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Jeremy

@weathermark.net

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Net/Sysadmin, photographer, kayaker, 3d printer, thinker, dreamer Usually quiet, but trying to change that here. Also - priv/acc, 🅅

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · Nov 27

Kippy posted a bit of the story of us. Be sure to read the alt-txt on the images, there's a lot more info in them.

Did I mention somewhere that she's better at social media than I am? (I'm trying to get better, or ar least speak up more.)

Kippy Spilker @kippy.geminai.com · Nov 27

My husband and I met in a photography chat room on Thanksgiving day twenty years ago, so we rarely do anything with others on the holiday (it's our unofficial anniversary) and this year is no different. Today's post, and tomorrow's day, is our celebration of us. @weathermark.net #photography

I call this pic "Fireside nerds." We were sitting beside the fire along the Lake Superior shoreline, in 2007, processing photos from the day.

This is our official wedding photo. We kayaked in to our ceremony, walked up the 'aisle' to 'Prelude To Madness' by Savatage, and our dogs were our best man and maid of honor. We got married by a fire ring, and a friend surprised us with every attendee releasing a butterfly at one point during the ceremony, after she read a passage regarding a Native American belief of whispering your wishes for the couple, to a butterfly, to take up to the heavens. Despite it being just before the official start of Summer, there was (as can happen in the Sierra Nevada) a freak snowstorm the night before, so our wedding photographer was unable to make it over the hill. Thankfully so many of our friends are photographers, we used to joke that there wouldn't be bride/groom sides, there would be Canon/Nikon. So we have a lot of fun photos and wonderful memories.

In 2019 we kayaked the Okavango Delta. Since we were taking the time and spending the money to get there, we decided to do a ground safari, too. This was our first - and my favorite - campsite. There were only 4 of us. Us, one guide, and one camp manager, sleeping in tents along the water, with lanterns hung outside to keep the elephants away. It was so much fun and they were really fun, knowledgeable, and wonderful. We learned so much, and Moses (the camp manager) took this photo one day, to show how close our camp was to one of the more popular elephant crossings.

Jeremy spent the first couple years of his life in Hawaii, so for his 50th birthday this year, he wanted to go back. I'd never been there, and we had an amazing time, both below and above the water. We spent most of our time on Kauai, spent one day volunteering at Limahuli, did a lot of snorkeling (as shown in this underwater selfie), exploring, and eating.

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 18h

I hope things get better for you soon.

Jeremy @weathermark.net · 20h

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It should be at least in the top 5.

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 3d

You two and your interactions make me smile more than anything else on this app. I'm glad for both of you that you found each other.

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 3d

We went back up to the mountains again, but this time earlier and with boats.

We went to Heenan Lake and we got there early enough that we could get be out on the water well before sunrise. It was really cold.

Here are some of my favorite shots...

A photograph of what I think is a western grebe in morning light on a lake with watercolor like gold and blue reflections on the surface.

A backlit photograph of a kayaker on a lake. The kayaker is almost a silhouette and the water and mist around her is bright white.

A photograph of a person in a kayak on a misty lake taking a photograph. There are mountains in the distance and dark pinkish-purple sky that is reflected on the water.

A photograph of the frost covered bow of a wooden kayak on a blue lake with a sparsely treed hillside lit by early morning light in the distance.

Jeremy @weathermark.net · 10d

Aren't home lab networks supposed to be a mess?

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 10d

If you are a network engineer and looking to do something different you should check this out.

Even though I'm only network engineer adjacent, if I were in a position to relocate, I'd apply for this.

TracketPacer @tracketpacer.bsky.social · 10d

im just a network engineer standing in front of other network engineers asking them to apply for a position at this rocket company

tinyurl.com/netengjob

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 10d

@kippy.geminai.com put together a rough video of some drone clips from this morning's adventures. There's no sound, but here's a taste of the Sierra Nevada from a little ways off the ground...

youtu.be/UGjrOgyzkpI

30 Seconds Each

YouTube video by Kippy Spilker

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 10d

And finally here are 3 photos of @kippy.geminai.com.

It was a really good morning.

A photo of a woman in jeans and a red fleece jacket with the remote controller in her hands and looking over her shoulder at a drone about 5 feet above and behind her. In the background is a field of brown grass and then tree covered mountains rising to a pale blue early morning sky. The whole scene is lit by low golden light.

A woman in jeans and a red fleece jacket stands amongst boulders at roadside overlook taking a photo. In the distance is lake and then mountains. The sky is a little foggy and everything is lit with low golden light.

A woman in jeans and red fleece jacket stands amongst grass and sagebrush taking a photo of an alpine valley with yellow and orange aspen groves, stands of dark green pines, and meadows of grass and sagebrush. In the distance are cloud shrouded and snow dusted mountains and a blue sky with a few more puffy clouds.

Jeremy @weathermark.net · 10d

These next four are from the Monitor Pass area.

A photograph of a mountainside with some stands of yellow/orange aspen and some of pines. The trees are kinds spares because this area burnt in a wildfire 4 years ago. There are more cloud shrouded and snow dusted mountains in the distance.

A photograph of a distant hillside covered mostly in sagebrush but with a large stand of yellow and orange aspen trees on the left side. Beyond the hill are cloud shrouded and snow dusted mountains.

Another photograph of a sagebrush and aspen covered mountainside with more mountains in the distance. As in the other photos, these aspen are mostly yellow and orange but there are dark green pine trees sprinkled amongst them.

A photograph of a yellow and orange aspen covered mountainside with a curving dirt road leading into the trees from the sagebrush field in the foreground.

Jeremy @weathermark.net · 10d

@kippy.geminai.com and I got up early this morning and went for a drive in the Sierra Nevada with our cameras. Here are some of the images I got.

These first four are from the Hope Valley/Carson Pass area.

A photo of a drone flying into a fog bank with dark shadowed trees below the fog and trees lit with golden morning light above and behind the fog.

A wide angle photograph of an alpine valley. The sky is blue with a few wispy clouds. The mountains in the distance are lit with golden morning light and the rocks trees and sagebrush in the foreground are still in shadow because the sun is still behind a mountain from the photographer's perspective.

A photograph of a cloud shrouded rocky mountain with a large stand of trees on its side all lit in golden morning light.

A Western Grebe swims on a lake reflecting tress creating a sort of green watercolor effect.

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 12d

If you see this, QRP with a gif of your first ever anime.

I'd never seen a character die on a TV show before, much less in a "cartoon".

Jeremy @weathermark.net · 14d

This is awesome. Merriam-Webster has the best social media team.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Jeremy @weathermark.net · 20d

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 20d

I'm probably the only person you have ever met that has crashed a sailboat into a tree. Literally the hull of the boat hit the trunk of the tree.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 20d

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 23d

You should read this interview with a true patriot.

From the article...

(On the unofficial Marine Corps subreddit, a photo of Evans with his large flag and a secondary, smaller flag tucked in his side pocket — should he ever lose control of his primary flag — was widely viewed and commented on.)

evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 23d

Please enjoy @nslayton.bsky.social's interview with Curtis Evans, the man in this extremely badass photo.

taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

The Marine veteran behind this viral photo at the Chicago ICE protest

The flag-waving Marine was at the anti-ICE protest near Chicago because of his beliefs, and said his training helped him weather tear gas.

taskandpurpose.com

Jeremy @weathermark.net · 25d

This is awesome. :D

I'm actually listening to the audio version during workouts right now.

Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 25d

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia

A grainy screenshot of the sidebar of the desktop version of Goodreads. It says:

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Because you enjoyed A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible...

View all books similar to A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

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spooky sara 🎃 @sarasoci.al · 26d

it is jaw-dropping to consider just how much of the present state of our world stems from men being scared of being perceived as gay

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 26d

I identify as a nerd, but I'm unfamiliar with with the .gif source and I have to say (after trying it myself a few times) that it is a really aggressive way to make a heart with fingers.

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · 28d

Overwhelmed? Losing hope? Countless studies show that helping others has a positive effect on your mental health.

You can make yourself feel a bit better RIGHT NOW from your phone (or other internet connected device).

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Jeremy @weathermark.net · Sep 13

I thought you politics were "Why are men?"

Jeremy @weathermark.net · Sep 13

If I could travel through time, I'd go 2-300 years into the future just to see how history books (or whatever technology they have in place of books) of that time depict and describe what we are living through now.

Jeremy @weathermark.net · Sep 11

I'd do my best to contribute. I'm good with technical stuff, but not the players, processes (non-technical), or markets.

Jeremy @weathermark.net · Sep 10

In that case, then they are not the only ones who have that Exchange Server. :)

Jeremy @weathermark.net · Sep 10

🫂 I'm glad you are away from that.