Stephen
@botanicalpilot.bsky.social
Bike touring, spearfishing, skiing, gardening, and homelabs cure my existentialism. I write code and tinker for income.
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Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
Think my avocado grafts are gonna take this season. I got Aravaipa and Mexicola pushing on this rootstock I grew from seed. The former is supposed to be the hardiest variety known. Got lots of other grafts pushing too on my persimmons, pear, and apple trees.
April 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Think my avocado grafts are gonna take this season. I got Aravaipa and Mexicola pushing on this rootstock I grew from seed. The former is supposed to be the hardiest variety known. Got lots of other grafts pushing too on my persimmons, pear, and apple trees.
My new hobby is buying cheap physical media as a way to get me on my bicycle and to avoid paying for more than a single streaming service. I then rip that media and host it on my server with Jellyfin.
April 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My new hobby is buying cheap physical media as a way to get me on my bicycle and to avoid paying for more than a single streaming service. I then rip that media and host it on my server with Jellyfin.
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Time for another digital security PSA with guitar … here’s “All the Small Things” but it’s about scrubbing metadata from your photos before you post them 🤘
April 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Time for another digital security PSA with guitar … here’s “All the Small Things” but it’s about scrubbing metadata from your photos before you post them 🤘
Officially peddled through my first bottom bracket. Started feeling it under my foot yesterday at mile 50, and it made it thirteen more miles before I got to a train to take me home.
April 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Officially peddled through my first bottom bracket. Started feeling it under my foot yesterday at mile 50, and it made it thirteen more miles before I got to a train to take me home.
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Chopper bike riders in New York City, circa 1976
April 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Chopper bike riders in New York City, circa 1976
June's solo bicycle tour is a go!
April 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
June's solo bicycle tour is a go!
What a weekend. Two fun dives at Sunset Bay and Port Orford. The latter was fantastic, such good visibility! Saw a whale right after I got out of the water.
Bummer to see so many urchin, though. We really need our otters and sunstars back asap.
Bummer to see so many urchin, though. We really need our otters and sunstars back asap.
April 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What a weekend. Two fun dives at Sunset Bay and Port Orford. The latter was fantastic, such good visibility! Saw a whale right after I got out of the water.
Bummer to see so many urchin, though. We really need our otters and sunstars back asap.
Bummer to see so many urchin, though. We really need our otters and sunstars back asap.
Excited for some freediving and spearfishing this weekend
April 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Excited for some freediving and spearfishing this weekend
Got tailscale running in minutes in an unprivilege Ubuntu lxc, and it's working flawlessly, letting me remote into my server over the vpn. I feel a little silly having tried to get Wiregaurd working for so long!
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Got tailscale running in minutes in an unprivilege Ubuntu lxc, and it's working flawlessly, letting me remote into my server over the vpn. I feel a little silly having tried to get Wiregaurd working for so long!
Rangpur limes and variegated Nagami Kumquats going strong. Citrus in the PNW is totally viable.
March 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Rangpur limes and variegated Nagami Kumquats going strong. Citrus in the PNW is totally viable.
Some scenes from the saddle
March 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Some scenes from the saddle
A quick two day, ~400km tour over the warm spell. Always a blast to ride my bike to the coast. I loved seeing all the waterfalls you normally miss zipping past in a car.
March 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A quick two day, ~400km tour over the warm spell. Always a blast to ride my bike to the coast. I loved seeing all the waterfalls you normally miss zipping past in a car.
Thunderstorm my ass. Moved all these plants for nothing -_-
March 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Thunderstorm my ass. Moved all these plants for nothing -_-
Moist coastal day so far.
March 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Moist coastal day so far.
Another randoneuring preride tomorrow and Tuesday. 400km+ to the coast and back. That'll get me well over my 500 mile goal for the month.
March 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Another randoneuring preride tomorrow and Tuesday. 400km+ to the coast and back. That'll get me well over my 500 mile goal for the month.
"It was as if some essential element of our lives, of all our lives, was vanishing before we knew entirely what it was"
March 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"It was as if some essential element of our lives, of all our lives, was vanishing before we knew entirely what it was"
The rare double sploot
March 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The rare double sploot
Note to self, chmod does not grant access to all sub directories.
March 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Note to self, chmod does not grant access to all sub directories.
Westside Wednesday Ride celebrated its 100th ride last night. This group ride got me back in the saddle after the covid slump, and without it I'd probably have never toured Taiwan or California.
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Westside Wednesday Ride celebrated its 100th ride last night. This group ride got me back in the saddle after the covid slump, and without it I'd probably have never toured Taiwan or California.
Finally, I got my media server up locally using proxmox. Struggled for a while on how to create and mount my zfs pool, but it seems to be working and transcoding correctly now.
March 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Finally, I got my media server up locally using proxmox. Struggled for a while on how to create and mount my zfs pool, but it seems to be working and transcoding correctly now.
No fish, but was still able to get a catch and cook going. I got some whelks, mussels, and crabs.
March 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
No fish, but was still able to get a catch and cook going. I got some whelks, mussels, and crabs.
Randonneur ride yesterday and spearfishing today. I'm trying out my Rob Allen speargun for the first time to hopefully land some perch.
March 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Randonneur ride yesterday and spearfishing today. I'm trying out my Rob Allen speargun for the first time to hopefully land some perch.