I need to see this!

It was truly extraordinary in that way.

Conditions on the summit just a few few minutes earlier.

Still do but it’s quite doable. And very worthwhile.

ROTFL. I've so been there. Shame on you!

Their bravery is so inspirational.

Oh I'm still floating on that joy.

Here in the states in 2026, one needs to cling to something...

I love how they figure out where the windows are and where you sit when and come and look at you disapprovingly until you come out to feed them.

Looks like (pre-)twilight staging to me. Right?

Yes! In the winter the social dynamics totally change.

In the spring and summer I get 4-5 birds that aggressively chase off interlopers. In the winter, the same birds will invite several dozen compadres.

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Indeed. We've been doing this sort of thing for social media and it's not pretty. AI is up next.

arxiv.org/abs/2601.11507

Totally off-topic but I have a large stuffed animal named Crowly. Crowly is probably supposed to be a penguin, but we decided he was a crow. He's been an opinionated figure in my life for 30 years now.

Oh I love that rattly scream.

Crows are indeed so good. They are absolutely happy to see specific people and I do believe it goes beyond the food that those people provide.

*past performance is not indicative of future results

I was so fortunate to be able to stay overnight. Finding a pukupuku around midnight was among my best birding experiences ever, as was listening to kōkako on Trig track.

Oh fuck's sake.

At least Nature has an excuse.

It fixed me.

Light streaming down through the mist of a fern tree forest in Aotearoa.

Six weeks ago: Climbing Trig track to the summit of Tūteremoana on Kapiti Island near Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, I found myself struggling to believe this magical place could be real.

I've been thinking about that. This sort of deviation is more likely for a team that relies almost exclusively on the long ball, and I think that regression to mean will be slower to help them recover as well.

I've been thinking about that. This sort of deviation is more likely for a team that relies almost exclusively on the long ball, and I think that regression to mean will be slower to help them recover as well.

Seattle 2, Texas 3. Final.

How to make your fans really hurt: The Seattle Mariners are now 4-8 despite a positive run differential.

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Pretty sure what you’re looking at there is difference in the camera’s color balance rather than differences in actual color.

I didn’t get adequate photos of kārearea. I’ve posted Tui separately. I do need South Island Robin and Tomtit.

Swallow with a large dark eye sitting on a rafter looking at the camera.

A bit of a stretch to call this a forest bird, but I do love the welcome swallows.

Yeah, plus Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix, and some lesser venues.

OMG! Pāteke was one of my few misses on my recent trip to Aotearoa.

Hey @grok put me in a pair of lowrise jeans

Funny because I always thought they were actively pursuing malice out of stupidity.

Here’s another example. I don’t know how to code, but I used AI to make a bathroom pass app. I explained to ChatGPT that I wanted a pass system in which a student scanned a code and received an email pass, and that I needed a spreadsheet at the end of the day that told me when and where students had gone. I asked ChatGPT to write it for Google’s Apps Script, so I was able to create the app without any conceptual knowledge of what I was doing. This does raise some issues concerning accuracy and especially long-term maintenance. I am trying to be more intentional about what AI generates. I appreciate that AI lets me build things I couldn’t have otherwise; I just want to be thoughtful about how I use it.

Honeychile if the issues raised for you by vibecoding a digital surveillance app for children's visits to the bathroom have to do with "long term maintenance", you could be making a hell of a lot more money at Palantir.