Islander
@islanderncs.bsky.social
Metal music blogger at NoCleanSinging.com, co-conspirator at Northwest Terror Fest, animal lover (especially cats), ever-curious, ever-trying not to be an asshole.
A proud paperweight, and a brother waiting his turn.
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A proud paperweight, and a brother waiting his turn.
A magnificent Japanese maple catching the morning sun on a crisp fall day in our area. Deep roots will make it difficult to deport.
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A magnificent Japanese maple catching the morning sun on a crisp fall day in our area. Deep roots will make it difficult to deport.
Brother creatures today, preparing for post-breakfast nap.
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Brother creatures today, preparing for post-breakfast nap.
Seeing photos of the massive crowds in big cities. This is from the small Puget Sound town where I live. (And an orbweaver doing a pre-dawn protest outside my front door.)
October 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Seeing photos of the massive crowds in big cities. This is from the small Puget Sound town where I live. (And an orbweaver doing a pre-dawn protest outside my front door.)
I finally watched the video. It’s horrible. But no more horrific than the repeated destruction of children, which I don’t even want to imagine. I think of Hosea 8:7, which the Christian nationalists won’t: “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.”
September 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I finally watched the video. It’s horrible. But no more horrific than the repeated destruction of children, which I don’t even want to imagine. I think of Hosea 8:7, which the Christian nationalists won’t: “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.”
Here are the creatures who have enslaved us. They treat us well. Out enslavement has been entirely voluntary.
August 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Here are the creatures who have enslaved us. They treat us well. Out enslavement has been entirely voluntary.
Too high up for me to reach him so excellent surveillance spot.
July 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Too high up for me to reach him so excellent surveillance spot.
Beautiful creatures.
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Beautiful creatures.
Facebook sickened me because every third thing in my feed was an ad. This platform has also rapidly filled up with people trying to sell us something they’re selling. I guess there’s no dependable way to escape money-grubbing because shame has obviously become a worthless word.
June 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Facebook sickened me because every third thing in my feed was an ad. This platform has also rapidly filled up with people trying to sell us something they’re selling. I guess there’s no dependable way to escape money-grubbing because shame has obviously become a worthless word.
This is where my heart is, and where yours should be too.
June 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is where my heart is, and where yours should be too.
One of the lords we serve in our household, channeling Bast.
June 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
One of the lords we serve in our household, channeling Bast.
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I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
wapo.st
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Happy NO KINGS Caturday.
June 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Happy NO KINGS Caturday.
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Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
Spider babies scurrying on a cooler lid I left open to dry, all gone the next day, in the air and who knows where.
June 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Spider babies scurrying on a cooler lid I left open to dry, all gone the next day, in the air and who knows where.
A welcome home after another miserable baseball game in the PNW, albeit on a glorious afternoon.
June 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A welcome home after another miserable baseball game in the PNW, albeit on a glorious afternoon.
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He is completely clueless about what he is doing.
May 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
He is completely clueless about what he is doing.
We have clouds. We have geese. We have trees. Constant reminders that human life needs to be radically readjusted.
May 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
We have clouds. We have geese. We have trees. Constant reminders that human life needs to be radically readjusted.
“The Meta AI app is here. Download now to start talking to your own personal AI.” I think I’d rather rupture my Achilles tendon.
April 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“The Meta AI app is here. Download now to start talking to your own personal AI.” I think I’d rather rupture my Achilles tendon.
Judges standing up: “The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in its seven-page ruling Thursday that the Trump administration’s assertions in the case ‘should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.’”
April 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Judges standing up: “The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in its seven-page ruling Thursday that the Trump administration’s assertions in the case ‘should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.’”
Kind of lost my mind today, writing about new music from 14 metal bands at No Clean Singing, including some singing bands. It dovetails with sentiments expressed by a great article by a 73-year-old new metal lover in Rolling Stone. Links in comments, if I can do that.
April 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Kind of lost my mind today, writing about new music from 14 metal bands at No Clean Singing, including some singing bands. It dovetails with sentiments expressed by a great article by a 73-year-old new metal lover in Rolling Stone. Links in comments, if I can do that.