Tod (with one D*)

You know you're in a heatwave in #Portland when you're excited to get the house down to 77 degrees overnight.

Yellow glass decorative flowers

Scene from a friend's backyard

Laser sailboat tied to a dock

I hope you're having a peaceful evening.

The Amount of Electricity Generated From Solar Is Suddenly Unbelievable — Futurism If you blinked at any time in the past two years, [that feels a bit sloppy] you might've missed the fact that the sun has become the go-to source of energy for tens of millions across the globe. A rec...

Wow. I thought we had to wait for nuclear fusion to solve our energy needs.

"... it's now estimated that the world is now installing one gigawatt worth of solar energy infrastructure every 15 hours — or about the output of a new coal plant."

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Maybe it's all good between Yaccarino and Musk. Perhaps she's going to lead the America Party.

I do have high hopes that the America Party can splinter the GOP.

So now we're using tariffs to meddle in other country's internal affairs? When did this become a thing?

Welcome to BlueSky, Aaron. Good to connect. I hope things are going well for you.

Mt St Helens viewed from Silver Lake

Good morning

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

Yeah, the world is a crazy place. Science and healthcare are under attack. It might feel like one step forward, two steps back, but those forward steps make a difference.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

With dozens, if not hundreds, of people playing, Pacific Beach might really be the Spikeball capital of the world.

Complete Technical SEO Audit Guide: 150+ Issues Explained Confidently fix over 150 technical SEO audits issues. Clear explanations, responsibility assignments, and resources for marketers and developers.

Just published: A Technical SEO Audit Guide explaining 150+ issues detected by website audit tools 🔍

Created for non-technical marketers, each issue description includes:

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No more confusion about technical SEO jargon!

Yeah, I’m struggling with how democracy can work the an ignorant electorate.

Woman in Kenya cooking over a stovetop

This is one of my favorite pictures from a trip to Africa.

What a powerful message.

There’s all kinds of smart.

I once travelled through Mexico with. German guy that spoke three languages fluently. His English vocabulary was better than mine and his accent was impecable American.

And yet he got super frustrated, almost to tears, trying to tie his gear to his backpack.

Pacific Beach sunset

I love a good beach sunset.

Morro Bay sunset

Morro Bay sunset

Morro Bay sunset last week

Thanks. Sometimes the view and the lighting combine to make it easy.

Morro Bay reflections

Reflections after sunset

@amywhiggins.bsky.social Welcome to BlueSky, Amy!

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Celebrate Martin Luther King Day.

Yep, I'm a marketing geek. @officialgrammarly.bsky.social seems to know me.

Mt Hood from the Tillicum Bridge in Portland

Downtown Portland from the East Side Esplanade.

When we get this kind of Winter weather in Portland it’s time to block out time in the calendar and go for a bike ride.

A three-minute job turns into 5 hours. Sounds about right.

I once had a neighbor who had to replumb his entire house when putting in a simple sprinkler system on his small front lawn.

It's Monday 2.0

Both versions of an A/B test sent to the same email address

This is NOT the way A/B testing works.

I won't be recommending this lead generation agency.

Moon Over Portland

The median renter in America has a net worth of $10,400. The median homeowner’s net worth is $400,000 | CNN Business Two years ago, Elizabeth Grantham decided she didn’t want to rent much longer, so she moved from her hometown in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area to Washington state to save up to buy a home.

Might this be a cause of social unrest?

The median renter in America has a net worth of $10,400. The median homeowner’s net worth is $400,000.

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I just realized it’s Friday the 13th.

Be careful out there!