Chance of a major southern San Andreas earthquake in a typical week is 1 in 10,000. The current Salton Sea swarm indicates a higher risk for the next week: 1 in 1,000.
https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/earthquake-forecast-salton-sea-swarm-august-2020
Raspberry, P.I.
Raspberry, P.I.
Pulaski: Day-ta, Dah-ta, what’s the difference? Data: One is my name. The other is not.
Pulaski: Day-ta, Dah-ta, what’s the difference?
Data: One is my name. The other is not.
Not going to sing along with the neighbors’ stereo.
Not going to sing along with the neighbors’ stereo.
“Only REAL ingredients!”
“Only REAL ingredients!”
Yeah, nothing imaginary in this box. Except the power of brand names, I guess.
If I have to choose between someone who’s running around stabbing people and someone who thinks he can fix it with a band-aid…
If I have to choose between someone who’s running around stabbing people and someone who thinks he can fix it with a band-aid…I’m going to choose the one who’s not actively stabbing people.
Biased media always talking about von Doom as if he’s some international criminal instead of …
Biased media always talking about von Doom as if he’s some international criminal instead of focusing on Latveria’s success at eradicating Covid-19 within its borders.
Managed to sort out the problem with the PC that we were starting to think …
Managed to sort out the problem with the PC that we were starting to think we’d have to replace, so I don’t have to replace an entire PC!
Upgrading the video card in the main gaming box, though, and considering moving the old one over to the dual boot system. Looked up the current state of AMD vs. NVIDIA on Linux, and promptly found a flame war. *sigh*
The online naturalist
“The plague doctors. They sound like they’re meowing.”
“The plague doctors. They sound like they’re meowing.”
Things you never thought you’d say…
Context: Minecraft with lots and lots of mods running at the same time
All this time I thought the “Katie Kaboom” segments of Animaniacs were exaggerated.
All this time I thought the “Katie Kaboom” segments of Animaniacs were exaggerated.
9YO is playing Minecraft with one of his classmates. Classmate is bragging over voice chat …
9YO is playing Minecraft with one of his classmates. Classmate is bragging over voice chat about how he’s hacking everything. Cause he’s a hacker.
“I need to turn on cheats on this map now, so please don’t use them, ok?”
Interesting article on how, and how quickly, plants colonize volcanic islands and blast zones.
Interesting article on how, and how quickly, plants colonize volcanic islands and blast zones.
I love this alternate ending to The Giving Tree: The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries
I love this alternate ending to The Giving Tree: The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries
Me: Oh hey, the clouds haven’t burned off yet. I should take a walk before …
Me: Oh hey, the clouds haven’t burned off yet. I should take a walk before that happens.
*half a block later*
Clouds: (burn off)
Every. Time.
Team Rocket grunt in a balloon, landing at my house: “What did you hope to …
Team Rocket grunt in a balloon, landing at my house: “What did you hope to achieve by coming here?!”
Um… avoiding Covid?
Meanwhile, in the more curated parts of the gardens
Meanwhile, in the more curated parts of the gardens…
(The sphere in the distance is a sculpture by Doris Sung called “Fuller,” inspired by Buckminster Fuller. I always think of it as the buckyball.)
#photo #art #sunny #fountain #pineapple #sculpture #sphere #flowers #pink #lily #buckyball
I literally bought a 3lb Kroger bag of onions *yesterday*
I literally bought a 3lb Kroger bag of onions *yesterday*
which, now that I’m looking at the text of the notice, is a day *after* the recall was issued.
Sometimes it’s hard to get a good view of the wildlife.
Some wildlife I spotted on a hike today.
Some wildlife I spotted on a hike today. It was really nice in the shade, but it was also very hilly, and uncomfortably warm in the sun. I ended up staggering back to the car at the end.
The yellow and black bird is some sort of oriole. The black and white one is a black phoebe. I think the rabbit is a desert cottontail.
#nature #birds #rabbits #animals #wildlife #hiking #photo
