sailorbp
@sailorbp.bsky.social
Semiconductor engineer in the PNW via SF Bay and from VA.
avatar photo: Stork Billed Kingfisher perched on a branch, orange beak, yellow body and head, blue wings.
banner photo: Dusk on the Kinabatangan river, with Jupiter and Venus
avatar photo: Stork Billed Kingfisher perched on a branch, orange beak, yellow body and head, blue wings.
banner photo: Dusk on the Kinabatangan river, with Jupiter and Venus
It is terrifying. I think putting the car in park is best so that it does not move in any case. After that hands up.
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
It is terrifying. I think putting the car in park is best so that it does not move in any case. After that hands up.
I'm thinking I'd put the car in park and then put my hands up. I'm not moving the car or doing anything that can be claimed as threatening. Still a bad situation but hope for the best.
January 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I'm thinking I'd put the car in park and then put my hands up. I'm not moving the car or doing anything that can be claimed as threatening. Still a bad situation but hope for the best.
I’ve one gout flare up, been careful after that and avoided a recurrence… if guys really do follow this advice it will be pretty dumb self-inflicted suffering!
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I’ve one gout flare up, been careful after that and avoided a recurrence… if guys really do follow this advice it will be pretty dumb self-inflicted suffering!
Make Gout Great Again
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Make Gout Great Again
They are not dead, taken to hospital
January 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
They are not dead, taken to hospital
When I was a young man I learned the hard way that what seemed like a mostly innocent remark _to_me_ can crash and burn 🔥 when I don’t know important history about someone. Then I had to learn it again on twitter 🤦♂️ Much more careful now, I abhor being perceived as a creep!
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
When I was a young man I learned the hard way that what seemed like a mostly innocent remark _to_me_ can crash and burn 🔥 when I don’t know important history about someone. Then I had to learn it again on twitter 🤦♂️ Much more careful now, I abhor being perceived as a creep!
Just saw this account… I once had a museum store print of a 19th century Korean ink painting of 2 ducks swimming together across a pond, I misplaced it and I’d love to find a new copy. Will enjoy going back through these posts to see what I can find!
January 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Just saw this account… I once had a museum store print of a 19th century Korean ink painting of 2 ducks swimming together across a pond, I misplaced it and I’d love to find a new copy. Will enjoy going back through these posts to see what I can find!
Reminds me of the Iraqi attempts to negotiate by back channels in 2003
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Reminds me of the Iraqi attempts to negotiate by back channels in 2003
I saw this after finishing my “NO BLOOD FOR OIL” protest poster 🤣
January 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I saw this after finishing my “NO BLOOD FOR OIL” protest poster 🤣
We took a whale watching trip but saw no whales… yet the next day we were driving down the west side of San Juan and saw boats out on the water, pulled over and spent a while watching from a bluff as orcas were playing and leaping 🐬
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
We took a whale watching trip but saw no whales… yet the next day we were driving down the west side of San Juan and saw boats out on the water, pulled over and spent a while watching from a bluff as orcas were playing and leaping 🐬
I don’t live there anymore but if this stands it will likely spread. People need to shame open carry idiots when they see them, social pressure may help when the law fails
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I don’t live there anymore but if this stands it will likely spread. People need to shame open carry idiots when they see them, social pressure may help when the law fails
I was 4 and did it with a table knife… my Dad had to file the melted tip off of the knife. When I had kids we put outlet covers and cabinet latches everywhere!
January 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I was 4 and did it with a table knife… my Dad had to file the melted tip off of the knife. When I had kids we put outlet covers and cabinet latches everywhere!
Mine was when I first stuck something into an electrical outlet (I remember a flash and my dad picking me up off the floor… the second time my mom spotted me before I made contact)
January 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Mine was when I first stuck something into an electrical outlet (I remember a flash and my dad picking me up off the floor… the second time my mom spotted me before I made contact)
People wrote tiny back then…
January 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
People wrote tiny back then…
Took an African history class in college, the prof gave us projects for credit. Mine was to transcribe a couple of pages of notes from around 1890, took me half a day with a magnifier before I felt I had a _plausible_ reading of it. I think I took that class P/F and got a PASS, it was fun overall…
January 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Took an African history class in college, the prof gave us projects for credit. Mine was to transcribe a couple of pages of notes from around 1890, took me half a day with a magnifier before I felt I had a _plausible_ reading of it. I think I took that class P/F and got a PASS, it was fun overall…
Thanks Sergio, keep yourself and your family safe!
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Thanks Sergio, keep yourself and your family safe!
Patrick O’Brian has the 1798 uprising in the background of one of his protagonists, and his stories dip in to Ireland sometimes though they are all set after the uprising
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Patrick O’Brian has the 1798 uprising in the background of one of his protagonists, and his stories dip in to Ireland sometimes though they are all set after the uprising
Make a pizza! One of my kids was very agile and light, he would happily snowplow down black diamond slopes that I found challenging 😊
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Make a pizza! One of my kids was very agile and light, he would happily snowplow down black diamond slopes that I found challenging 😊
I’ve heard of criss-cross, luckily this letter was just in regular tiny tiny script!
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I’ve heard of criss-cross, luckily this letter was just in regular tiny tiny script!
I was looking at a mid 19th century letter written by one of my ancestors and she wrote in TINY cursive, apparently to cram more words on the single sheet she covered front and back!
December 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I was looking at a mid 19th century letter written by one of my ancestors and she wrote in TINY cursive, apparently to cram more words on the single sheet she covered front and back!
We didn’t get a picture but one time we were in Yosemite for a few snowy winter days, the day we left we went around the road loop by Curry Village… on top of a big boulder there were two coyotes, both sitting looking out over the snowy meadow… a scene worthy of a painting!
December 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We didn’t get a picture but one time we were in Yosemite for a few snowy winter days, the day we left we went around the road loop by Curry Village… on top of a big boulder there were two coyotes, both sitting looking out over the snowy meadow… a scene worthy of a painting!
🤞we were talking about making a trip to see the aurora some day, then May of 2024 happened. Would always be happy to see them again (in fact I did see them again on a flight a few months later)
December 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🤞we were talking about making a trip to see the aurora some day, then May of 2024 happened. Would always be happy to see them again (in fact I did see them again on a flight a few months later)
As a boy I lived for a time on an island where glass fishing floats would wash up, a lot of people made macrame hangers for them… I have a few floats from my parents, will try my hand at it after I retire :-)
December 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a boy I lived for a time on an island where glass fishing floats would wash up, a lot of people made macrame hangers for them… I have a few floats from my parents, will try my hand at it after I retire :-)