somehow I had never read this 1983 essay by Ursula K LeGuin, on utopia and Native California and technology, until tonight it is remarkably cogent and relevant to the present moment perhaps to some past and future moments as well and now that I've found it, you can read it, too […]

great news the disparity between the private and public bids for the same work is galling, though we can't retain public assets for the public if we can't hire contractors to do basic repairs without them inflating the bid 400% […]

Chris Nicholson and I recently wrote about the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)'s plans to use "AI" to streamline permitting workflows. This comes at a time when US historical preservation protections (esp. Section 106) face multiple legislative and regulatory threats. See […]

You can tell how wet it is there by the amount of moss growing on those big leaf maples, lol. Each tree is its own little ecosystem.

wow I'd been wondering when in this election cycle a couple of the "no hope don't vote leftists" I watched spread despondency around this platform like it was cake frosting, back in 2024, would reappear they're starting to come back! like geese spending the winter shitting on southern parks […]

It's never too late.

I mean, libertarian viking guy is not wrong about pregnancy! it's a brutal resource competition that leaves some people permanently disabled! the fetus STEALS THE CALCIUM FROM YOUR BONES, among other things!

So, uh, job search update: About a month ago now, I pleaded on mastodon for help. I didn’t really have a goal in mind. I was just miserable at work, not getting paid enough to do too much work. I posted a big long, rambling post that ended with, effectively, “will someone please help me” A […]

early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here

Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.

OMG, they are the cutest

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