Thomas Reed

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Former Mac security professional who ran off to the woods, and now does guided tours in Yellowstone.
E-mail[email protected]
Business sitehttps://backroadsbear.com
Photoshttps://thomasreedphoto.com
Security bloghttps://whitehatmac.com
I saw this distinguished gentleman yesterday, sitting in a little alcove in a sheer cliff. I have no idea how he got there! #photography

I had the weirdest, most disturbing, and most interesting dream last night than I’ve had in a long time.

I was in a dystopian future, and someone I cared about had run afoul of the government. They were going to be “frogged,” which in this dream was a torture surgical procedure that would cripple the victim for life, and make them look somewhat frog-like. Don’t ask me what exactly that means, my subconscious didn’t come up with that.

No idea where my brain summoned that up from.

I really feel for developers named Claude right now. It’s probably kind of like being named Karen.
Bugonia was weird, but I kind of dig it
We discovered the Bleu Horses (not a spelling error) out near Three Forks, Montana yesterday. They're quite interesting sculptures, made by Jim Dolan, that have features that move in the wind. Manes and tails, obviously, from the photos... but also some of them will move their heads when the wind gusts! #photography #montana

This week is International Dark Sky Week! Get out and enjoy dark skies sometime this week, and learn more about why it's important here:

https://www.backroadsbear.com/2026/04/13/international-dark-sky-week/

#darkskies #astrophotography #photography

My son and I went outside our comfort zones yesterday, with some challenging free climbs (on a rope, but without assistance from the rope) and a rappel into a very tight slot canyon.
The AI Great Leap Forward

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...

Han, Not Solo
Today has been a wild weather day. I’ve seen snow, hail, sleet, rain, fog, and blue sunny skies, and it seems like it has literally changed, seemingly randomly, every 15-30 minutes.
Anybody got any Trump “I did that” stickers to put on gas pumps? 😉