Steve Lessman
@sjlessman.bsky.social
Retired civil engineer and land surveyor. Left leaning independent interested in photography and gardening.
Yes I'll keep wondering how we know where we belong
After all the journeys made and the journeys yet to come
When I feel like giving up instead of going on
Somewhere in between... here and gone...
youtu.be/MFvoPClJSDE?...
After all the journeys made and the journeys yet to come
When I feel like giving up instead of going on
Somewhere in between... here and gone...
youtu.be/MFvoPClJSDE?...
Between Here and Gone (with lyrics) - Mary Chapin Carpenter
YouTube video by utubeere
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yes I'll keep wondering how we know where we belong
After all the journeys made and the journeys yet to come
When I feel like giving up instead of going on
Somewhere in between... here and gone...
youtu.be/MFvoPClJSDE?...
After all the journeys made and the journeys yet to come
When I feel like giving up instead of going on
Somewhere in between... here and gone...
youtu.be/MFvoPClJSDE?...
Reposted by Steve Lessman
"Originally, we have nothing"
People are born with nothing and die with nothing.
Even if you lose something important, you have simply returned to your true self. This thinking way is that there is no need to be afraid of losing something or lament what you have lost.
People are born with nothing and die with nothing.
Even if you lose something important, you have simply returned to your true self. This thinking way is that there is no need to be afraid of losing something or lament what you have lost.
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Originally, we have nothing"
People are born with nothing and die with nothing.
Even if you lose something important, you have simply returned to your true self. This thinking way is that there is no need to be afraid of losing something or lament what you have lost.
People are born with nothing and die with nothing.
Even if you lose something important, you have simply returned to your true self. This thinking way is that there is no need to be afraid of losing something or lament what you have lost.
Reposted by Steve Lessman
Google hails breakthrough as quantum computer surpasses ability of supercomputers
Google hails breakthrough as quantum computer surpasses ability of supercomputers
Algorithm performed task beyond capability of classical computers, although experts say real-world application still years away
Google has claimed a breakthrough in quantum computing after developing an algorithm that performed a task beyond the capabilities of conventional computers.
The algorithm, a set of instructions guiding the operation of a quantum computer, was able to compute the structure of a molecule – which paves the way for major discoveries in areas such as medicine and materials science. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Google hails breakthrough as quantum computer surpasses ability of supercomputers
Reposted by Steve Lessman
“Events do not exist, they happen. Consequently, space-time does not exist. Events happen everywhere throughout the course of existence, and the occurrence of an event is categorically different from the existence of anything…”
Enjoyed reading this piece by @darylj.bsky.social as a mental exercise:
Enjoyed reading this piece by @darylj.bsky.social as a mental exercise:
Space-time doesn't exist, but it's a useful framework for understanding our reality
Whether space-time exists should be neither controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of "space-time," "events" and "instants." The idea that space-time exists is no more ...
phys.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Events do not exist, they happen. Consequently, space-time does not exist. Events happen everywhere throughout the course of existence, and the occurrence of an event is categorically different from the existence of anything…”
Enjoyed reading this piece by @darylj.bsky.social as a mental exercise:
Enjoyed reading this piece by @darylj.bsky.social as a mental exercise:
Reposted by Steve Lessman
From today's readings:
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted, but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known."
-Garrison Keillor
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted, but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known."
-Garrison Keillor
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
From today's readings:
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted, but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known."
-Garrison Keillor
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted, but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known."
-Garrison Keillor
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To rise in consciousness without love is to stretch into abstraction —
a sky vast yet cold, where light travels without warmth.
To love without consciousness is to burn without form —
a fire fierce but blind, consuming without understanding.
The full bloom of being, presence entwine.
#Andean
a sky vast yet cold, where light travels without warmth.
To love without consciousness is to burn without form —
a fire fierce but blind, consuming without understanding.
The full bloom of being, presence entwine.
#Andean
October 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Life:
The shit that happens when you are waiting for moments that never come.
The shit that happens when you are waiting for moments that never come.
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Life:
The shit that happens when you are waiting for moments that never come.
The shit that happens when you are waiting for moments that never come.
An old but still pertinent musical commentary on where we were and still are.
youtu.be/Hb6qNzjc2zQ?...
youtu.be/Hb6qNzjc2zQ?...
For America - Jackson Browne (lyrics) HD
YouTube video by Eric Faw
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An old but still pertinent musical commentary on where we were and still are.
youtu.be/Hb6qNzjc2zQ?...
youtu.be/Hb6qNzjc2zQ?...
Everything we see and seem is merely but a dream within a dream
“Events do not exist, they happen. Consequently, space-time does not exist. Events happen everywhere throughout the course of existence, and the occurrence of an event is categorically different from the existence of anything…”
Enjoyed reading this piece by @darylj.bsky.social as a mental exercise:
Enjoyed reading this piece by @darylj.bsky.social as a mental exercise:
Space-time doesn't exist, but it's a useful framework for understanding our reality
Whether space-time exists should be neither controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of "space-time," "events" and "instants." The idea that space-time exists is no more ...
phys.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Everything we see and seem is merely but a dream within a dream
Reposted by Steve Lessman
Just a little bite…gentle now
September 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Just a little bite…gentle now
Reposted by Steve Lessman
It’s weird that flat earth rabbit holes go so deep.
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It’s weird that flat earth rabbit holes go so deep.
Serious thought to consider:
If the cause of autism truly is genetic in nature, could it be related to one or more of the toxic forever chemicals we've been swimming in since the 1940's?
I'm thinking of DuPont and 3m with their PFAS and PFOA chemicals in particular.
If the cause of autism truly is genetic in nature, could it be related to one or more of the toxic forever chemicals we've been swimming in since the 1940's?
I'm thinking of DuPont and 3m with their PFAS and PFOA chemicals in particular.
September 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Serious thought to consider:
If the cause of autism truly is genetic in nature, could it be related to one or more of the toxic forever chemicals we've been swimming in since the 1940's?
I'm thinking of DuPont and 3m with their PFAS and PFOA chemicals in particular.
If the cause of autism truly is genetic in nature, could it be related to one or more of the toxic forever chemicals we've been swimming in since the 1940's?
I'm thinking of DuPont and 3m with their PFAS and PFOA chemicals in particular.
Reposted by Steve Lessman
Ketivah Vachatimah Tovah - May your name be written and sealed into the Book of Life, and may our collective voices demanding justice be as ever present and piercing as the rallying cry of the shofar.
Shana Tovah my friends.
Shana Tovah my friends.
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Ketivah Vachatimah Tovah - May your name be written and sealed into the Book of Life, and may our collective voices demanding justice be as ever present and piercing as the rallying cry of the shofar.
Shana Tovah my friends.
Shana Tovah my friends.
Love is order
Fear is chaos
Fear is chaos
September 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Love is order
Fear is chaos
Fear is chaos
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by Steve Lessman
People who actually want to reduce the temperature in the country, as opposed to putting on a show about wanting to turn down the temperature, should read Ken Klippenstein's piece about Tyler Robinson and his online culture www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin
Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
People who actually want to reduce the temperature in the country, as opposed to putting on a show about wanting to turn down the temperature, should read Ken Klippenstein's piece about Tyler Robinson and his online culture www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Given what all's been going on, it almost seems there is a bit of a message for all of us in this song.
We've got to figure out a better way.
youtu.be/Y1xQ7i-ZAYc?...
We've got to figure out a better way.
youtu.be/Y1xQ7i-ZAYc?...
Mary Chapin Carpenter It Don't Bring You
YouTube video by JasonKT
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Given what all's been going on, it almost seems there is a bit of a message for all of us in this song.
We've got to figure out a better way.
youtu.be/Y1xQ7i-ZAYc?...
We've got to figure out a better way.
youtu.be/Y1xQ7i-ZAYc?...
Moss, Mushrooms and a Tree...
Perfection
Perfection
More #mushrooms from my Alberta trip. I was trying to include the little white one at the base, too. #fungifriends #fungi #flowers #bloomscrolling #hiking
September 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Moss, Mushrooms and a Tree...
Perfection
Perfection
Oddly satisfying to sit and watch.
A calm good morning from this aquatic plant producing oxygen: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
September 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Oddly satisfying to sit and watch.
Life with miscreant kittens.
A story for #TheCampfire
1/ Now, I was a dog person. Over half a century I had been a dog dad of a Cocker, a Shepard, 3 Weimers and a GSP. After the last one had passed, I swore off pets. Until one day I adopted/rescued a cat from my secretary.
A story for #TheCampfire
1/ Now, I was a dog person. Over half a century I had been a dog dad of a Cocker, a Shepard, 3 Weimers and a GSP. After the last one had passed, I swore off pets. Until one day I adopted/rescued a cat from my secretary.
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Life with miscreant kittens.
A story for #TheCampfire
1/ Now, I was a dog person. Over half a century I had been a dog dad of a Cocker, a Shepard, 3 Weimers and a GSP. After the last one had passed, I swore off pets. Until one day I adopted/rescued a cat from my secretary.
A story for #TheCampfire
1/ Now, I was a dog person. Over half a century I had been a dog dad of a Cocker, a Shepard, 3 Weimers and a GSP. After the last one had passed, I swore off pets. Until one day I adopted/rescued a cat from my secretary.
Late summer reflections.
#Nikon D3500
f/14.0 1/100 sec 23mm ISO 100
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#EastCoastKin
#Nikon D3500
f/14.0 1/100 sec 23mm ISO 100
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#EastCoastKin
August 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Late summer reflections.
#Nikon D3500
f/14.0 1/100 sec 23mm ISO 100
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#EastCoastKin
#Nikon D3500
f/14.0 1/100 sec 23mm ISO 100
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#EastCoastKin
An early autumn scene as a sun dappled single-track trail slowly winds its way up the ridgeline.
#Nikon D3500
f/5.6 1/250sec 35mm ISO 400
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
#Nikon D3500
f/5.6 1/250sec 35mm ISO 400
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
August 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
An early autumn scene as a sun dappled single-track trail slowly winds its way up the ridgeline.
#Nikon D3500
f/5.6 1/250sec 35mm ISO 400
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
#Nikon D3500
f/5.6 1/250sec 35mm ISO 400
#Scape
#Landscape
#ForestFriday
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
A stunning capture
A cloud-tree…
Even the withered trunk today
has woven its crown from drifting clouds,
painted by the tender stroke of nature.❤️
Even the withered trunk today
has woven its crown from drifting clouds,
painted by the tender stroke of nature.❤️
August 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A stunning capture
This shot just leaves me speechless...
#MossyMonday
#MossyMonday
Moss Creek, Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Gardens - Desert Island, Maine!
August 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This shot just leaves me speechless...
#MossyMonday
#MossyMonday
A most marvelous composition.
Gewöhnlicher Löwenzahn ~ Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia 🖤🤍📷
#photography #wildplants #blackandwhitephotography #eastcoastkin #dandelion #BlueSkyArtShow #picoftheday
#naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #blueskyphotography
#photography #wildplants #blackandwhitephotography #eastcoastkin #dandelion #BlueSkyArtShow #picoftheday
#naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #blueskyphotography
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A most marvelous composition.