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gigastacey
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Recovering tech journalist and IoT expert who now works on cybersecurity, IoT, and right to repair for Consumer Reports.

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This time I only took #shittynorthernlightpics because of the cloud cover and a wee bit more light pollution.
View of pink northern lights in a clouded sky.
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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I recently chided my husband for not saying boop in a high-pitched voice as he took off my dog's collar for the night. I sing unhinged songs all the time for everything, so this was more concerning for him. The dog isn't here for any of it.
Fawn and white colored dog with triangle ears and a triangle face looking unamused at the camera. The dog is in a gray bed wrapped in a white and green blanket.
October 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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My dog is an escape artist who manages to wriggle out of the back yard only to travel a few yards to hang out under the front porch. If we don't catch her and a delivery person shows up, they are terrified by the barking and scrabbling that comes from underneath their feet.
In the foreground there is a lot of dirt and in the middle of the picture you see the head and face of a fawn colored dog with a triangle ear and a white muzzle. The rest of her body is smooshed between dirt and what looks like a wooden ceiling. This dog is under a porch.
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Here's a snapshot of my coat closet with all of my requisite Big Dark gear.
A photo of a closet with colorful coats including raincoats on one side. And on the open door are hooks that contain neon yellow, reflective vests, and another hook containing headlamps.
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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My dog hates having her picture taken. She started coming out, saw me with the phone and promptly backed up and curled up back under the bed.
A fawn colored dog coming out from under a dark brown bed with white sheets. The carpet is beige and the dog looks concerned. Only her head and one front paw are out.
October 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Y'all. I am in Iceland with a friend and it's such a great country. Yes it is beautiful, but I also appreciate how friendly everyone is, and almost everyone I have met tries to share a cool thing they like about the place where we are. Also, they sell soft serve at gas stations.
Stacey wearing glasses, a headlamp, and a light blue raincoat with the hood up standing in front of a large waterfall. Technically she is behind the waterfall. The Sun is setting in the background. It's really very pretty.
September 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Y'all. I am in Iceland with a friend and it's such a great country. Yes it is beautiful, but I also appreciate how friendly everyone is, and almost everyone I have met tries to share a cool thing they like about the place where we are. Also, they sell soft serve at gas stations.
Stacey wearing glasses, a headlamp, and a light blue raincoat with the hood up standing in front of a large waterfall. Technically she is behind the waterfall. The Sun is setting in the background. It's really very pretty.
September 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Here. Please have a poem. I think it's lovely.
Text that says: To Age When the stars hit the windows now, they turn into flies. Who knew they would come down? A red book titled The Trees Witness Everything It is written by Victoria Chang.
August 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Y'all! I have obtained my summer reading T shirt! It is shrimply glorious!
A navy t shirt that says Reading is shrimply awesome with a picture of a shrimp and some greenish blue waves. The shirt also says 100-hour reader and Kitsap Regional Library.
August 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Here is the chart showing what EU consumers believe will happen when their devices lose software support. The survey also showed that EU consumers often expect their smart devices to last more than the 5 years time frame dictated by the CRA.
Photo of a chart labeled: Figure 4: Changes to smart devices after software support ends as expected by respondents (in %). The order of the options was randomized. Multiple choices were possible. The responses “I don’t expect any changes”, “Not sure”, and “Other” were below 1% and omitted from this plot. The chart is a bar chart with the following info expressed as (x axis, y-axis): (No new features, 86%) (Less compatibility, 76%) (no security fix, 70%) (no security monitoring, 70%) (impaired critical features, aprox 40%) (impaired optional features, aprox. 38%) stopped customer support, about 27%).
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Good commute this afternoon.
A grown seagull and three youthful seagulls sitting on dock infrastructure. The young seagulls are covered in sandy colored down with spots on their heads.
July 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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These rocks covered with some kind of seaweed? moss? are very beautiful.
Black basalt covered in a very light green moss or seaweed.
June 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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This whole area is normally underwater but with super low tides it's a sandy beach.
A Sandy beach in the foreground with a wave coming in. The sky is blue. The ocean is blue and there is a tongue of land coming in from the right.
June 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Low tides mean tide pools! Lovely day outside Port Angeles at Salt Creek recreation area.
A tide pool featuring sea anemones that are green and purple sea urchins and a lot of sea lettuce and mussels. There is also a layer of eel grass. It is a sunny day and you can see the ocean in the background along with some mountains.
June 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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This was last summer's shirt in case you aren't seeing the reason I'm so excited.
A navy t shirt featuring a jellyfish that says "don't be jelly" and "100-hour reader." It is awesome.
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Geoduck!
Pink maw opening in a bed of purple-green eelgrass. It is a geoduck siphoning.
June 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I cannot recommend getting outside in nature as a way to find some peace. Did a low tide walk this morning. Look, you can see his little tube feet.
A red sea star on a rocky beach. With tube feet. Yes, it is alive. There is green kelp in the foreground and water rippling in the background.
June 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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My kid baked a delicious lemon cake!
A two-tiered round yellow cake with white frosting in the middle and on top. None on the sides. The top is covered in sliced strawberries and the cake is on a white cake plate.
June 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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There are a lot of cute dogs and cats on this site, but rarely enough banana slugs. May I present....
A mucus green, spotted banana slugs in leaf litter. You can see its little eye stalks.
May 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Visiting a new dog. Meet Peso.
A black and tan French bulldog face resting on blue couch cushions.
April 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Birthday hike outside of Seattle and I couldn't have asked for better weather.
A mostly snow-covered lake with some logs and unfrozen water in the foreground. Also some snow and branches. There are two mountains behind the lake covered in trees and snow.
April 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I'm sad. So please enjoy a photo of my dog after anesthesia from a tooth cleaning last month. She is never this chill without drugs.
A tan dog with triangle ears lying on a patterned rug with her forepaws crossed and her eyes mostly closed looking off at an angle.
April 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Sunday dog photo! Today we're serving toe beans.
Image of a rug and a pair of tan paws that are apparently under a gray couch.
March 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Given the news, it's clearly time for another dog photo. This is Sofie enjoying the first 65° day of spring.
A tan dog lying on a door mat in front of a set of doors in the sun looking at the camera. The dog looks relaxed.
March 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Dropping another dog photo here just to celebrate Sunday, and provide a moment of reprieve.
Zoomed in close up of a tan dog with the nose as the focal point. The photo is blurry and framed haphazardly, but it is a dog so it's still cute. The eyes are big and the ears are back.
March 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM