Karsten Wade
@quaid.bsky.social
"Kindness is always an appropriate response"
Cares deeply. Parent, survivor (again), & especially your brother
Founder OpenCommAr.ch, Co-founder PAIPalooza.com
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Cares deeply. Parent, survivor (again), & especially your brother
Founder OpenCommAr.ch, Co-founder PAIPalooza.com
He/Him/Él/They. These copyright works CC BY SA 4.0
#Leguminati! #SantaCruzCA
+1 thanks for the info on this cool harbor seal colony! I'm not very good at identification, especially at that range 😊
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
+1 thanks for the info on this cool harbor seal colony! I'm not very good at identification, especially at that range 😊
Probably not one of these guys though. This was taken yesterday afternoon less than an hour before sunset from the path at Wilder Ranch.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Probably not one of these guys though. This was taken yesterday afternoon less than an hour before sunset from the path at Wilder Ranch.
Oh my.
❤️🔥 for the lone figure heading down river and causing all the ripples in its wake.
Was that a cormorant? Or am I way off on scale & it was a sea lion head?
My sweetie lives down there and saw sea lions the other day up in the river lagoon below the trestle bridge (to the left, off-pic.)
❤️🔥 for the lone figure heading down river and causing all the ripples in its wake.
Was that a cormorant? Or am I way off on scale & it was a sea lion head?
My sweetie lives down there and saw sea lions the other day up in the river lagoon below the trestle bridge (to the left, off-pic.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Oh my.
❤️🔥 for the lone figure heading down river and causing all the ripples in its wake.
Was that a cormorant? Or am I way off on scale & it was a sea lion head?
My sweetie lives down there and saw sea lions the other day up in the river lagoon below the trestle bridge (to the left, off-pic.)
❤️🔥 for the lone figure heading down river and causing all the ripples in its wake.
Was that a cormorant? Or am I way off on scale & it was a sea lion head?
My sweetie lives down there and saw sea lions the other day up in the river lagoon below the trestle bridge (to the left, off-pic.)
+1 to everyone welcoming & gently explaining — this is also reminiscent of other communities that counterbalance gatekeeping with welcoming.
The former is isolationist, the latter is communal and builds trust.
The former is isolationist, the latter is communal and builds trust.
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
+1 to everyone welcoming & gently explaining — this is also reminiscent of other communities that counterbalance gatekeeping with welcoming.
The former is isolationist, the latter is communal and builds trust.
The former is isolationist, the latter is communal and builds trust.
What I notice is a pause and an eye-block like this:
"... from participating in toxic, um" (pause, eye-block) "politics..."
An eye-block is universal body language for a wish to not "see"/hide about what is bring spoken. We can only guess what is going on inside, but something surely is 🤔
1/2
"... from participating in toxic, um" (pause, eye-block) "politics..."
An eye-block is universal body language for a wish to not "see"/hide about what is bring spoken. We can only guess what is going on inside, but something surely is 🤔
1/2
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
What I notice is a pause and an eye-block like this:
"... from participating in toxic, um" (pause, eye-block) "politics..."
An eye-block is universal body language for a wish to not "see"/hide about what is bring spoken. We can only guess what is going on inside, but something surely is 🤔
1/2
"... from participating in toxic, um" (pause, eye-block) "politics..."
An eye-block is universal body language for a wish to not "see"/hide about what is bring spoken. We can only guess what is going on inside, but something surely is 🤔
1/2
Reposted by Karsten Wade
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'Tis the season! Gotta get down to West Cliff early for the kind of views you are capturing, tho' it's not too bad here:
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
'Tis the season! Gotta get down to West Cliff early for the kind of views you are capturing, tho' it's not too bad here: