And if you truly can’t stomach oysters, be they raw grilled or fried, at least chuck a couple bucks at folks using them to mitigate climate change effects, like the people at Wild Oyster Project wildoysters.org

“But oysters are gross!” They aren’t. Oysters used to be the food of working class folks until they were overfished to extinction in the SF and Seattle bays. I think part of the reason people turn their nose up at them is because they eventually became classy, and it’s easy to eschew luxury foods.

Why? Oysters are not just sustainable on paper but also in practice. Science backs it up. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/05/more...

I know I just wrote a thing about accepting "imperfect comrades" but I don't mean people with Nazi tattoos, just the ones who get them covered up.

I’m not a super patriotic person, but getting to sail on the Jeremiah O’Brien always gives me a deep appreciation for what once made this country great: applied ingenuity and resources, and the continued caretaking of a monument that put in the work to fight fascism. More of this, please.

Just remarkable that a ship built in 56 days, out of mostly off the shelf components and steel, with an estimated lifespan of 4 years, is still afloat and doing her thing 85+ years later.

This post brought to you by the 8+ months of relentless targeted ads for shapeware, weight loss programs, and expensive makeup that I have been served since we announced our engagement.

I have just been informed that the founder of this perfume house was the drummer in The Prodigy. Once again, I am absolutely being personally targeted by this perfume.

To be fair, this is absolutely a beautiful photorealistic scent of an old ship. ministryofscent.com/products/lig...

Me: “I have to take a picture of this, I work on old ships for a living.”
Salesman: “so do you want to try this? And smell like an old ship?”
Me “been there, done that my dude.”

Yup popped me right out of bed.