Steffn
@steffnw
Vietnam vet (USN) | retired engineer (FPGA specialist) | cofounder of HighGate and MorphICs (nope, neither made IPO) | hang glider pilot (max alt: 18K in the Owens) | solo, Sierra backpacker | staunchly anti-authoritarian | ❤️ ⛰️ 🏝️ 🐈 🦅 🌺
Public estimation in MSM would improve if, in cases like the following, they pushed back a bit more: When Trump said "Do you know something I don't know?", the reporter simply should've said "yes." And if pressed for what, she should have said "I know that you advisors are lying to you."
My porch plants in bloom. These are "legacy" plants (and "volunteers") from relatives long passed.
Took a while for me to figure out it was a file format problem. Evidently Bluesky won't accept Apple HEVC. After trying a few converters, I found one that works, sort of: iMovie
I don't have a camera inside my birdhouse, but just this morning I see that my starlings have fledged. 🙂
I would like to see a picture of your cat on a black velvet blanket in dim light. This is my brother's cat—probably 142nd cousins.
Look what just visited my backyard! (Still there now!) 25 years here and I've never seen one. Google Lens suggests it's a Green Heron. That is one patient bird: we watched each other for an hour. 😆 (I tried to load videos, but Bluesky refused.)
Anyone know what these are? Found a dozen in dad's garden—different sizes, leathery, very slimy on the inside except for the white strips which were tough as cartilage. Google Lens suggested reptile egg or stinkhorn mushroom. There's no odor (yet). I think they're alien eggs.
Harvest their seed pods and spread their joy. They have really high germination rate. I planted 9 in the front yard; two years later I had 100s 😊
@thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social David, in your Monday 3/23 show, you stated that Trump's quoting a CNN poll that said he has 100% support is "totally false." But...
This is the "home" tree they were abandoning. This hole is about 6' above the ground. The trail to their new tree was about 20'
I don't think these guys migrate every year, but they were definitely migrating from one tree to another.
Pigeon showering in the small solar fountain I originally set up for my hummingbirds (who do stop by to drink on the wing). But the pigeons have really taken to coming by and bathing several times a day.