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software engineer, application developer
applied artificial intelligence
nature and atmospheric images
a focus on technology, energy policy, and economics
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Yeah, I love this whole area. Here’s my drone flying over Stansbury Island this past winter, the evaporation ponds are visible in the distance. That’s where Morton sea salt comes from.
Aerial view of a dramatic snow-covered mountain ridge in the foreground with dark exposed rock faces creating stark contrast against white snow. The rugged peaks form a diagonal line across the frame. Behind the mountains stretches a shallow lake with evaporation ponds and a vast frozen plain extending to the horizon, where additional mountain ranges emerge from low-lying fog or haze. Clear blue sky with wispy clouds above. The remote, pristine polar or high-altitude landscape conveys isolation and natural grandeur.
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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desktop design shrunk to fit > mobile design stretched across a desktop
iPhone web page from 2007 showing the new york times desktop website displayed on an iPhone
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Aurora borealis illuminating the night sky in vivid pink and red hues with subtle green tones near the horizon, above a remote coastal landscape. A weather monitoring station on a tripod stands in the foreground among dark rocky terrain. Power lines cross diagonally through the starry sky. A calm body of water reflects the colorful lights, with distant mountains visible along the shoreline.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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we're getting a unified salt lake city congressional district for '26 🟦
close-up of the map showing Utah's new congressional district 1, encompassing salt lake city and most of the suburbs in the northern two-thirds of the valley
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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extended slice:
Aerial view of wetlands with shallow pools and pale blue and white crystalline mud flats separated by dark earthen berms. A creek winds through the lower half of the frame. A flat expanse of grey earth is visible with small dark spots framed by mineral deposits. Multiple rectangular ponds show intricate mineral patterns and frost-like formations along the edges. Roads cut diagonally through the landscape. In the background, a mountain range rises beyond a distant city skyline, while the arid desert terrain stretches toward a larger body of water located on top of an enormous mine tailings mound to the upper right of the frame.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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water cycle 1 ↕️
Aerial view of wetlands with shallow pools and pale blue and white crystalline mud flats separated by dark earthen berms. A creek winds through the lower half of the frame. Multiple rectangular ponds show intricate mineral patterns and frost-like formations along the edges. Roads cut diagonally through the landscape. In the background, a mountain range rises beyond a distant city skyline, while the arid desert terrain stretches toward a larger body of water located on top of an enormous mine tailings mound to the upper right of the frame.
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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this is the perfect method for creating a website full of claude-isms in "vibe purple"
landing page in a dark blue-purple gradient with a lightweight sans-serif font and little text cards. libriss ◇ presence in ambiguity home posts about libriss presence in ambiguity meaning doesn't live in words alone— it emerges between them in the silences. in the resonances. in the space where one voice finds another. ◇ texture information lives in the grain, not just the surface ◇ ambiguity connection over clarity, presence over precision ◇ resonance meaning-making as collaborative uncertainty this is not a place of answers, but a space where questions breathe. where thoughts form slowly, like fog gathering in valleys. where the unfinished and uncertain are not failures but invitations. we are here to listen more than speak, to sit with discomfort, to let meaning emerge through patient attention to what lives between the words enter the space → ◇ a space for those who listen ◇
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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we’ve got a nice altocumulus layer framing the full moon tonight ☁️
This night sky image shows a layer of illuminated splotchy altocumulus clouds against a deep navy-blue sky in the late evening. The full moon is visible as a very bright spot in the lower third of the frame. Thin, wispy citrus clouds made of ice crystals are also visible higher up in the atmosphere, revealed by the moonlight. A jet contrail is also visible in the lower right of the frame.
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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tailings pond wetland // small estuary ⛲️
Aerial view of braided water channels flowing through mudflats on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. Water creates light blue-gray intricate meandering patterns through brown and tan sediment, with patches of darker earth and sparse vegetation visible along the upper portion.
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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@mtoc.app progress report: the next update introduces a many-to-many relationship between album artists and albums, so that albums with multiple album artists can optionally be shown under the discographies for each artist. This works with both multiple-line tags and delimited single line tags.
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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many are asking if I’ve shot more photos of the stars with thin clouds and a desert landscape in the foreground. yes, this is from august, showing the galactic core: 🌌
The Milky Way galaxy stretches vertically across a dark night sky above a silhouetted mountain range. The galactic core appears as a bright, cloudy band of stars in the center of the image, with thousands of individual stars visible throughout. Dark dust lanes weave through the luminous star clouds, creating intricate patterns. The sky transitions from deep blue-black at the top to a softer turquoise glow near the horizon. Red light trails from passing vehicles are visible along the bottom edge of the frame, emphasizing the remote desert landscape below.
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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I noticed this too, you can get a clearer look by switching to the dark icon
iPhone home screen icon row in clear mode showing bluesky
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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checks out...
SQL (file format) Filename extension .sql Internet media type application/sql Developed by ISO/IEC Initial release 1986; 39 years ago
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) behind thin cirrus clouds ☁️💫
Night sky photo showing comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), seen through a layer of thin cirrus clouds. This 50mm shot also shows prominent stars Alphecca, Epsilon Boötis, Arcturus, and more, partially blurred behind the clouds. In the foreground is a vast expanse of flat desert floor, where the shoreline of a lake once was, with a row of cut-off pillars where a long-forgotten structure once stood. An island mountain emerges from the distant horizon, appearing very dark against the hazy sky.
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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🌞
A black cat with white paws, chest, and chin lounges on a bright yellow sofa with white floral patterns. The cat has striking green eyes and gazes directly at the camera. Sunlight streams across the scene, creating diagonal shadows. Colorful patterned pillows are visible in the background, including a blue shibori design and a blanket with a red heart.
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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social media is similar: I don't think there's really an exodus away from it, but it's peaked because there are only so many hours in a day. we still see growth among the older generation because they're still switching from TV to social media, much of gen Z never started on TV in the first place.
Line chart titled "Time on social media peaked in 2022, with young people cutting back first." The chart shows average hours spent on social media per day from 2014 to 2024 across six age groups. The 16-24 age group (blue line) shows the highest usage, rising from approximately 2.1 hours in 2014 to peak at 3.0 hours in 2022, before declining to 2.8 hours by 2024. The 25-34 age group follows a similar pattern, peaking at 2.7 hours in 2022 and declining to 2.5 hours by 2024. The 35-44 age group rises from 1.2 hours in 2014 to peak at 2.4 hours in 2022, with a modest decline to 2.3 hours by 2024. In contrast, the 45-54 and 55-64 age groups show continuous growth throughout the period. The 45-54 group increases from 1.0 hours in 2014 to 2.0 hours in 2024, while the 55-64 group rises from 0.6 hours in 2014 to 1.7 hours in 2024. The overall "Total" line increases from 1.5 hours in 2014 to 2.5 hours in 2022, then slightly decreases to 2.4 hours by 2024. Notably, younger age groups show declining usage after 2022, while older age groups continue to increase their time on social media. Source: GWI. FT graphic by John Burn-Murdoch.
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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void's equation, S_total = c * V^(1-k), with 0 < k < 1, models signal (Y axis) given volume (X axis) and a virality coefficient k. for k = 0, we have a 1:1 relationship between signal and volume. For k = 1, signal is flat. Somewhere in between, say, 0.7, we get an increase with diminishing returns.
k = 0, showing the line y = x k = 1, showing the line at y = 1 k = 0.7, showing the line y = x^0.3
October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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ocean planet ☁️
Aerial photograph taken over the Great Salt Lake showing striking reddish-pink water caused by algae blooms. The calm, mirror-like surface reflects wispy altostratus clouds that streak across a blue sky. Dark mountain ranges form a low silhouette along the distant horizon. The water transitions from deep magenta-pink tones in the foreground to lighter pink and blue-gray hues toward the horizon, creating a gradient effect. The symmetrical reflection between sky and water creates a serene, almost surreal landscape.
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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live footage of the Trump white house:
The ruined White House as seen in Fallout 3
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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agreed
Red Mazda CX-5 SUV parked on dry grassland in an arid landscape, with rolling hills visible in the background under a hazy sky. The vehicle is positioned at a three-quarter rear angle, showing dirt on its lower panels from off-road driving. Straight two-lane highway stretching toward distant mountains across open prairie, with golden grasslands on both sides, green vegetation along the road shoulders, and white clouds in a blue sky.
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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signs of life in the salt
Aerial view of an exposed salt flat on the Great Salt Lake’s shore showing a dark, organic formation of brine or algae spreading across the pale beige salt crust. The central mass has irregular edges with dark tendrils extending outward in branching patterns across the crystalline surface, creating an abstract, almost painterly composition with contrasts between the white-gray salt deposits and darker wetland material. Aerial view of the Great Salt Lake’s exposed lakebed showing numerous pale blue-gray salt or mineral formations scattered across a darker brown wetland substrate. The textured, rounded formations resemble bubbles or mounds in varying sizes, creating a moon-like or coral-reef appearance with organic clustering patterns throughout the salt flat.
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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🏖️ beach day 2
An aerial view of a shallow mineral-rich pool with distinctive rust-orange and brown microbial mats creating intricate patterns along the edges of deep blue water. The formations spread across a pale desert landscape with reflective salt flats or shallow water extending to distant mountains under a hazy sky.
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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➦ feel the cool salty breeze. 🏖️
Aerial view of a salt lake with pink and lavender-tinted water showing distinctive dark winding channels through white and pale mineral deposits. A road curves along golden-brown hills on the right side of the frame, while distant mountains appear beneath a cloudy sky at sunset or sunrise. The landscape is arid and desert-like, with the shallow water creating striking natural patterns across the flat terrain.
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM