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Birder. Northern California Native plant gardener. Fujifilm. GIS professional. Geologist. AvGeek. Views are my own I regularly delete my posts. https://distortions.net https://avgeek.social/@rpmik

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Long exposure shot of our parking lot campsite with our car in the four round with its tailgate popped up looking up into the sky with lots and lots of stars. Milky Way is pretty easily visible.

Long exposure shot of our parking lot campsite with our car in the four round with its tailgate popped up looking up into the sky with lots and lots of stars. Milky Way is pretty easily visible.

The stars are bright, not so late at night, deep in the heart of Stovepipe.

14.02.2026 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A light pink nectarine flower with whitish stamens and red anthers. The photo was taken in a backyard with a shed and rocked areas.

A light pink nectarine flower with whitish stamens and red anthers. The photo was taken in a backyard with a shed and rocked areas.

Our nectarineโ€™s first bloom. Itโ€™s in popcorn mode so hopefully most of the buds delay bloom until after this next storm! #HomeOrchard

14.02.2026 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
An unfinished garage with a small leak on the floor under and beside a dryer. The side of a dryer. then some clear space, then a table with box fan, fire extinguisher, some old coats under it. The water ran downhill the concrete pad to the left.

An unfinished garage with a small leak on the floor under and beside a dryer. The side of a dryer. then some clear space, then a table with box fan, fire extinguisher, some old coats under it. The water ran downhill the concrete pad to the left.

Washing machine hose replacement day, due to a leak at the washerโ€™s hot water fitting. They wereโ€ฆ like 10 years old. Donโ€™t at me. Itโ€™s in an unfinished garage! Anyway, I noticed the leak before it reached the leak sensor. Yeah, Iโ€™m like that. #HomeDIY

13.02.2026 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Holy crap, that was insane!

Iโ€™ve been on a lot of flights to some interesting places doing what I do, but that was BY FAR the most heart pounding landing. St Barth over the hill with some very interesting crosswinds today. Even the seasoned pilot said today was โ€œinteresting.โ€

10.02.2026 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 247    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
U.S. Forest Service unveils plans to hire summer seasonal employees in 2026 | US Forest Service Today, the U.S. Department of Agricultureโ€™s Forest Service announced plans to hire up to 2,000 seasonal positions for the upcoming summer recreation season, helping to support active management work a...

Weโ€™re back to hiring seasonals.

No idea if this is good, bad, up, downโ€”

We had formerly stopped employing seasonal workers by converting them to permanent, then fired a lot of those newly converted permanent workers in the Valentineโ€™s Day Massacre.

Bless anyone willing to take a chance on us ๐Ÿ™

12.02.2026 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In a case we're familiar with, the difference in settlement between two employees, doing similar field work, was 2x based on one of the employees having better notes to justify backpay. Both settlements were $1000+.

13.02.2026 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kweqโ€™ Smanit/Mt Baker 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

Kweqโ€™ Smanit/Mt Baker 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

Detailed view of Kweqโ€™ Smanit/Mt Baker 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

Detailed view of Kweqโ€™ Smanit/Mt Baker 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

Pahto/Mt Adams 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

Pahto/Mt Adams 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

Detail of back side Pahto/Mt Adams 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

Detail of back side Pahto/Mt Adams 3d printed tissue box cover erupting tissue.

I totally forgot to mention that the oft-overlooked Washington volcanoes of Mt Adams/Pahto and Mt Baker/Kweqโ€™ Smanit
were also overlooked in my Etsy store :-). Iโ€™m shipping tomorrow morning, so if these sell in the next 10hrs theyโ€™ll be on the road to you by tomorrow!
phaneritic.etsy.com

11.02.2026 03:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

interesting! Iโ€™ve been using codeberg

09.02.2026 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
At night, an artistic weather vain with one end as metal outlines of clocks or maybe wheels and spokes. The other end looks like a couple of paddles. It's all lit up with purpose. It does spin but no motion can be seen from the photo. Behind it are three lit up stars, probably christmas decorations for the waterfront. Lights across the harbor can be seen.

At night, an artistic weather vain with one end as metal outlines of clocks or maybe wheels and spokes. The other end looks like a couple of paddles. It's all lit up with purpose. It does spin but no motion can be seen from the photo. Behind it are three lit up stars, probably christmas decorations for the waterfront. Lights across the harbor can be seen.

"ร–ffentliche Kunst / Public art"

Vancouver, December 2025 #FotoVorschlag

#Vancouver #Fujfilm #SOoC

09.02.2026 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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