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Explained to a younger friend that Morris the Cat was, in fact, a whole phenomenon and that the Morris calendar was not AI. Honestly, it doesn't look quite real to me either.

My sense is that there's going to be a lot of "that wasn't an AI fever dream, that was just the 80s" happening.

Got a start on clearing some space where Garry oaks can go.

Josh: "So the stuff that pokes me in the eye is invasive and the stuff that wraps around my ankles is native, right?"
Cam: "Little of both. Watch out, there are ho—"
Josh: "AAAUUGHGH!"
Cam: "—oles."

Some of those pumpkins still have enough structural integrity to be floating again. It's been a time, all right.
"Magnetic Phunk", Open Reel Ensemble. Fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm_VsGgy-lE
Magnetik Phunk (Studio Live Version) - Open Reel Ensemble

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This fern situation never gets old for me.
Spent a little time in the woods admiring my favorite seasonal stream.
I'm happy to see that Robert Minto has started his newsletter back up: intelligent, honest, generous posts about books that I might want to read, sprinkled with thoughtful asides. https://registerofaliens.substack.com
Register of Aliens | Robert Minto | Substack

a reader's notebook. Click to read Register of Aliens, by Robert Minto, a Substack publication. Launched 9 hours ago.

I went up through the Snoqualmie River valley, a month after the big flood. There are copses of trees by the roads that are full of pumpkins, just drifts of pumpkins that floated out of the fields. It's surreal.

Between the physical soil compaction and the mass death of little soil critters, I can't imagine that those fields are in good shape. Not to mention that God only knows what was in that floodwater. I can imagine being an organic farmer up there, responsibly managing my soil conditions, and then, just, there it all goes.

Went and sat in the woods for a while today, under a tree that I like a lot, and read Hávamál.
@JamesAkers I have, over the course of my time working with tech, become less of a fan of the clever and elegant way to do things, if there's a stupid brute-force way to do it that's easier. It's a hard lesson to learn, and one I've had to re-learn repeatedly, because I really want to do things elegantly. Alas.