Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
@mikemccabe.bsky.social
Formerly mikemccabe on bird site
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June 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Grateful for clouds. This was the view over the bay yesterday morning.
May 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
#sfbay sunset advisory
May 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I was driving dad to the office yesterday and we went past twin lakes. It was his first time out since we got him home from the hospital (he's doing better). He turns to me and says, "Did we just by a dick? Was that a giant dick?"

I wasn't sure what to make of it but apparently, yes.
February 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Love that our news-monitoring anxiety options are:

a) take little sips of poison all day long, try to shake it off between doses

b) wait to chug a gallon of the stuff until end of day or in the morning

c) ignore it entirely and be surprised when Trump-branded tanks roll down your street oh no
January 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I was able to do some important cookie research yesterday, thanks to two great @archive.org projects: the IA Lending Library and Bookreader Search.

It all started when we went to my parents' house yesterday for Christmas dinner, and my mom pulled out this handwritten recipe for Shape Cookies:
December 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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The literally knee-weakening relief of finding 5 obscure novels from the 1790s on Internet Archive, when my other options were a) pay the currently-wildly-overworked BL research services team for scan & send, b) pay £250 for POD versions via AbeBooks, or c) invent the rest of this thesis chapter.
June 10, 2024 at 12:07 PM
No aurora visible.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Dramatic clouds over the bay this morning.

Alt text: A time lapse of roiling, dramatic clouds over the San Francisco bay. There are sun rays and rain bands in the background.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
First bloom of the season in our little succulent garden! I've been transplanting as many different varieties as I can. This one was from Thornton Beach.

It's been a radiantly beautiful few days in the Bay Area.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s been a great day for rainbows!
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The view of San Francisco from Mt. Tam. I managed to get above the haze today. With the still winter air and inversion, it was a high AQI day!

There were two eagles riding the ridge lift head of me.

(Crossposted with #moa )
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The view over the bay. I am grateful for cloud season! #sf #sfbay #cloud #timelapse
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The view from Bernal. #sfbay #sunset
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Another use for our basement CR box / smoke season filter - drying persimmons! They are insanely abundant and delicious here this time of year. (Mostly Fuyu.) #corsirosenthalbox @Jimrosenthal4@mastodon.world CorsIAQ
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#photomonday
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
All, I’m on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@mikemccabe - follow me there for more occasional sunrise photos!
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
SF Bay sunset watch! More clouds to work with tonight. Observations requested!
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Sunrise this morning
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Could be a sunset for the ages. San Francisco Bay sunset advisory.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Usually it shows up better with sunglasses. There’s another amazing video downthread of the post, a timelapse showing amazing dynamic clouds interacting with the same iridescent pileus effect.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I kayaked to San Pedro Point today. It was amazingly calm.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM