Just had my first experience of an archives researcher wielding ChatGPT. It didn't start off well...
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just had my first experience of an archives researcher wielding ChatGPT. It didn't start off well...
A day for curling up by the fire.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A day for curling up by the fire.
A November harvest. Pickled the beets and used their leaves to make a version of spanakopita.
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A November harvest. Pickled the beets and used their leaves to make a version of spanakopita.
Huge moon and coyotes in full howl.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Huge moon and coyotes in full howl.
I sowed a few rows of lettuce after harvesting the garlic and it's just about ready.
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I sowed a few rows of lettuce after harvesting the garlic and it's just about ready.
It took most of the day, but managed to get two IT people from two different organizations and two different cities into the same room at the same time to resolve a problem. #SmallWin
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It took most of the day, but managed to get two IT people from two different organizations and two different cities into the same room at the same time to resolve a problem. #SmallWin
Memento of a former life, found in a book.
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Memento of a former life, found in a book.
Was gifted an unexpected free two hours this afternoon. Would have been a crime not to go out for a ride.
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Was gifted an unexpected free two hours this afternoon. Would have been a crime not to go out for a ride.
The eggplant flower from a month ago did produce an edible fruit, but it was the size of a grape. Not exactly a feast.
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The eggplant flower from a month ago did produce an edible fruit, but it was the size of a grape. Not exactly a feast.
It's been a disappointing growing season, but I did get a small Thanksgiving harvest.
October 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's been a disappointing growing season, but I did get a small Thanksgiving harvest.
Satisfying to reunite mislabelled photos which have been separated by most of the alphabet for about 50 years.
October 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Satisfying to reunite mislabelled photos which have been separated by most of the alphabet for about 50 years.
Reposted by Amanda Hill
And it never looks like the forecast.
I’ll admit, and I’ll own my anxiety: I’m terrified that AI will kill my plans, that it’ll rearrange the coordinates of my life in ways I cannot anticipate, that it’ll mean the death of the written word and the end of creativity and so on.
20/22
I’ll admit, and I’ll own my anxiety: I’m terrified that AI will kill my plans, that it’ll rearrange the coordinates of my life in ways I cannot anticipate, that it’ll mean the death of the written word and the end of creativity and so on.
20/22
October 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
And it never looks like the forecast.
I’ll admit, and I’ll own my anxiety: I’m terrified that AI will kill my plans, that it’ll rearrange the coordinates of my life in ways I cannot anticipate, that it’ll mean the death of the written word and the end of creativity and so on.
20/22
I’ll admit, and I’ll own my anxiety: I’m terrified that AI will kill my plans, that it’ll rearrange the coordinates of my life in ways I cannot anticipate, that it’ll mean the death of the written word and the end of creativity and so on.
20/22
Glorious conditions for an #earlyMorningBikeRide
October 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Glorious conditions for an #earlyMorningBikeRide
I finally have enough tomatoes to roast some into soup. In *October*. And we still haven't had much rain.
October 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I finally have enough tomatoes to roast some into soup. In *October*. And we still haven't had much rain.
Thinking it might be Bryophyllum pinnatum, or Mother of Thousands. (Sounds a bit ominous.)
A small succulent gift. Can anyone identify it for me? Trying not to kill it in the first week...
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Thinking it might be Bryophyllum pinnatum, or Mother of Thousands. (Sounds a bit ominous.)
A small succulent gift. Can anyone identify it for me? Trying not to kill it in the first week...
October 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A small succulent gift. Can anyone identify it for me? Trying not to kill it in the first week...
Dahlias making up for a disappointing summer.
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Dahlias making up for a disappointing summer.
Reposted by Amanda Hill
This is believed to be the oldest investigation in Canada to be solved with the assistance of investigative genetic genealogy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saskatoon police identify century-old remains of 'woman in the well' found in 2006 | CBC News
The remains of an unknown female were discovered in a well shaft in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood in 2006. Now she has been identified as Alice Spence (nee Burke), a woman of Irish ancestry, ab...
www.cbc.ca
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is believed to be the oldest investigation in Canada to be solved with the assistance of investigative genetic genealogy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I've not seen these before: vacated nests of organ pipe mud dauber wasps.
September 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've not seen these before: vacated nests of organ pipe mud dauber wasps.
Reposted by Amanda Hill
$14 million dollars allocated to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was pushed through to the America 250 team to fund "Freedom Trucks"–propaganda telling a whitewashed version of history.
What's happening at IMLS is beyond budgetary concerns.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
What's happening at IMLS is beyond budgetary concerns.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
The IMLS's Freedom Trucks Project Is Propaganda in Support of Historical Erasure: Book Censorship News, September 12, 2025
This week, the IMLS announced their Freedom Trucks initiative. It is blatant propaganda.
bookriot.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
$14 million dollars allocated to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was pushed through to the America 250 team to fund "Freedom Trucks"–propaganda telling a whitewashed version of history.
What's happening at IMLS is beyond budgetary concerns.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
What's happening at IMLS is beyond budgetary concerns.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
Mixing up the Christmas pudding.
Make a wish...
Make a wish...
September 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mixing up the Christmas pudding.
Make a wish...
Make a wish...
Charmed to learn today that Australians call cotton candy/candy floss "fairy floss".
September 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Charmed to learn today that Australians call cotton candy/candy floss "fairy floss".
First day of Fall is looking the part.
September 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First day of Fall is looking the part.
Love the persistence of this aster, frothing from the top of its traffic cone.
September 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Love the persistence of this aster, frothing from the top of its traffic cone.
Taking down some dead ash trees tomorrow. 😥
September 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Taking down some dead ash trees tomorrow. 😥