Nic Yankosky

Next To You by Erykah Badu & The Alchemist on Apple Music Song · 2025 · Duration 4:05

music.apple.com/us/album/nex... AI seems an odd choice for a video by this artist, but I enjoy the sound and it’s good to hear her again

Art!

street signs

XKCD meaning of auroras cartoon, showing "normal" at poles, "cool and exciting" in temperate zone, "someone should go check on our satellites" in subtropics, and "A bunch of open questions in Solar-Terrestrial physics are about to be answered" at the tropics

Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)

Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.

Yet adorable

Does get any more “great”?

Post-Caturday cuteness #catnaps #ohbrenda

Oldest selfie on your phone. (2000)

THIS pic is sooooooo representative

Well this certainly is “great”

Technically “Great”

So you can apply to ICE directly 🙃

Yeah, there’s room for improvement…

Waxing Beaver Moon shot through a new art installation across from the Chase Center #sanfrancisco

If speaking out against fascism is “bad for your brand” then your brand is fascism.

Masterplan?

Amen

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Wow, that process, with all the hooks, was gross. I should’ve closed my account sooner #notsorry

I seem to be canceling a LOT of services lately #CancelSpotify #DontStreamFascism #StopICEAds

Hate the playas AND the game

Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

Soooo good

C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.

(Worth reading? ✅️)

The thing is, we all see now that the U.S. Constitution was incapable of preventing autocracy, as has been the case for so many countries that patterned their governments after ours.

The goal should not be a return to normal. The goal should be creating a new, more resilient democratic government.

Alaskan meadow

Pothole lake on the Kenai Peninsula

Some pictures from the homestead #walkinghelps

Finally time to boycott Apple… Amazon’s long overdue…

Most job interviews are just two people trying to catfish each other