Wesley Grubbs

North Peak, California 9/21/25

The vibes with this guy… taken on the NE Ridge of North Peak

The latest CPI data came out today with mixed movement. Eggs dropped while sugar, coffee, and bananas are up and have all hit record highs again. Yup, tariffs.

Globally, more than 700k people die from suicide every year with male deaths on top. There are no countries with reported data where female suicides are more common than male. And males are 4x more likely to die by suicide in the US. Source @ourworldindata.org

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Starting a very intentional new chapter today. Joining Strava as an iOS Design Technologist (think prototyper) where I can merge my passion for movement with my passion for technology. And oh boy there will be data!

Just once I wish they’d have pink smoke just to throw everyone off.

When you design an experience, to make it truly remarkable is tell people you give a shit about them. You don’t achieve this by chasing trends or money. You do this by learning compassion and empathy.

A proto bar chart by Buache 1767. Titled: Echelle du Pont de la Touradelle. The columns show the height of water in the months Jan. - Dec, probably averaged over several years. Horizontal lines show some events, like a flood in 1740.

A similar chart from 1770 for the Seine, with a numerical table at the top.

Portrait of Phillipe Buache

📊 #dataviz #history Who invented the bar chart? Everyone credits William Playfair in his 1785 Commercial and Political Atlas

I give that honor to the cartographer Phillipe Buache for lovely 1767 chart of the heights of water along the Seine.

But there's more ⬇️

Here’s a shot I took from the summit of Mt Conness about 4 years ago. I typically summit this mountain annually to document a dying glacier on its north face and because it’s a freakin sick Mt to climb.

GitHub - Fabric-Project/Velvet: Experimental Swift based live code playground, similar to Processing Experimental Swift based live code playground, similar to Processing - Fabric-Project/Velvet

Live code playground for Swift anyone? This looks like fun!

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Also, I just submitted an update correcting YoY values. 1.3.9 is waiting for review by Apple.

While the wanna be dictator openly says egg prices are coming down, let’s look at reality (they are at record highs again) and remind ourselves how facts don’t matter to this administration.

An echo chamber of bots and agents

My therapist yesterday was literally a rock.
Piglet, 5.7 (Lovers Leap)

Bike ride to and from Almanac (beer garden in Alameda)

While inflation numbers are slightly lower than expected for March, grocery prices have continued to climb. Eggs and Coffee are, again, at record highs. And this is all pre-tariff madness.

It’s a good day to gtfo

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

The dow is giving some very El Cap vibes this a.m.

FYI:

Vaccines. 💪🏻💪🏻

They say if you can climb After Seven (5.8, 6 pitches) in under 3 hours you’re ready for the Yosemite classic Royal Arches (5.7 A0, 13 pitches). We cruised it in 2hrs 25mins. Super stoked.

See How Drought Whiplash Led to California Wildfires California is experiencing wider swings between wet and dry spells

My piece for @sciam.bsky.social is online and currently at the stand www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

#sciart

Guinea pig

When you like an obit, what are you really saying?

I’ve become a Silo fan too

YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work

Funny I didn't know this before. Sankey diagrams are named after Captain Sankey, who created a diagram of steam engine efficiency that used arrows having widths proportional to heat loss. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...