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Another garden update: The oranges are coming in just fine. This is about half of the size they will be in December.

Two passionfruits on the vine

Brief garden update: Passionfruits are on the vine. I am hoping they can ripen before our first frost. We get a much later frost here compared to much of the US.

Yeah 😔 I cancelled a lot of subscriptions to save some money. I cancelled D+ months before Kimmel and cancelled Paramount Plus. And all I have left now is YouTube and one online course.

Ah. Okay. Thanks for letting me know. I actually cancelled my prime account. 😕 Whee!

Organic blueberry ice cream made with cream, whole milk, raw cane sugar, and vanilla extract. Yum!

Yeah. Well. Ice cream is life. I guess?

I made a mess of the counter but it’s all cleaned up now. Well worth the effort.

Ooh… now I am wondering what releasing all of them will do. Since it’s horror, I take it that it’s not a good thing! Creative death scenes sounds intriguing.🤔 Is this on Netflix or somewhere else?

I’ve never watched it. What is the premise and why is it so bingeable?

Perfume scientists tweak cells into having ‘sense of smell’ A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis

New research could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis. https://scim.ag/4q3FOgT

I stopped posting on social media and it made me invisible. Now, I live somewhere in between The hard truth is, our systems aren’t built for people who step back. If you don’t show up in the feed, you fall away

I just read this article on The Globe & Mail, and it is relatable to my having left FB… I don’t hear from old friends and acquaintances as much as I used to. I have become invisible. The trick now is to find my inbetween www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

Oh btw… Report on the optometrist and my bent glasses… An assistant tried to unbend my frames where they meet the stem hinges as best they could without breaking them, and it is better, but not ideal. I am on a special plan though where they will be replaced & get a new pair in a couple weeks. Yay!

This. All this. Thank you.

Man… I have one hell of a headache. I don’t know if I slept wrong and kinked my neck somehow and that’s the cause or crappy sleep or something else. But I am about to take the ice cream container and put it on my head/neck instead of eating the contents.

Organic blueberry cream ice cream. I halved the 4 cups of blueberries in the recipe to 2 cups, so it has a milder blueberry flavour.

Okay. Confession time. I have made more ice cream, and summer is over. Coulda fooled me, the temperature here tomorrow is gonna be 30 C/86 F. But I guess that is how things roll in California.

This batch is more of an organic blueberry cream. I halved the blueberries from 4 c to 2 in the recipe.

It's time to vote for Australia's best bird! Vote 1 Powerful Owl!
[ @australia.theguardian.com seems to have chosen a particularly unflattering POwl picture, so here's a better one]

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What to know about the life and legacy of chimpanzee researcher and wildlife advocate Jane Goodall Famed primatologist Jane Goodall was renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees but dedicated her life to helping all wild animals and the natural world.

Famed primatologist Jane Goodall was renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees but dedicated her life to helping all wild animals and the natural world.

Yes. To some degree being busy with stuff and online less chronically is better for my mental health. The only drawback is I miss people I used to talk to more. 😔

I haven’t? I don’t know how I would respond to it because in recent years I have developed a reaction to cannabis smoke I never used to have. I suspect cannabis is on my no fly list based on that. Would CBD be? Maybe…

I could use a sedative. Sleep has been pretty broken for a while. Coffee helps, but only so much before it’s diminishing returns.

… Yes, I am still making ice cream here and there, but less often. It was more a summer thing.

I seriously can’t keep up with the doomscrolling these days. I am busy with day to day life. Changes on the horizon.

But in the meantime… neurologist appointment tomorrow, optometrist walk in Friday morning because I accidentally bent my glasses frame and now they sit crooked on my face.

Awesome! I really enjoyed the original movies. I am curious how one adapts this for the stage including travelling back in time with the car. ‘Drive’ into a projection on a screen? Then lift the screen to reveal a set of the past?

How do you think they compare to Pro 2? I read some ppl complain about the fit, that their ears hurt. Any experience with that? I don’t know if I want to upgrade yet. My 2’s aren’t that old.

Don’t worry, I am not totally disengaging. I am just putting my focus elsewhere and how best to work for a better future.

My personal life is also busy on more than one level. Medical appointments. Family related gatherings. Some upcoming travel. And I may not be online as much as I used to be, which was chronically tbh.

Hey, hi 👋 Long time no see. I am leaving this message where my friends can see it. Sorry I haven’t been on BlueSky much in the past month or so. There’s been a lot going on, and I have been using this platform less. I still want to keep in touch - I’m not sure how best to do this.

MOAR homemade vanilla ice cream!

I confess, I am back on the honemade ice cream kick. Made vanilla ice cream this morning, it’s in the freezer now to harden more. I think part of the motivation is it’s going to be 40 C today or 103 F…

Novo Halves Ozempic Price to $499 a Month for Those Paying Cash Novo Nordisk A/S is slashing the cost of Ozempic for cash-paying patients after the diabetes shot became the poster child for high US drug prices.

Novo Nordisk’s move to cut the price of Ozempic to $499 for the uninsured is a modest step forward, but let’s not forget.

Ozempic costs just $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to make.

The U.S. must no longer pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

An Anna's hummingbird in my son's backyard in Seattle.

A Red-bellied Woodpecker working his way up the far side of the tree.

White sands New Mexico

genAI is morally wrong and disrespectful to the creatives in your life as long as the models are built with material stolen from unconsenting and uncompensated writers and artists

there are a bunch of other reasons why it's bad - it's a rich tapestry - but that first one should be enough on its own