Nicole Brookus
@nbrookus.bsky.social
Gamer, maker, geek, gardener, retired software developer and sound engineer. She/her. I mostly post pictures of nature, a few cats, and TTRPG things.
All photographs are my own except reposts.
All photographs are my own except reposts.
🌱📷 Hoary Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum incanum) plus photo bomber. I transplanted to my garden from a small division in the wild. It grow about 1 meter tall, lingers until the first hard freeze, and like most mints requires ruthless destruction to keep in check. #gardening #wildlfowers
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🌱📷 Hoary Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum incanum) plus photo bomber. I transplanted to my garden from a small division in the wild. It grow about 1 meter tall, lingers until the first hard freeze, and like most mints requires ruthless destruction to keep in check. #gardening #wildlfowers
Reposted by Nicole Brookus
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
I regret giving up my basic sewing machines for one you have to reboot. And need a professional to service.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I regret giving up my basic sewing machines for one you have to reboot. And need a professional to service.
📷 Hopefully the toe will heal soon and I can get back out taking photos. In the meantime I've been scrolling through last year's. Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) branches. #naturephotography #trees
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
📷 Hopefully the toe will heal soon and I can get back out taking photos. In the meantime I've been scrolling through last year's. Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) branches. #naturephotography #trees
Hey DM's:
My players solved their big goal. They still want a final boss battle despite successfully doing and end run around him.
Is it okay to actually 99%plan on a TPK *and* have a cliffhanger for the final session? It seems poignant and interesting to me, but would it just be evil? #dnd #ttrpg
My players solved their big goal. They still want a final boss battle despite successfully doing and end run around him.
Is it okay to actually 99%plan on a TPK *and* have a cliffhanger for the final session? It seems poignant and interesting to me, but would it just be evil? #dnd #ttrpg
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I love the framing of this as an #accessibility issue. Like most things created to be accessible to some, it's good for everyone. arstechnica.com/security/202...
This hacker conference installed a literal antivirus monitoring system
Organizers had a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
arstechnica.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I love the framing of this as an #accessibility issue. Like most things created to be accessible to some, it's good for everyone. arstechnica.com/security/202...
What could possibly go wrong with tech bros taking a "move fast and break things" approach to sunlight?
This is a VERY long piece about solar geoengineering that starts, scientifically speaking, badly, but gets better, but still has a few issues.
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What could possibly go wrong with tech bros taking a "move fast and break things" approach to sunlight?
I am grateful for quality of anti-tracking tools provided to customers.
I my weather app I just got an ad for a private jet. The ad pushers really have no idea who I am.
I my weather app I just got an ad for a private jet. The ad pushers really have no idea who I am.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I am grateful for quality of anti-tracking tools provided to customers.
I my weather app I just got an ad for a private jet. The ad pushers really have no idea who I am.
I my weather app I just got an ad for a private jet. The ad pushers really have no idea who I am.
A local farms getting in those last peppers before winter. #gardening #harvest
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A local farms getting in those last peppers before winter. #gardening #harvest
Reposted by Nicole Brookus
Hairdressing scissors inspired by the Japanese sword.
A collaboration with the scissor manufacturer Joewell.
#scissors #matsuzawa #joewell
A collaboration with the scissor manufacturer Joewell.
#scissors #matsuzawa #joewell
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Hairdressing scissors inspired by the Japanese sword.
A collaboration with the scissor manufacturer Joewell.
#scissors #matsuzawa #joewell
A collaboration with the scissor manufacturer Joewell.
#scissors #matsuzawa #joewell
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm super excited to start a Daggerheart campaign - as a player!
If it continues to be successful, I predict the dice companies will be making special d12s the way they do d20s now.
#ttrpg #daggerheart
If it continues to be successful, I predict the dice companies will be making special d12s the way they do d20s now.
#ttrpg #daggerheart
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'm super excited to start a Daggerheart campaign - as a player!
If it continues to be successful, I predict the dice companies will be making special d12s the way they do d20s now.
#ttrpg #daggerheart
If it continues to be successful, I predict the dice companies will be making special d12s the way they do d20s now.
#ttrpg #daggerheart
Reposted by Nicole Brookus
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
📷 Black and white #photography #pentax #monochrome is not something I do often, but it's humbling to be reminded the process is about light, not color.
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📷 Black and white #photography #pentax #monochrome is not something I do often, but it's humbling to be reminded the process is about light, not color.
This is one of those games that just sticks in my head. It's a perfect Halloween treat.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a blood-curdling 55% off in the Steam Halloween sale!
A perfect time to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
A perfect time to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is one of those games that just sticks in my head. It's a perfect Halloween treat.
I had no idea that a broken toe hurt this much.
I was born with sigogglin toes anyway so I'm not sure if it matters to go get it set.
I was born with sigogglin toes anyway so I'm not sure if it matters to go get it set.
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I had no idea that a broken toe hurt this much.
I was born with sigogglin toes anyway so I'm not sure if it matters to go get it set.
I was born with sigogglin toes anyway so I'm not sure if it matters to go get it set.
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you are in need, go to your local food bank. It's there for you.
If you are not in need and can help, please do.
If you are not in need and can help, please do.
but don’t take away from that the idea that food banks are useless. they’re going to feed people- not going to feed them enough, and not going to feed enough people, but food in mouths.
anything you can do for food banks right now isn’t at all wasted, it is more sure to be useful than ever
anything you can do for food banks right now isn’t at all wasted, it is more sure to be useful than ever
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you are in need, go to your local food bank. It's there for you.
If you are not in need and can help, please do.
If you are not in need and can help, please do.
I couldn't resist this perfect bloom. We're expecting frost next week, so we may be saying good-bye to fall flowers soon. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) #Pentax K3-iii and D FA 100mm macro #naturephotography #macromonday #bloomscrolling
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I couldn't resist this perfect bloom. We're expecting frost next week, so we may be saying good-bye to fall flowers soon. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) #Pentax K3-iii and D FA 100mm macro #naturephotography #macromonday #bloomscrolling
📷 Small's Goldenrod (Solidago pinetorum). Probably.
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
October 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📷 Small's Goldenrod (Solidago pinetorum). Probably.
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
PSA: If you have a mechanical keyboard, you should pull all the keycaps and pull off the cat hair wrapped around your switches. Sincerely, someone who just spent an hour to return to a lovely responsive keyboard.
The not-guilty party for #caturday
The not-guilty party for #caturday
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
PSA: If you have a mechanical keyboard, you should pull all the keycaps and pull off the cat hair wrapped around your switches. Sincerely, someone who just spent an hour to return to a lovely responsive keyboard.
The not-guilty party for #caturday
The not-guilty party for #caturday
📷 Huntsville Botanical Garden, Huntsville, Alabama. #pentax K3-iii #photography
October 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📷 Huntsville Botanical Garden, Huntsville, Alabama. #pentax K3-iii #photography
October 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM