Rt. Hon. Rakesh
@densaer.bsky.social
Digital humanitarian. Disaster nerd. Ex-USAID BHA (purged). Pun connoisseur. Dad. Dork. Staring at trees in the PNW
Here come the results…
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here come the results…
Screenshot from wired showing the issue. The browser UI elements are unreadable white on white and the browser UI becomes unusable as the web page remains visible under the transparency.
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Screenshot from wired showing the issue. The browser UI elements are unreadable white on white and the browser UI becomes unusable as the web page remains visible under the transparency.
Big quake in the Philippines.
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Big quake in the Philippines.
As someone who actually has an FBI challenge coin and earned it by “doing something,” the FBI Director’s new challenge coin is super cringe and kitsch.
October 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As someone who actually has an FBI challenge coin and earned it by “doing something,” the FBI Director’s new challenge coin is super cringe and kitsch.
I used my phone to take a shot of the controller while looking up at the drone looking back down at me. It’s meta…
September 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I used my phone to take a shot of the controller while looking up at the drone looking back down at me. It’s meta…
Today was the Bainbridge Island community day of preparedness held at the fire station. I go to spend a lot of time talking to people about tech resiliency in disasters.
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Today was the Bainbridge Island community day of preparedness held at the fire station. I go to spend a lot of time talking to people about tech resiliency in disasters.
20 years ago today. Hurricane Katrina. I responded to it.
America failed those people. Too many died needlessly.
We spent 2 decades trying to make things better in emergency mgmt. Now? it’s being undone.
I am still haunted by Hurricane Katrina, but I am more haunted by tomorrow’s Katrina.
America failed those people. Too many died needlessly.
We spent 2 decades trying to make things better in emergency mgmt. Now? it’s being undone.
I am still haunted by Hurricane Katrina, but I am more haunted by tomorrow’s Katrina.
August 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
20 years ago today. Hurricane Katrina. I responded to it.
America failed those people. Too many died needlessly.
We spent 2 decades trying to make things better in emergency mgmt. Now? it’s being undone.
I am still haunted by Hurricane Katrina, but I am more haunted by tomorrow’s Katrina.
America failed those people. Too many died needlessly.
We spent 2 decades trying to make things better in emergency mgmt. Now? it’s being undone.
I am still haunted by Hurricane Katrina, but I am more haunted by tomorrow’s Katrina.
I live on Bainbridge Island, where the forced internment began in WW2. The sign pointing to the memorial is in my front yard.
Of course I am aware of the history. But history demands we heed its lessons in our own time, in our own actions.
Of course I am aware of the history. But history demands we heed its lessons in our own time, in our own actions.
August 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I live on Bainbridge Island, where the forced internment began in WW2. The sign pointing to the memorial is in my front yard.
Of course I am aware of the history. But history demands we heed its lessons in our own time, in our own actions.
Of course I am aware of the history. But history demands we heed its lessons in our own time, in our own actions.
Boating for a good cause around Bainbridge Island today.
August 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Boating for a good cause around Bainbridge Island today.
Our youngest put her glasses on Chicken as they snuggled.
August 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Our youngest put her glasses on Chicken as they snuggled.
Yeah, DC was such a hellhole the last time I was there. I walked all over town. Ate at great restaurants. Didn’t get murdered *once*
August 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Yeah, DC was such a hellhole the last time I was there. I walked all over town. Ate at great restaurants. Didn’t get murdered *once*
One of our dogs is a Portuguese Pondengo which is a breed *nobody* has ever heard of around here. “You have a what?” is a typical response.
August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One of our dogs is a Portuguese Pondengo which is a breed *nobody* has ever heard of around here. “You have a what?” is a typical response.
So far, notepad. 😎
August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
So far, notepad. 😎
I got a Mac 512k (circa 1984) out of storage and that bad boy booted up on the first go! It now sits next to my 2025 Macbook Pro.
68,000 transistors vs 28 billion transistors!
68,000 transistors vs 28 billion transistors!
August 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I got a Mac 512k (circa 1984) out of storage and that bad boy booted up on the first go! It now sits next to my 2025 Macbook Pro.
68,000 transistors vs 28 billion transistors!
68,000 transistors vs 28 billion transistors!
@danacorn.bsky.social chose violence with this one. As a Gen-X dad, I feel personally attacked.
July 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
@danacorn.bsky.social chose violence with this one. As a Gen-X dad, I feel personally attacked.
On Bainbridge Island, one of the major arteries (“the head of the bay”) is shut down for the next few months. Thousands would pass thru here on a daily basis.
The island is going a little nuts right now.
The island is going a little nuts right now.
July 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
On Bainbridge Island, one of the major arteries (“the head of the bay”) is shut down for the next few months. Thousands would pass thru here on a daily basis.
The island is going a little nuts right now.
The island is going a little nuts right now.
We…may be fans of @danasimpson.com in this house. (We have the others…somewhere)
July 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We…may be fans of @danasimpson.com in this house. (We have the others…somewhere)
a drone collided with a rescue helicopter over the Texas flood response today. Helicopter is now grounded.
Echoes of the drone collision over the Los Angeles fires in January.
Echoes of the drone collision over the Los Angeles fires in January.
July 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
a drone collided with a rescue helicopter over the Texas flood response today. Helicopter is now grounded.
Echoes of the drone collision over the Los Angeles fires in January.
Echoes of the drone collision over the Los Angeles fires in January.
It’s pride weekend of course, so KEXP and others are playing lots of great dancy music.
But not all of us go clubbing right? So for all of y’all ibuprofen-popping queers… #pride
But not all of us go clubbing right? So for all of y’all ibuprofen-popping queers… #pride
June 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It’s pride weekend of course, so KEXP and others are playing lots of great dancy music.
But not all of us go clubbing right? So for all of y’all ibuprofen-popping queers… #pride
But not all of us go clubbing right? So for all of y’all ibuprofen-popping queers… #pride
For our last big protest on April 5, I was a protest medic. I loved being able to protect those working for change.
Remember even if you don’t have the fancy medical bag or EMT training — keep a look out for each other. It is praxis.
Remember even if you don’t have the fancy medical bag or EMT training — keep a look out for each other. It is praxis.
June 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For our last big protest on April 5, I was a protest medic. I loved being able to protect those working for change.
Remember even if you don’t have the fancy medical bag or EMT training — keep a look out for each other. It is praxis.
Remember even if you don’t have the fancy medical bag or EMT training — keep a look out for each other. It is praxis.
doesn’t look like it was favorable.
June 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
doesn’t look like it was favorable.
spent 11 years driving trucks at Cisco. They were a bit different than the 18 wheelers delivering hamburger buns and coffee, tho.
(My relatives made the same mistake constantly, though!)
(My relatives made the same mistake constantly, though!)
May 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
spent 11 years driving trucks at Cisco. They were a bit different than the 18 wheelers delivering hamburger buns and coffee, tho.
(My relatives made the same mistake constantly, though!)
(My relatives made the same mistake constantly, though!)