You’re a renaissance man.

Interview: Dr. Saul Griffith, Electrification Expert! At the dawn of civilization's Electric Age.

Good backgrounder about price of electricity and solar in Australia snd US. open.substack.com/pub/sammatey...

Practical layout workshop for designers and creative teams

This looks cool. Practical Layout Workshop led by @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social. I've been enjoying his talks since back in the day at An Event Apart. Highly recommended. I shall go.

caterpillar

caterpillar

Monarch caterpillars 🐛 ready for the great transformation.

Well said…
"I believe ardently that nonviolent resistance is …. the most effective strategy, but that doesn't mean it must be polite, placid, or please our opponents, not least because nothing ever will and they'll lie and distort no matter what"
— Rebecca Solnit
https://www.meditationsinanemergenc

君者，舟也。庶人者，水也。
水則載舟，水則覆舟。

荀子

The ruler is like a boat, the common people like water. Water can keep the boat afloat, or it can capsize it.
— Xunzi

Join me on June 14

Real power isn't staged in DC — it rises up everywhere else. Join me on No Kings Day to peacefully stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. app.sosha.ai/s/x5APWxVM

https://chinaheritage.net/contra-trump-american-tedium/
Contra Trump American Tedium. Taking skills of China watchers to the USA.

I was interviewed by Tom Butler on his Cycling Over Sixty podcast about some of my cycling adventures in Taiwan https://www.buzzsprout.com/2154564/episodes/16920365

Friday flower pic.

Photo of two book covers—State of Fire and State of Water.

Just picked up a couple of beautifully illustrated books by Obi Kaufmann about fire and water in California at our LA Public Library @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social

https://californiafieldatlas.com

You are a good teacher. Thank you. 😊 Enjoy an amazing 🍎

Complete CSS A high quality, expansive CSS course that will elevate your CSS and core skills to a level you never thought was achievable.

I've been revisiting my foundational skills w/ Complete CSS, an excellent course by @bell.bz. Each lesson is packed with thoughtful insights and practical gems—it's beautifully designed and keeps me current with the ever-evolving world of CSS. Highly recommend!
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"whatever you see in Figma, etc. is an impression of a website. It is not a source of truth. Treat a picture of a website — which is what you get out of these tools — as more of a reference of the look and feel you are aiming for, and make the website the actual source of truth."
— @bell.bz

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"whatever you see in Figma, etc. is an impression of a website. It is not a source of truth. Treat a picture of a website — which is what you get out of these tools — as more of a reference of the look and feel you are aiming for, and make the website the actual source of truth."
— @bell.bz

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Experimenting with a 2008 Canon 40D and Tamrom 18-270mm lens brought out from storage.

California Towhee. Cinnamon colored.

California Towhee. Cinnamon colored.

Goose

A goose caught mid-flap—celebrating spring sunshine.

The war on science is here. Kim Stanley Robinson says it’s just the beginning Widely regarded as the greatest living sci-fi writer, he’s spent decades crafting visions of the future. Now, he warns that a real dystopia is unfolding.

Can science survive politics? Not without a fight, according to Kim Stanley Robinson. At UCLA last Thursday, Robinson discussed the war on science, fallout of defunding research, and why surrendering to cynicism is the greatest risk of all. His full seminar is out now.

The Fire Kinship exhibit at UCLA Fowler Museum sparks conversations to rekindle our relationships with California fires. https://fowler.ucla.edu/

Hello World. How are you today?