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David Walker. Movies, folk music, astronomy, science, folklore. https://walkerstreet.wordpress.com/

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Early this past week, I drove up to the southern shore of Suisun Bay, east of Martinez, to explore the John Muir Land Trust’s Pacheco Marsh...

Just a warning: if no ghosts show up to tell me off tonight I will continue to be an absolute menace next year

Like many other autistic and/or disabled people I will spend Christmas on my own and while I appreciate my alone time and the atmosphere and the silence of it, I know it can be difficult and hurtful.

So I would like to connect with other people who spend Christmas on their own or experience feelings of loneliness during these days, by interacting with this post.

That can be just leaving and receiving a virtual hug or telling each other about the gifts you received or gave yourself during the year, maybe share a piece of music, write about your favourite video game or any other special interest. You can do this in private mode (English or German), I know that interacting with groups can be difficult, impossible sometimes, but every now and then I write posts like this during a moment of bravery and I already found amazing online friends by doing so.

Let's support each other in a world that makes building connection so difficult and feelings of loneliness so common.

Boosts are very much appreciated. Thank you.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #disabled #ChronicallyIll #neurodivergent #MentalHealth

What Is Detached State in Git and How Do You Recover From It?, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://archive.ph/pSeJI

#git #commandline

The Eye of Diablo and Arrows from the Past

Earlier this year, I posted a couple of photos I took on Memorial Day of the Eye of Diablo, a navigation beacon at the top of Mount Diablo that was retired in 1941 but has been restored and is lit on Memorial, Pearl Harbor, and Veterans Days. Unfortunately, I was too distant for a good image on Memorial Day, particularly as the clouds slowly covered the mountain top.

https://walkerstreet.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/the-eye-of-diablo-and-arrows-from-the-past/

The Eye of Diablo and Arrows from the Past

Earlier this year, I posted a couple of photos I took on Memorial Day of the Eye of Diablo, a navigation beacon at the top of Mount Diablo that was retired in 1941 but has been restored and is lit …

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In the Southwest, solar panels in can help both photovoltaics and crops

Solar arrays can shade crops from sun while moisture cools the panels to increase their productivity.

Ars Technica

Prior to the advent of radar and GPS, commercial aerial navigation was accomplished by a network of visual beacons. The Eye of Diablo beacon was erected by Standard Oil and lit in 1928 by Charles Lindbergh. The Eye of Diablo has not been in use since 1941 but is still lighted each year in honor of Memorial, Pearl Harbor, and Veterans Days.

This past Memorial Day, I found a vantage point a few miles from home with a clear, if distant, view and waited for dusk as the clouds rolled in...

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