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Colin Burgess

@thundercove.net

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Raised in West Auckland, aged in Ottawa, Canada, now doing my best to survive California

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@thundercove.netOct 13, 2026, 4:57 PM

A trio of birds in the Los Gatos bush at Bear Creek Redwoods Preserve

The derpy call is the Spotted Towhee, one of my favourite birds around here.

The high pitched cheep is a Chestnut-backed Chickadee and the harsher buzz is a Bewick’s Wren.

Alas, also a […]

[Original post on mastodon.nz]

@samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gyOct 12, 2026, 8:13 PMReposted by @thundercove.net

I wanted to play the Doodle Jump tie-in for Hop (2011), so I rebuilt the old App Store. Then I needed something to run it on, so I emulated an iPod.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_4zurb5Xgs

Explore Legacy Store: https://legacystore.app
Download Light Touch […]

@thundercove.netOct 13, 2026, 1:38 AM

I feel like Hegseth is going to announce free smokes for GIs. That smooth smooth Kentucky tobacco flavour

@eschaton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 13, 2026, 12:41 AMReposted by @thundercove.net

Hey, John, no matter how ā€˜happening’ the Nazi bar is, how much ā€˜action’ is at the Nazi bar, it’s still a Nazi bar and nobody reasonable should go there.

@eschaton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 13, 2026, 12:43 AMReposted by @thundercove.net

Let me take this opportunity to point out that NetBSD refuses tainted code, such as code generated by LLMs.

@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyOct 12, 2026, 7:06 PMReposted by @thundercove.net

There are a lot of ways to break open a clam. One method is with stone tools, and the marsh mongoose, Atilax paludinosus, uses all sorts of strategies to break open shells, including hurling them down on "anvil stones". Sea otters do something similar, carrying a […]

[Original post on scicomm.xyz]

Figure from Shabel 2010, a drawing showing a marsh mongoose lifting a bivalve shell and hurling it down with great gusto to smash it on a rock.
@thundercove.netOct 12, 2026, 11:33 PM

Noooooo!

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/12/rj-mitte-breaking-bad-actor-death

@thundercove.netOct 12, 2026, 11:23 PM

I’m watching the #NHLSenators play the #NHLDevils #hnom

@pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gyOct 12, 2026, 1:44 AMReposted by @thundercove.net

Another day, another policy hit for the Greens.

'We don't work for AI': Greens vow to regulate artificial intelligence
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1858931/we-don-t-work-for-ai-greens-vow-to-regulate-artificial-intelligence

#NZPol #voteGreen #ditchThePricksIn26

?Unknown authorOct 12, 2026, 12:00 AMReposted by @thundercove.net

Jelly on the beach šŸŖ¼ā›±ļø

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#Cascadia #PNW #Photography #Nature #Beach #Fauna #Cnidaria

Low-angle photo of a small jellyfish washed up on a sandy beach. The creature's clear, dome-shaped bell contains visible bubbles and has a glistening, gelatinous texture. Beyond it, white surf rolls in and a towering rock formation stands silhouetted against an overcast sky.
@thundercove.netOct 12, 2026, 12:04 AM

Yum…

A dozen butter tarts in their panA pecqn and sugar sauce filled pasty on a hand
@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:59 PM

Here, have some Great Blue Heron relaxation time…
#MentalHealthHike #birds

@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:56 PM

Right at the end this Great Blue Heron was being great, and blue

#MentalHealthHike #birds

A large blue heron preening, while standing on a platform in a weed filled pondA blue heron standing on a green pond
@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:54 PM

Does anyone know if the California Buckeye is also known as the Ballsack Tree? :-)

#MentalHealthHike #trees #plants

A leathery fruit hanging from a treeA leathery fruitMany fruits on a tree with dead leaves
@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:53 PM

I love it when one fallen log has it all going on…

#MentalHealthHike #trees #plants #mushtodon #lichensubscribe #mosstodon

Mosss, lichens and mushrooms on an old logTurkey tail mushrooms and mossmoss and lichenmoss, lichen and mushrooms on the end of dead log
@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:49 PM

Looking up the valley. This sort of view always boosts my chill

#MentalHealthHike #trees #plants

Blue sky above a forest valley.  In the foreground dry grasses, with green oaks and firs in the mid to far distance
@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:48 PM

Someone’s old nest fallen to the trail

#MentalHealthHike #birds

A bundle of sticks that used to be a birds nestA hand holding up a birds nest, made of twisted sticks and leaves
@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:46 PM

This mule deer doe gave me a good staring at

#MentalHealthHike #deer #animals

@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:41 PM

I also saw many fine examples of Bigleaf Maples - which I haven’t seen too many of around here

#MentalHealthHike #trees #plants #maples

green maple leaves seen from beneatha maple tree canopy, silhouetted against the blue skyA dead maple leaf, green and yellow with red veins
@thundercove.netOct 11, 2026, 11:39 PM

This is, I think, a Valley Oak

#MentalHealthHike #trees #plants #oaks

A large oak treeOak tree leaves
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