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Jeff in SEA
@jeffinsea.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 🏞️☸️ - Issaquah, WA

"Two and two make four", Marcel Camus

(mostly pics for my friends, #hiking the #pnw)
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2026, je reprends le blogging (tellement 2005! 😅).

Après 25 ans dans l'IA (de mon temps on appellait ca le Data Mining), il était temps que je réflechisse un peu!

Ca s'appellera "Things AI" 🧠, et voici mon 1er essai "Zen and the Art of Vibe-Coding" (EN only for now)

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Zen and the Art of Vibe-Coding
How AI-assisted coding eliminates the contemplative pauses between architecture and implementation—and whether beginners can still build expertise without that rhythm.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
When we’re told what we see with our own eyes is not true, that we're delusional, and dangerous liars for just stating what's real, I’m reminded of Camus in La Peste, warning that "there always comes a time in history when saying two and two makes four is punished by death".

We know what's real.
"Two and two makes four." - Albert Camus, La Peste, 1947
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
Twin Peaks est dispo sur @artefr.bsky.social depuis aujourd'hui, et je me fais trop plaisir à reconnaître les lieux après y avoir vécu 4 ans 😅.

"oh c'est la montagne de ma rando du mois dernier !"
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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Seeing this showing up in my feed this close to midnight and thinking... Oh please let this be a sign that 2026 will be all queer ! 🙏
queerasfact.bsky.social Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · Jan 1
Today we're discussing the 1988 Korean intersex lesbian film Sa Bangji! Join us as we learn about the historical events behind the film, discover how government policy inadvertently led to the creation of a queer movie, and admire some historical hats.
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New Podcast Episode: Sa Bangji (1988) Text is above the film poster of Sa Bangji, showing two Korean women, characters Sa Bangji and Lee So-sa, naked and kissing, above another picture of Sa Bangji posing in her underwear.
January 1, 2026 at 4:15 AM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
The last few hours of 2025.

#PNW #Oregon #SeasideOR
The view from our hotel rooftop in Seaside, showing the last lights of the sunset over mostly empty streets.
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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On the way to Rockaway Beach and Tillamook, this breathtaking view.

#PNW #Oregon
The pacific coast extends far away, showing a shore line made of mounts, waves and mist. This photo is taken from a high view point on road 101.
January 1, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Back to Cannon Beach for a sunny morning, because of course.

#PNW #Oregon
Haystack Rock under a sunny winter sky, on Cannon Beach, OR The Tillamook Lighthouse seen (from far away) from Cannon Beach, OR. A view of Cannon Beach with Haystack Rock. Tracks in the sand.
December 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Stopping by the Columbia River South Jetty Observatory.

#PNW #Oregon
The Observatory of the south jetty is giving a view over the jetty, on the ocean and the beach nearby. The walkable part of the jetty leads to the beach, and offers an awesome view of the waves rolling against the jetty. The walkable part of the jetty leads to the beach, and offers an awesome view of the waves rolling against the jetty. The coast has wide and flat beaches, and mounts visible from afar, through the ocean mist, offering interesting shades.
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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The wreck of the Peter Iredale.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I...

#PNW #Oregon
The front of the wreck. What remains of it is just the steel frame of the front. One can access when the tide is low. The front of the wreck seen from behind. Seeing through the metal frame.
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Spending the last few days of 2025 on the Oregon coast. Here we go!

#PNW #Oregon #RoadTrip
December 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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I was lucky to see the sun rise while hiking around Hall Creek yesterday. The sun was shining light on the tops of the surrounding mountains, giving them pink-orange shades and even a rainbow!

#PNW #WAState #HikingTrails #OllalieStatePark #NorthBend
The rising sun casts rays to the very top of a mount near Hall Creek. The mount is snowy, full of evergreens, and it's top is bright orange thanks to the sun light. The rising sun sends rays to the very top of a Mailbox Peak Summit. The valley is still kind of dark, but the top is bright orange thanks to the sun light. A snowy mount full of trees and snow, in the glowing light of the morning. The sun is casting rays on a very thin slice of the top. Rainbow at sunrise, seen on top of a mount near Hall Creek. Thanks to the morning mist in the air.
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
Some day between 1400-500 BC

- We NEED that chapter tomorrow dude.
- So… we’re "borrowing" that deluge bit from Gilgamesh, right?
- Totally fine. It’s not like anyone’s digging up clay tablets in a few thousand years. And once it's written down, it's God's word anyway.

#TheOldTestament
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Today, I went back Change Creek Trail but avoided Ollalie Knob and its near death experience section.

The way up was strenuous but better curated than I remembered it. Overall a pleasant challenge with of course a rewarding view on the valley.

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Selfie in front of the view from Hall Point, mid way up Change Creek Trail. Clouds partially covering the summits around the Snoqualmie Valley. The view from Hall Point, mid way up Change Creek Trail. A large rock rises over the landscape, showing how rocky and high the place is.
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
J'attends le jour où l'IA pourra poster des trucs à ma place sur les réseaux sociaux, répondre à ma place, comme ça je n'aurais plus besoin d'y participer du tout et je pourrais vivre ma vie completement déconnecté.

#OhWait
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Went to Ollalie Lake sunday morning, it was very wet even for the #pnw standards 😅

#wastate #alpinewilderness #hikingtrails
Ollalie Lake under the rain. The surrounding mounts are covered in a thin layer of snow. The sky is gray and luminous. It's cold.
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
Tell me "targeted ads" is a mirage without telling me it's a mirage.

(true crime podcast playing)

"Nihoul is an important element here, because he was never convicted of involvement with Dutroux's crimes"

(cut)

"hello hello! I'm Mickael Gladwell! Host of the podcast (bla bla) with IBM"
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
I go to the cinema like once a year now (kids oblige). So when I go, I go big time.

#wicked
Myself prepared for the "Wicked : For Good" movie, with a large bucket of popcorn and a large fountain drink.
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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For November, back to my cold months routine going through West Tiger #1 #2 #3.

Today the top was so X-Files inspiring, Tunguska style, with a deep fog and some eerie scenes.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #issaquahalps
A bridge along the Tiger Mountain Trail. The trees are in a quite deep fog, makes the whole scene look lost and scary. A tall radio antenna on top of West Tiger #1, surrounded by evergreens. The fog makes the antenna barely visible. Tall bare bone tree trunks growing like straight lines on top of West Tiger #1. The scene is immersed in a deep fog which makes the photo quite lugubre. A warning sign on top of West Tiger #2. It says "CAUTION high levels of radio frequency energy area. No trespassing."
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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November.

If you don't like the rain, the cold, or the darkness, you're not gonna be able to go on trails much.

So why not face the three together 😅

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #issaquahalps
The entrance to Cable Trail on West Tiger Mountain. Early morning 6:30 am, it's still dark, and there's rain. It's cold.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Une onde oubliée traverse les serveurs. Catherine chante. Je me tais. Que nul ne capte.

#InstitutDesPromptsImprobables #IA
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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I love these landscapes of Eastern WA, the Columbia River and Grand Coulee.

This time I learned how it was formed only very recently, during massive floods. Fascinating.

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#pnw #wastate #roadtrip #columbiariver #grandcoulee
The Columbia River landscape, from the Scenic Overview Basaltic landscape around Lenore Lake. Basaltic landscape around Lenore Lake. A trail at Steamboat Rock State Park.
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!

#doublerainbow #grandcouleedam
A very visible double rainbow over Grand Coulee Dam. A vividly bright end of a rainbow falling on an electric pole. A vividly bright end of a rainbow falling on electric poles of the Grand Coulee Dam.
October 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Sunrise over Grand Coulee.

Back to eastern WA for the weekend.

#pnw #wastate #roadtrip #grandcouleedam
Sunrise over the lake and canyons near Grand Coulee Dam. The dam can be seen in the middle of the picture, from afar. Sunrise over the lakes and canyons near Grand Coulee Dam. The sun is rising on the right of the picture. The sky is blue with high altitude waves of sparse small clouds.
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Had a bad day. One of those when you're soaking wet only 15 mins in, you're cold, you're angry, then you slip 7 times on the way back and curse out loud in French where nobody can hear you scream.

Cold Creek Trail, it's in the name.

#hiking #pnw #traillife #hikingtrails #mtbakernationalforest
Selfie during the hike of Cold Creek Trail. Viewpoint on Mirror Lake in the background. Twin Lakes in the clouds. It's raining. View of the range surrounding Mirror Lake, already has snow on it. Mirror Lake and Cottonwood Lake seen from the viewpoint of Cold Creek Trail.
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Fall.

#pnw #wastate #issaquah
Pink, red, light pink leaves fallen on the floor. It is fully covered with eaves. Trees in the neighborhood, showing fall colors, red and orange. Neighborhood photo showing green trees and plants, and in the middle one orange and red tree.
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM