultivar ..."

Pacific Horticulture | Vitis 'Roger's Red'

The colorful grape known as ‘Roger’s Red’ has become a popular ornamental vine, valued for its brilliant red fall color, vigorous growth, and ease of cultivation. Recent genetic studies done by Gerald...

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May Chen has another lovely Pollinator Post entry, this one covering Hooker's evening primrose and Oregon gumweed plus some insect friends from a recent hike: bringingbackthenatives.net/guest-post/p...

Pollinator Post 5/31/26 - Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase

It’s almost noon when Fred and I make it to Bay Farm on this sunny, calm day. A glossy, black insect is perched on a petal of the Hooker’s Evening Primrose flower, Oenothera elata.

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Just happened to finish "Equal Rites" this morning, my first intro to Granny Weatherwax. Maybe I'll pick up "Mort" next based on this article. I'm thankful for the gift link. What're your favorites from Pratchett?

Bruce Triplett@btripper75.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I'm sorry not to have made time to finish reading "The Consciousness Instinct" from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael... of split brain fame before it was due. Here's one bit that caught my attention (pun not intended?).

Was happy Thursday (April 14) to see a new planting of calscape.org/Eriophyllum-... starting to bloom. Hoping to gradually replace the sweet alyssum and Jupiter's beard. I need to be mindful that people in our community like the flowers though.

🚨New Bright Line Watch report on the rule of law in the US - joint w/@rickhasen.bsky.social's Strengthening Democracy Project at UCLA Law The most comprehensive expert survey to date - 21 federal judges, 113 elite lawyers, and 193 law profs brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... 🧵 on findings below ⬇️

Some of the identified individuals the US killed in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific showed "no indication of involvement with drug trafficking." And even if they were traffickers, they'd be low level. Killing them would make virtually no impact on the cartels or drug trafficking into the US.

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pleased to speak with @theguardian.com about the US boat strikes and this important investigation into the identities of the victims. “I think this was in part a military spectacle to give the illusion of the administration doing something ‘macho’ about drugs.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Clearing out all the selected icons on fontello.com: `[...document.querySelectorAll('.icon-remove')].forEach(e => e .click())` ... What's the right way to do this?

First gumweed bloom of the year in our yard. Not sure on which Grindelia it is.

Lots of neat photos of insects (bumblebees, thick-headed flies, sand wasps, and more) on a coffeeberry in this new post from May Chen: bringingbackthenatives.net/guest-post/p.... You can see the full archive of her posts here: bringingbackthenatives.net/pollinator-p.... #californianativeplants

Pollinator Post 5/12/26 - Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase

It’s an overcast, windy afternoon at Bay Farm.  I zip up my jacket as I get out of the car, and don’t expect to see many insects today. A Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, subgenus Pyrobombus (genus

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Select all the items in a custom font uploaded to fontello.com: `[...document.querySelectorAll('.font-custom_icons .selector__glyph .selector__glyph-inner')].forEach(e => e .click())`. I wanted to add some items to it. I'm assuming that there's a better way to do this, but it worked.

Saw a scramble zone yesterday at Edgewood Park in San Mateo County, CA. Of the plants eking out an existence there, especially fell in love with calscape.org/Pogogyne-ser.... Such a nice strong mint smell. Much gratitude to the docents who gave us a tour!

How much toothpaste do you use each time you brush your teeth? For me, it seems < 0.1 oz (n = 1). My scale showed 2.6 oz both before and after. I was curious how long a tube of toothpaste should last for me. If I brush 3 times/day, 0.1 oz/use, this 5.5 oz tube will last ~18 days. Roughly right?

I know there are a lot of tools like this already, but I had some fun hacking together an image to PDF generator: revfad.com/imgs_to_pdf/. Source: github.com/fadend/imgs_.... Uses the awesome: github.com/Hopding/pdf-....

One of our stream orchids (calscape.org/Epipactis-gi... started blooming. Purchased at www.yerbabuenanursery.com a couple years ago. It's holding its own in a crowded wet pot. In one photo you can see common rush and horsetails. Not pictured: tule and yellow-eyed grass.

Caterpillars seen yesterday on the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour (bringingbackthenatives.net). I think this is my first time seeing pipevine swallowtail caterpillars. There were a lot of them!