Rain
@foggy-fern.bsky.social
PNW
Interests include geology, weather, photography, fiber arts + crafts
Interests include geology, weather, photography, fiber arts + crafts
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Up til 20 yrs ago in the Seattle summer (Jun - Aug), half the time you could expect a HIGH temp cooler than 72°F. 90°F days were so rare (<2%)
Up til 10 yrs ago (2006-2015), a quarter of our summer highs became >80°F
The last 10 yrs, a third of our summer days are >80°F days, and 6% are >90°F days
Up til 10 yrs ago (2006-2015), a quarter of our summer highs became >80°F
The last 10 yrs, a third of our summer days are >80°F days, and 6% are >90°F days
August 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Up til 20 yrs ago in the Seattle summer (Jun - Aug), half the time you could expect a HIGH temp cooler than 72°F. 90°F days were so rare (<2%)
Up til 10 yrs ago (2006-2015), a quarter of our summer highs became >80°F
The last 10 yrs, a third of our summer days are >80°F days, and 6% are >90°F days
Up til 10 yrs ago (2006-2015), a quarter of our summer highs became >80°F
The last 10 yrs, a third of our summer days are >80°F days, and 6% are >90°F days
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How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
August 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
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For every person whose disability makes driving the better option, there’s at least one person whose disability disqualifies them from driving (either legally, or just safety wise). Some people in the former category may progress to the latter. Plus, kids and many elderly can’t drive themselves.
In response to a question by @councilmember-amr.bsky.social asking how the D5 candidates got to today's special council hearing, Debora Juarez refers to light rail as a "luxury" not everyone can use "especially if you have kids". Says some people need cars and cites her experience with MS.
July 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For every person whose disability makes driving the better option, there’s at least one person whose disability disqualifies them from driving (either legally, or just safety wise). Some people in the former category may progress to the latter. Plus, kids and many elderly can’t drive themselves.
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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Acquiescence to the denial of rights to one group is the knife opening the oyster to denial to all. Gays and lesbians, no-contest divorce, child custody, the right to just *exist* as a woman…all of these are up for grabs if you dismiss the threat to trans people.
THEY COME FOR TRANS PEOPLE FIRST. This is the playbook. Do not accept this Democratic position that maybe the Republicans weren't all wrong and maybe we can accede to some of their hateful bullshit.
Trans life is gorgeous, and brilliant, and capacious, and offers pathways to a better world.
Trans life is gorgeous, and brilliant, and capacious, and offers pathways to a better world.
January 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Acquiescence to the denial of rights to one group is the knife opening the oyster to denial to all. Gays and lesbians, no-contest divorce, child custody, the right to just *exist* as a woman…all of these are up for grabs if you dismiss the threat to trans people.
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This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern.
#upcycling
#upcycling
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern.
#upcycling
#upcycling
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Lynx in the snow by Georgy Nikolsky (1906-1973)
January 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Lynx in the snow by Georgy Nikolsky (1906-1973)
A snapshot from a very rainy October camping trip somewhere in the Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National forest. The photo brings the memory of the very pleasant sound of rain on the tent roof and dripping all through the trees.
#pnw #photography #trees
#pnw #photography #trees
January 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A snapshot from a very rainy October camping trip somewhere in the Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National forest. The photo brings the memory of the very pleasant sound of rain on the tent roof and dripping all through the trees.
#pnw #photography #trees
#pnw #photography #trees
I haven't written or posted much about the experience of seeing the #auroraborealis in May last year, high in the Cascades with a pine-scented breeze blowing. Words fail me and pictures do too- but I'm glad to have tried both.
#photography #sky #aurora #nature #pnw
#photography #sky #aurora #nature #pnw
January 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I haven't written or posted much about the experience of seeing the #auroraborealis in May last year, high in the Cascades with a pine-scented breeze blowing. Words fail me and pictures do too- but I'm glad to have tried both.
#photography #sky #aurora #nature #pnw
#photography #sky #aurora #nature #pnw
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A new housing development near Lake Stevens is bulldozing a forest and calling itself The Timbers.
Is this sprawling, car-dependent place really the best place to build new homes? Couldn’t we be allowing more housing in our core cities and protecting these forests?
Is this sprawling, car-dependent place really the best place to build new homes? Couldn’t we be allowing more housing in our core cities and protecting these forests?
January 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A new housing development near Lake Stevens is bulldozing a forest and calling itself The Timbers.
Is this sprawling, car-dependent place really the best place to build new homes? Couldn’t we be allowing more housing in our core cities and protecting these forests?
Is this sprawling, car-dependent place really the best place to build new homes? Couldn’t we be allowing more housing in our core cities and protecting these forests?
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Looks fake doesn't it? This reconstruction of Medieval Bologna shows how Italian towns used to be a forest of towers, dense as Manhattan skyscrapers!
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
January 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looks fake doesn't it? This reconstruction of Medieval Bologna shows how Italian towns used to be a forest of towers, dense as Manhattan skyscrapers!
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
January 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Snow, shaped by the seasons, high on Tahoma (Mount Rainier) a couple years ago.
#photography #nature #pnw #mountains #hiking
#photography #nature #pnw #mountains #hiking
January 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Snow, shaped by the seasons, high on Tahoma (Mount Rainier) a couple years ago.
#photography #nature #pnw #mountains #hiking
#photography #nature #pnw #mountains #hiking
January 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Downtown procession honoring Shawn Yim, featuring buses all across the region.
@kingcountymetro.bsky.social
@kingcountymetro.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Downtown procession honoring Shawn Yim, featuring buses all across the region.
@kingcountymetro.bsky.social
@kingcountymetro.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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10. Blue
A simple, misty Mount Fuji, a quick exercise I did years ago.
#JanuArty #JanuArty2025 #Watercolour #WatercolourPainting #Art #Landscape #LandscapePainting
A simple, misty Mount Fuji, a quick exercise I did years ago.
#JanuArty #JanuArty2025 #Watercolour #WatercolourPainting #Art #Landscape #LandscapePainting
January 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
10. Blue
A simple, misty Mount Fuji, a quick exercise I did years ago.
#JanuArty #JanuArty2025 #Watercolour #WatercolourPainting #Art #Landscape #LandscapePainting
A simple, misty Mount Fuji, a quick exercise I did years ago.
#JanuArty #JanuArty2025 #Watercolour #WatercolourPainting #Art #Landscape #LandscapePainting
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I don't know who needs to know this, but @archive.org has thousands of knitting & crafting books you can "check out" & sometimes download. E.g., as a machine knitter (amongst other things), I have found an amazing trove of very helpful out-of-print books. 🙏 Check it out! 🧶
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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January 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but @archive.org has thousands of knitting & crafting books you can "check out" & sometimes download. E.g., as a machine knitter (amongst other things), I have found an amazing trove of very helpful out-of-print books. 🙏 Check it out! 🧶
I'm six months into the first car-free commute I've had as an adult. I wasn't sure in July how I would do as winter approached - I anticipated needing a friend or Uber pickup at some point but I've actually been thriving with my own feet and frequent buses getting me where I need to be.
January 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I'm six months into the first car-free commute I've had as an adult. I wasn't sure in July how I would do as winter approached - I anticipated needing a friend or Uber pickup at some point but I've actually been thriving with my own feet and frequent buses getting me where I need to be.
The blue water of this glacial river turned yellow in the autumn light on my October visit.
#pnw #photography
#pnw #photography
January 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The blue water of this glacial river turned yellow in the autumn light on my October visit.
#pnw #photography
#pnw #photography
Morning heather at sunrise, July 2022. Taken in Mount Rainier National Park.
#photography #nature #pnw
#photography #nature #pnw
January 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Morning heather at sunrise, July 2022. Taken in Mount Rainier National Park.
#photography #nature #pnw
#photography #nature #pnw
A wandering crow on the shores of Lake Washington several summers ago
#photography #pnw #crow #corvid
#photography #pnw #crow #corvid
January 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A wandering crow on the shores of Lake Washington several summers ago
#photography #pnw #crow #corvid
#photography #pnw #crow #corvid
A view from right outside my tent while camping in the Cascades, June 2024. There were thousands of frogs in the creek behind me this night.
#photography #pnw #moon #sky
#photography #pnw #moon #sky
January 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A view from right outside my tent while camping in the Cascades, June 2024. There were thousands of frogs in the creek behind me this night.
#photography #pnw #moon #sky
#photography #pnw #moon #sky