Greg Lester
@lstr.bsky.social
Dad. Communications consultant/science writer guy. America's leading lawn gnome critic. Likes: bikes, science, camping, travel, frugality. Dislikes: lawn gnomes without eyes, quick declines into fascism.
Pictured, Tonka as a young man
Pictured, Tonka as a young man
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use, wonderful old Building and Loan is illegal to build in many American cities.
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use, wonderful old Building and Loan is illegal to build in many American cities.
"Psst...Pete hit a deer and was too drunk to notice that it was still embedded in his grill. Hungry?"
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Psst...Pete hit a deer and was too drunk to notice that it was still embedded in his grill. Hungry?"
OK, hear me out, #Bikesky
The Rebel Endor Trooper Helmet could make for a good bike helmet. If I understand correctly, they were made from a WWII under-helmet head sock thingy (with ear protection) and a patka ballistic helmet (the donut bit).
The Rebel Endor Trooper Helmet could make for a good bike helmet. If I understand correctly, they were made from a WWII under-helmet head sock thingy (with ear protection) and a patka ballistic helmet (the donut bit).
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
OK, hear me out, #Bikesky
The Rebel Endor Trooper Helmet could make for a good bike helmet. If I understand correctly, they were made from a WWII under-helmet head sock thingy (with ear protection) and a patka ballistic helmet (the donut bit).
The Rebel Endor Trooper Helmet could make for a good bike helmet. If I understand correctly, they were made from a WWII under-helmet head sock thingy (with ear protection) and a patka ballistic helmet (the donut bit).
Our man, Tonka, turns 13 this year, and he's noticeably slowed over the last few months. All of his similarly aged friends have gone, except one.
My feed is full of posts about expired pets, and it is killing me.
My feed is full of posts about expired pets, and it is killing me.
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Our man, Tonka, turns 13 this year, and he's noticeably slowed over the last few months. All of his similarly aged friends have gone, except one.
My feed is full of posts about expired pets, and it is killing me.
My feed is full of posts about expired pets, and it is killing me.
Something so tritely vile that Lovecraft used it as shorthand for the murderous evil of a U-boat captain in a short story published 100 years ago (Sept 1925, Weird Tales).
We are being led by corrupt, cartoonish villains and their incompetent lackeys.
We are being led by corrupt, cartoonish villains and their incompetent lackeys.
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Something so tritely vile that Lovecraft used it as shorthand for the murderous evil of a U-boat captain in a short story published 100 years ago (Sept 1925, Weird Tales).
We are being led by corrupt, cartoonish villains and their incompetent lackeys.
We are being led by corrupt, cartoonish villains and their incompetent lackeys.
A dog remembers
His mothers tongue
The threat of a raised hand
Which crossing guards have treats
The squeak of an old toy
Smells of friends long gone
His mothers tongue
The threat of a raised hand
Which crossing guards have treats
The squeak of an old toy
Smells of friends long gone
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A dog remembers
His mothers tongue
The threat of a raised hand
Which crossing guards have treats
The squeak of an old toy
Smells of friends long gone
His mothers tongue
The threat of a raised hand
Which crossing guards have treats
The squeak of an old toy
Smells of friends long gone
So, my Scout troop is doing its annual Town Square cleanup, which is nice. We're also collecting food for the Jenkintown Food Cupboard, which is important.
Each week, long lines form at JFC to collect & distribute food to hungry families in the 'burbs, as well as NE & NW Philly.
Please help
Each week, long lines form at JFC to collect & distribute food to hungry families in the 'burbs, as well as NE & NW Philly.
Please help
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So, my Scout troop is doing its annual Town Square cleanup, which is nice. We're also collecting food for the Jenkintown Food Cupboard, which is important.
Each week, long lines form at JFC to collect & distribute food to hungry families in the 'burbs, as well as NE & NW Philly.
Please help
Each week, long lines form at JFC to collect & distribute food to hungry families in the 'burbs, as well as NE & NW Philly.
Please help
So, the cat is apparently a mouser, but not the killing kind. So this guy was relocated to the park by the train station. Banished
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So, the cat is apparently a mouser, but not the killing kind. So this guy was relocated to the park by the train station. Banished
Tales of UHaul Customer Service
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tales of UHaul Customer Service
It is radiator season and Ms Thang is here for it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It is radiator season and Ms Thang is here for it.
He's grown into a remarkable young man.
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
He's grown into a remarkable young man.
My belief is that this is the best kind of nature center (Briar Bush, Abington, PA) because it is in the neighborhood and reminds folks that they live in nature, even in a fairly dense inner ring suburb.
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My belief is that this is the best kind of nature center (Briar Bush, Abington, PA) because it is in the neighborhood and reminds folks that they live in nature, even in a fairly dense inner ring suburb.
From our hike today at the Pennypack Ecological Trust; I don’t think I’ve ever seen white tailed deer with black ears. There were three of them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
From our hike today at the Pennypack Ecological Trust; I don’t think I’ve ever seen white tailed deer with black ears. There were three of them.
She stops making the noise as soon as start recording
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
She stops making the noise as soon as start recording
Sounds somewhat familiar.
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sounds somewhat familiar.
Hey kids, dinner is on the table!
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hey kids, dinner is on the table!
I carved my first turning!
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I carved my first turning!
The new talking point is that poverty, homelessness, and addiction exist because Democrats want to funnel money to lefty charities that continue the problem.
These are the same people who refuse to fund mental (or any) health programs because they think it is better left to private charity.
These are the same people who refuse to fund mental (or any) health programs because they think it is better left to private charity.
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The new talking point is that poverty, homelessness, and addiction exist because Democrats want to funnel money to lefty charities that continue the problem.
These are the same people who refuse to fund mental (or any) health programs because they think it is better left to private charity.
These are the same people who refuse to fund mental (or any) health programs because they think it is better left to private charity.
Saturday morning noms
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Saturday morning noms
Meanwhile, in Jenkintown, a reminder to leave leaves for lightning bugs.
Thanks @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Thanks @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Meanwhile, in Jenkintown, a reminder to leave leaves for lightning bugs.
Thanks @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Thanks @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
![From the Wikipedia article:
Young further addressed ICE agents' practice of wearing masks:
ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks. Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it. “We can not escape history,” Lincoln righty [sic] said. “[It] will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.” Abraham Lincoln, Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:adj77jngb5uwl5p3gndckzr7/bafkreihxtso7qnpjw6tdiswany4f22xu4zybrthwt2har3bsfal6uce35m@jpeg)
My roses are the tastiest roses
September 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My roses are the tastiest roses
Unearthed treasures from beneath the soil!
An ancient crystal harmonic interocitor or just a hunk of quartz from under where the silver maple was?
We may never know!
An ancient crystal harmonic interocitor or just a hunk of quartz from under where the silver maple was?
We may never know!
September 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Unearthed treasures from beneath the soil!
An ancient crystal harmonic interocitor or just a hunk of quartz from under where the silver maple was?
We may never know!
An ancient crystal harmonic interocitor or just a hunk of quartz from under where the silver maple was?
We may never know!