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View of the sun setting over the mountains from a high elevation on Alta. The sun is just above the horizon with a sunburst effect.The sky is a gradient from a peach color at the horizon to light grey and hazy with wildfire smoke. The side of the mountain in immediate proximity to the viewer is covered with low, bushy foliage that is a vibrant red color.

View looking down the ridge leading up to the peak of Alta. The ridge is covered with golden colored grasses, red and orange bushy foliage, and evergreens. A narrow trail winds through the foliage along the ridge. The sky is a gradient from white at the horizon to light blue and hazy with wildfire smoke. The sky to the right of the ridge appearing lighter than the left due to the sun.

View from a higher elevation looking up the ridge leading to the peak of Alta. The ridge is rocky and sparsely covered with green and brown bushy vegetation and evergreens. The sky is a light blue color with sparse white clouds around the elevation of the surrounding mountains in the background.

View from the peak of Alta. The peak appears as a pile of medium chunks of grey and rusk colored rock. The sky is a light blue color with sparse white clouds. The surrounding mountains are visible in the background.

Alta Mountain. 12 mi, 3,300 ft. #PNW #hiking

I returned because it was so beautiful back in Oct 2022: https://animal.business/@psyolus/111859301626252006

I stayed at the peak for sunset and descended most of the way in the dark again. About 5 miles out from […]

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Stephen Miller just said that Trump has “plenary authority” right before glitching out during a CNN interview. CNN seems to have edited it out or published a different take without it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenary_power

I am once again reminded how much I hate setting up hotel rooms for conventions.

I had forgotten how nice a simple garlic, olive oil, and cheese pasta is.

Wow… Liquid glass is horrible. I thought people were exaggerating. They were not.

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Stephen Miller is possibly the worst person in the current administration for the country.

Escorting two clueless people 5 miles out of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the dark was not on my Sunday bingo card.

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Seems pretty obvious that Portland is being used to capture media of protestors clashing with federal law enforcement as an excuse to do whatever the fuck they want going forward.

The dropdown to change hotel choice is so infuriatingly bad.

Well... if anyone I know has a room for NFC, hit me up. :P

Nope :C

NFC registration in under 60 seconds. Fingers crossed...

There is really too much superfluous stuff in that form for something that has to be done so fast.

Probably transiting through Tokyo again later this month. I should really figure out somewhere to go outside Tokyo on the way back through…

I really hate municipalities contracting private companies to install and operate survailence equipment. Who is approving this shit? Looking at Flock.

A half-grown gray fox kit just inside a sliding-glass doorway, having stepped over the edge of a welcome mat, peering at the viewer with great curiosity over the handle of a plastic bag

OMGGGGGGGGG!!! Two of them just came romping across the deck!! I said quietly to this one: “Hello! You’re beautiful! I love you!”

Finally transferred my number from the $30/mo T-Mobile prepaid account that I’ve had for over a decade now to my employer’s T-Mobile business account. $20/mo for business service!

The prepaid plan was so old that limits weren’t even enforced anymore but this should be nice.

Email that states: Dear Customer, We are reaching out regarding a recent class action settlement involving ParkMobile. If you are receiving this email, you are a member of the class. As part of the agreed resolution, you are entitled to receive a benefit in the form of a discount code for use within the ParkMobile app. No court ever found ParkMobile liable for anything; rather, this settlement was reached to allow the company to continue focusing on providing excellent service to its customers. You are eligible for up to a $1.00 credit to be applied to ParkMobile’s service fees. The code provides a $0.25 discount on ParkMobile’s service fees and may be used up to four times for a total discount of $1.00. The code will expire on October 8, 2026. For residents of California, the code will not expire. The code will only work for accounts associated with email addresses that are in the class.

Oh, boy. $1! These penalties are a joke.

Finally, an insurance agent that will let me email things instead of trying to read them over the phone.

@volpeon Blorb

@yote.gay Lame :<

The Dark Wet has arrived in Seattle

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@ret Unfortunately, there are.

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I’m sure military leaders appreciate getting a lecture from a fox news host on how we don’t actually need rules of engagement.

@SeaDonut Dassault Aviation is a different company.

@SeaDonut SolidWorks is their product. You can purchase a license from them.

I completely missed that Dassault Systèmes started offering a makers license for SolidWorks. Tempting...

A reddit post in r/mildlyinteresting titled: "I add a layer of paint to this quarter whenever I’m in a meeting". The associated picture shows a rounded conical glob of blueish white paint on top of a yellow kraft paper square, with a paint-riter+ pen behind it, on a desk.

A comment by the author of the post named "nominyomom": Some information: - The coin has been in progress since February 2025. - Daily standup is the biggest contributor. - Engineering at Big Tech is 90% figuring out what everyone is doing. - I’ve emptied 2.75 Markal Paint-Ritter+ pens. - I also add colors with Expo and Sharpies but those don’t add much thickness. - The paint blob never fully dries, it takes fingerprints very well and sags due to gravity and surface tension - If it ever gets misshapen, I add a bunch of the paint, it softens up and surface tension pulls it back into symmetry. - The quarter is a State Quarter, but I have forgotten which state. - if the meeting is especially useless, I lift it to my nose and take nice big whiffs.

finally some normal fucking people on reddit

All of the reposts on bsky are from bridged mastodon accounts. lol

Microsoft just announced “vibe working” in office and I’m shuttering at the thought of having to debug some workslop spreadsheet.

It always amazes how people just forget how to drive whenever it rains, given how normal rain is here.