Nicole Brookus

That's probably because you paid attention to the oath you made when you enlisted.

These people are choosing the uniform because of the hate in their hearts. It's not a bug.

A small stream moving through boulders with trees just turning into fall colors in the background. You can see that the stream usually has a lot more water in it.

The streams are running low since it has been a really dry summer, but there is still enough for the wildlife. #naturephotography #fall

Thank you. Your words make a difference, at least to me.

Dolly says it's not yet before we have to say goodbye. A lot of rich and powerful people are happy to pull the ladder up after them, but she builds more ladders. The world needs more Dollys.

One.

But I also grew up hearing people call it "ahrl" (Appalachia.)

A golden field with straight rows of the dried stumps of corn stalks. In the distance is a green bad showing wooded forest.

📷 The feed corn harvested for fall. Next year this field will be cotton. #photography #fall

And you only have to sign up for Prime to get that price.

A small dark tabby cat crawls through a brightly colored play tunnel.

My tiny tabby for #caturday

My players wrote themselves a redemption side story. I think they liked it more than the whole save-the-world story arc. Then they temporarily allied themselves with an actual evil vampire and negotiated a truce between an ecoterrorist and a town.

I have the best players.

I only caught the end of the explosion, but that last thing we need is another platform where the leadership uses it to broadcast their opinions.

C suite needs to keep their hands out of the biscuit dough and post pictures of kittens or factual platform status updates.

An orange butterfly with brown pikes crawls down a three lobed leaf.

🐛📷 Caterpillar of Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) on Maypop (Passiflora caerulea). #naturephotography #butterfly #insects

It's getting late in the summer. The usual suspects are dropping leaves: black cherry, crabapple, hackberry, black gum. It's sometime yet to frost, but it's coming.

You should have purchased the extended warranty.

Philippine English has the word "mamsir." It sounds like a smart solution to me.

It will help, yes. Also turning off Bluetooth to avoid being picked up by mesh network devices like Airtag and Chipolo.

There's no 100% solution, even without the phone, but phones are pretty ubiquitous and are going to be a prime target for surveillance.

I really enjoyed that book!

It's not sufficient to turn off GPS or even wifi. Your location can be tracked fairly closely by cell towers.

If you aren't willing to have someplace you went shouted from the rooftops, leave the devices at home.

To go gentle into that good night. Or at least moved to a nice assisted living SSD that has plenty of power.

Are there any cats that don't? They did a great job domesticating us.

Granted Ukraine has had a lot of outside help, but if they can't manage that I don't foresee fighting against EU or NATO as turning out well for Russia.

I got bored and started analyzing the questions. What do you mean by "extremely?" How hard is "hard?" And why can't I say sometimes?

I had one that was cast iron with the ceramic (?) coat. Loved it, but would suck all the heat out - much like my cast iron tub, which I absolutely do not recommend if you ever want a hot bath.

Emotional support Prince made of yarn

🎵💜

I kinda like the concrete utility sink. Although not exactly leak proof.

I am a devout cleric of Lathandar!

You just stole an airship from a peaceful people that have been kind to you without even asking for a ride when you have have a flying carpet? And your magic staff, remember stealing it from a magic shop?

Easy answer: the retired hero of a campaign several hundred years ago in the same world.

Harder answer: If it's to actually behave in a way that tries to further it's goals, pretty much every villain.

A stream meanders down, through mossy boulders among rhododendron.

📷 More photographic zen for your weekend. Jake's Creek Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee #naturephotography #pentax

A woman with auburn hair and green eyes, with medium length hair.

Scully from the X Files. I started responding to the name at work. 😅

Projection

#dnd #ttprg

Same list: TTRPGs, cats, anything to do with plants and nature. I can WATCH for hours, silently or not, the creative process of someone who makes the world a bit brighter through their art and craft.