Finished: To Climates Unknown, by Arturo Serrano 📚. I’m generally a fan of alternate history, but the technology in this one is so preposterous (17th century undetectable battle submarines? Atomic bombs without electronics?) that I just couldn’y get interested. Finished the book but will never re-read.
This Revolutionary New Telescope Will Observe the Whole Sky Every Three Days
Terabytes of data per night. I’m glad there are still things like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory being built to awe and delight me (well, and for other reasons, too).
“Mystery”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2.5s, ISO 1250. Fisher Creek Trail
#mbjune Day 13: pathway 📷
As of today I have hiked over 750 miles this year. That probably explains why my feet hurt.
“Hiding”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/7.1, 1/200s, ISO 500. Steller’s Jay at Spencer Butte..
#mbjune Day 12: hidden 📷
“Around the Bend”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 100. Shot at the Vivian Lake Trail crossing.
Finished: War, by Sebastian Junger 📚. The story of a single platoon engaged in heavy combat in Afghanistan, told by a reporter who spent months embedded, sharing much of the soldiers' danger. In addition to reportage, Junger also digs into the meaning of courage and why men are willing to fight (and die) for one another.
“Stumpseat”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 20mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 2500. Chainsaw art along the Diamond Creek Falls Trail.
Entire Fullbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference
Another Congressionally-mandated, bipartisan, democratic institution destroyed by the narrow-minded thugs who have seized power in Washington.
US Marines arrive in LA; California governor warns ‘democracy under assault’
I think most of us knew democracy was under assault last November, or even earlier. Politicians can be kinda slow sometimes.
Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for making AI ripoffs of their biggest characters
I hope Midjourney gets sued out of existence - along with every other VC-backed company that thinks “fuck the law, I’ll do what I want” (including AirBnB and Uber). This Silicon Valley attitude, I think, bears some responsibility for the continuing breakdown of any social contract in this country.
“Mind the Edge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 27mm, f/8, 1/15s, ISO 250. Top of a small waterfall near Salt Creek Falls.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
A guide from WIRED.
“Memory”
Olympus TG-6 @ 5.1mm, f/3.2, 1/200s, ISO 100. Remnant of an old homestead in Suzanne Arlie Park.
#mbjune Day 11: brick 📷
“Rooted Man”
Olympus TG-6 @ 9mm, f/4.5, 1/50s, ISO 1000. Oregon Manroot growing over a fern along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
“Pristine”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 125mm, f/11, 1/259s, ISO 200. Safety railing around the railroad tracks in Truckee, seen from the window of the California Zephyr.
#mbjune Day 10: rail 📷
“Lost on a Yellow Planet”
Olympus TG-6 @ 11.9mm, f/5, 1/250s, ISO 125. Tiny fly in a balsam root flower along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
“Peeled”
Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 800. Harvest Brodiaea (I think) along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
Finished: The Boys of Everest, by Clint Willis 📚. A history of (some) British climbers from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. The author is a climber himself, and this book focuses quite a bit of attention on the innter mental and emotional states of various climbers. Some of this comes from interviews, some is inferred from letters and other documents or (I suspect) the author’s own experiences. Rings true and makes for a distinctly different climbing book, though it will be impossible to ever know how accurate some of this stuff is.
“Good Morning”
Olympus TG-6 @ 8.4mm, f/4.5, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Columbia Lily along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
