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He/him 40+, amateur birding and nature enthusiast. I'm a fan of reading (Seanan McGuire, NK Jemisin, Martha Wells, Borges, etc), video games, and keyboards (the typing kind).

[Profile pic: drawing of an Attwater's Prairie Chicken going bwom bwom (booming) by @hannah. Header: A parent and fledgling Violet-green swallow poke their heads out of a hole in a tree.]

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(RIP my mentions, muting this)

I try not to let work politics get to me, but I was pretty hurt I didn’t get invited to this lunch meeting.
Explain this, humankind
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now accepting public comments on designating the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Please support this important step by leaving a comment at https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-R3-ES-2024-0137-0001. The industrial agriculture and argichemical lobbies will be fighting against this tooth and nail. Please boost!
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Wilson’s warbler with its little hat (my daughter says it’s more of a toupee) in the backyard! #birdcallout
Very excited to see the Ben Folds concert in Houston tonight. Hopefully he gets my paper airplane request for a Jellyfish cover! #benfolds #music

I wrote a blog post this weekend about Lucy Dacus and her great storytelling. Check it out! https://somesmart.com/pages/blog/lucy-dacus-is-a-master-storyteller/

#music #SmallWeb #blog

Some Smart, Some Don't

I've been wanting to start my blog back up as a means to rejoin the small web in a meaningful, if small, way. So I did! I'll be back filling old posts about books, and adding all news ones as I have something worth talking about, but here's a silly one about birds: https://somesmart.com/pages/blog/sorry-mcsweeneys-youre-wrong/
Some Smart, Some Don't

OH HELL YEAH