Entropy Generator
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Snarky geek, skeptical to the bone, too many interests, too little time. TTRPG+Nature+Law+Wx+Computers+Misc junk.
Snarky geek, skeptical to the bone, too many interests, too little time. TTRPG+Nature+Law+Wx+Computers+Misc junk.
... and sweet potato pie for breakfast the next day, accompanied by homeroasted coffee, makes *me* happy
Baking bread makes the house smell happy
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
... and sweet potato pie for breakfast the next day, accompanied by homeroasted coffee, makes *me* happy
One vendor has sold out of the Spigelia I reallyreally wanted and was most likely to succumb to. So now it's safe to wander their website again. 🌱
Avoiding the near occasion of commerce ...
My Spigelia *better* come back next spring!
Avoiding the near occasion of commerce ...
My Spigelia *better* come back next spring!
This week is "trying to avoid the temptation of end-of-season gardening clearance sales by potting up the dozens of starts and bulbs already in-hand". It never reduces the temptation but should keep me away from the keyboard long enough for everything to sell out before I buy more. 🌱
In theory.
In theory.
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One vendor has sold out of the Spigelia I reallyreally wanted and was most likely to succumb to. So now it's safe to wander their website again. 🌱
Avoiding the near occasion of commerce ...
My Spigelia *better* come back next spring!
Avoiding the near occasion of commerce ...
My Spigelia *better* come back next spring!
Baking bread makes the house smell happy
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Baking bread makes the house smell happy
This week is "trying to avoid the temptation of end-of-season gardening clearance sales by potting up the dozens of starts and bulbs already in-hand". It never reduces the temptation but should keep me away from the keyboard long enough for everything to sell out before I buy more. 🌱
In theory.
In theory.
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This week is "trying to avoid the temptation of end-of-season gardening clearance sales by potting up the dozens of starts and bulbs already in-hand". It never reduces the temptation but should keep me away from the keyboard long enough for everything to sell out before I buy more. 🌱
In theory.
In theory.
nerd #datenight 30-some years ago
Back when you spent a month's takehome pay building your his-and-hers computers from scratch and dual-boot meant days of BBS-crawling looking for Linux drivers
Back when you spent a month's takehome pay building your his-and-hers computers from scratch and dual-boot meant days of BBS-crawling looking for Linux drivers
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
nerd #datenight 30-some years ago
Back when you spent a month's takehome pay building your his-and-hers computers from scratch and dual-boot meant days of BBS-crawling looking for Linux drivers
Back when you spent a month's takehome pay building your his-and-hers computers from scratch and dual-boot meant days of BBS-crawling looking for Linux drivers
(Is gardening FOR birds OK here?) "Living wall" hummingbird+pollinator buffet - runnerbeans + cardinal climbers. Zinnia at base. The support is coated 2x4 hardware cloth suspended from deck above, ziptied to the side post for extra support. Hours of entertainment for < $5 in seeds 🪶
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
(Is gardening FOR birds OK here?) "Living wall" hummingbird+pollinator buffet - runnerbeans + cardinal climbers. Zinnia at base. The support is coated 2x4 hardware cloth suspended from deck above, ziptied to the side post for extra support. Hours of entertainment for < $5 in seeds 🪶
"You had one job" engineering failures - Old photograph, undated (not mine). These apartments used to flood out every few years so they installed the wall. I think the story was pumps failed.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"You had one job" engineering failures - Old photograph, undated (not mine). These apartments used to flood out every few years so they installed the wall. I think the story was pumps failed.
"Living wall" hummingbird+pollinator buffet - runnerbeans + cardinal climbers, as seen from behind. Zinnia at base. The support is coated 2x4 hardware cloth suspended from deck above, ziptied to the side post for extra support. Hours of entertainment for < $5 in seeds 🌱 #feedthebirds
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Living wall" hummingbird+pollinator buffet - runnerbeans + cardinal climbers, as seen from behind. Zinnia at base. The support is coated 2x4 hardware cloth suspended from deck above, ziptied to the side post for extra support. Hours of entertainment for < $5 in seeds 🌱 #feedthebirds
What specific strains of fuschia are (1) good for hanging pots and (2) actually produce nectar for hummingbirds? To tempt them from my native garden up to my balcony :) Until now I've had great luck with the $20 CostCo baskets but 2025's variety was flowers-only. #pnwbirds #birding
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November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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We are live at @geekgirlcon.bsky.social!
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We are live at @geekgirlcon.bsky.social!
Bread baking makes the house smell of happy.
The longest 30 minutes in the world is waiting for it to cool down enough to slice.
#eggnogbread #comfortfood
The longest 30 minutes in the world is waiting for it to cool down enough to slice.
#eggnogbread #comfortfood
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Bread baking makes the house smell of happy.
The longest 30 minutes in the world is waiting for it to cool down enough to slice.
#eggnogbread #comfortfood
The longest 30 minutes in the world is waiting for it to cool down enough to slice.
#eggnogbread #comfortfood
Nothing like booking a flight on an airline to remind you just how much your value as a customer is dependent upon how much you're willing to pay over base price.
#sixthclasscitizen #SickOfUpsell
#sixthclasscitizen #SickOfUpsell
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Nothing like booking a flight on an airline to remind you just how much your value as a customer is dependent upon how much you're willing to pay over base price.
#sixthclasscitizen #SickOfUpsell
#sixthclasscitizen #SickOfUpsell
When both candidates for a "non-partisan" office have the same generic statements containing minimal obvious signals, time to go digging.
"Who's being endorsed by organizations that generally endorse candidates I don't want?"
"Who's being endorsed by organizations that generally endorse candidates I don't want?"
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
When both candidates for a "non-partisan" office have the same generic statements containing minimal obvious signals, time to go digging.
"Who's being endorsed by organizations that generally endorse candidates I don't want?"
"Who's being endorsed by organizations that generally endorse candidates I don't want?"
TFW when you have a full day of ToDos and errands to run but a pod of orca with babies go swimming by
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
TFW when you have a full day of ToDos and errands to run but a pod of orca with babies go swimming by
Two orca in East Passage, southbound after a bit of what looked like milling. Mid-channel, one adult male closer-in and just finished a bout of pectoral-slapping. The other slightly ahead and more mid-channel. Just about to pass in front of the northernmost houses on Gold Beach.
🌿 🦑 #orca #psws
🌿 🦑 #orca #psws
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Me: Retirement means time to do the fall seed starts RIGHT!
Also Me: Cold Wet Wx means stay indoors wrapped in heated throw
Seedlings: Make up your $(*@^# mind and either water+uppot us, or put us out of our misery
Bulbs: *cough* red blotch *hack* *wheeze*
Me: ... will just watch orca on webstream
Also Me: Cold Wet Wx means stay indoors wrapped in heated throw
Seedlings: Make up your $(*@^# mind and either water+uppot us, or put us out of our misery
Bulbs: *cough* red blotch *hack* *wheeze*
Me: ... will just watch orca on webstream
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Me: Retirement means time to do the fall seed starts RIGHT!
Also Me: Cold Wet Wx means stay indoors wrapped in heated throw
Seedlings: Make up your $(*@^# mind and either water+uppot us, or put us out of our misery
Bulbs: *cough* red blotch *hack* *wheeze*
Me: ... will just watch orca on webstream
Also Me: Cold Wet Wx means stay indoors wrapped in heated throw
Seedlings: Make up your $(*@^# mind and either water+uppot us, or put us out of our misery
Bulbs: *cough* red blotch *hack* *wheeze*
Me: ... will just watch orca on webstream
Today all three pods of the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales visited Central Puget Sound. They're still around, and the hydrophone at this minute picking up a great variety of calls. In between the shipping noise and other splashes ...
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
Orcasound - Beach Camp at Sunset Bay
live.orcasound.net
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Today all three pods of the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales visited Central Puget Sound. They're still around, and the hydrophone at this minute picking up a great variety of calls. In between the shipping noise and other splashes ...
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
Orcasound - Beach Camp at Sunset Bay
live.orcasound.net
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Today all three pods of the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales visited Central Puget Sound. They're still around, and the hydrophone at this minute picking up a great variety of calls. In between the shipping noise and other splashes ...
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
More post-dam-removal good news: Fish wasted no time hauling tail upstream. Chinook salmon return to Upper Klamath Lake (pin on map) and Klamath headwaters after dams were removed in 2024. 🌿🦑
archive.ph/7NVsj
archive.ph/7NVsj
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
More post-dam-removal good news: Fish wasted no time hauling tail upstream. Chinook salmon return to Upper Klamath Lake (pin on map) and Klamath headwaters after dams were removed in 2024. 🌿🦑
archive.ph/7NVsj
archive.ph/7NVsj
The existence of heating blankets is proof that we were never designed nor expected to get out of bed before noon on a rainy, cold weekend.
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The existence of heating blankets is proof that we were never designed nor expected to get out of bed before noon on a rainy, cold weekend.
Just blowing the day scoping the water for orca instead of roasting tomorrow's coffee, doing dishes, cleaning the bird feeders, maintenance on the fall-start seedlings, laundry, business paperwork, sewing curtains ...
... whaddya mean weekends are a break from *work* ?
... whaddya mean weekends are a break from *work* ?
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just blowing the day scoping the water for orca instead of roasting tomorrow's coffee, doing dishes, cleaning the bird feeders, maintenance on the fall-start seedlings, laundry, business paperwork, sewing curtains ...
... whaddya mean weekends are a break from *work* ?
... whaddya mean weekends are a break from *work* ?
Captured by the OrcaConservancy East Passage (Burien - just south of Seattle) at 18:21 Pacific Time - which would be far too late to be one of today's SpaceX launches?
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Captured by the OrcaConservancy East Passage (Burien - just south of Seattle) at 18:21 Pacific Time - which would be far too late to be one of today's SpaceX launches?
Bald eagle flyover yesterday afternoon with a stick longer than its wingspan. Fall home improvement? Bit early for nesting. The crows were thrilled their enemy was encumbered and unable to outfly them and were enthusiastically screaming and attacking en masse. random bird thoughts ..
#pnwbirds 🪶
#pnwbirds 🪶
October 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Bald eagle flyover yesterday afternoon with a stick longer than its wingspan. Fall home improvement? Bit early for nesting. The crows were thrilled their enemy was encumbered and unable to outfly them and were enthusiastically screaming and attacking en masse. random bird thoughts ..
#pnwbirds 🪶
#pnwbirds 🪶