I should probably just shut up
@lurker0000.bsky.social
Follow me at your own peril. I might just block you. If I block you, it's not because you offended me; it's because I control the noise in my life, not you.
By reading the past, I see the future.
Camp Fire and Helene survivor.
By reading the past, I see the future.
Camp Fire and Helene survivor.
Don't get me wrong, the end of petro-civilization is inevitable - & was once the earth had a set mass - but "everyone will be dead in X years" ignores how remote and resilient some communities are.
Morocco is full of villages in the mts. that have been there hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Morocco is full of villages in the mts. that have been there hundreds, if not thousands of years.
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Don't get me wrong, the end of petro-civilization is inevitable - & was once the earth had a set mass - but "everyone will be dead in X years" ignores how remote and resilient some communities are.
Morocco is full of villages in the mts. that have been there hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Morocco is full of villages in the mts. that have been there hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Here's a shot taken at dusk.
Although the mountains are covered in snow (~12,500 ft), the climate where we are is subtropical, and they grow a *huge* range of fruits and vegetables.
Although the mountains are covered in snow (~12,500 ft), the climate where we are is subtropical, and they grow a *huge* range of fruits and vegetables.
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Here's a shot taken at dusk.
Although the mountains are covered in snow (~12,500 ft), the climate where we are is subtropical, and they grow a *huge* range of fruits and vegetables.
Although the mountains are covered in snow (~12,500 ft), the climate where we are is subtropical, and they grow a *huge* range of fruits and vegetables.
I haven't been posting because I got really bad food poisoning, and have been completely out of it for several days.
But we're still in Morocco, currently in the high Atlas Mts.
Here's the view from our hotel.
But we're still in Morocco, currently in the high Atlas Mts.
Here's the view from our hotel.
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I haven't been posting because I got really bad food poisoning, and have been completely out of it for several days.
But we're still in Morocco, currently in the high Atlas Mts.
Here's the view from our hotel.
But we're still in Morocco, currently in the high Atlas Mts.
Here's the view from our hotel.
Moonrise over the riads
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Moonrise over the riads
Our riad includes a beautiful Koran, in both French and Arabic.
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our riad includes a beautiful Koran, in both French and Arabic.
Rooftop: Private pool and covered sitting area.
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Rooftop: Private pool and covered sitting area.
Second floor: sitting room, bedrooms, bathroom.
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Second floor: sitting room, bedrooms, bathroom.
So, welcome to our private riad at the Royal Mansour.
First floor: main area with fountain, bar, living room.
First floor: main area with fountain, bar, living room.
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So, welcome to our private riad at the Royal Mansour.
First floor: main area with fountain, bar, living room.
First floor: main area with fountain, bar, living room.
The moon rising in our riad.
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The moon rising in our riad.
But then you get swept up in the heady mix of humanity living humanity to the fullest, watching everything play out before you.
It's intoxicating and invigorating.
It's intoxicating and invigorating.
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
But then you get swept up in the heady mix of humanity living humanity to the fullest, watching everything play out before you.
It's intoxicating and invigorating.
It's intoxicating and invigorating.
At first the medina on Marrakech seems like chaotic crush, of people, tourists, vendors, scooters, noise, and smells.
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
At first the medina on Marrakech seems like chaotic crush, of people, tourists, vendors, scooters, noise, and smells.
The evening call to prayer, Marrakech medina.
Sound up.
Sound up.
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The evening call to prayer, Marrakech medina.
Sound up.
Sound up.
Say what???
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Say what???
Well, shit.
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Well, shit.
Uzbekistan.
IYKYK.
If you don't know, thousands of years of history; Silk Road, Amir Timur ("Tamerlane"), Al Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, etc., etc.
Do an image search for Samarkand. 😳
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
You know nothing.™
IYKYK.
If you don't know, thousands of years of history; Silk Road, Amir Timur ("Tamerlane"), Al Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, etc., etc.
Do an image search for Samarkand. 😳
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
You know nothing.™
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Uzbekistan.
IYKYK.
If you don't know, thousands of years of history; Silk Road, Amir Timur ("Tamerlane"), Al Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, etc., etc.
Do an image search for Samarkand. 😳
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
You know nothing.™
IYKYK.
If you don't know, thousands of years of history; Silk Road, Amir Timur ("Tamerlane"), Al Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, etc., etc.
Do an image search for Samarkand. 😳
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
You know nothing.™
How can two people generate so many dishes?!?
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
How can two people generate so many dishes?!?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Me, I've been giving thanks every single day - for my life and everything I have - since Nov 8, 2018, when I lost everything I had and nearly lost my life as well.
So, though we mark this day, it is just as special as every other day in my life for the past 7 years.
Me, I've been giving thanks every single day - for my life and everything I have - since Nov 8, 2018, when I lost everything I had and nearly lost my life as well.
So, though we mark this day, it is just as special as every other day in my life for the past 7 years.
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Me, I've been giving thanks every single day - for my life and everything I have - since Nov 8, 2018, when I lost everything I had and nearly lost my life as well.
So, though we mark this day, it is just as special as every other day in my life for the past 7 years.
Me, I've been giving thanks every single day - for my life and everything I have - since Nov 8, 2018, when I lost everything I had and nearly lost my life as well.
So, though we mark this day, it is just as special as every other day in my life for the past 7 years.
My wife might not like to hear this, but this cat and I are soulmates.
I love him so much, sometimes it hurts.
I love him so much, sometimes it hurts.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My wife might not like to hear this, but this cat and I are soulmates.
I love him so much, sometimes it hurts.
I love him so much, sometimes it hurts.
Yeah, there are a few places I want to go.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Yeah, there are a few places I want to go.
And I paid to have this installed based on the same article.
- 500 gallon offline potable water storage system.
You see, we were without water for 2 weeks after Hurricane Helene. Folks in Asheville went 56 days without water. Never again.
- 500 gallon offline potable water storage system.
You see, we were without water for 2 weeks after Hurricane Helene. Folks in Asheville went 56 days without water. Never again.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
And I paid to have this installed based on the same article.
- 500 gallon offline potable water storage system.
You see, we were without water for 2 weeks after Hurricane Helene. Folks in Asheville went 56 days without water. Never again.
- 500 gallon offline potable water storage system.
You see, we were without water for 2 weeks after Hurricane Helene. Folks in Asheville went 56 days without water. Never again.
Also, I built this based on an old article you wrote about water systems.
500 gallon rainwater capture system.
500 gallon rainwater capture system.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Also, I built this based on an old article you wrote about water systems.
500 gallon rainwater capture system.
500 gallon rainwater capture system.
Maybe that's in the main hall, where Maximo the Titanosaur is now, but not her current display.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Maybe that's in the main hall, where Maximo the Titanosaur is now, but not her current display.
Yeah, but also, it says that's Sue the T-Rex in the Field Museum, but I was there last September, and I don't think that's it. Maybe before she got her own display, but not recent.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yeah, but also, it says that's Sue the T-Rex in the Field Museum, but I was there last September, and I don't think that's it. Maybe before she got her own display, but not recent.