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Apr 11, 2025: “Fungus Fireworks” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/10s, ISO 1000. Along the Shotgun Creek trail.
Apr 11, 2025: “Crystal Clear” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/9, 1/40s, ISO 640. Snowmelt in Roney Creek along the Horse Creek …
Apr 11, 2025: The Abrego Garcia Case: A Quick Update Government lawyers say they need 5 days to study a 4-page order from the Supreme Court. If only we had some …
Apr 11, 2025: I can understand why, in the interest of “fairness”, the NYT Daily podcast would choose to give a platform to Chrisopher Rufo. That …
Apr 11, 2025: “Early Spring Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 20mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 320. In the Three Sisters Wilderness on the Horse …
Apr 11, 2025: “Bridge to Wilderness” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 27mm, f/9, 1/6s, ISO 800. Entering the Three Sisters Wilderness on the …
Apr 11, 2025: Oregon says it will refuse to comply with Trump’s DEI order on public schools Gotta say I’m pretty happy to have moved to a state where elected …
Apr 11, 2025: Social Security lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave, AP sources say Pretty much literally Orwellian. All it lacks is …
Apr 10, 2025: “You Shall Not Pass” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 40mm, f/13, 1/50s, ISO 5000. Along the Dead Mountain Trail.
Apr 10, 2025: Supreme Court rules Trump administration must ‘facilitate’ return of mistakenly deported man Basically, the ruling is “why yes, the government …
Apr 10, 2025: “I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you here today” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/7.1, 1/50s, ISO 500. …
Apr 10, 2025: Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak Usually I avoid Paul Krugman, because he seems to me to have the consistent attitude that he is not only the …
Apr 10, 2025: Finished: Dissolution by Nicholas Binge 📚. This was an unexpectedly delightful science fiction novel, featuring time travel via immersion in perfect …
Apr 10, 2025: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/13, 1/80s, ISO 160. Shot from the Dead …
Apr 10, 2025: Trump Backs Off Most of His Dumb Tariffs—but What’s Left Is Still Bad Indeed. Let’s see how long it takes the stock market to figure that out. …
Apr 9, 2025: “Who says violets need to be purple?” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/30s, ISO 250. Along the trail at Howard Buford Recreation Area.
Apr 9, 2025: “Fawn Lily” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/125s, ISO 200. Along the trail at Howard Buford Recreation Area.
Apr 9, 2025: “Camas Lily” Olympus TG6 @ 9.6mm, f/3.3, 1/200s, ISO 160. Along the trail at Howard Buford Recreation Area.
Apr 9, 2025: NYT: Asked why he decided on a pause, President Trump says, “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting …
Apr 9, 2025: Trump announces pause in tariffs; markets jump It was what, two days ago that he said he’d never back down? At this point, it’s …
Apr 9, 2025: RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be ‘model for the world’ He left out the words “of what not to do.” And lest we …
Apr 8, 2025: Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say Two bad tastes that taste worse together.
Apr 8, 2025: Fake job seekers are flooding U.S. companies that are hiring for remote positions, tech CEOs say With every day that passes, I get more and more happy …
Apr 8, 2025: Trump Forgets Basic European History in Bizarre Tariff Rant Well that’s a charitable headline. I’d be astounded if he ever knew basic …
Apr 8, 2025: Trump Adviser Releases Insane List of Demands for Tariffed Countries Finally, Miran said that countries could “simply write checks” to the Treasury …
Apr 7, 2025: Supreme Court rolls over for Trump's illegal and thuggish actions Supreme Court lifts orders blocking Trump from deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act If you had any hope that the Supreme Court was going to …
Apr 7, 2025: Some day I’ll be telling my grandchildren about the old days, when you could choose from a vast array of inexpensive products thanks to a global …
Apr 7, 2025: Bessent: Federal layoffs will help fill factory jobs created by Trump tariffs Because park rangers, nurses, accountants and lawyers are qualified and …
Apr 7, 2025: Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C. Dear Leader is giving himself a parade for his 79th birthday. I wonder if …
Apr 7, 2025: Proud to be a PANICAN. Let me know when I can buy the t-shirt.
Apr 7, 2025: “Scotch Broom” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/16, 1/160s, ISO 500. Along the Tahkenitch Dunes Trail.
Apr 7, 2025: Tabletop industry in full panic as Trump tariffs are poised to erase decades of growth Hope you enjoy playing the games you have now, because a …
Apr 6, 2025: “Gigeresque” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 320. Along the beach near Tahkenitch Dunes.
Apr 6, 2025: “Barnacle Bouquet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/320s, ISO 320. Along the beach near Tahkenitch Dunes.
Apr 6, 2025: Bessent calls tariffs ‘a one-time price adjustment’ Kind of like having your leg amputated is a one-time body adjustment.
Apr 6, 2025: Federal judge in scathing decision calls Trump’s deportation of Salvadoran man ‘wholly lawless’ Not that the administration appears to give a shit. I …
Apr 6, 2025: “Framed Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 16mm, f5.6, 1/160s, ISO 250. Along the Threemile Lake North Trail.
Apr 6, 2025: “Fuzzy Bells” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f5.6, 1/100s, ISO 200. Along the Threemile Lake North Trail.
Apr 6, 2025: “You Can’t See Me” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f5.6, 1/80s, ISO 6400
Apr 6, 2025: More details surface in Trump administration plan to cut national forests Trump appears to believe that declaring national emergencies lets him do …
Apr 5, 2025: This is what a lawless dictatorship looks like Trump administration argues judge cannot order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador So to summarize, the administration position is: We …
Apr 5, 2025: I started buying things via Amazon back when they only sold books. I try hard not to waste my limited time on this earth with regrets, but if I were …
Apr 5, 2025: Just cancelled all of my Amazon subscriptions. It’s just a tiny thing, but I don’t need to be giving money to billionaires who kiss …
Apr 5, 2025: Hundreds of protestors lining Hwy 101 for at least a mile in Florence, Oregon this afternoon. And a dozen or so in tiny Veneta. Even in deep-blue …
Apr 5, 2025: DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data Oh, and they’re bringing in right-wing military contractors …
Apr 5, 2025: ‘I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre’ Her advice to anyone …
Apr 4, 2025: An update on our economic outlook J.P. Morgan goes on the record predicting a recession for this year. Folks who are too young to remember what 2007 …
Apr 4, 2025: “The Road Ahead” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 1250. In the North Bank Habitat Management Area.
Apr 4, 2025: Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants File under “No, the courts are not going to save us.”
Apr 4, 2025: “Roads Not Taken” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 160
Apr 4, 2025: Trump delays TikTok ban again Apparently the unitary executive theory includes “you can make up whatever laws you want and Congress won’t …
Apr 4, 2025: Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington compares Jan. 6 charges to Japanese internment Because why should a little thing like an understanding of …
Apr 4, 2025: “This Way to the Clear Cut” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 320. Seen from the North Bank …
Apr 4, 2025: Yesterday I learned that Americans spend roughly 10 times as much on lottery scratch tickets as they do on pizza. This baffles me. I don’t eat …
Apr 4, 2025: Finished: Orange is the New Black 📚. I’ve never seen the TV show, and given that I watch zero TV, I never will. To be honest, I wasn’t …
Apr 4, 2025: “All Your Pollen Belongs to Me” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 1250. At the North Bank Wildlife …
Apr 4, 2025: Tesla is sitting on $200 million worth of Cybertruck inventory Swasticars are not doing well. Boo hoo. Buried in the article is the fact that even …
Apr 3, 2025: Kennedy suggests 20 percent of HHS cuts may be reversed I so want someone who thinks a 20% error rate is acceptable to be in charge of the …
Apr 2, 2025: Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins Presumably the tariff will be lifted when the penguins stop sending us …
Apr 2, 2025: The NaNoWriMo organization is shutting down Sad news. I completed NaNoWriMo 4 or 5 times - never anything really publishable, but I always enjoyed it.
Apr 2, 2025: I, Pencil If I thought anyone in the Trump administration could read, I’d recommend that they read this classic essay.
Apr 2, 2025: Musk downplays Wisconsin results, saying he ‘expected to lose’ What’s that smell? Oh, it’s sour grapes mixed with horseshit.
Apr 1, 2025: Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump, Musk More good news from the Badger State. Looks like Elon failed to buy a state …
Apr 1, 2025: Finished reading: The Mother 📚. Another of Pearl S. Buck’s novels of rural China in the pre-Communist era, this one is mainly a pretty …
Apr 1, 2025: Trump-backed Randy Fine elected to Congress in tense Florida special election According to AP, looks like Fine won by about 10 points. Given that the …
Apr 1, 2025: Booker sets record for longest Senate speech in history Thank you, Senator Booker.
Apr 1, 2025: Screen time in bed linked to worse sleep, study finds This is news?
Apr 1, 2025: Finished reading: Arc Light 📚. Given the current occupants of the White House & Kremlin, it probably wasn’t my smartest move to read a …
Apr 1, 2025: Central Cascades Wilderness Permits Reservations opened this morning and I was quick enough to get a 4-night permit for July. Guess I know where …
Apr 1, 2025: Defending free speech: FIRE and Substack partner to protect writers in America Well good on them. Substack is planning to “support writers …
Apr 1, 2025: More Chilling, Illegal Nonsense from the Trump Administration Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison This ought to be the biggest news of …
Apr 1, 2025: “After the Storm” Olympus TG6 @ 12.7mm, f/3.9, 1/200s, ISO 100. Along the trail in Suzanne Arlie Park.
Mar 31, 2025: “No Parking” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/125s, ISO 200. In Suzanne Arlie Park.
Mar 31, 2025: “Embrace” Olympus TG6 @ 11.1mm, f/3.6, 1/250s, ISO 500. At the edge of Suzanne Arlie Park.
Mar 31, 2025: “Catenaries” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100. At the edge of Suzanne Arlie Park.
Mar 31, 2025: “Oregon Sky” Olympus TG6 @ 15.7mm, f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 100. View from Mt. Baldy.
Mar 31, 2025: Trump Anti-Voting Order Draws Furious Pushback In case you missed the voter suppression executive order (you’re forgiven; there’s a lot …
Mar 31, 2025: “Sun at Pinard Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/9, 1/125s, ISO 1250
Mar 31, 2025: Trump is ‘not joking’ about third term, though Constitution says he can’t serve I see the administration found a way to knock …
Mar 30, 2025: “It’s Jelly Time (no PB)” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 2500
Mar 30, 2025: Finished reading: The Lineage of Lichfield 📚. This is a rather minor bit of Cabelliana. I’m linking to the archive.org copy; to get it in print …
Mar 30, 2025: Everybody in the Pool This climate podcast is my weekly dose of optimism. Instead of giving out the doom and gloom, Molly Wood focuses on solutions. …
Mar 30, 2025: “Capturing the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 400
Mar 29, 2025: This is also Spirit Falls. Same camera, same lens, but stitched together from two 2 second exposures at 29mm, f/9.0, ISO 100. There’s some art …
Mar 29, 2025: Spirit Falls Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/80s, ISO 5000
Mar 29, 2025: It is oddly comforting to know, after all these years, that Scripting News is still updating regularly and still publishing RSS. I wonder how many …
Mar 29, 2025: Finished reading: Elric: The Moonbeam Roads 📚. Another of my retirement projects is to read through the definitive author’s editions of Michael …
Mar 29, 2025: “Steps to Nowhere” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 17mm, f/4.5, 1/500s, ISO 400. Along FR 5821 near Lookout Point Reservoir.
Mar 29, 2025: Garmin’s online map shows a point for the “Willamette Divide Trail,” for which there is no information online (just sketchy mapping …
Mar 29, 2025: Fortunately, I live in Oregon, so there are always waterfalls to improve things. This is Moon Falls - I also hiked to Spirit Falls and Pinard Falls …
Mar 29, 2025: Why RFK Jr.’s pick for a vaccine-autism review may be familiar to Retraction Watch readers And speaking of RFK Jr, his pick to run a new …
Mar 29, 2025: Top FDA vaccine regulator Peter Marks pushed out I wonder if the “oh, RFK Jr isn’t that extreme” crowd in Congress are having …
Mar 28, 2025: Flight bookings between Canada and US down 70% amid Trump tariff war Guess it’s the turn of the USA to learn what the term “pariah …
Mar 28, 2025: Finished reading: The Cream of the Jest 📚. I do seem to be tearing through the James Branch Cabell lately. This one firmly ties his Lichfield novels …
Mar 28, 2025: First big AI IPO (CoreWeave) lands with a thud. From NYT: The company priced its offering at $40 a share, compared with an initial range of $47 to …
Mar 28, 2025: “Horsetail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 4000. Along FR 5824 near the Eugene to Crest Trail.
Mar 28, 2025: I’m sure I’ll never be in a position to take any business to Skadden, Arps or Paul, Weiss, but if I was, I wouldn’t.
Mar 28, 2025: Much of my post-move life is perfectly described by the notion of putting ten pounds of shit in a five-pound sack. Maybe downsizing will be done …
Mar 28, 2025: Dear Canada, We’re not all assholes. Honest. We’re sorry for the jerk at the top. PS - How about you adopt us? I’m sure western …
Mar 28, 2025: Utah becomes first state to ban fluoride in public water supply Forward into the past.
Mar 28, 2025: Sourdough Sidekick I’ve managed to keep a sourdough starter going for years now (including a cross-country move) without a $160 gadget. I think …
Mar 28, 2025: Trump Slump continues. And accelerates. What a surprise, when you tank the economy the markets notice.
Mar 28, 2025: DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse Anyone who has ever been involved in a large software project will …
Mar 28, 2025: With so many years in the industry, you’d think I could write simple Markdown without needing three tries. You’d be wrong.
Mar 28, 2025: With the acceleration of AI nonsense, I’m starting to think the internet will be dead as a useful place before I am.
Mar 28, 2025: Musk: Trump will ‘go after’ people ‘pushing the lies’ about Tesla Apparently co-President Musk thinks it’s terrorism to tell people they …
Mar 28, 2025: “We’re Watching You” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/5, 1/60s, ISO 1000. Along FR 5824 near the Eugene to Crest …
Mar 27, 2025: Finished reading: Brain on Fire 📚. This one initially seems to be in the “I had psychiatric problems but survived” genre. But then it …
Mar 27, 2025: “Embrace” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/6.3, 1/13s, ISO 2000. Along the Eugene to Crest Trail.
Mar 27, 2025: White House withdrawing Stefanik nomination to serve as US ambassador to UN Because they’re worried they might lose a special election in a …
Mar 27, 2025: Steakholder Foods Secures $250,000 Grant Installment for 3D-Printed Eel Alternatives On the one hand, I’m happy to see more cruelty-free meat …
Mar 27, 2025: I see the online April Fools jokes have already started. Remember folks, 99% of you aren’t as hilarious as you think you are.
Mar 26, 2025: Might be about time to re-read some Saul Alinsky.
Mar 26, 2025: Justice Department goes to bat for Trump in hush money case With all the other shit going down, it’s easy to forget that co-President Trump is …
Mar 26, 2025: Democrat members of Congress are calling for an investigation of Signalgate by the DOD Inspector General. Perhaps they’ve forgotten that the …
Mar 26, 2025: Notably missing from Signalgate coverage: the focus on this one chat disguises the fact that decision-making by disappearing Signal messages is …
Mar 26, 2025: CIA director: ‘No assessment’ US at war with Venezuela amid use of Alien Enemies Act Gee, you mean the President lied when he invoked the Alien …
Mar 26, 2025: Bullshit: Tulsi Gabbard said the release of the additional screenshots by The Atlantic today “were a refresher on what happened.” But she said she …
Mar 26, 2025: Micro.blog has been a trouble-free pleasure for a month. Upping my subscription to yearly. Thanks @manton!
Mar 26, 2025: On the plus side, the Supreme Court slapped down the Fifth Circuit (again) and said that yes, ghost guns and kits could be regulated as firearms.
Mar 26, 2025: I just hope someone in Congress is keeping a list of all the fools, liars, and traitors in the current administration to indict when (and if) the …
Mar 26, 2025: Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal See inside the clown car, thanks to The Atlantic. You might want to read this sooner …
Mar 26, 2025: Finished reading: The Whisper of the Axe 📚. I’d guess most people only know Richard Condon thanks to THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, but he wrote a …
Mar 25, 2025: NASA website axes a pledge to land a woman and a person of color on the moon File under “sad but no longer surprising.” I will be …
Mar 25, 2025: Finished reading: The Eagle’s Shadow 📚. Though this was Jame Branch Cabell’s first published novel, it comes comparatively late in the …
Mar 25, 2025: “Visitor” Olympus E-M10 IV, Meike 25mm f/1.8 lens with Viltrox 250 macro lens, 1/320s, ISO 100. Along Eugene’s Ridgeline Trail.
Mar 25, 2025: Bubble Trouble The bear case on big generative AI. I think he may be overindexing on DeepSeek, but the general point (that it is very unlikely all the …
Mar 25, 2025: “Contemplation” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 2s, ISO 500. Salmon Creek Falls.
Mar 24, 2025: Trump calls on Polis to remove ‘purposefully distorted’ portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado capitol Personally I hope Gov. Polis keeps the …
Mar 24, 2025: It’s spring. Even the leopard slugs are out smelling the flowers. Olympus E-M10 IV, Meike 25mm f/1.8 lens, 1/100s, ISO 160. Along Eugene’s …
Mar 24, 2025: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans Lots of people (including Congressfolks on both sides of the aisle) are shocked & …
Mar 24, 2025: Didn’t finish: The In-Between 📚. I’m interested in the subject (end-of-life care), and more so as I get older. Despite which, I gave up on …
Mar 24, 2025: “Inside of a Skunk” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 500. Along Whispering Spruce Trail.
Mar 24, 2025: “Coltsfoot” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/9, 1/40s, ISO 800. Along Saint Perpetua Trail.
Mar 23, 2025: Finished: The Last Wild Men of Borneo 📚. It’s a pretty meandering book, going from art collecting to the loss of native culture to protest …
Mar 23, 2025: “Bad Hair Day” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/10, 1/60s, ISO 1600. Near Salmon Creek Falls.
Mar 23, 2025: “Vampire fungus” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/16, 1/40s, ISO 640. Along Amanda’s Trail near Yachats.
Mar 23, 2025: “Splash!” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 f/5.6-6.3 lens + MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/14, 1/40s, ISO 200. Shot from Amanda’s Trail …
Mar 23, 2025: “Skunk Season” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 800. Cape Perpetua, Giant Spruce Trail.
Mar 22, 2025: “Laziness is our Middle Name” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 f/5.6-6.3 lens + MC-20 teleconverter @ 684mm, f/14, 1/40s, ISO 124. Shot …
Mar 22, 2025: An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the GOP effort to venerate Trump while he’s still in office The latest from the Congressional …
Mar 22, 2025: 10 1/2 mile hike took me a ridiculous 6 hours. The fact that I shot 300 photos probably has something to do with that.
Mar 22, 2025: A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar Geoengineering I don’t think we are very many years from some small government or large …
Mar 21, 2025: Trump says student loans moving to SBA Small Business Administration plans to slash staff by over 40 percent amid agency-wide reorganization What …
Mar 21, 2025: Commerce secretary: No one but ‘fraudsters’ would complain about missed Social Security check I’m not sure how out-of-touch you need to be to …
Mar 21, 2025: “Beachgrass” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 400. Along the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.
Mar 21, 2025: Trump suggests sending Tesla vandals to El Salvador prisons Or put another way, the increasingly lawless President wants to send American citizens to …
Mar 21, 2025: “Sentinel” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/11, 1/250s, ISO 250. ALong the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.
Mar 21, 2025: How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To I’m not the only one moving things out of the US - and micro.blog is right on …
Mar 20, 2025: “As Above, So Below” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/200s, ISO 250. Near the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.
Mar 20, 2025: “Life Finds a Way” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.
Mar 20, 2025: Dr. Oz Is Now the Grown-Up in the Room A legitimately scary thought.
Mar 20, 2025: Didn’t finish: The Forgotten Man 📚 Revisionist history arguing that FDR’s policies didn’t help people out of the Great Depression. …
Mar 20, 2025: Finished reading: In the Garden of Beasts 📚 Larson’s dramatic history is always an easy read. This one, about the US ambassador to Germany in …
Mar 20, 2025: I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped Thought experiment: how do you suppose the Trump …
Mar 20, 2025: Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue This is just laugh-out-loud funny. Well, unless you happen to be driving …
Mar 20, 2025: “Windblown” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 32mm, f/11, 1/50s, ISO 200. Processed in Darktable. Along the John Dellenback Dunes …
Mar 20, 2025: A Livestreamed Tragedy on X Sparks a Memecoin Frenzy Memecoins are just an unadulterated barrel of crap.
Mar 20, 2025: Commerce secretary: Buy Tesla stock Looks like co-President Musk managed to buy national advertising as well as a seat in the Oval Office for his …
Mar 20, 2025: Finished reading: Gai-Jin 📚 An ideal bathroom book: action every page or two, comfortably exotic (while being, I suspect, wildly ahistorical), and I …
Mar 20, 2025: “Elephant Foot” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9.5, 1/500s, ISO 200. Near the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.
Mar 20, 2025: Republicans want Musk to shut up about Social Security Yeah, I’ll bet they do. Losing the votes of everyone over 65 might possibly be a problem …
Mar 19, 2025: Dietary Guidelines in the MAHA era Vegetables: the latest leftist plot to pollute America’s precious bodily fluids.
Mar 19, 2025: “Plovers on Parade” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/800s, ISO 1250. Oregon coast near the John Dellenback Dunes …
Mar 19, 2025: “Rain Pool” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 21mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.
Mar 19, 2025: WMO report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts That’s the World Meteorological Organization. Globally each of the past ten years …
Mar 19, 2025: Republican Behind “Trump Derangement Bill” Accused of Soliciting Minor The definition of schadenfreude.
Mar 18, 2025: NYT: In an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, President Trump maintained his view that his administration is not actually defying the courts …
Mar 18, 2025: Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act blasted as abuse of power A roundup of responses to the administration attempt to send all the Venezuelans they can …
Mar 18, 2025: New filing in the Alien Enemies Act case If the president can designate any group as enemy aliens under the act, and that designation is …
Mar 18, 2025: Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID The interesting thing is that this is an appointments clause decision - …
Mar 18, 2025: FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies Another break for poor oppressed billionaires.
Mar 18, 2025: Moscow and Beijing rejoice at looming death of Radio Free Europe, VOA The enemy of my enemy is (checks notes) a free press.
Mar 18, 2025: Minnesota bill labels Trump derangement syndrome as mental illness FFS.
Mar 18, 2025: 3 vaccine doses cut long-COVID risk by over 60%, analysis suggests Vaccines work. What a surprise.
Mar 18, 2025: NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide I’m a child of the Space Age (grew up in 1960’s SoCal) so to me …
Mar 18, 2025: Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support I was just thinking it might be time to apply for my Social Security, even though …
Mar 17, 2025: Update: the Newegg seller refunded the excessive markup. On the one hand, this makes me happier. On the other, I wonder how often they get away with …
Mar 17, 2025: I ordered a new laptop ethernet adapter from a Newegg seller because I’m trying to discontinue doing business with Amazon. So I was miffed when …
Mar 17, 2025: Judge lashes out at Trump admin over deportation flights As of right now, it appears to be the administration position that because of (pick one or …
Mar 17, 2025: “Droplets” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 640. Along the Ridgeline Trail.
Mar 17, 2025: Didn’t finish reading: Destiny’s Road 📚 Usually I like Niven’s work, but this one just never seemed to get anywhere, and I gave up …
Mar 17, 2025: “Rainy Day Flower” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 250. Along the Ridgeline Trail.
Mar 17, 2025: Trump’s border czar: “I don’t care what the judges think” Speaking of lawless.
Mar 17, 2025: Trump: Biden Jan. 6 panel pardons, others ‘void’ because autopen use Sorry, Presidents have used autopens for decades and there are court precedents …
Mar 17, 2025: “Rainbow Rays” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/180s, ISO 125. Along the Ridgeline Trail. Really hard to capture what this really looked like, even …
Mar 17, 2025: 1 in 8 COVID survivors still have symptoms 2 years after infection, researchers say This is one big reason I’m still careful when COVID case …
Mar 17, 2025: People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images Whether Google tweaks this particular feature or not, watermarking is …
Mar 17, 2025: Trump says he’ll speak to Putin Tuesday Trump says We are already talking about that, dividing up certain assets. Anyone else reminded of that time …
Mar 17, 2025: Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants Because sure, why shouldn’t we ignore a technology that has already …
Mar 16, 2025: Give back the Statue of Liberty, French MEP tells US Seems legit.
Mar 16, 2025: VC Aileen Lee highlights how the broader investor exodus is worsening woes for unicorn companies When the VC General Partners stop showing up to …
Mar 16, 2025: "…some gang member subject to removal under the Proclamation had already been removed from United States territory under the Proclamation …
Mar 16, 2025: Surgeon and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order So now we have a professional who was in the US on an H1-B visa refused re-entry …
Mar 16, 2025: Just upgraded 6 ethernet switches from 1 gigabit to 2.5 gigabit. Discussion of the absurdity of living in a house with six ethernet switches will be …
Mar 16, 2025: Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge’s order stopping removal I’m sad but not surprised about this. I have no …
Mar 16, 2025: “Red Mushrooms” I’m honestly not sure how I got this shot - flash misfire maybe. But I like the way it turned out, noise and all. …
Mar 16, 2025: This gaming mouse has a striking skeletonized design and hot-swap batteries Trimming grams from a mouse struck me as silly. And then I thought about …
Mar 16, 2025: Finished reading: Rogues in Hell 📚 14th book in a complex shared-world series featuring (mostly) historical figures in a bizarre & funny …
Mar 16, 2025: Life in the tower: Who controls Seattle’s drawbridges? Who knew that drawbridge operators need to check their blind spot before raising the bridge? …
Mar 15, 2025: Federal judge halts deportations after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act He also ordered planes in the air heading for Venezuela to turn around and come …
Mar 15, 2025: Trump invokes wartime law to target Venezuelan gang and speed up deportations This appears to be not even remotely legal: we’re not at war with …
Mar 15, 2025: And speaking of Amazon idiocy…they sent me an email telling me my deleted seller account was reactivated at my request (no such request was …
Mar 15, 2025: “Walking into Spring” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 400. Hardesty Trail, the same day there was a foot …
Mar 15, 2025: Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States Absolutely cratered since the post-pandemic highs. So much for any stray thought I …
Mar 15, 2025: Donald Trump, In DOJ Speech, Calls CNN And MSNBC “Illegal” For Reporting Negatively On Him I need to start figuring out which non-US news sources to …
Mar 15, 2025: Finished reading: Rough Sleepers 📚 Tracy Kidder digs into the work of Dr. Jim O’Connell with the unhoused community in Boston. A scary look at …
Mar 15, 2025: “Snowdodendron” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 35mm, f/5.2, 1/125s, ISO 320. Along the Eula Ridge trail.
Mar 15, 2025: “Actually that IS the trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/800s, ISO 320. Battling my way up Eula Ridge Trail …
Mar 15, 2025: Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours s/being a bit sarcastic/outright lying
Mar 15, 2025: Got up at 3:30 this morning. At my age that counts as sleeping in.
Mar 14, 2025: “Turning Over a New Leaf” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/25s, ISO 1600. Along the Eula Ridge Trail.
Mar 14, 2025: C.S. Lewis prayed for Hitler and Stalin (among others). I pray for Trump and Musk. Not that I think it is likely to change them, but it may help …
Mar 14, 2025: US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza I guess they think people have forgotten that Hitler & Eichmann wanted …
Mar 13, 2025: AI search engines give incorrect answers at an alarming 60% rate, study says Or, looked at another way, 40% better than the current White House Press …
Mar 13, 2025: Postal Service signs cost-cutting deal with DOGE Just when you thought mail delivery couldn’t get any worse. Makes me very glad I’m not …
Mar 13, 2025: Got a snail mail fundraising letter from the DNC today, over Kamala Harris’s signature. Given the number of people who directly blame Biden …
Mar 13, 2025: This bill may be referred to as the Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education or F.U.R.R.I.E.S Some nitwit legislator in Texas …
Mar 13, 2025: Amazon Uses Arsenal of AI Weapons Against Workers Every new technology gets used for porn first, but worker control isn’t far behind.
Mar 13, 2025: How Children’s Eating Could Change After $1 Billion Food Cut State Dept: Let’s ruin kids' nutrition by cutting off foreign aid. …
Mar 13, 2025: Trump has decided that Chuck Schumer is ‘not Jewish anymore’ In any other Presidency, this would be top of the news. Now it’s just lost in all …
Mar 13, 2025: Just put in a Github pull request for the first time in quite a while - fixing a one-character typo in a README file. The perils of being an editor …
Mar 13, 2025: Elon Musk’s self-destruction Probably just wishful thinking, but one can hope. Smarmiest quote: After he took his four-year-old son, X, to the White …
Mar 13, 2025: Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department I assume by now the NYT writers have a daily alarm set to fill in a template …
Mar 13, 2025: Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection More depressing details on the Trumpian Environmental Non-Protection Agency …
Mar 13, 2025: Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting her book about Facebook Cue the Streisand Effect.
Mar 13, 2025: I want this on a t-shirt Joan Baez: “We’re being run by a bunch of really incompetent billionaires.”
Mar 12, 2025: “Tree Gremlin” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 250. Yesterday at Mount Pisgah.
Mar 12, 2025: “Sweet Smells” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/160s, ISO 100. Yesterday at Mount Pisgah.
Mar 12, 2025: E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’ If you’d rather die than support this administration, Trump’s stooges …
Mar 12, 2025: “Spring is Near the Ground” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 400. Yesterday at Mount Pisgah.
Mar 12, 2025: Nebraska lawmakers advance bill allowing parental notification for school library checkouts More performative legislating. Do they seriously think any …
Mar 12, 2025: Finished reading: A House Divided, by Pearl S. Buck. 📚 I inherited a 10-volume signed limited edition of some of Buck’s works. As far as I could …
Mar 12, 2025: More Republican Nonsense Restore Medicaid’s intent: Prioritize the most vulnerable over able-bodied childless adults Prepare for a lot of this ahistorical nonsense as the …
Mar 12, 2025: All this bad AI is wrecking a whole generation of products Personally, I look forward to the (unlikely) day when generative AI goes the way of the …
Mar 12, 2025: EBO Air 2 Companion Robot Regardless of their tagline, “playing with” your pets and kids via a $200 robot and your phone does not, in …
Mar 12, 2025: Senate Democrats appear ready to back down in government shutdown fight Have Senators not noticed that Musk&Trump are already shutting down the …
Mar 12, 2025: Why I Left the Washington Post Ruth Marcus traces the decline and fall of the WP under Jeff Bezos, Includes a copy of the column that they …
Mar 11, 2025: Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation The corruption really is right out in the open, isn’t it?
Mar 11, 2025: Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom The only mystery here is how co-President Trump managed to find time in his busy schedule of …
Mar 11, 2025: TikTok will play ‘calming music’ to remind teens to stop using the app It won’t work. No matter how good their AI-driven age verification …
Mar 11, 2025: What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X Looks like co-President Musk was flat-out lying when he claimed last night (on Fox News, …
Mar 11, 2025: File under "Things we used to know" Ran across this in the 1964 (!) ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA this morning in the article on AIR: Carbon dioxide in the air reduces the loss of heat by …
Mar 11, 2025: DOGE is subject to FOIA District Court ruling. Prediction: it will turn out that DOGE didn’t write anything down, and still won’t, and …
Mar 10, 2025: White House: Stock market plunge is not as ‘meaningful’ as business activity Looks like the next administration tactic is whistling past …
Mar 10, 2025: This is just the start The Verge reports on the status of Mahmoud Khalil. This sort of coverage is the reason that I became a subscriber this year. …
Mar 10, 2025: King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs In these troubled times, it is comforting that King Charles listens …
Mar 10, 2025: I get an absurd amount of pleasure from swapping 10 watts of electrons with someone in Calgary.
Mar 10, 2025: Rubio says Ukraine will have to give up territory in a peace deal with Russia. Shameful. And I never expected to read this in my lifetime: “I can …
Mar 10, 2025: Top ‘Washington Post’ columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece The hollowing out of WaPo continues.
Mar 10, 2025: Every time I have to deal with Xfinity I think about getting into business as an ISP. I could eat a handful of iron filings and crap out a more …
Mar 10, 2025: “Not quite still waters” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Larison Creek.
Mar 10, 2025: CBP launches enhanced CBP Home mobile app with new Report Departure feature Musk & Trump’s genius solution to the logistical impossibility …
Mar 10, 2025: NASDAQ is now down over 10% since January 20. At what point does “Trump Slump” become “Trump Crash”?
Mar 10, 2025: The Apprentice comes to Prime Video. This will likely be the year that I cancel Amazon Prime, after signing up within six months of when it was first …
Mar 10, 2025: Large Study of Dietary Habits Suggests More Plant Oils, Less Butter Could Lead to Better Health The researchers examined diet and health data from …
Mar 10, 2025: Generation Z Is Losing a Skill We’ve Had for Over 5,500 Years: 40% Can’t Communicate Properly Anymore Because…wait for it…handwriting is …
Mar 10, 2025: “Trail Door” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/20s, ISO 2500. Larison Creek Trail.
Mar 10, 2025: Enough negativity for one morning. Have a grouse. (Seen on the trail a couple days ago. Alas, had a short lens mounted so this is heavily magnified.)
Mar 10, 2025: Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees And where is the $2 billion ($25K x 80K) for this supposed to come from? Oh, …
Mar 10, 2025: Republicans worry Trump’s tariffs could harm economy They’re just now figuring this out? Some people are a little slow on the uptake, I guess.
Mar 10, 2025: Trump’s Plan to Fix Egg Price Crisis Is Already Falling Apart What a surprise, wannabe dictator can’t magically make eggs appear from thin air.
Mar 9, 2025: Meidas Touch Network On the one hand, it’s nice to see progressive media trying to be as brash and popular as regressive media. On the other, …
Mar 9, 2025: “Dance of the Rhododendrons” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 250. Larison Creek Trail.
Mar 9, 2025: MOOSEHEAD BREWERIES INTRODUCES THE PRESIDENTIAL PACK If I wasn’t on the wagon I’d be ordering one.
Mar 9, 2025: “Green Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 1250. Larison Creek Trail.
Mar 9, 2025: Vitamin A? Cod liver oil? Experts say there’s no replacement for measles vaccination The fact that this story even has to be reported is profoundly …
Mar 9, 2025: “Moss Buds” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 500. Shot at Silver Falls State Park.
Mar 9, 2025: “South Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/45s, ISO 200. In-camera HDR. Silver Falls State Park. Really …
Mar 9, 2025: “Behind the Curtain” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10.0, 1/60s, ISO 400. Silver Falls State Park., behind Middle …
Mar 9, 2025: By the way, most of my photos are cropped to 16x9 aspect ratio. They’re CC-BY-NA licensed, so feel free to grab the full-size versions for …
Mar 9, 2025: “North Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/60s, ISO 200. HDR program plus some heavy-handed work in …
Mar 9, 2025: “Reach for the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot at Silver Falls State Park.
Mar 8, 2025: “Here Comes the Shroom” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/15s, ISO 500. Along the Larison Creek Trail.
Mar 7, 2025: “Middle North Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/2.5s, ISO 200. Silver Falls State Park.
Mar 7, 2025: Exclusive: US CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say Perhaps they can also fund a study on the connection between abusing dead bears …
Mar 6, 2025: The US now has a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.” Any bets on how long it takes North Korean hackers to drain it?
Mar 6, 2025: Prepare for Discord to Get Way Worse The IPO to enshittification cycle is apparently on the way. It’ll probably be time to find a new home for …
Mar 6, 2025: Ah, Eugene EUGENE, Ore. – Eugene police responded this morning to 911 reports of a man yelling and doing Tai Chi while appearing to wade deeper into …
Mar 6, 2025: One judge who gets it A President who touts an image of himself as a “king” or a “dictator,” perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, …
Mar 6, 2025: Trump Slump continues. Who could possibly have guessed that the markets would react poorly to high tariff rates that randomly change every day …
Mar 6, 2025: (Partially) Escaping Big Tech In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, I did a lot of work in the Microsoft ecosystem, including subcontracting that put a substantial amount …
Mar 6, 2025: Lab-grown caviar (if they succeed). I’m skeptical that there’s enough overlap between vegetarians and potential caviar eaters to make this …
Mar 5, 2025: From all the photos I’ve seen so far, Apple is pretty shaky on the meaning of “sky blue.” Maybe they need to let their engineers get …
Mar 5, 2025: AI-only search results are coming. Do. Not. Want. Fortunately for me, I’ve pretty much de-googled my life at this point.
Mar 5, 2025: Finished The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck. This is part of a longish-term project of working through the entire Biography of Manuel. These days …
Mar 5, 2025: Federal board orders USDA to temporarily reinstate dismissed probationary workers A 45-day reprieve for Forest Service employees (among others), …
Mar 5, 2025: Good Planet Sharp Cheddar Olive Oil Cheese Slices - Not even remotely sharp cheddar, but not bad as vegan cheese slices go, and definitely healthier …
Mar 5, 2025: Democracy.io - the easiest way to email your Representative and Senators. I just sent a note requesting a “no” vote on any so-called …
Mar 5, 2025: Which reminds me: you can still get science-based vaccine recommendations in English from Canada, the UK, and Australia. Maybe not 100% tuned for the …
Mar 5, 2025: RestoredCDC. A snapshot of the Centers for Disease Control website from before it was vandalized by little Donnie, Robbie, and Elon. It’s always …
Mar 5, 2025: We already knew that there are more bacterial cells in our body than human cells. Now it turns out that our human cells are full of plastic shards. …
Mar 5, 2025: Internet nostalgia + VC + AI = profit? I’m skeptical but not surprised. We’re at the point where we’re going to see a lot of …
Mar 4, 2025: Thank you Al Green.
Mar 4, 2025: Remember back in the 60s when we used to dream about the day when the government needed to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber? Now you can buy a t-shirt …
Mar 4, 2025: People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price. …
Mar 4, 2025: Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers’ Lives I don’t always agree with TNR, but they do have a knack for writing headlines with …
Mar 4, 2025: Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur “These mice are massively adorable,” says Colossal cofounder and CEO Ben Lamm. “They …
Mar 4, 2025: “Snow Queen” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/7.1, 1/100s, ISO 800. Along the Youngs Rock trail. First wildflowers of the …
Mar 4, 2025: “The Pom-pom Tree” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Along the Youngs Rock trail.
Mar 4, 2025: Depressing news about local public lands: U.S. Forest Service firings across Oregon having serious impacts on people, places and things and Executive …
Mar 4, 2025: The era of pettiness is in full swing Nobody knows exactly how long ago a marbled and tender boneless short-loin steak came to be known across the United States as a New York strip. …
Mar 3, 2025: “Willow Flowers” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/125s, ISO 2000. Along the Youngs Rock trail.
Mar 3, 2025: I was out hiking before dawn, and had to change my headlamp battery. In the dark, no moon, under trees, in the rain. That’s when I was reminded …
Mar 3, 2025: The competition for “biggest suckup in Congress” is heating up.
Mar 3, 2025: “Pine Twig” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/11, 1/40s, ISO 6400. Shot along the Youngs Rock trail.
Mar 3, 2025: “Cone” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/11, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot along the Youngs Rock trail.
Mar 3, 2025: If progressives don’t refer to this as the Trump Slump, they’re missing a good bet.
Mar 2, 2025: Finished The Quotable Lewis. I ran across this one in our local St. Vinnie’s thrift store and snapped it up; Lewis has long been one of my …
Mar 2, 2025: “Elegant Sunburst Lichen” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/13, 1/125s, ISO 320. Found at the base of Youngs Rock. No color …
Mar 2, 2025: “Moon Point” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/13, 1/160s, ISO 200. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.
Mar 2, 2025: Scheduling a service call with Xfinity may be slightly less painful that a root canal. But I’m not sure about that. If we had any other …
Mar 2, 2025: “Baby tree” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 6400. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.
Mar 2, 2025: Finished The Lost Painting (on audio, but I’m making the rules in this blog, and I say it counts as a book). I know nothing about art history, …
Mar 2, 2025: On Saturday, the number of active lawsuits in federal courts challenging administration actions reached 100. This would be better news if only I …
Mar 2, 2025: “Not Dead Yet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/5.0, 1/1000s, ISO 200. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.
Mar 2, 2025: “I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you here today” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 4000.
Mar 2, 2025: National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. How not to pay your taxes (and what might happen to you as a result). Just in case you reach the …
Mar 2, 2025: Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution. One of the many ways in which the new administration is trying to …
Mar 2, 2025: $400 internet-connected toaster. Um, no. To add insult to injury, Wired says it doesn’t even make good toast.
Mar 1, 2025: “Snow Wave” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @42mm, 1/100s, ISO 200. Along the road to Warner Mountain Lookout.
Mar 1, 2025: “Young’s Rock” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @42mm, 1/100s, ISO 320. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.
Mar 1, 2025: Removed the Washington Post from my morning reading, and replaced it with Wired. Not that I think Conde Nast is the greatest company in the world, but …
Feb 28, 2025: I’ve been reading the Encyclopedia Britannica (yes, start to finish - this is the sort of thing retirement allows) and an offhand reference to …
Feb 28, 2025: In Soviet America, comrade, government tells you what to think.
Feb 28, 2025: Some good news During the week of February 10, the latest week available, foot traffic to Target dropped 7.9% and 4.8% to Walmart. Foot traffic to …
Feb 28, 2025: “Looming Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 F5.0-6.3 with 2.0 teleconverter @ 400mm (1600mm FF equivalent), 1/250s, ISO 250. …
Feb 28, 2025: The People’s Union USA. This is the guy (or group, depending on your point of view) behind today’s “24 hour economic blackout” …
Feb 28, 2025: “Treacherous Stairs” Olympus E-M10 IV, TTArtisan 25mm f/2.0, 1/4000s, ISO 160. Near the top of Spencer Butte.
Feb 28, 2025: “Moss Muncher” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens with Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/9, 1/30s, ISO 6400. Base of Spencer Butte.
Feb 27, 2025: “Fern shadows." Olympus E-M10 IV, TTArtisan 25mm f/2.0, 1/60s, ISO 200. Eugene Ridgeline Trail.