Nate Heard
@nateheard.bsky.social
Health geographer, melomaniac, archer, hockey player, vegan, small-town energy and climate action
"I have met the baby." www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"I have met the baby." www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
*stares in Lady Joker*
October 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
*stares in Lady Joker*
I kept my bout sheet from an incredible day in a golden age of sumo in '98. Wakanohana, then ozeki, was promoted to the rank of Yokozuna later that year, when you saw him.
September 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I kept my bout sheet from an incredible day in a golden age of sumo in '98. Wakanohana, then ozeki, was promoted to the rank of Yokozuna later that year, when you saw him.
Night bear with sparkle ears
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Night bear with sparkle ears
So I watched my kids get into archery, something I never would have found on my own. Maybe something I'll continue to enjoy for years after they strike out on their own. And let me tell you, it's the best.
September 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So I watched my kids get into archery, something I never would have found on my own. Maybe something I'll continue to enjoy for years after they strike out on their own. And let me tell you, it's the best.
Great find at JCPenney's.
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great find at JCPenney's.
Kodiak Carving - Custom Chainsaw Carvings and Sculptures is around the corner. Sometimes, his latest work is on display before it goes to its forever home. This week, it's an amazing RAINBOW BEAR!
www.kodiakcarving.com
www.kodiakcarving.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Kodiak Carving - Custom Chainsaw Carvings and Sculptures is around the corner. Sometimes, his latest work is on display before it goes to its forever home. This week, it's an amazing RAINBOW BEAR!
www.kodiakcarving.com
www.kodiakcarving.com
The neighborhood hawks and owls have a favorite branch that hangs over a brook. Sometimes they visit the branch so often we can give them names. Climbed a tree and placed a trail cam there.
August 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The neighborhood hawks and owls have a favorite branch that hangs over a brook. Sometimes they visit the branch so often we can give them names. Climbed a tree and placed a trail cam there.
Even with bird feeders in for the summer, black bear still come right up to the house. Beautiful animal. The camera is only 16" off the ground, so not a ginormous bear.
August 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Even with bird feeders in for the summer, black bear still come right up to the house. Beautiful animal. The camera is only 16" off the ground, so not a ginormous bear.
Very awesome. Berlioz tried a lot of cool, new things as an orchestrator. Real innovator. Offstage bells are normal in this performance, to create the effect of distance.
July 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Very awesome. Berlioz tried a lot of cool, new things as an orchestrator. Real innovator. Offstage bells are normal in this performance, to create the effect of distance.
Herbie Hancock is on tour with a monster lineup. And he's still got it. Saw them last night. 10 songs, including Footprints, Actual Proof, Rockit, and Chameleon. Supermurgitroid show.
July 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Herbie Hancock is on tour with a monster lineup. And he's still got it. Saw them last night. 10 songs, including Footprints, Actual Proof, Rockit, and Chameleon. Supermurgitroid show.
@wildeny.bsky.social In Rome, this is what vegans eat.
July 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@wildeny.bsky.social In Rome, this is what vegans eat.
Music gets me all the time. Novels, occasionally. Painting, once.
July 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Music gets me all the time. Novels, occasionally. Painting, once.
Last night, sweepy wittle bobcat, just a few yards from the house.
June 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Last night, sweepy wittle bobcat, just a few yards from the house.
Evokes Esquivel. In the song Brazil, you get the feeling that you're walking around, entering different clubs, with completely different scenes unfolding, right down to the footsteps that get you there.
June 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Evokes Esquivel. In the song Brazil, you get the feeling that you're walking around, entering different clubs, with completely different scenes unfolding, right down to the footsteps that get you there.
That museum has a big heart.
June 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
That museum has a big heart.
Included here is The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins, by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. It's about matsutake, a very expensive mushroom which grows in severely degraded, human-disturbed forests, and what good can spring from ashes and destruction. Great book.
June 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Included here is The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins, by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. It's about matsutake, a very expensive mushroom which grows in severely degraded, human-disturbed forests, and what good can spring from ashes and destruction. Great book.
Companion tackles one of the most common AI movie themes, how badly humans can treat other conscious beings when given the permission structure. Often it's men failing to recognize the full humanity of women. This film has a sense of humor that almost all the others lack, which makes it stand out.
June 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Companion tackles one of the most common AI movie themes, how badly humans can treat other conscious beings when given the permission structure. Often it's men failing to recognize the full humanity of women. This film has a sense of humor that almost all the others lack, which makes it stand out.
By 1905, horse thieves were rare in Massachusetts and Worcester had established a police department so the society transitioned to hosting "jolly banquets." newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-start-of...
May 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
By 1905, horse thieves were rare in Massachusetts and Worcester had established a police department so the society transitioned to hosting "jolly banquets." newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-start-of...
Awesome find today at a tag sale in South Amherst, Massachusetts, a run of handbills (1905-1937) for an anti-horse thief mutual aid society, "The Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves." #History
May 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Awesome find today at a tag sale in South Amherst, Massachusetts, a run of handbills (1905-1937) for an anti-horse thief mutual aid society, "The Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves." #History
In another universe, these beautiful creatures, children of the Monster Dogs, might have pivoted to the use of a robotic exoskeleton like Hyperdog in Alan Moore's Top 10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_10_...
May 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In another universe, these beautiful creatures, children of the Monster Dogs, might have pivoted to the use of a robotic exoskeleton like Hyperdog in Alan Moore's Top 10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_10_...
Here's a pic of Dandelion Energy's cool drill rig, described in the pod, as they unloaded it at our house. Although the trenching that links the wells to the house tore up the yard a bit, the drill rig and well footprint was minimal.
May 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here's a pic of Dandelion Energy's cool drill rig, described in the pod, as they unloaded it at our house. Although the trenching that links the wells to the house tore up the yard a bit, the drill rig and well footprint was minimal.
There was a pink lady's slipper orchid behind a house where I lived. It gave off special vibes because, as a child, I was told it was very rare and illegal to pick. Not exactly true since protections are limited to public places or private land if you lack written permission. Still gives off vibes.
May 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There was a pink lady's slipper orchid behind a house where I lived. It gave off special vibes because, as a child, I was told it was very rare and illegal to pick. Not exactly true since protections are limited to public places or private land if you lack written permission. Still gives off vibes.
The mink is back. After exploring streambank crevices for a while it curled up next to a rock, occasionally standing up to look around. It freaked out a squirrel on its way towards Atkins Reservoir.
May 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The mink is back. After exploring streambank crevices for a while it curled up next to a rock, occasionally standing up to look around. It freaked out a squirrel on its way towards Atkins Reservoir.
Even though blue jays can be bullies, they're still afraid of hawks. It was easy to root for them today when they decided to chase off a much bigger bird that would eat one of them if it could.
April 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Even though blue jays can be bullies, they're still afraid of hawks. It was easy to root for them today when they decided to chase off a much bigger bird that would eat one of them if it could.