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A human living in Tacoma, WA with my partner and our two dogs.

Enjoy cooking, pottery, hiking, an occasional run and I’ve been known to ski down a hill now and then.

I am a new student of Aikido and have been practicing meditation for a few years.


Diversity and inclusion matter!

Oh, I run Tacoma.Community!

#Pottery #Sewing #Tacoma #TacomaWA #EBike #ElectricUnicyle #YouAreNotAlone #MentalHealthMatters #CommunityBuilding #NativePride #Aikido

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tldr; I'm looking for spiritual community on Mastodon. Thread to follow, please boost. #pagan #neo-pagan #druid #polythiest

Great news Tacoma, Sound Transit voted last night in favor of keep the Tacoma light-rail extension project with tentative opening of 2035. Which is still so very far away. 🫣

Related story from one of our news outlets.

"The Sound Transit Board approved a plan Thursday that keeps the light-rail extension to Tacoma on track for a scheduled 2035 completion"
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article315925658.html

#SoundTransit #Tacoma #LightRail #PublicTransportation #TacomaNewsTribune #PNW

So, this is inside baseball, Dallas version. Once upon a time, #Dallas was an art town. There was large scale public support for things like murals and sculpture and things in public spaces.

In 1992, and for 14 more years, bunches of local artists were invited to come paint areas that were graffiti magnets. And thus was the Good Latimer Deep Ellum Arts project born. (Disclaimer, I had a 10’x12’ mural under the bridge before it was demolished).

One of the artists who really threw himself in was muralist Robert #Wyland, who painted Whaling Wall 82 at the Aquarium. Truly one of the most amazing pieces of public art in Dallas.

They painted over it for FIFA. It has become a tradition for capitalists to destroy the commons in Dallas.

If there’s one thing the new breed of Capital cannot abide, it’s proof that we continue apace without their approval.

They are afraid of #art. Good. Have paint, will travel.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad in Florida

The incident is the latest setback for Jeff Bezos’s space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Al Jazeera

#BlueOrigin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Test

The rocket, built by the #JeffBezos owned #space company, was to carry 48 #satellites into space. Blue Origin reported on social media that “all personnel have been accounted for.”

The fireball badly damaged the launchpad & surrounding equipment at the Cape Canaveral “#SpaceForce” Station.… Repairs will most take months, at the least.

#billionaires #science
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/science/blue-origin-explosion-rocket.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Test

The rocket, built by the Jeff Bezos-owned space company, was to carry 48 satellites into space. Blue Origin reported on social media that “all personnel have been accounted for.”

The New York Times

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For the ones who did not see this.
Palantir CEO Karp, people.

"The technology disrupts humanities-trained, highly educated, often female voters who vote mostly Democrat, and lessens their economic power.
It increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters.
The disruptions will affect every aspect of society. To make this work we need to agree on how to explain to people they will have less good, interesting jobs."

https://newrepublic.com/post/207693/palantir-ceo-karp-disrupting-democratic-power

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power

They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

The New Republic
I have an a e s t h e t i c and it's 🐸

RE: https://mastodon.social/@wchr/116652301416756650

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"start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat".

“Can I just say f**k AI, f**k AI, f**k AI?” the comedian, actor, and rotating host of The Daily Show asked in his keynote speech during the Class Day celebration on Wednesday. The crowd at Tercentenary Theatre, made up of the graduating Class of 2026 and their friends and families, answered him with a roar of approval. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/commencement/class-day-ronny-chieng-harvard
Ronny Chieng Tells Harvard to ‘Destroy AI’ as Graduates Cheer | Harvard Magazine

The comedian and The Daily Show host gave the keynote address for Class Day 2026.

Harvard Magazine
Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.

PBS News