All Cormorants Are Beautiful

Excellent piece by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social:

Trump “is the symptom of imperial decline who purports to be the cure … He and his supporters would like to buck the tide of history, but they could end up pulled further into it, and have no way to stop it.”

Fifth book of the year, Alien Clay by @aptshadow.bsky.social (a first from the author). Bogdanov's Red Star meets @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Southern Reach series with the specter of Le Guin. Many nods to Gilbert's Symbiotic View of Life. A revolutionary brightness, totally not mind control spores.

Already added to bio but am officially a professional environmental engineer 🎉 have likely two, possibly three interviews next week with Portland #pdx firms

Lan Su Chinese Gardens in Portland, Oregon this past summer.

Such a beautiful night. #sunset #oregon #oregoncoast #saltyraven #oregonartist #photography

Good evening, drinking unsmoked old bush lapsang and reading this classic

A friend of my grandfather biked almost 200km in 1945 just to go see Mussolini hanged upside-down. We need to bring that spirit back

After following up on the engineering job applications in Portland I sent in two weeks ago I now have: one scheduled interview, one pending interview, and waiting on a third to reach out with more details. About 8 weeks in to my Florida PE application process but only need executive approval 😵‍💫

Stellar vanity plate in my neighborhood

Moving to Florida is absolutely a wrong move, for a variety of reasons, including terrible governance. Quality of life is plummeting. Climate crisis is manifesting more deadly every year.

From "Historical ecology reveals the “surprising” direction and extent of shifting baselines for the Florida manatee" (2024) really cool paper on manatee population shifts with anthropogenic coastal impacts

Submitted two serious job applications for environmental/ecological engineering firms in Portland, OR. One I seem to satisfy the qualifications of exactly, the other a bit more of a stretch. Fingers crossed 🤞

Sunday afternoon— One River Tea’s 2023 Dong Guo sheng Tropics and the final chapter of Phil A. Neel’s Hinterland

Marxist Love Disco Ensemble’s Hues of Red has no right to fuck as hard as it does.

happy 8th floreal, celebrating the mushroom

Everything under the blue sky is in utter chaos, the situation is excellent.