Will Beason
@willbeason.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Serial Google software developer: Firebase, Cloud, and now Gemini. Advocate for sustainable, robust, and reliable AI. Gay as the sun breaking through rainclouds. I also read, run, cook, game, and make art. Views expressed are my own.
Whew, 40 books for the year so far.
I liked The Midnight Library, but it left me wanting more. Like the theme was reasonably explored, but there's parts that were missed but could have been very cool.
Still, really well done exploration of regret and want, and how that can lead to dangerous places
I liked The Midnight Library, but it left me wanting more. Like the theme was reasonably explored, but there's parts that were missed but could have been very cool.
Still, really well done exploration of regret and want, and how that can lead to dangerous places
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Whew, 40 books for the year so far.
I liked The Midnight Library, but it left me wanting more. Like the theme was reasonably explored, but there's parts that were missed but could have been very cool.
Still, really well done exploration of regret and want, and how that can lead to dangerous places
I liked The Midnight Library, but it left me wanting more. Like the theme was reasonably explored, but there's parts that were missed but could have been very cool.
Still, really well done exploration of regret and want, and how that can lead to dangerous places
Continuing to keep up my walking. Just hit over 1,200 miles walked/run in the past year! I'm closing in on the 10k average steps daily milestone!
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Continuing to keep up my walking. Just hit over 1,200 miles walked/run in the past year! I'm closing in on the 10k average steps daily milestone!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social made me excited to start voting as a new Seattle resident.
Moving from Texas, it's great to now live in a city/state that seems to *want* me to vote and be aware of what's going on in local politics.
Moving from Texas, it's great to now live in a city/state that seems to *want* me to vote and be aware of what's going on in local politics.
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social made me excited to start voting as a new Seattle resident.
Moving from Texas, it's great to now live in a city/state that seems to *want* me to vote and be aware of what's going on in local politics.
Moving from Texas, it's great to now live in a city/state that seems to *want* me to vote and be aware of what's going on in local politics.
On the bus and it's filled with people on their way to the Seattle No Kings protest!
October 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
On the bus and it's filled with people on their way to the Seattle No Kings protest!
Nice to be starting to get involved with a local queer running group - the Seattle Frontrunners
October 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nice to be starting to get involved with a local queer running group - the Seattle Frontrunners
Obligatory Story Graph photo
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Beat both my 1-mile and my 10km times this morning!
October 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Beat both my 1-mile and my 10km times this morning!
I know it's not the same thing, but I feel a teeensy bit of my teenage rebellion bringing in a book that has "Anarchist Cookbook" in the title to work
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I know it's not the same thing, but I feel a teeensy bit of my teenage rebellion bringing in a book that has "Anarchist Cookbook" in the title to work
Had a great first run with the Seattle Frontrunners tonight. On my own I stick to a 10-minute pace, but running with people made it easy to sustain a 9-minute pace.
October 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Had a great first run with the Seattle Frontrunners tonight. On my own I stick to a 10-minute pace, but running with people made it easy to sustain a 9-minute pace.
With Katabasis, I've read 30 books this year. Which is pretty sweet since on average each has been over 500 pages.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
With Katabasis, I've read 30 books this year. Which is pretty sweet since on average each has been over 500 pages.
Obligatory Story Graph:
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Woohoo, I've run and walked over 1,000 miles the past year. Now that I live in Seattle, I regularly walk ~5 miles per day as part of daily activities. I'm curious what this will look like a year from now.
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Woohoo, I've run and walked over 1,000 miles the past year. Now that I live in Seattle, I regularly walk ~5 miles per day as part of daily activities. I'm curious what this will look like a year from now.
My "to-read" bookshelf.
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
My "to-read" bookshelf.
Training for Base2Space later this month! Did 70 flights of stairs (about 700 feet, both up and down) in 28 minutes.
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Training for Base2Space later this month! Did 70 flights of stairs (about 700 feet, both up and down) in 28 minutes.
Things to love about Seattle:
August 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Things to love about Seattle:
Reading and coffee in an empty parklet to get some fresh air while recovering from Covid. (Obviously masking while moving around/interacting with people)
August 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reading and coffee in an empty parklet to get some fresh air while recovering from Covid. (Obviously masking while moving around/interacting with people)
Pre-dawn crepuscular rays cast by terrain instead of clouds
August 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Pre-dawn crepuscular rays cast by terrain instead of clouds
Now with 100% more books
July 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Now with 100% more books
The Wheel of Time and a pour-over at 203F before work. Appreciating Robert Jordan much more than I did on my first read - I believe I can thank Sanderson and Corey for that. Stormlight and The Expanse primed me well for this.
July 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Wheel of Time and a pour-over at 203F before work. Appreciating Robert Jordan much more than I did on my first read - I believe I can thank Sanderson and Corey for that. Stormlight and The Expanse primed me well for this.
Here's the photos of BIGGER! Jay meant to post 😘
July 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Here's the photos of BIGGER! Jay meant to post 😘
I can do 10ks in the mid-afternoon summer here and not die!
July 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I can do 10ks in the mid-afternoon summer here and not die!