Spike Rhino

Jeff Garmire Sets Self-Supported Speed Record on Appalachian Trail - The Trek eff Garmire has set a new self-supported speed record on the Appalachian Trail, completing the roughly 2,200-mile trail southbound in 45 days, 8 hours, and 37 minutes. The record is still pending offi...

Mom and I actually got to Springer Mountain just after Legend got there and got to hear a little about his last couple of days on trial! thetrek.co/appalachian-...

Small stuffed rhino in front of a very large waterfall (Amicalola Falls)

Small stuffed rhino on a large rock with the metal sign indicating that this is Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail

Small stuffed rhino with a slightly larger stuffed tiger

Small stuffed rhino in front of a decent sized waterfall, Long Creek Falls

Happy #WorldRhinoDay everyone! 🌎🦏🌞 Here’s a couple of pictures from the last few days on the Appalachian Trail

The Birth of Bioidentical: Tracing the Menopause Marketing Juggernaut How a catchy word jumped from alternative medicine to Oprah, reshaped menopause care, and left decades of confusion in its wake

Eternally grateful to @drjengunter.bsky.social for pursuing these women's health rabbit holes so we don't have to. Voila, here you have the origins of the "natural medicine" term "bio-identical" when it comes to menopausal hormone therapy. TLDR more marketing bs. vajenda.substack.com/p/the-birth-...

A plot isn’t “something happens and then something else happens”

A plot is “what do you want”

“What are you willing to do to get it”

“What unspeakable, shameful part of your soul are you willing to walk up to in the darkness and name”

“This is me, this is me, this is me”

That is a plot

James Dobson Tried To Destroy Us As a former strong-willed child, I’ve had the notion of James Dobson’s mortality in the back of my mind for the last half-decade or so.

"The Bible that Dobson weaponized against millions of us tells us in dozens of ways that it is OK to feel good about evil people running out of chances to inflict evil. It also tells us there is no better revenge than refusing to pay hatred forward," writes @jasonkirk.fyi. sojo.net/articles/opi...

Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson Is Survived by Many Queers and Queerness Itself Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson died yesterday, and there was much rejoicing—particularly among queer people from families who subscribed to Dobson’s punitively patriarchal and rigidly het...

"Dobson’s constant demonization of homosexuality was not simply rhetorical. It had lasting and deeply damaging effects on the children reared by parents swayed by Focus on the Family’s hateful teachings."

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

It's getting to be academic letter of reference season, so I'll tell you people what I tell my students 🧵

I cannot promise that your other letter writers will agree with this, but many of them will.

1) I would (almost always) be very happy to write you a letter of reference.

A small stuffed rhino sits on a post with multiple signs indicating that this stretch of bike path is also a snowmobile trail in the winter

Small stuffed rhino sits on a wooden post with a large “12” on it. A paved rail to trail path winds through trees

Did some hiking for my birthday today! 🥳🎂🦏 1.5 miles on the NCT/White Pine Trail (3 miles round trip)

You're not a Nazi because you couldn't get laid: you couldn't get laid because you're a Nazi.

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.

Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.

arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

A museum display with showing symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. Beneath each symptom is a jar containing pebbles. Hot flushes or night sweats: about 25% full Vaginal dryness: about 20% full Sleep disturbance: about 35% full Brain fog: About 80% full Mood changes: about 75% full Dental problems: About 15% full Changes to sex drive: about 50% full Aches and pains: About 40% full Recurrent UTIs: About 30% full Indigestion: About 30% full

In popular culture, menopause is typically associated with hot flushes. In our Menopause: What's Changed? exhibition, we invite visitors to drop a pebble if they experience any of these symptoms. And it turns out, hot flushes are much less common than brain fog or mood symptoms!

I’ve been to the Washington monument in Maryland (on the Appalachian Trail) but can’t find a picture right now…

(I haven't checked these all personally, BUT!! I do know a bunch are legit soo00o)

List of 25 sites to read books for free:

1. Project Gutenberg
2. LibriVox
3. Internet Archive
4. Open Library
5. Google Books
6. ManyBooks
7. Bookboon
8. Smashwords
9. Wattpad

(cot'd)

After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.

Spike's Mom's 2024 Appalachian Trail Journal : September 08, 2024 : Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals In 2019 Spike and I completed Damascus, VA to PA 501 and then flipped up to Katahdin and made it to Mad Tom's Notch in VT before getting off because I had destroyed my feet.  The plan was to return in...

Mom finally completed the trail journal entries for our 2024 section hike of the Appalachian Trail. You can read the whole thing starting here: www.trailjournals.com/journal/entr...

Today I had a rough day. I began to see how my kids lives are going to be forever changed in real time.

Not in my anticipatory imagination

I’m having a agitated resistance to grief which is always the day before I can feel grief rising up.

A “too much” day.

But its a cycle:

Thank you @slotkin.senate.gov for listening to your constituents and voting NO to Cloture on the CR to fund the government. We have your back. Thank you for having ours.

#DCMI

I would like to propose that you and the rest of the Democrats state clearly that you will not vote for cloture on any budget until the Trump administration follows the law. That means they must follow all court orders, cease impoundment of lawfully appropriated funds, and follow all legislation regarding the executive branch and personnel. You swore an oath to serve and protect the Constitution, and you cannot vote to give money to a government that violates the Constitution.

This is what I wrote to my senators (after also calling them). Feel free to copy from the alt text and send to yours, too

Small stuffed rhino sitting on a sign that says, “Hikers! DO NOT APPROACH THE COWS.” A boardwalk winds its way into a field. No actual cows are visible

Signs like these sometimes worry me too!

If the Democrats bail out Mike Johnson on ANY spending bill, they deserve the utter political destruction coming their way.

Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s.

Have you learned NOTHING?

Not. One. Vote.

Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side

Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions

Why Are You Voting for a Single One of These Monsters You Useless Shits Democrats who complain about having no leverage are overlooking a chance to at least play-act like they're opposing Trump.

A message to Democrats: why are you voting for a single one of these monsters you useless shits www.discourseblog.com/p/why-are-yo...

Amidst the chaos and the law-breaking the most important thing to remember/focus on is that they are doing these things illegally because they know they don't have the votes to do it by passing laws, even in a GOP controlled Congress.

Happiest of holidays to you and yours from Peter Griffin and all the fine folks at toddland! #familyguy

8+ miles on NCT with @hikewithspike.bsky.social yesterday! Great to get out there after three months but boy are my legs sore!

Hi 👋 Thanks for being my first follower on here!

Small stuffed rhino sits on a bright orange mushroom

Here after that other place imploded