Stephen Williams
@swlands.bsky.social
NZ expat since 1984, became a citizen in 2016 to vote against Trump. Retired landscape gardener, loves hiking and overlanding. Loves Oakland CA.
Death is the end of our choosing as birth is the start. The choices start slow, we make the important choices, then we lose the ability to choose. Then they are cast in stone.
July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Death is the end of our choosing as birth is the start. The choices start slow, we make the important choices, then we lose the ability to choose. Then they are cast in stone.
We ARE the planet. We evolved with and from the earth. We make choices and the choices make us. We are ignorant by choice as we can't pay attention to everything. There is far more information than we can process so we choose to build machines to process it for us.
July 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We ARE the planet. We evolved with and from the earth. We make choices and the choices make us. We are ignorant by choice as we can't pay attention to everything. There is far more information than we can process so we choose to build machines to process it for us.
Rowan Atkinson IQ is 178 - he would probably do great, and engage experts from the staff lol
February 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Rowan Atkinson IQ is 178 - he would probably do great, and engage experts from the staff lol
I really respond to this. I am avoiding all politics, but I am aware of the dark clouds and nature does punch holes in it all. I love this image. Thanks for sharing!
February 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I really respond to this. I am avoiding all politics, but I am aware of the dark clouds and nature does punch holes in it all. I love this image. Thanks for sharing!
Wikipedia "Old Tjikko is, however, a clonal tree that has regenerated new trunks, branches and roots over millennia rather than an individual tree of great age."
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wikipedia "Old Tjikko is, however, a clonal tree that has regenerated new trunks, branches and roots over millennia rather than an individual tree of great age."
I walk past that bus stop on my walks and the glass was smashed out in November, late October at earliest. And there was trash. That was cleaned up. The city is struggling financially right now. Might need some volunteers?
December 5, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I walk past that bus stop on my walks and the glass was smashed out in November, late October at earliest. And there was trash. That was cleaned up. The city is struggling financially right now. Might need some volunteers?
Shouldn't the flag be upside down?
December 3, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Shouldn't the flag be upside down?
Key to a nice old age is mobility and balance. She will age well.
December 3, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Key to a nice old age is mobility and balance. She will age well.
For the cowardly.
December 2, 2024 at 5:48 PM
For the cowardly.
That sounds conservative to me but sure. Depends on what tire you have. Coming down the Black Rock desert a group of us were trying to hit 100 mph. Then I remembered I was aired down to about 20 psi. Oops. But I regularly go 40 on pavement.
November 30, 2024 at 12:48 AM
That sounds conservative to me but sure. Depends on what tire you have. Coming down the Black Rock desert a group of us were trying to hit 100 mph. Then I remembered I was aired down to about 20 psi. Oops. But I regularly go 40 on pavement.
Thank you for sharing. I never owned land though I understand the idea of roots. Roots are very important and more than stealing land it is worse to steal cultures. We humans are still learning as we continue to make dreadful mistakes. May we each respect and learn from our history.
November 28, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Thank you for sharing. I never owned land though I understand the idea of roots. Roots are very important and more than stealing land it is worse to steal cultures. We humans are still learning as we continue to make dreadful mistakes. May we each respect and learn from our history.
We are lazy and don't do our own thinking. How many are here on Bluesky to find thinking worth stealing? I know I am. And America is feeling pissed and behaving like an arsehole. We need to flood the zone with better thoughts.
November 28, 2024 at 3:28 PM
We are lazy and don't do our own thinking. How many are here on Bluesky to find thinking worth stealing? I know I am. And America is feeling pissed and behaving like an arsehole. We need to flood the zone with better thoughts.
I am not sure when Bluesky turns on monetizing or how, but we will have to pay to keep this place clean. Just saying.
November 27, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I am not sure when Bluesky turns on monetizing or how, but we will have to pay to keep this place clean. Just saying.
Senators' careers will last longer than Trumps, which ends in 2028 right? There IS a future that needs shaping NOW.
November 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Senators' careers will last longer than Trumps, which ends in 2028 right? There IS a future that needs shaping NOW.
That is called a coup.
November 27, 2024 at 6:09 AM
That is called a coup.
Americans are asleep at the wheel. Still. Even now.
November 27, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Americans are asleep at the wheel. Still. Even now.
So who are those dudes standing around him making very odd looks. Are they being paid to keep an eye on him?
November 26, 2024 at 11:44 PM
So who are those dudes standing around him making very odd looks. Are they being paid to keep an eye on him?
Thou shall not pass 😶🌫️
November 26, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Thou shall not pass 😶🌫️