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Brian Vastag
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Occasional science reporter at The Washington Post and elsewhere. Disabled by complex chronic post-viral illness. Living on #Kauai #Hawaii. Sometimes SCUBA diver.

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Yes I'm in Arizona, how could you tell.
A fairly large saguaro cactus.
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Chicken pooped on my car so I'll be sending a car wash bill to Dos Hermanos.
A hen stands atop a gray car.
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Heidi was a good patient at the vet today what with the anal probing and needle and all but she needs a tooth removed and that'll be about...$1500. Whew. Guess I've been fotunate that I've never had to schedule a pet for a procedure before.

#cats
A longhair gray cat with green eyes sits on a white towel inside a kitty carrier looking apprehensive.
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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[Steve Martin voice] Well EXCUSSSSEEEE ME!

#scuba #ocean #reef
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Got inked today - no, not a tattoo.

#scuba #ocean #octopus
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Ummm nice try but totally predictable.

#caturday
An orange tabby cat laying on a table next to my plate of fish looking cute.
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Are BERNIE 2016!!! posts in 2025 part of an op to discourage participation in politics? Because what else is the purpose of this? It's from today.

#uspol
Screenshot of a reddit post asking if Bernie would've beat Trump in 2016.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Not bad, could be better. I'm in the 2024 graph. There are around 1.2 million registered vehicles in the state.

#ev #climate
Bar graph showing registered EVs in Hawaii climbing from 17,000 in Oct. 2021 to almost 40,000 in Oct. 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Nextdoor commenter wins best new portmanteau: Call the mayor & vomplain - you know, puking out your little annoyances.

#words
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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This island is bananas. It's a little insulting that folks sell them. People with trees in their yards can't give them all away. TOO MANY 'NANAS.

#hawaii
A table full of bananas at a farmers market.
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Lele at the petting station.

#cats #caturday
An orange tabby cat sitting on a red shirt. An orange tabby cat sitting on a red shirt.
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Oh wow it's been a decade since I watched the launch of a new, small rocket from Kauai called Super Strypi. It carried 13 small satellites from university groups but failed to reach orbit. During the launch I heard the groans of one of the groups. Lots of work toasted […]

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The exhaust plume if a rocket launched off a beach in Kauai. A small rocket streaks skyward with an exhaust plume behind. Corkscrew contrail tells the story of a failed launch. People standing on the beach watching the rocket above.
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Haha I'm kidding here it is.

#scuba #octopus
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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My buddy flamed his flute at a Halloween gig. I think he used high proof rum. Hot stuff.
Flame shooting out of a flute as a dude ignites it while he blows.
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Therapy dog Star nailed the Eeyore sad face.

#halloween
A black lab wearing an Eeyore costume.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Because nuclear testing is in the news: This is the luckiest photo I've ever taken & it's of a missile defense test. We were camping on the west side of Kaua'i, at Polihale, a long beach shared with the Pacific Missile Range Facility (aka Barking Sands). MPs told us […]

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A bright streak of a missile's launch plum ascends on the left side of the photo; a beach is in the foreground and ocean in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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How many more weeks/months/years can I ignore this update button on windoze? It's been there a while.
A screenshot of a small circular windows update button on a taskbar.
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I mean look at this
screenshot of "you have successfully installed java" window
October 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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🤣
Meme with three headed dragon. The two serious dragons are labeled Nobel Prize for Chemistry & Physics. The goody dragon is Nobel Prize for Economics.
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Lele is biologically programmer to seek the softest spot.

#cats #caturday
An orange tabby resting on a pile of towels.
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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We have personalized rain showers here.

#hawaii #weather
Weather radar screenshot showing rain over a small part of Kapa'a but nowhere else on Kauai.
October 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Tastes like Kauai: Tenderloin from cattle raised in a pasture just up the hill from me, and purple sweet potatoes and green beans from our town's farmers market.

#yum #food
A plate with the meal described in the post.
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Texas Guard arriving in Chicago looks like Attack of the Meal Team Clones. Just printing out copies of the same overweight mustachioed dude.

#Chicago #uspol
Two overweight dudes in camo National Guard uniforms carry duffles and rifles. They look like the same guy.
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Met this porcupine pufferfish on Sunday. Say cheese.

#scuba #hawaii #ocean #fish
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM