Rachel Mann
@biofillea.bsky.social
EN/FR/RU Science mechanic. Lutherpalian. #YIMBY. I like urbanism, transit, bikes, service design, choirs, plants, biotech, and cats. Attached homes are good, actually. yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini (ytt) Northern Chumash land (Grover Beach, CA, USA)
Scout kitty scarf at Nan's Books & Crystals
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Scout kitty scarf at Nan's Books & Crystals
Cat tax. Meet Shylo Ren.
October 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Cat tax. Meet Shylo Ren.
Volunteer shift at the St Barnabas Thrift Shop today turned up this gem of a stained glass wreath. The soldering is failing, but I remembered on of my neighbors does stained glass, so he's gonna help me fix it.
October 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Volunteer shift at the St Barnabas Thrift Shop today turned up this gem of a stained glass wreath. The soldering is failing, but I remembered on of my neighbors does stained glass, so he's gonna help me fix it.
Bsky placed this post above yours in my feed and I read 'Corgitive' Computational Neuroscience... 😁
September 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Bsky placed this post above yours in my feed and I read 'Corgitive' Computational Neuroscience... 😁
Wordle word AND the ad it served up giving so much disrespect on my 50th birthday! 😹
July 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wordle word AND the ad it served up giving so much disrespect on my 50th birthday! 😹
Raise a glass to Klaus kitty tonight. I will treasure our 11y of companionship and his distinguished good looks. Absolute emperor among cats.
June 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Raise a glass to Klaus kitty tonight. I will treasure our 11y of companionship and his distinguished good looks. Absolute emperor among cats.
POV: you're a tall 2nd Soprano in the SLO Master Chorale rehearsing the Verdi Requiem for tomorrow's 3pm concert at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center.
April 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
POV: you're a tall 2nd Soprano in the SLO Master Chorale rehearsing the Verdi Requiem for tomorrow's 3pm concert at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center.
Yesterday's 10# Easter ham. No apologies.
April 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yesterday's 10# Easter ham. No apologies.
Some rainbows from earlier this week 🌈
March 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Some rainbows from earlier this week 🌈
"I never thought the leopards would eat MY face," after voting for the face-eating leopards. www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
February 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"I never thought the leopards would eat MY face," after voting for the face-eating leopards. www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
I'm the chair of my city's Planning Commission, and we just approved some cute new rowhomes last night. They are next to the elementary school. One will be reserved for a 'Very Low Income' buyer, which in my county, means a household of 4 making <$63k/year. The rest are market rate.
December 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I'm the chair of my city's Planning Commission, and we just approved some cute new rowhomes last night. They are next to the elementary school. One will be reserved for a 'Very Low Income' buyer, which in my county, means a household of 4 making <$63k/year. The rest are market rate.
Two weeks in Paris has only further radicalized me for point-block mid-rise construction.
October 25, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Two weeks in Paris has only further radicalized me for point-block mid-rise construction.