Disciple of the Trees
@carl-gustav.bsky.social
Recovering federal employee and People’s Republic of Pineland refugee.
I saw some pre cut 🌲 for sale in town today and had to check the prices, $39 +tax for Douglas fir if you care to know.
It’s less than I expected as proximity to supply doesn’t always translate into savings. I remember near DC one year around 2017 maybe, seeing pre cuts starting at $79!! 1/..
It’s less than I expected as proximity to supply doesn’t always translate into savings. I remember near DC one year around 2017 maybe, seeing pre cuts starting at $79!! 1/..
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I saw some pre cut 🌲 for sale in town today and had to check the prices, $39 +tax for Douglas fir if you care to know.
It’s less than I expected as proximity to supply doesn’t always translate into savings. I remember near DC one year around 2017 maybe, seeing pre cuts starting at $79!! 1/..
It’s less than I expected as proximity to supply doesn’t always translate into savings. I remember near DC one year around 2017 maybe, seeing pre cuts starting at $79!! 1/..
This is as embarrassing for Hegseth as it is a stain on our national character. As an SSE SME he means Site Exploitation without the Sensitive which is specific to CBRN targets. It’s more than semantics and Hegseth *should* full well know the difference. But frankly, it’s just DE without divers.
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is as embarrassing for Hegseth as it is a stain on our national character. As an SSE SME he means Site Exploitation without the Sensitive which is specific to CBRN targets. It’s more than semantics and Hegseth *should* full well know the difference. But frankly, it’s just DE without divers.
Listen, we didn’t get any commitments on Ukraine but Jared did get a handshake deal on some investments in Siberia so…
Moscow described the talks with Witkoff and Kushner as “constructive,” but said more work was needed before any peace deal could be reached.
Compromise on Ukraine Still Elusive After Meeting With U.S. Delegation, Kremlin Says - The Moscow Times
Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said Wednesday that peace talks in Moscow with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner failed to produce a co...
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Listen, we didn’t get any commitments on Ukraine but Jared did get a handshake deal on some investments in Siberia so…
I am true believer in the utility of the arts. The production of art does not in of itself contribute to GDP or directly increase productivity, instead it acts as a catalyst for imagination and ingenuity.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I am true believer in the utility of the arts. The production of art does not in of itself contribute to GDP or directly increase productivity, instead it acts as a catalyst for imagination and ingenuity.
CBP sleeping on the job, pretty sure this boat abandoned (/lost) on Vancouver isle didn’t clear customs before beaching at the Elwha.
Deduct a day’s wages.
Deduct a day’s wages.
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CBP sleeping on the job, pretty sure this boat abandoned (/lost) on Vancouver isle didn’t clear customs before beaching at the Elwha.
Deduct a day’s wages.
Deduct a day’s wages.
Dragged a 15’ tree a half mile uphill on a logging road while my son implored me to hurry up dad.
Saw the hood canal bridge and the cascades through a notch to the east.
I was charmed to see at least a dozen other cars returning with trees or in search there of, it was jolly.
Saw the hood canal bridge and the cascades through a notch to the east.
I was charmed to see at least a dozen other cars returning with trees or in search there of, it was jolly.
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dragged a 15’ tree a half mile uphill on a logging road while my son implored me to hurry up dad.
Saw the hood canal bridge and the cascades through a notch to the east.
I was charmed to see at least a dozen other cars returning with trees or in search there of, it was jolly.
Saw the hood canal bridge and the cascades through a notch to the east.
I was charmed to see at least a dozen other cars returning with trees or in search there of, it was jolly.
Did you imagine the day we might choose a German automobile over an American maker because the American company is run by a nazi?
Me either, and for the love of Edison we need range more than 0-60 times to shame a 90’s sports car.
Me either, and for the love of Edison we need range more than 0-60 times to shame a 90’s sports car.
I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Did you imagine the day we might choose a German automobile over an American maker because the American company is run by a nazi?
Me either, and for the love of Edison we need range more than 0-60 times to shame a 90’s sports car.
Me either, and for the love of Edison we need range more than 0-60 times to shame a 90’s sports car.
So actually there is no plan you mean?
Brooke Rollins: "The farm economy -- we do have a package, a bridge package, we're finalizing ... it's just a bridge to get us to next year per the president's promise that he wasn't gonna leave any of our farmers behind."
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So actually there is no plan you mean?
The sailors of the Marshall Islands navigated the vast network of islands by feeling the rhythm of the waves. At one time it was believed they relied upon observation of the currents however the currents were subsequently shown to lack the necessary coherence. They actually use proprioception. 🤯
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The sailors of the Marshall Islands navigated the vast network of islands by feeling the rhythm of the waves. At one time it was believed they relied upon observation of the currents however the currents were subsequently shown to lack the necessary coherence. They actually use proprioception. 🤯
This trail has the best start. There’s no sign. You park on a shred of gravel next to the road, bust a bush and go underneath a giant bridge log then up log jam cascade before the trail is clearly defined.
It’s primitive so no blazes and climbing 1000’/‘mi the further up the less worn it is.
It’s primitive so no blazes and climbing 1000’/‘mi the further up the less worn it is.
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This trail has the best start. There’s no sign. You park on a shred of gravel next to the road, bust a bush and go underneath a giant bridge log then up log jam cascade before the trail is clearly defined.
It’s primitive so no blazes and climbing 1000’/‘mi the further up the less worn it is.
It’s primitive so no blazes and climbing 1000’/‘mi the further up the less worn it is.
“suggests that safety filters rely on features concentrated in prosaic surface forms and are insufficiently anchored in representations of underlying harmful intent.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“suggests that safety filters rely on features concentrated in prosaic surface forms and are insufficiently anchored in representations of underlying harmful intent.”
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A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
I have a vivid memory from childhood when I first realized how many cars on the road and how many are produced each year. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the quantity of resources this required nor imagine how such excesses were sustainable.
Because it’s not, we just do it anyway.
Because it’s not, we just do it anyway.
This is such B S. Apparently we are destroying the economy because we can’t afford new phones, instead of putting the blame on those who made such purchases impossible for Americans struggling to just buy food and pay rent.
apple.news/AqZ5qT78KQbi...
apple.news/AqZ5qT78KQbi...
How device hoarding by Americans is costing economy — CNBC
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
apple.news
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I have a vivid memory from childhood when I first realized how many cars on the road and how many are produced each year. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the quantity of resources this required nor imagine how such excesses were sustainable.
Because it’s not, we just do it anyway.
Because it’s not, we just do it anyway.
Way to look suspicious as hell Mr. Coyote
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Way to look suspicious as hell Mr. Coyote
Another significant entry point of PFAS into the food supply is via sewage solids. Shit, pesticides and PFAS, awesome right?
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Another significant entry point of PFAS into the food supply is via sewage solids. Shit, pesticides and PFAS, awesome right?
We drove 3,000 up a steep forest road to see a lookout, quite the view as you can see 😹. It’s always worthwhile to get off the beaten path though and you can’t know what’s there without seeing for yourself.
Rather brisk up there.
Rather brisk up there.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We drove 3,000 up a steep forest road to see a lookout, quite the view as you can see 😹. It’s always worthwhile to get off the beaten path though and you can’t know what’s there without seeing for yourself.
Rather brisk up there.
Rather brisk up there.
An elfin saddle, a Matsutake, and a delightful ring of Fomitopsis.
Matsutake smell like red hots or atomic fireballs.
Matsutake smell like red hots or atomic fireballs.
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
An elfin saddle, a Matsutake, and a delightful ring of Fomitopsis.
Matsutake smell like red hots or atomic fireballs.
Matsutake smell like red hots or atomic fireballs.
Went for a ride to see the world and ended up at the top of a logging road. This was just cut this summer and what I thought was plastic marking tape trash was in fact some orange peel fungus just growing out of the rock.
At 2,200’ ASL the Salish sea is so expansive it’s almost vertigo inducing.
At 2,200’ ASL the Salish sea is so expansive it’s almost vertigo inducing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Went for a ride to see the world and ended up at the top of a logging road. This was just cut this summer and what I thought was plastic marking tape trash was in fact some orange peel fungus just growing out of the rock.
At 2,200’ ASL the Salish sea is so expansive it’s almost vertigo inducing.
At 2,200’ ASL the Salish sea is so expansive it’s almost vertigo inducing.
An example of where Ai can be really neat: caring for our chickens I started wondering about their vocalizations. After reading a few papers on the topic I noticed the researchers often used spectrographic analysis which gave me an idea. I made some high fidelity recordings with a scarlet 2i2 and
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
An example of where Ai can be really neat: caring for our chickens I started wondering about their vocalizations. After reading a few papers on the topic I noticed the researchers often used spectrographic analysis which gave me an idea. I made some high fidelity recordings with a scarlet 2i2 and
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This is basically my thesis for life except that in my mind I call it entropy. We live in fear of our own and others intentions so we develop elaborate customs of control to regulate society, but in doing so crowd out room for the unexpected. Yet the unexpected is where beauty and purpose exist.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is basically my thesis for life except that in my mind I call it entropy. We live in fear of our own and others intentions so we develop elaborate customs of control to regulate society, but in doing so crowd out room for the unexpected. Yet the unexpected is where beauty and purpose exist.
We need civility and courtesy like we need a president who can form complete sentences and not call journalists piggys.
Like leading by example isn’t a thing.
Like leading by example isn’t a thing.
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We need civility and courtesy like we need a president who can form complete sentences and not call journalists piggys.
Like leading by example isn’t a thing.
Like leading by example isn’t a thing.
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“Survival of the fittest”
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Survival of the fittest”
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die