Beyond The Edge
@tmanpdx.bsky.social
Woodworker who spends way too much time camping, hiking, cooking, travelling and gaming to get much woodworking done. PDX resident.
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Beyond The Edge
@tmanpdx.bsky.social
· Feb 3
You're not going to see a lot of political posts from me because I've seen this shitshow and I know my posts aren't going to move the needle.
Know that I support LGBTQ and BLM and I call out bigotry where it counts - in person and I've discarded many so called RL friends because of it.
Know that I support LGBTQ and BLM and I call out bigotry where it counts - in person and I've discarded many so called RL friends because of it.
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Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
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My Thanksgiving hot take:
Pie is better for breakfast than dessert.
Pie is better for breakfast than dessert.
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My Thanksgiving hot take:
Pie is better for breakfast than dessert.
Pie is better for breakfast than dessert.
Doctors and Dentist offices need to have a website like the airplanes to tell you the appt is delayed. It's so frustrating to make time out of your day and spend so much time waiting. I get it - things get busy, but they absolutely know they're running late.
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Doctors and Dentist offices need to have a website like the airplanes to tell you the appt is delayed. It's so frustrating to make time out of your day and spend so much time waiting. I get it - things get busy, but they absolutely know they're running late.
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Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
Urbanists are people dedicated to making EVERYONE'S lives better. It really is a joy to read about successes all over the world to show momentum is building for a better future.
Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Urbanists are people dedicated to making EVERYONE'S lives better. It really is a joy to read about successes all over the world to show momentum is building for a better future.
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Of course I repost others. Why would I torture you with just my own thoughts.
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Of course I repost others. Why would I torture you with just my own thoughts.
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The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
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I'm currently in Washington crawling around in the bushes for photos of parrot mushrooms - I already have quite a few just one day in!
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400
Stack of 22 images
10/23/25
Mt. Hood, Oregon.
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400
Stack of 22 images
10/23/25
Mt. Hood, Oregon.
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm currently in Washington crawling around in the bushes for photos of parrot mushrooms - I already have quite a few just one day in!
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400
Stack of 22 images
10/23/25
Mt. Hood, Oregon.
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400
Stack of 22 images
10/23/25
Mt. Hood, Oregon.
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
More cities need to step up and act like Minneapolis
“Rankings like this don’t happen by chance. They’re the result of deliberate planning, strong policy, and a city that’s determined to keep pedaling forward.”
“Rankings like this don’t happen by chance. They’re the result of deliberate planning, strong policy, and a city that’s determined to keep pedaling forward.”
Minneapolis has been named one of the world’s most bike-friendly cities! A new report covering 100 cities in 44 countries ranked Minneapolis as the #2 biking city in the U.S., #5 in North America and #44 globally. Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2025/november/2025-bike-friendly-city/
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
More cities need to step up and act like Minneapolis
“Rankings like this don’t happen by chance. They’re the result of deliberate planning, strong policy, and a city that’s determined to keep pedaling forward.”
“Rankings like this don’t happen by chance. They’re the result of deliberate planning, strong policy, and a city that’s determined to keep pedaling forward.”
Hey someone brought onions into the room while I was reading this XKCD comic about 15 years of surviving cancer (it's good, like really good, you should click on it & read it).
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hey someone brought onions into the room while I was reading this XKCD comic about 15 years of surviving cancer (it's good, like really good, you should click on it & read it).
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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It’s not really over until you remove their city from your weather app.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It’s not really over until you remove their city from your weather app.
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Conscience is Spanish for with science.
July 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Conscience is Spanish for with science.
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No one in this ball pit is taking me seriously.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
No one in this ball pit is taking me seriously.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
This is the way. People need to quit saying that buses and light rail and bike lanes "must pay their way" by bringing in enough revenue because these things SAVE money by drastically reducing money needed for road expansion and traffic reduction.
Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared. So did the air. That's because fossil fuels are massively polluting.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is the way. People need to quit saying that buses and light rail and bike lanes "must pay their way" by bringing in enough revenue because these things SAVE money by drastically reducing money needed for road expansion and traffic reduction.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
This thread will lift everyone's spirits
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This thread will lift everyone's spirits
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I wish this didn't feel like a typical feature of rape culture: denying the capacity of women and girls to bear witness, refusing to listen to them, erasing their voices.....
40 minors gave sworn testimonies that they’d been raped & trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein.
Kash Patel Under Oath: “There’s no credible information that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked minors”
FBI Kash Patel needs to be charged with perjury.
Kash Patel Under Oath: “There’s no credible information that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked minors”
FBI Kash Patel needs to be charged with perjury.
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I wish this didn't feel like a typical feature of rape culture: denying the capacity of women and girls to bear witness, refusing to listen to them, erasing their voices.....
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Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Change one letter and run a candy
Knickers
Knickers
Change one letter and ruin a candy
S & Ms
S & Ms
Change one letter and ruin a candy.
Wood N Plenty
Wood N Plenty
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Change one letter and run a candy
Knickers
Knickers
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Chick at work started talking about her “goals” ALL serious and shit, then asked me about mine. Having not prepared a corporate spiel, I panicked and told her the truth.
I’ve never gone bowling high and I think I’d really like to accomplish that this winter.
I’ve never gone bowling high and I think I’d really like to accomplish that this winter.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Chick at work started talking about her “goals” ALL serious and shit, then asked me about mine. Having not prepared a corporate spiel, I panicked and told her the truth.
I’ve never gone bowling high and I think I’d really like to accomplish that this winter.
I’ve never gone bowling high and I think I’d really like to accomplish that this winter.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...