Seen last night in Columbia City #seattle

The current spate of weirdness in Glasgow continues with this flyer for a lost ring on a wall near the entrance to the Hidden Lane in Finnieston. If you find it, please let Gollum know! 😀

#glasgow #streetart #gollum #lordoftherings #finnieston #keepglasgowweird

Saw this variant on the #InternationalWorkersDay thing, and I prefer it.

Gently knead out the lumps for an even bake

Studio #Ghibli put out an array of screenshots for each of their films, arranged chronologically for download here.

https://www.ghibli.jp/works/

Worth checking out if you're so inclined.

#anime #manga #studioghibli #miyazaki #hayaomiyazaki #animeart #art

Three photos from today's walk. I really appreciated the warm sun on my neck today.

#awalkaday #nature #bloomscrolling

A thing I enjoy about #flowers is their brevity. A mountain stands for hundreds of years, the ocean longer still, but a flower blooms but once in life.

Any #flower then, is offering you a treat; the labor of a lifetime. Savor it.

#awalkaday #nature #bloomscrolling

Recently rediscovered Kipling's 'If' and thought it worth sharing.

https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_if.htm

#rudyardkipling #kipling #poetry #poems #literature #classicpoetry

Two photos from my walk today. Be kind to yourselves, humans.

#awalkaday #nature #bloomscrolling

This is sobering, but worth reading if you want to understand how badly Trump is destroying the economy. Just data. And entirely Trump-inflicted. https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/042625-ConsumerandFirms_v2.pdf

@IPXFong

That's about right - we've got frequent rain 8 months of the year (not pouring, but some falls 2 days out of 3) and then from June through September it's dry, sunny, and reliably between 70-95f or so.

I built a couple cedar raised beds when we bought the house, but they're finally falling apart after 5 or 6 years, the hugel will replace them. Hoping the hugel will help to hold that manual watering, so the garden won't need daily work.

@IPXFong

Brilliant. :)

I'm in western WA and have more rain than I know what to do with. Going to try a hugel bed this summer/fall for next year, which are supposed to theoretically turn the excess humidity into fertile decomposing structure. Will see how it goes!

@IPXFong

That row of rocks behind them looks purposeful; what's your method?

:)

#QuoteOfTheDay

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-correction.

- Norman Vincent Peale

Well worth your valuable time. The books are all relatively short, punchy, and super fun. Best snarky dialogue from a character since Mark Whatney in The Martian.

And, like most of us, all he wants to do is watch videos all day but has to go save stupid-ass humans. 😁
https://mastodon.social/@polygon/114416664804441774

@flargh

"Agent Orange: Patriot Edition" was unquestionably Pampers' worst branding choice of the last few years.

@pzmyers

Gorgeous.

You might consider a CW though for the giant black widow spider pic, I imagine folks with bug sensitivities would be a bit scurred.

HANG UP YOUR LANCE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE ANXIETY. AND YOU WILL WIN.