📗 Want to read Empire of AI by Karen Hao ISBN: 9780593657508
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{ "type": "entry", "author": { "name": "Jared White", "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/", "photo": null }, "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250620/from-andor-to-empire", "published": "2025-06-20T23:01:41-07:00", "content": { "html": "<p>I\u2019ve been hanging out these past few days with my brother, and it just so happened he was in the process of finishing watching <em>Rogue One</em>. He hasn\u2019t seen <em>Andor</em> yet (I\u2019m doing my best to get him to queue it up!), but since he was about to continue on to <em>A New Hope</em>, I said I\u2019d watch it with him since I recently rewatched <em>Rogue One</em> after finishing <em>Andor</em>.</p>\n\n<p>Well\u2026obviously it goes without saying that the o.g. <em>Star Wars</em> is a true cinematic classic and a worthy achievement on so many levels. It\u2019s the one that begat all the rest. But wow, the tonal shift from the Tony Gilroy-led cinematic universe to the George Lucas starting point is startling. It leads you to wonder if we\u2019re even looking at the same story being told.</p>\n\n<p>But then we went right onward to <em>The Empire Strikes Back</em> and, wow, another major tonal shift! Now the truth is I\u2019m biased because I\u2019ve always considered this to be <strong>the best film by far</strong> out of all the SW <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/movies\">#movies</a>. It\u2019s in a league unto itself. However, I was worried going into it that it still wouldn\u2019t gel with my raw feelings about the true modern masterpiece that is <em>Andor</em>.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I\u2019m happy to say that my concerns were unfounded.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>The Empire Strikes Back</em> not only remains a masterpiece of <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/scifi\">#SciFi</a> storytelling & production, but it definitely feels like it pulls the threads well that were laid out in <em>Andor</em>. While of course the central plot points are about Luke Skywalker and Yoda and learning the ways of the Force and all that jazz, there\u2019s also this <strong>menacing sense of forboding</strong> throughout. The Empire is truly frightening, Darth Vader and the Emperor are truly terrifying, the Rebellion is back on its heels and struggling to survive; it feels like the march to freedom and justice is perched atop a knife\u2019s edge.</p>\n\n<p>The very title feels more fleshed out now: <em>The Empire Strikes Back</em>. In the first movie, we didn\u2019t know much about the Empire other than it had an ultimate weapon and the Senate was dissolved and then the rebels blew it up and the only one to make it out alive was Darth Vader. And even he remained quite the mystery.</p>\n\n<p>But with the backdrop of <em>Andor</em> (and <em>Rogue One</em>), we have such a weighty sense of just how despicable and \u201cinevitable\u201d the Empire seems, and in this sequel to the o.g. movie we continue to feel that awful formidability. It won\u2019t be until <em>Return of the Jedi</em> that we witness the dramatic downfall of the Empire and\u2026well, to be honest, all we really get to see is the dramatic downfall of the Emperor along with Death Star II (and a redemption arc of sorts for Darth Vader). Uh\u2026how exactly <em>does</em> the Empire get taken down for good, anyway? (Don\u2019t ask J.J. Abrams that!)</p>\n\n<p>That\u2019s a tale for another time though. Right now, I\u2019m basking in the afterglow of watching <em>The Empire Strikes Back</em>, a film which remains not only a pinnacle of its genre but transcends into epic mythmaking which has changed culture forever. I\u2019m glad this movie exists\u2014if for no other reason than without it, we never would have gotten <em>Andor</em>\u2026which from the looks of things, has <strong>also changed culture forever.</strong> \ud83d\ude4c</p>", "text": "I\u2019ve been hanging out these past few days with my brother, and it just so happened he was in the process of finishing watching Rogue One. He hasn\u2019t seen Andor yet (I\u2019m doing my best to get him to queue it up!), but since he was about to continue on to A New Hope, I said I\u2019d watch it with him since I recently rewatched Rogue One after finishing Andor.\n\nWell\u2026obviously it goes without saying that the o.g. Star Wars is a true cinematic classic and a worthy achievement on so many levels. It\u2019s the one that begat all the rest. But wow, the tonal shift from the Tony Gilroy-led cinematic universe to the George Lucas starting point is startling. It leads you to wonder if we\u2019re even looking at the same story being told.\n\nBut then we went right onward to The Empire Strikes Back and, wow, another major tonal shift! Now the truth is I\u2019m biased because I\u2019ve always considered this to be the best film by far out of all the SW #movies. It\u2019s in a league unto itself. However, I was worried going into it that it still wouldn\u2019t gel with my raw feelings about the true modern masterpiece that is Andor.\n\nI\u2019m happy to say that my concerns were unfounded.\n\nThe Empire Strikes Back not only remains a masterpiece of #SciFi storytelling & production, but it definitely feels like it pulls the threads well that were laid out in Andor. While of course the central plot points are about Luke Skywalker and Yoda and learning the ways of the Force and all that jazz, there\u2019s also this menacing sense of forboding throughout. The Empire is truly frightening, Darth Vader and the Emperor are truly terrifying, the Rebellion is back on its heels and struggling to survive; it feels like the march to freedom and justice is perched atop a knife\u2019s edge.\n\nThe very title feels more fleshed out now: The Empire Strikes Back. In the first movie, we didn\u2019t know much about the Empire other than it had an ultimate weapon and the Senate was dissolved and then the rebels blew it up and the only one to make it out alive was Darth Vader. And even he remained quite the mystery.\n\nBut with the backdrop of Andor (and Rogue One), we have such a weighty sense of just how despicable and \u201cinevitable\u201d the Empire seems, and in this sequel to the o.g. movie we continue to feel that awful formidability. It won\u2019t be until Return of the Jedi that we witness the dramatic downfall of the Empire and\u2026well, to be honest, all we really get to see is the dramatic downfall of the Emperor along with Death Star II (and a redemption arc of sorts for Darth Vader). Uh\u2026how exactly does the Empire get taken down for good, anyway? (Don\u2019t ask J.J. Abrams that!)\n\nThat\u2019s a tale for another time though. Right now, I\u2019m basking in the afterglow of watching The Empire Strikes Back, a film which remains not only a pinnacle of its genre but transcends into epic mythmaking which has changed culture forever. I\u2019m glad this movie exists\u2014if for no other reason than without it, we never would have gotten Andor\u2026which from the looks of things, has also changed culture forever. \ud83d\ude4c" }, "name": "From Andor to Empire", "post-type": "article", "_id": "45169046", "_source": "2783" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-20 17:48-0700", "url": "https://tantek.com/2025/171/t1/microformats-20-years", "category": [ "microformats20", "microformats:", "indieweb", "microformats", "federate", "Mastodon", "fediverse", "20thAnniversary", "smallPieces", "looselyJoined" ], "content": { "text": "\ud83c\udf82 Congrats @microformats.org on 20 years! #microformats20\n\nEven after 20 years, people keep discovering new ways of using #microformats:\n* @artlung.com: \"WML, WAP, & Microformats Demo!\" (https://lab.artlung.com/wml/faux)\n> Because WML elements may have the class attribute\nOriginally posted 2025-06-18: https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/114705990062730513\n\nThat adds to the list of languages with working microformats examples:\n* HTML \u2014 modern, unversioned as well as every version since HTML4\n* HTML3 \u2014 see https://microformats.org/wiki/html3\n* SVG \u2014 see https://microformats.org/wiki/svg\n* XHTML \u2014 every version, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0\nand now also:\n* WML \u2014 https://microformats.org/wiki/wml\n\nLiterally any HTML-like or XML-like language that has a space-separated class attribute can work with microformats.\n\nIn constrast, every alternative to microformats (most now defunct) required adding new attributes, or worse, entirely new elements, which meant revising every language one at a time (or use of fragile XML Namespaces), resulting in supporting only 1-2 languages at most (HTML and XHTML) in practice, and nothing else.\n\nRe-using the \"class\" attribute based on the existing footpath that web designers made for encoding additional semantics into their HTML, and the similarly extensible \"rel\" attribute, was one of the best design decisions in any extension format ever.\n\nAfter 20 years, microformats continue to serve as another example of \u201cloosely joined\u201d approaches being more adaptable, reliable, resilient, and longer lasting than \u201ctightly coupled\u201d.\n\nMore microformats 20th anniversary posts from the #indieweb personal sites (via https://stream.indieweb.org/)\n* @manton.org: \"It\u2019s the 20th anniversary of the launch of microforrmats.org!\" (https://www.manton.org/2025/06/20/its-the-th-anniversary-of.html)\n* ... hashtag your post #microformats or #microformats20 and #federate (using #Mastodon or any compatible #fediverse server etc.) or webmention this post!\n\n#20thAnniversary #smallPieces #looselyJoined\n\nPreviously, previously, previously:\n* https://tantek.com/2024/173/t1/years-posse-microformats-beyond\n* https://tantek.com/2023/171/t1/anniversaries-microformats-posse\n* https://tantek.com/2019/171/t1/happy-14th-microformats-org", "html": "\ud83c\udf82 Congrats <a href=\"https://microformats.org\">@microformats.org</a> on 20 years! #<span class=\"p-category\">microformats20</span><br /><br />Even after 20 years, people keep discovering new ways of using #<span class=\"p-category\">microformats:</span><br />* <a href=\"https://artlung.com\">@artlung.com</a>: \"WML, WAP, & Microformats Demo!\" (<a href=\"https://lab.artlung.com/wml/faux\">https://lab.artlung.com/wml/faux</a>)<br />> Because WML elements may have the class attribute<br />Originally posted 2025-06-18: <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/114705990062730513\">https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/114705990062730513</a><br /><br />That adds to the list of languages with working microformats examples:<br />* HTML \u2014 modern, unversioned as well as every version since HTML4<br />* HTML3 \u2014 see <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/html3\">https://microformats.org/wiki/html3</a><br />* SVG \u2014 see <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/svg\">https://microformats.org/wiki/svg</a><br />* XHTML \u2014 every version, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0<br />and now also:<br />* WML \u2014 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/wml\">https://microformats.org/wiki/wml</a><br /><br />Literally any HTML-like or XML-like language that has a space-separated class attribute can work with microformats.<br /><br />In constrast, every alternative to microformats (most now defunct) required adding new attributes, or worse, entirely new elements, which meant revising every language one at a time (or use of fragile XML Namespaces), resulting in supporting only 1-2 languages at most (HTML and XHTML) in practice, and nothing else.<br /><br />Re-using the \"class\" attribute based on the existing footpath that web designers made for encoding additional semantics into their HTML, and the similarly extensible \"rel\" attribute, was one of the best design decisions in any extension format ever.<br /><br />After 20 years, microformats continue to serve as another example of \u201cloosely joined\u201d approaches being more adaptable, reliable, resilient, and longer lasting than \u201ctightly coupled\u201d.<br /><br />More microformats 20th anniversary posts from the #<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span> personal sites (via <a href=\"https://stream.indieweb.org/\">https://stream.indieweb.org/</a>)<br />* <a href=\"https://manton.org\">@manton.org</a>: \"It\u2019s the 20th anniversary of the launch of <a href=\"http://microforrmats.org\">microforrmats.org</a>!\" (<a href=\"https://www.manton.org/2025/06/20/its-the-th-anniversary-of.html\">https://www.manton.org/2025/06/20/its-the-th-anniversary-of.html</a>)<br />* ... hashtag your post #<span class=\"p-category\">microformats</span> or #<span class=\"p-category\">microformats20</span> and #<span class=\"p-category\">federate</span> (using #<span class=\"p-category\">Mastodon</span> or any compatible #<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span> server etc.) or webmention this post!<br /><br />#<span class=\"p-category\">20thAnniversary</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">smallPieces</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">looselyJoined</span><br /><br />Previously, previously, previously:<br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/173/t1/years-posse-microformats-beyond\">https://tantek.com/2024/173/t1/years-posse-microformats-beyond</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/171/t1/anniversaries-microformats-posse\">https://tantek.com/2023/171/t1/anniversaries-microformats-posse</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2019/171/t1/happy-14th-microformats-org\">https://tantek.com/2019/171/t1/happy-14th-microformats-org</a>" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik", "url": "https://tantek.com/", "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg" }, "post-type": "note", "_id": "45168329", "_source": "2460" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-20T13:26:12-0400", "summary": "\ud83d\udcd7 Want to read Empire of AI by Karen Hao ISBN: 9780593657508", "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2025/06/20/132612/", "category": [ "books" ], "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Marty McGuire", "url": "https://martymcgui.re/", "photo": "https://martymcgui.re/images/logo.jpg" }, "post-type": "note", "_id": "45165779", "_source": "175" }
{ "type": "entry", "author": { "name": "Jared White", "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/", "photo": null }, "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250619/the-end-of-bluesky", "published": "2025-06-19T22:40:54-07:00", "content": { "html": "<p>Welp, the day has finally arrived. Bluesky is being invaded by fascist dickwads, as none other than <strong>JD Vance</strong> is now posting on the service\u2026bringing a bunch of his imbecilic sycophants screaming at the \u201clibtards\u201d with him. And <em>of course</em> he\u2019s spewing absolute gutter trash; offensive anti-trans talking points which are also anti-science.</p>\n\n<p>Which of course leaves me wondering: <strong>Why the fuck am I using this service??</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>I have never liked Bluesky.</em> Never. I think \u201cATProto\u201d is basically a scam. It\u2019s not a true decentralized open standard social networking protocol. It\u2019s a cover story for a corporate entity which exists presumably to make money (and can\u2019t even manage that at present), and it\u2019s a massive distraction from the <em>real</em> decentralized open standard open web social network\u2014which of course is the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/fediverse\">#Fediverse</a> running on ActivityPub.</p>\n\n<p>But sure, I have been using Bluesky <em>purely as a consumer</em> for a while now because, hey, <strong>I already kicked Threads to the curb</strong> and \u201chad\u201d to go somewhere for certain news sources\u2014mainly U.S. <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/politics\">#politics</a>, some general tech, and micromobility/urbanism. I don\u2019t really post on Bluesky at all. I occasionally reply with a comment. That\u2019s it.</p>\n\n<p>Now I\u2019m questioning even that base level of engagement. I can \u201csubscribe\u201d to a few accounts via RSS, and honestly, I think that may be enough for me.</p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/fediverse\">#Fediverse</a> Forever!</strong> \u270a\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udf1f</p>\n\n<p>P.S. Wannabe American Nazis can go fuck themselves.</p>", "text": "Welp, the day has finally arrived. Bluesky is being invaded by fascist dickwads, as none other than JD Vance is now posting on the service\u2026bringing a bunch of his imbecilic sycophants screaming at the \u201clibtards\u201d with him. And of course he\u2019s spewing absolute gutter trash; offensive anti-trans talking points which are also anti-science.\n\nWhich of course leaves me wondering: Why the fuck am I using this service??\n\nI have never liked Bluesky. Never. I think \u201cATProto\u201d is basically a scam. It\u2019s not a true decentralized open standard social networking protocol. It\u2019s a cover story for a corporate entity which exists presumably to make money (and can\u2019t even manage that at present), and it\u2019s a massive distraction from the real decentralized open standard open web social network\u2014which of course is the #Fediverse running on ActivityPub.\n\nBut sure, I have been using Bluesky purely as a consumer for a while now because, hey, I already kicked Threads to the curb and \u201chad\u201d to go somewhere for certain news sources\u2014mainly U.S. #politics, some general tech, and micromobility/urbanism. I don\u2019t really post on Bluesky at all. I occasionally reply with a comment. That\u2019s it.\n\nNow I\u2019m questioning even that base level of engagement. I can \u201csubscribe\u201d to a few accounts via RSS, and honestly, I think that may be enough for me.\n\n#Fediverse Forever! \u270a\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udf1f\n\nP.S. Wannabe American Nazis can go fuck themselves." }, "name": "The End of Bluesky", "post-type": "article", "_id": "45158547", "_source": "2783" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-19T13:36:23-07:00", "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/4351-My-Zelda-tier-list", "category": [ "video games", "Zelda", "Nintendo", "nerdery" ], "name": "My Zelda tier list", "author": { "type": "card", "name": "fluffy", "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/", "photo": "https://beesbuzz.biz/static/headshot.jpg" }, "post-type": "article", "_id": "45155106", "_source": "2778" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-18T19:07:31-07:00", "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/2025/06/18/10/mcp-spec", "category": [ "modelcontextprotocol", "mcp", "oauth", "ai" ], "syndication": [ "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7341285509861621760/" ], "content": { "text": "The latest version of the MCP spec is now officially 2025-06-18! Congrats to everyone in the MCP community involved in making this happen! \n\nKey updates to the authorization section: \n\n\u2699\ufe0f MCP Servers are no longer responsible for issuing access tokens or handling user authentication \n\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f A dedicated Authorization Server separate from the MCP Server handles user authentication and issuing access tokens \n\ud83d\udd0d RFC9728 Protected Resource Metadata enables the MCP client to dynamically discover the MCP Server's authorization server \n\ud83d\udc49 RFC8707 Resource Indicators are required as a security measure \n\nThanks to everyone who contributed to the many discussions to update the authorization part of the spec to be more compatible with existing OAuth systems! \n\nDavid Soria Parra, Paul Carleton, Den Delimarsky, Nate Barbettini, William Dawson, Jared Hanson, Karl McGuinness, Darin McAdams, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois LOMBARDO and apologies if I forgot to mention you, those threads were extremely long! \n\n#modelcontextprotocol #mcp #oauth #ai", "html": "The latest version of the MCP spec is now officially 2025-06-18! Congrats to everyone in the MCP community involved in making this happen! <br /><br />Key updates to the authorization section: <br /><br /><a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/emoji/%E2%9A%99%EF%B8%8F\">\u2699\ufe0f</a> MCP Servers are no longer responsible for issuing access tokens or handling user authentication <br /><a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/emoji/%F0%9F%9B%A1%EF%B8%8F\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f</a> A dedicated Authorization Server separate from the MCP Server handles user authentication and issuing access tokens <br /><a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/emoji/%F0%9F%94%8D\">\ud83d\udd0d</a> RFC9728 Protected Resource Metadata enables the MCP client to dynamically discover the MCP Server's authorization server <br /><a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/emoji/%F0%9F%91%89\">\ud83d\udc49</a> RFC8707 Resource Indicators are required as a security measure <br /><br />Thanks to everyone who contributed to the many discussions to update the authorization part of the spec to be more compatible with existing OAuth systems! <br /><br />David Soria Parra, Paul Carleton, Den Delimarsky, Nate Barbettini, William Dawson, Jared Hanson, Karl McGuinness, Darin McAdams, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois LOMBARDO and apologies if I forgot to mention you, those threads were extremely long! <br /><br /><a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/tag/modelcontextprotocol\">#modelcontextprotocol</a> <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/tag/mcp\">#mcp</a> <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/tag/oauth\">#oauth</a> <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/tag/ai\">#ai</a>" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Aaron Parecki", "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/", "photo": "https://aaronparecki.com/images/profile.jpg" }, "post-type": "note", "_id": "45147407", "_source": "16" }
{ "type": "entry", "author": { "name": "Jared White", "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/", "photo": null }, "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250617/snyderbros-are-the-worst", "published": "2025-06-17T23:21:55-07:00", "content": { "html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw0CkIxOyBk\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>The crew of The John Campea Show discuss James Gunn firing back at Snydercut fans who plan on review bombing his upcoming Superman film. (YouTube)</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>There are three fandoms which I find utterly exhausting. <em>Star Wars</em> (though now that we have Andor it\u2019s gotten much better), <em>Star Trek</em> (the ridiculous vitriol against \u201cNu-Trek\u201d makes my ears bleed), and the <em>Snyderbros</em>. On that last point in particular, I\u2019m sorry but I personally find little to admire about Zack Snyder\u2019s DC work. I honestly didn\u2019t like <em>Man of Steel</em> all that much. I <strong>hated</strong> <em>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice</em> with a passion\u2014although bringing Gal Gadot on board to play Wonder Woman was an excellent move. I thought the theatrical release of <em>Justice League</em> was merely OK, and the <strong>long-awaited</strong> Snydercut just didn\u2019t improve it much. Sorry.</p>\n\n<p>So hear me when I say <strong>my body is ready</strong> for the whole new slate of DCU <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/movies\">#movies</a> with James Gunn at the helm (producing, and in the case of <em>Superman</em>, directing). I\u2019m not saying I love every single aspect of Gunn\u2019s comic book movie work to date, but there\u2019s no denying the <em>Guardians of the Galaxy</em> series was a massive success within the MCU, and <em>The Suicide Squad</em> was infinitely more entertaining than the previous <em>Suicide Squad</em> (a movie which I found near unwatchable).</p>\n\n<p>I am <strong>very excited</strong> for the new <em>Superman</em> movie and will of course go see it as soon as it\u2019s out in theaters.</p>", "text": "The crew of The John Campea Show discuss James Gunn firing back at Snydercut fans who plan on review bombing his upcoming Superman film. (YouTube)\n\n\n\nThere are three fandoms which I find utterly exhausting. Star Wars (though now that we have Andor it\u2019s gotten much better), Star Trek (the ridiculous vitriol against \u201cNu-Trek\u201d makes my ears bleed), and the Snyderbros. On that last point in particular, I\u2019m sorry but I personally find little to admire about Zack Snyder\u2019s DC work. I honestly didn\u2019t like Man of Steel all that much. I hated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with a passion\u2014although bringing Gal Gadot on board to play Wonder Woman was an excellent move. I thought the theatrical release of Justice League was merely OK, and the long-awaited Snydercut just didn\u2019t improve it much. Sorry.\n\nSo hear me when I say my body is ready for the whole new slate of DCU #movies with James Gunn at the helm (producing, and in the case of Superman, directing). I\u2019m not saying I love every single aspect of Gunn\u2019s comic book movie work to date, but there\u2019s no denying the Guardians of the Galaxy series was a massive success within the MCU, and The Suicide Squad was infinitely more entertaining than the previous Suicide Squad (a movie which I found near unwatchable).\n\nI am very excited for the new Superman movie and will of course go see it as soon as it\u2019s out in theaters." }, "name": "Link: Snyderbros are Just the Worst", "post-type": "article", "_id": "45138232", "_source": "2783" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-17T16:13:09-07:00", "url": "https://nadreck.me/2025/06/rss-rants/", "category": [ "errata", "technical", "rss", "site-improvement" ], "name": "RSS Rants", "content": { "text": "I\u2019ve got a lot of RSS feeds in my feed reader. Some are dead feeds, some are prolific. If I don\u2019t keep up, after about a week, I\u2019ll come back to around 700 articles waiting.\n\n\n\nThe thing is, a lot of those articles are bad. Here\u2019s why:\n\n\n\n\nRSS getting treated like a notification system. If all your RSS feed does is post a one-liner saying you\u2019ve got an article up, you\u2019re wasting my time and missing the point. It\u2019s another delivery channel for your content. You wouldn\u2019t sign up people for a newsletter where you just send a message saying \u201cI\u2019ve got a new post up. Go read it.\u201d The same should apply to your RSS feed.\n\n\n\n\nRSS getting treated like an afterthought. Cool, you added some neat integration with some external service! Did you look to see what happens to those posts in your RSS feed? A lot of the time it\u2019s literally a blank post. Other times it\u2019s malformed junk missing any context of what\u2019s supposed to be there.\n\n\n\n\nRSS getting misconfigured. There\u2019s a lot of implementations of RSS feeds for different static site generators and blogging engines and CMS\u2019s out there, but a lot of them feel like they were implemented so they could add \u201cRSS support\u201d to their checklist. As a result, you get blogs where every time they make a new post, every single post on their site gets marked as updated in RSS. In most of the cases I\u2019ve bothered checking, basically the lastBuildDate is getting populated with the last date the site was built, rather than the last date that specific content was updated.\nI keep hoping some of these folks will fix their systems and approaches, but I think I\u2019m going to have to do a cull sometime soon. Depending on your RSS reader, some of this may be more noticeable than others, but for me, I\u2019ve had enough.", "html": "<p>I\u2019ve got a lot of RSS feeds in my feed reader. Some are dead feeds, some are prolific. If I don\u2019t keep up, after about a week, I\u2019ll come back to around 700 articles waiting.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is, a lot of those articles are bad. Here\u2019s why:</p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>\n<strong>RSS getting treated like a notification system</strong>. If all your RSS feed does is post a one-liner saying you\u2019ve got an article up, you\u2019re wasting my time and missing the point. It\u2019s another delivery channel for your content. You wouldn\u2019t sign up people for a newsletter where you just send a message saying \u201cI\u2019ve got a new post up. Go read it.\u201d <em>The same should apply to your RSS feed</em>.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<strong>RSS getting treated like an afterthought</strong>. Cool, you added some neat integration with some external service! Did you look to see what happens to those posts in your RSS feed? A lot of the time it\u2019s literally a blank post. Other times it\u2019s malformed junk missing any context of what\u2019s supposed to be there.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<strong>RSS getting misconfigured</strong>. There\u2019s a lot of implementations of RSS feeds for different static site generators and blogging engines and CMS\u2019s out there, but a lot of them feel like they were implemented so they could add \u201cRSS support\u201d to their checklist. As a result, you get blogs where every time they make a new post, <em>every single post on their site</em> gets marked as updated in RSS. In most of the cases I\u2019ve bothered checking, basically the <code>lastBuildDate</code> is getting populated with the last date the site was built, rather than the last date <em>that specific content</em> was updated.</li>\n</ol><p>I keep hoping some of these folks will fix their systems and approaches, but I think I\u2019m going to have to do a cull sometime soon. Depending on your RSS reader, some of this may be more noticeable than others, but for me, I\u2019ve had enough.</p>" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Nadreck", "url": "http://nadreck.me", "photo": null }, "post-type": "article", "_id": "45135657", "_source": "2935" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-16T00:36:58-07:00", "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/15335-I-persevere", "category": [ "birthday", "trans", "trans academy", "LGBTQ+" ], "name": "I persevere", "author": { "type": "card", "name": "fluffy", "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/", "photo": "https://beesbuzz.biz/static/headshot.jpg" }, "post-type": "article", "_id": "45118928", "_source": "2778" }
{ "type": "entry", "author": { "name": "Jared White", "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/", "photo": null }, "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250614/losing-the-fun-of-being-a-newbie", "published": "2025-06-14T23:39:50-07:00", "content": { "html": "<p>There\u2019s a certain something to the work you do as a \u201cnewbie\u201d. Yes it\u2019s raw, rough around the edges, lacking polish and finesse. But it has something else too. A certain <em>joie de vivre</em>, a bit of swagger, an amusing sense of misplaced confidence in itself.</p>\n\n<p>Later work, more mature work, more refined work may be \u201cbetter\u201d in a number of ways\u2026but it can also feel studious. Stuffy. Safe. Lacking that potent energy which can be found in <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/creativity\">#creativity</a> unfettered by the baggage of lengthy experience.</p>\n\n<p>Perhaps the great artists manage to find the right balance. They constantly challenge themselves to put on a beginner\u2019s mind once again; to forget how to be great and to embrace \u201cpoverty\u201d. <strong>After all, so much of the great art is born of constraint.</strong> Little use in being able to do it all when sometimes doing very little is all you need.</p>", "text": "There\u2019s a certain something to the work you do as a \u201cnewbie\u201d. Yes it\u2019s raw, rough around the edges, lacking polish and finesse. But it has something else too. A certain joie de vivre, a bit of swagger, an amusing sense of misplaced confidence in itself.\n\nLater work, more mature work, more refined work may be \u201cbetter\u201d in a number of ways\u2026but it can also feel studious. Stuffy. Safe. Lacking that potent energy which can be found in #creativity unfettered by the baggage of lengthy experience.\n\nPerhaps the great artists manage to find the right balance. They constantly challenge themselves to put on a beginner\u2019s mind once again; to forget how to be great and to embrace \u201cpoverty\u201d. After all, so much of the great art is born of constraint. Little use in being able to do it all when sometimes doing very little is all you need." }, "name": "Losing the Fun of Being a Newbie (and Trying to Get it Back)", "post-type": "article", "_id": "45110210", "_source": "2783" }
{ "type": "entry", "author": { "name": "Jared White", "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/", "photo": null }, "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250613/abrego-garcia-in-court", "published": "2025-06-13T23:43:51-07:00", "content": { "html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-deportation-error-2bf259d9de88334bbdfb6d565b36e633\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Abrego Garcia\u2019s attorneys have characterized the smuggling case as a desperate attempt to justify the mistaken deportation. The investigation was launched weeks after the U.S. government deported Abrego Garcia and following a Supreme Court order and mounting pressure to return him.</p>\n\n<p>Abrego Garcia\u2019s lawyers told a judge Friday that some government witnesses cooperated to get favors regarding their immigration status or criminal charges they were facing. A federal agent acknowledged during his testimony that one witness was living in the U.S. illegally with a criminal record and is now getting preferred status.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I\u2019m glad Abrego Garcia is finally able to stand his ground and experience the proper unfolding of our justice system and the rule of law. While he is only one man among hundreds who has faced horrendous rights abuse at the hands of the Trump regime, <strong>I hope his case continues to resonate with the public</strong> and shine a light on what\u2019s really going on.</p>\n\n<p>While I can\u2019t say with certainty Garcia is innocent of any and all crimes, the manner in which he has been accused certainly smells as fishy as a wharf on a hot day. <strong>I don\u2019t trust the prosecution as far as I could throw \u2018em.</strong></p>", "text": "Abrego Garcia\u2019s attorneys have characterized the smuggling case as a desperate attempt to justify the mistaken deportation. The investigation was launched weeks after the U.S. government deported Abrego Garcia and following a Supreme Court order and mounting pressure to return him.\n\nAbrego Garcia\u2019s lawyers told a judge Friday that some government witnesses cooperated to get favors regarding their immigration status or criminal charges they were facing. A federal agent acknowledged during his testimony that one witness was living in the U.S. illegally with a criminal record and is now getting preferred status.\n\n\n\nI\u2019m glad Abrego Garcia is finally able to stand his ground and experience the proper unfolding of our justice system and the rule of law. While he is only one man among hundreds who has faced horrendous rights abuse at the hands of the Trump regime, I hope his case continues to resonate with the public and shine a light on what\u2019s really going on.\n\nWhile I can\u2019t say with certainty Garcia is innocent of any and all crimes, the manner in which he has been accused certainly smells as fishy as a wharf on a hot day. I don\u2019t trust the prosecution as far as I could throw \u2018em." }, "name": "Link: Abrego Garcia is Having His (First) Day in Court", "post-type": "article", "_id": "45102517", "_source": "2783" }
{ "type": "entry", "author": { "name": "Jared White", "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/", "photo": null }, "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250612/still-hungry-still-foolish", "published": "2025-06-12T19:34:16-07:00", "content": { "html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://stevejobsarchive.com/exhibits/stay-hungry-stay-foolish\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>You can\u2019t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.</p>\n\n<p>You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>We all know Steve Jobs\u2019 commencement address at Stanford, or at least various bits from what has become one of the most famous speeches in modern history. Above is a portion I didn\u2019t remember from the last time I watched the speech in full many years ago. Thankfully, to celebrate the 20th (!!) anniversary of the speech, the <strong>Steve Jobs Archive</strong> has remastered it for HD and it\u2019s available at the link.</p>\n\n<p>I couldn\u2019t get very far through it without tearing up; I basically cried through the rest of it. Jobs\u2019 personal <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/spirituality\">#spirituality</a> and philosophy of how the realms of humanism (aka the \u201cliberal arts\u201d) and technology intersect has meant so much to me over the past couple of decades. Apparently in an interview a few years before this speech, Steve Jobs stated:</p>\n\n<p><strong>\u201cPeople sometimes forget that they are very unique and that they have very unique feelings and perspectives. The whole computer industry wants to forget about the humanist side.\u201d</strong></p>\n\n<p>I cannot think of a more appropriate perspective than right now as we watch with horror Big Tech companies across this industry utterly fail at the humanist side. <em>(Even Apple has been struggling!)</em></p>\n\n<p>And as I write this, on a day which has been unreservedly gutwrenching when it comes to domestic & geopolitical news, I find comfort in the words of Steve Jobs: <strong>\u201cSometimes life\u2019s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don\u2019t lose faith.\u201d</strong></p>", "text": "You can\u2019t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.\n\nYou have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference.\n\n\n\nWe all know Steve Jobs\u2019 commencement address at Stanford, or at least various bits from what has become one of the most famous speeches in modern history. Above is a portion I didn\u2019t remember from the last time I watched the speech in full many years ago. Thankfully, to celebrate the 20th (!!) anniversary of the speech, the Steve Jobs Archive has remastered it for HD and it\u2019s available at the link.\n\nI couldn\u2019t get very far through it without tearing up; I basically cried through the rest of it. Jobs\u2019 personal #spirituality and philosophy of how the realms of humanism (aka the \u201cliberal arts\u201d) and technology intersect has meant so much to me over the past couple of decades. Apparently in an interview a few years before this speech, Steve Jobs stated:\n\n\u201cPeople sometimes forget that they are very unique and that they have very unique feelings and perspectives. The whole computer industry wants to forget about the humanist side.\u201d\n\nI cannot think of a more appropriate perspective than right now as we watch with horror Big Tech companies across this industry utterly fail at the humanist side. (Even Apple has been struggling!)\n\nAnd as I write this, on a day which has been unreservedly gutwrenching when it comes to domestic & geopolitical news, I find comfort in the words of Steve Jobs: \u201cSometimes life\u2019s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don\u2019t lose faith.\u201d" }, "name": "Link: Still Hungry, Still Foolish", "post-type": "article", "_id": "45093512", "_source": "2783" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-11T16:09:37-07:00", "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/11976-Superpositional-mood", "category": [ "blogging", "mental health", "music", "vertigo", "choir" ], "name": "Superpositional mood", "author": { "type": "card", "name": "fluffy", "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/", "photo": "https://beesbuzz.biz/static/headshot.jpg" }, "post-type": "article", "_id": "45081025", "_source": "2778" }
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{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-10 12:40-0700", "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2025/06/please-help-support/", "category": [ "MutualAid", "AbolishICE" ], "syndication": [ "https://bsky.app/profile/gregorlove.com/post/3lrbobht2nc2k", "https://fed.brid.gy/" ], "content": { "text": "Please help support legal costs for an asylum seeker in our Southern California community. They were kidnapped by ICE at their court hearing: https://gofund.me/24440eda\n\nAny amount helps and boosting appreciated. \ud83d\udc9b", "html": "<p>Please help support legal costs for an asylum seeker in our Southern California community. They were kidnapped by ICE <strong>at their court hearing</strong>: <a href=\"https://gofund.me/24440eda\">https://gofund.me/24440eda</a></p>\n\n<p>Any amount helps and boosting appreciated. \ud83d\udc9b</p>" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "gRegor Morrill", "url": "https://gregorlove.com/", "photo": "https://gregorlove.com/site/assets/files/6268/profile-2021-square.300x0.jpg" }, "post-type": "note", "_id": "45066931", "_source": "95" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-09T19:21:23-07:00", "url": "https://nadreck.me/2025/06/earworms-for-june/", "category": [ "music", "videos", "earworms", "music-video" ], "name": "Earworms for June", "content": { "text": "On a bit of a 90s kick here. There was this whole period in the mid-90s that had an explosion of music that just hit this sort of zeitgeist, where even the songs that musically differed still had this particular DNA that you can absolutely see in hindsight. And frankly, some of the songs still feel relevant today, musically and lyrically. Anyway, hope you enjoy. (Trying to keep these to 10-12 songs \u2013 there were a lot of songs I thought about adding but opted not to.)\n\n\n\n\n\nPlaylist:\n\n\n\nButthole Surfers \u2013 Pepper\n\n\n\nCornershop \u2013 Brimful of Asha\n\n\n\nBlur \u2013 Girls and Boys\n\n\n\nCracker \u2013 Low\n\n\n\nWhale \u2013 Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe\n\n\n\nThe Breeders \u2013 Cannonball\n\n\n\nThe Toadies \u2013 Possum Kingdom\n\n\n\nFoo Fighters \u2013 Everlong\n\n\n\nSmashing Pumpkins \u2013 Bullet with Butterfly Wings\n\n\n\nRage Against the Machine \u2013 Bulls on Parade\n\n\n\nBeastie Boys \u2013 Sabotage\n\n\n\nSublime \u2013 What I Got\nGot any favorites from that era that you\u2019d add?", "html": "<p>On a bit of a 90s kick here. There was this whole period in the mid-90s that had an explosion of music that just hit this sort of zeitgeist, where even the songs that musically differed still had this particular DNA that you can absolutely see in hindsight. And frankly, some of the songs still feel relevant today, musically and lyrically. Anyway, hope you enjoy. (Trying to keep these to 10-12 songs \u2013 there were a lot of songs I thought about adding but opted not to.)</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Playlist:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/KRXty8lDUW0?si=VcuTFEhWvmGk-4Sn\">Butthole Surfers \u2013 Pepper</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/lM7H0ooV_o8?si=ngONVeyW6SKgpwXF\">Cornershop \u2013 Brimful of Asha</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/WDswiT87oo8?si=C-HzZgwI2AIHjr8E\">Blur \u2013 Girls and Boys</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/gYdlqjiQPAc?si=SM0ZDcPqokh5XjVx\">Cracker \u2013 Low</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/2up7su7CeMU?si=ia0jZkFbSfCoNA1R\">Whale \u2013 Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/fxvkI9MTQw4?si=heQ0Etr72WipeaRC\">The Breeders \u2013 Cannonball</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/EkwD5rQ-_d4?si=cuRXAyB8Gq2AGjVD\">The Toadies \u2013 Possum Kingdom</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/eBG7P-K-r1Y?si=-g8cdMbl3wKe4SLn\">Foo Fighters \u2013 Everlong</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/8-r-V0uK4u0?si=5icb61h_Uq7LryP4\">Smashing Pumpkins \u2013 Bullet with Butterfly Wings</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/3L4YrGaR8E4?si=tf6C5v1dqVxYHqpO\">Rage Against the Machine \u2013 Bulls on Parade</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE?si=_KKzgzI5q6I2zmCw\">Beastie Boys \u2013 Sabotage</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/0Uc3ZrmhDN4?si=Aownols0nsxWgNB_\">Sublime \u2013 What I Got</a></li>\n</ul><p>Got any favorites from that era that you\u2019d add?</p>" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Nadreck", "url": "http://nadreck.me", "photo": null }, "post-type": "article", "_id": "45059021", "_source": "2935" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-04T14:08:00-07:00", "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/2025/06/04/13/oauth-at-identiverse", "category": [ "oauth", "identiverse", "365", "okta" ], "photo": [ "https://aaronparecki.com/img/620x0,q30/2025/06/04/13/photo.jpg" ], "content": { "text": "Presenting \"The State of OAuth\" at Identiverse" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Aaron Parecki", "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/", "photo": "https://aaronparecki.com/images/profile.jpg" }, "post-type": "photo", "_id": "45052219", "_source": "16" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-03T13:45:00-07:00", "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/2025/06/03/12/ipsie", "category": [ "ipsie", "365", "okta", "identiverse" ], "photo": [ "https://aaronparecki.com/img/620x0,q30/2025/06/03/12/photo.jpg" ], "content": { "text": "Identiverse IPSIE panel" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Aaron Parecki", "url": "https://aaronparecki.com/", "photo": "https://aaronparecki.com/images/profile.jpg" }, "post-type": "photo", "_id": "45052089", "_source": "16" }
{ "type": "entry", "author": { "name": "Jared White", "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/", "photo": null }, "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/articles/a-nomads-pnw-travelogue-part-iii", "published": "2025-06-08T17:21:23-07:00", "content": { "html": "<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/mariposta/image/upload/w_1200,c_limit,q_65/the-museum-of-flight-seattle.jpg\" /><h2>A celebration of the military-industrial complex! Also aliens, monsters, and plants made of glass!</h2>\n\n<p>Where <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/articles/a-nomads-pnw-travelogue-part-ii\">last we left our intrepid hero</a> (\u2026me\u2026that\u2019s me!), I had successfully made my way up from Oregon to Washington to stay with my best brother* Shayne and enjoy the sights and sounds of Seattle, Point Defiance, and the brilliant Irish band L\u00fanasa.</p>\n\n<p>* (Also my only brother, but don\u2019t get hung up on that minor detail!)</p>\n\n<p>Now it was Saturday, and we decided to make a day of it exploring two of the more eccentric art museums in Seattle: <a href=\"https://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/\">Chihuly Garden and Glass</a> and <a href=\"https://www.mopop.org/\">Museum of Pop Culture</a> (also known as MOPOP). These are extremely popular destinations for Seattle tourists as they are both located in the broader region known as <a href=\"https://seattlecenter.com/\">Seattle Center</a> where one other famous landmark happens to reside.</p>\n\nI think I heard someone tell me they refer to this as the \u201cSpace Needle\u201d\u2026weird<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3641.JPG\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3641.JPG\" alt=\"_DSC3641.JPG\" /></a>\n \n I tried my best to frame an interesting shot on a day with <em>terrible</em> lighting conditions\u2026<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6940.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6940.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6940.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Obligatory tourist selfie\u2026you just gotta do it<p>I <em>love</em> hanging out at the International Fountain, and <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/videos/20210917/seattle-travel-vlog-part-2\">back in 2021 I published a whole vlog episode</a> including it and other Seattle highlights on a trip with my kids.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, we just so happened to be visiting the area on the same day as the <a href=\"https://www.seattlecenter.com/events/event-calendar/seattle-color-festival\">Seattle Color Festival</a>, which meant we were constantly passing people whose skin & clothing were all colors of the rainbow. Festive indeed!</p>\n\nWhat do you call a DJ at a Color Festival? An ROYGBIVDJ, of course!<h3>Q: What is a Chihuly</h3>\n\n<p>The proper question is <em>who</em> is Chihuly, but that merely demonstrates my ignorance going into this experience. I\u2019ll be honest, I never would have come here if it weren\u2019t for my brother\u2026and I\u2019m <em>so</em> glad he talked me into it.</p>\n\n<p>The answer is <strong>Dale Chihuly</strong>, a Tacoma-born artist who has been renowned the world over for many decades for his breathtaking glass sculptures and architectural installations. While I will go on record saying glass isn\u2019t a medium I have a particular emotional affinity for (I\u2019m much more of a stone/crystals/ceramics guy), I nevertheless found my socks getting knocked off on multiple occasions as we toured this museum.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6947.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6947.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6947.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Truly, a garden of class \ud83d\ude32<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6942.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6942.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6942.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6944.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6944.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6944.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: In real-life, the size of this takes your breath away <br />Right: Walking under this, it's like being in an aquarium except all the creatures are glass<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6950.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6950.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6950.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Perhaps elsewhere in the universe, their landscaping looks like this<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6954.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6954.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6954.jpg\" /></a>\n \n The artificial and the natural, growing side-by-side<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6956.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6956.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6956.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6951.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6951.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6951.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: A tree made of glass <br />Right: My version of the photo <em>everyone</em> takes when they visit here<h3>It is Very Cold\u2026in Space!</h3>\n\n<p>After our tour of Chihuly Garden and Glass concluded we stopped to catch our breath, then made our way over to MOPOP for an experience that was\u2014shall we say\u2014completely different. As a person who is very much into the nerdier aspects of pop culture, MOPOP tickled my fancy real hard.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6960.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6960.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6960.jpg\" /></a>\n \n A sculpture made entirely out of guitars and other musical instruments<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6962.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6962.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6962.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7055.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7055.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7055.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: The dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader<br />Right: Dum-dum-dum, duh-duh-dum, duh-duh-dum. Dum-dum-dum, duh-duh-dum, duh-duh-dum<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7057.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7057.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7057.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6965.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6965.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6965.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: Captain's Log, Stardate 1672.1<br />Right: I don't like that earworm, I don't like it one bit<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7041.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7041.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7041.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7060.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7060.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7060.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: The uniform of none other than Captain Jean-Luc Picard<br />Right: Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement (VISOR), plus assorted phasers<p>If horror and the more monstrous aspects of sci-fi are your jam, MOPOP has got you covered.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7030.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7030.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7030.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7031.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7031.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7031.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: A complete replica, minus the drool<br />Right: Nuke the entire site from orbit. It\u2019s the only way to be sure<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7028.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7028.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7028.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7049.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7049.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7049.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: Skeletal crucifix. Gruesome, isn't it?<br />Right: Somehow I kept passing by General Roth'h'ar Sarris. Gee thanks, Omega 13!Don't lose your head\u2026<p>All right, I got a ton more pictures of all sorts of thrilling artifacts, but I don\u2019t want to bore those of you slightly lower on the nerd scale so I\u2019ll include just a couple more from the most formative movies of my childhood:</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7048.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7048.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7048.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7050.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7050.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7050.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: Don't try riding that pink one over water\u2026unless you got POWAH!<br />Right: Who ya gonna call<h3>Capitol, Capitol</h3>\n\n<p>With our lengthy forays into wonders of the Seattle museum scene over (for now), Shayne and I made our way over to the Capitol Hill neighborhood for a round of drinks, a walk, dinner, another walk, and then a train ride up to the U District to meet up with one of Shayne\u2019s buddies for another round of drinks and a mesmerizing view of the northern Seattle skyline.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Full disclosure:</strong> While I think the campus of the University of Washington is truly gorgeous (<a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/videos/20191118/walking-tour-of-university-of-washington-seattle-vlog\">see this vlog episode for a walkthrough</a>), I\u2019m not a big fan of the U District. Unless you have a particular stop in mind here (like meeting up for friends), I\u2019d recommend staying clear. There are many other Seattle neighborhoods worth your attention\u2014Capitol Hill certainly being one of them!</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7078.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7078.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7078.jpg\" /></a>\n \n The best mojito I\u2019ve ever had outside of Hawaii, courtesy of <a href=\"https://www.herbandbitter.com/\">Herb & Bitter Public House</a>The pedestrian and biking improvements around Montlake are simply fantastic<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3658.JPG\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3658.JPG\" alt=\"_DSC3658.JPG\" /></a>\n \n The view from U District\u2019s rooftop bar <a href=\"https://www.themountaineeringclub.com/\">Mountaineering Club</a><h3>A Note About Shayne\u2019s Baller Music</h3>\n\n<p>I should put in a word about Shayne\u2019s musical prowess. In case you\u2019re not aware (why would you be?), we used to perform together in a Celtic band called <a href=\"https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6676411\">Distant Oaks</a> many moons ago; more recently, Shayne has been <a href=\"https://shayne.bandcamp.com/\">a prolific producer of retro-flavored electronica</a> (<a href=\"https://yarred.com/music\">as have I!</a>).</p>\n\n<p>Shayne\u2019s latest release, or I should say 15th anniversary re-release, of <strong>Curve</strong> is a truly fine work in my opinion\u2014especially <a href=\"https://shayne.bandcamp.com/track/curve-2025-new-track\">the title track</a> which is actually a brand-new composition. If that tickles your fancy, <a href=\"https://shayne.bandcamp.com/track/they-tower-above-us-shaynes-instrumental-version\">They Tower Above Us</a> is another one of my all-time favorites.</p>\n\n<h3>And Here\u2019s Where Things Get\u2026Uncomfortable</h3>\n\n<p>Now before you start to wail <em>why does EVERYTHING have to be about politics?!?!</em>, let me just say\u2026nope, sorry, I got nuthin\u2019. <strong>This section is about politics.</strong></p>\n\n<p>As a final destination during my trip, we returned once again to Seattle to complete our trifecta of museum trips by visiting <a href=\"https://www.museumofflight.org/\">The Museum of Flight</a>. Now on a superficial level I did have quite a nice time here\u2026all of the displays of historical aircraft, a large exhibit centered on rocket science and the moon landing, a tour of a to-scale Space Shuttle replica, extensive displays of planes used during the dogfights of World Wars I & II, and even a walkthrough of what was once the Nixon administration\u2019s Air Force One\u2014well it was all very thrilling.</p>\n\n<p>But upon reflection after the fact, a nagging thought in the back of my head blossomed into a full train of contemplation on the fact that the museum was essentially one giant love letter to <strong>the Military-Industrial Complex</strong>. Honestly, it was a bit odd that many of the exhibits were a backdoor into extolling the endless virtues of <strong>The Boeing Company.</strong> Perhaps that\u2019s simply a matter of convenience, as the original \u201cred barn\u201d of Boeing where early planes were manufactured is on museum property\u2014and Boeing is of course a Seattle institution.</p>\n\n<p>However it\u2019s like if you were to go to a \u201cMuseum of Shoes\u201d in the Portland, Oregon area and a huge portion of the exhibits were simply adverts for Nike. Sure, it makes sense in a way\u2026<em>but also, ick?</em></p>\n\n<p>Despite what you may have heard, airplanes are not \u201cneutral\u201d technologies. They consume vast amounts of resources. We are in the midst of a global climate catastrophe and people are increasingly questioning the merits of travel via these airborne vehicles which burn carbon-emitting fuel like crazy. Not only that, there are countless historical wrongs of Eurocentric Colonialism which were made all the easier by the use of planes. Heck, the museum even had exhibits on how the invention of flight (aka \u201cbush planes\u201d) helped foster rapid American settlement of Alaska in the early 1900s; and here I am wondering <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Natives#American_colonialism\">how the existing native populations felt about all that</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I suppose I would have similar qualms about a \u201cMuseum of Automobiles\u201d based in Detroit or whatever. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <em>Rah rah USA! USA!</em> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (Let\u2019s not talk about how gasoline extraction, engine & tire pollution, and multi-ton metallic boxes are destroying our environment and killing children\u2026)</p>\n\n<p>All that being said, <strong>I got some cool photos.</strong> Here are a few. \ud83d\ude05</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3731.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3731.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC3731.jpg\" /></a>\n \n The O.G. plane design of the Wright Bros<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3694.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3694.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC3694.jpg\" /></a>\n \n I forget the make of this shiny specimen, but whoa boy that's a lot of chrome<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3727.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3727.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC3727.jpg\" /></a>\n \n An early example of a freight plane<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3711.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3711.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC3711.jpg\" /></a>\n \n It's mandatory that any photographic exploration of aircraft MUST include a lens flare<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3679.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3679.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC3679.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Look, I even got to go to the moon!<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7133.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7133.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7133.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7123.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7123.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7123.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: Yours truly in the main hangar<br />Right: Shayne about to fly away!Aboard what was once Air Force One\u2026Nixon in China and all that<h3>Ice Cream, Green Lake, and Saying Goodbye</h3>\n\n<p>I\u2019m not often an ice cream guy, and my brother even less so, but nevertheless once we finished our museum tour I talked him into taking me to my favorite ice cream spot in Seattle, <a href=\"https://www.mollymoon.com/\">Molly Moon</a>. And the sundae I got there was even <em>better</em> than I could have anticipated!</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7177.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7177.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7177.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7180.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7180.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7180.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: So happy to be back<br />Right: Disgustingly delicious<p>After this, we headed over to Green Lake for a leisurely afternoon stroll around the lake and the broader neighborhood. I\u2019d never been to this part of the city before, and I\u2019ll <em>definitely</em> be returning here again in the near future.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3761.JPG\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3761.JPG\" alt=\"_DSC3761.JPG\" /></a>\n \n An artsy photograph of the Green Lake public library<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3763.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3763.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC3763.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Such a dreamy locationWalking alongside the lake<p>And with that, I bid my brother Shayne a bittersweet farewell and waved goodbye to Washington. Over the next few days, I made my way back down to Portland and eventually landed once more in <strong>Eugene, Oregon</strong> to spend Spring Break weekend with my kids. I\u2019ll share a few more photos from that timeframe, and then finally tease a shot of the <em>incredible destination</em> I arrived at next (but that will have to wait for a future travelogue installment!).</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7199.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7199.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7199.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7200.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7200.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: Tally ho, I'm in England!<br />Right: 5th Street Market has a fantastic courtyard<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7225.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7225.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7273.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_7273.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7273.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: Enjoying grabbing coffee at <a href=\"http://washburnecafe.com/\">Washburne Cafe</a> in Springfield<br />Right: You\u2019ll never believe what happened next\u2026<p>Thank you once again for joining me on this rousing installment of my travel(b)logue. <strong>Stay tuned for Part IV coming in the not-so-distant future!</strong></p>\n\n\n\n <br /><p>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/nomadlifestyle\">#nomadlifestyle</a>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/washingtonexplored\">#washingtonexplored</a>\n \n </p>", "text": "A celebration of the military-industrial complex! Also aliens, monsters, and plants made of glass!\n\nWhere last we left our intrepid hero (\u2026me\u2026that\u2019s me!), I had successfully made my way up from Oregon to Washington to stay with my best brother* Shayne and enjoy the sights and sounds of Seattle, Point Defiance, and the brilliant Irish band L\u00fanasa.\n\n* (Also my only brother, but don\u2019t get hung up on that minor detail!)\n\nNow it was Saturday, and we decided to make a day of it exploring two of the more eccentric art museums in Seattle: Chihuly Garden and Glass and Museum of Pop Culture (also known as MOPOP). These are extremely popular destinations for Seattle tourists as they are both located in the broader region known as Seattle Center where one other famous landmark happens to reside.\n\nI think I heard someone tell me they refer to this as the \u201cSpace Needle\u201d\u2026weird\n \n \n I tried my best to frame an interesting shot on a day with terrible lighting conditions\u2026\n \n \n Obligatory tourist selfie\u2026you just gotta do itI love hanging out at the International Fountain, and back in 2021 I published a whole vlog episode including it and other Seattle highlights on a trip with my kids.\n\nAnyway, we just so happened to be visiting the area on the same day as the Seattle Color Festival, which meant we were constantly passing people whose skin & clothing were all colors of the rainbow. Festive indeed!\n\nWhat do you call a DJ at a Color Festival? An ROYGBIVDJ, of course!Q: What is a Chihuly\n\nThe proper question is who is Chihuly, but that merely demonstrates my ignorance going into this experience. I\u2019ll be honest, I never would have come here if it weren\u2019t for my brother\u2026and I\u2019m so glad he talked me into it.\n\nThe answer is Dale Chihuly, a Tacoma-born artist who has been renowned the world over for many decades for his breathtaking glass sculptures and architectural installations. While I will go on record saying glass isn\u2019t a medium I have a particular emotional affinity for (I\u2019m much more of a stone/crystals/ceramics guy), I nevertheless found my socks getting knocked off on multiple occasions as we toured this museum.\n\n\n \n \n Truly, a garden of class \ud83d\ude32\n \n \n \n \n Left: In real-life, the size of this takes your breath away \nRight: Walking under this, it's like being in an aquarium except all the creatures are glass\n \n \n Perhaps elsewhere in the universe, their landscaping looks like this\n \n \n The artificial and the natural, growing side-by-side\n \n \n \n \n Left: A tree made of glass \nRight: My version of the photo everyone takes when they visit hereIt is Very Cold\u2026in Space!\n\nAfter our tour of Chihuly Garden and Glass concluded we stopped to catch our breath, then made our way over to MOPOP for an experience that was\u2014shall we say\u2014completely different. As a person who is very much into the nerdier aspects of pop culture, MOPOP tickled my fancy real hard.\n\n\n \n \n A sculpture made entirely out of guitars and other musical instruments\n \n \n \n \n Left: The dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader\nRight: Dum-dum-dum, duh-duh-dum, duh-duh-dum. Dum-dum-dum, duh-duh-dum, duh-duh-dum\n \n \n \n \n Left: Captain's Log, Stardate 1672.1\nRight: I don't like that earworm, I don't like it one bit\n \n \n \n \n Left: The uniform of none other than Captain Jean-Luc Picard\nRight: Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement (VISOR), plus assorted phasersIf horror and the more monstrous aspects of sci-fi are your jam, MOPOP has got you covered.\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Left: A complete replica, minus the drool\nRight: Nuke the entire site from orbit. It\u2019s the only way to be sure\n \n \n \n \n Left: Skeletal crucifix. Gruesome, isn't it?\nRight: Somehow I kept passing by General Roth'h'ar Sarris. Gee thanks, Omega 13!Don't lose your head\u2026All right, I got a ton more pictures of all sorts of thrilling artifacts, but I don\u2019t want to bore those of you slightly lower on the nerd scale so I\u2019ll include just a couple more from the most formative movies of my childhood:\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Left: Don't try riding that pink one over water\u2026unless you got POWAH!\nRight: Who ya gonna callCapitol, Capitol\n\nWith our lengthy forays into wonders of the Seattle museum scene over (for now), Shayne and I made our way over to the Capitol Hill neighborhood for a round of drinks, a walk, dinner, another walk, and then a train ride up to the U District to meet up with one of Shayne\u2019s buddies for another round of drinks and a mesmerizing view of the northern Seattle skyline.\n\nFull disclosure: While I think the campus of the University of Washington is truly gorgeous (see this vlog episode for a walkthrough), I\u2019m not a big fan of the U District. Unless you have a particular stop in mind here (like meeting up for friends), I\u2019d recommend staying clear. There are many other Seattle neighborhoods worth your attention\u2014Capitol Hill certainly being one of them!\n\n\n \n \n The best mojito I\u2019ve ever had outside of Hawaii, courtesy of Herb & Bitter Public HouseThe pedestrian and biking improvements around Montlake are simply fantastic\n \n \n The view from U District\u2019s rooftop bar Mountaineering ClubA Note About Shayne\u2019s Baller Music\n\nI should put in a word about Shayne\u2019s musical prowess. In case you\u2019re not aware (why would you be?), we used to perform together in a Celtic band called Distant Oaks many moons ago; more recently, Shayne has been a prolific producer of retro-flavored electronica (as have I!).\n\nShayne\u2019s latest release, or I should say 15th anniversary re-release, of Curve is a truly fine work in my opinion\u2014especially the title track which is actually a brand-new composition. If that tickles your fancy, They Tower Above Us is another one of my all-time favorites.\n\nAnd Here\u2019s Where Things Get\u2026Uncomfortable\n\nNow before you start to wail why does EVERYTHING have to be about politics?!?!, let me just say\u2026nope, sorry, I got nuthin\u2019. This section is about politics.\n\nAs a final destination during my trip, we returned once again to Seattle to complete our trifecta of museum trips by visiting The Museum of Flight. Now on a superficial level I did have quite a nice time here\u2026all of the displays of historical aircraft, a large exhibit centered on rocket science and the moon landing, a tour of a to-scale Space Shuttle replica, extensive displays of planes used during the dogfights of World Wars I & II, and even a walkthrough of what was once the Nixon administration\u2019s Air Force One\u2014well it was all very thrilling.\n\nBut upon reflection after the fact, a nagging thought in the back of my head blossomed into a full train of contemplation on the fact that the museum was essentially one giant love letter to the Military-Industrial Complex. Honestly, it was a bit odd that many of the exhibits were a backdoor into extolling the endless virtues of The Boeing Company. Perhaps that\u2019s simply a matter of convenience, as the original \u201cred barn\u201d of Boeing where early planes were manufactured is on museum property\u2014and Boeing is of course a Seattle institution.\n\nHowever it\u2019s like if you were to go to a \u201cMuseum of Shoes\u201d in the Portland, Oregon area and a huge portion of the exhibits were simply adverts for Nike. Sure, it makes sense in a way\u2026but also, ick?\n\nDespite what you may have heard, airplanes are not \u201cneutral\u201d technologies. They consume vast amounts of resources. We are in the midst of a global climate catastrophe and people are increasingly questioning the merits of travel via these airborne vehicles which burn carbon-emitting fuel like crazy. Not only that, there are countless historical wrongs of Eurocentric Colonialism which were made all the easier by the use of planes. Heck, the museum even had exhibits on how the invention of flight (aka \u201cbush planes\u201d) helped foster rapid American settlement of Alaska in the early 1900s; and here I am wondering how the existing native populations felt about all that.\n\nI suppose I would have similar qualms about a \u201cMuseum of Automobiles\u201d based in Detroit or whatever. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Rah rah USA! USA! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (Let\u2019s not talk about how gasoline extraction, engine & tire pollution, and multi-ton metallic boxes are destroying our environment and killing children\u2026)\n\nAll that being said, I got some cool photos. Here are a few. \ud83d\ude05\n\n\n \n \n The O.G. plane design of the Wright Bros\n \n \n I forget the make of this shiny specimen, but whoa boy that's a lot of chrome\n \n \n An early example of a freight plane\n \n \n It's mandatory that any photographic exploration of aircraft MUST include a lens flare\n \n \n Look, I even got to go to the moon!\n \n \n \n \n Left: Yours truly in the main hangar\nRight: Shayne about to fly away!Aboard what was once Air Force One\u2026Nixon in China and all thatIce Cream, Green Lake, and Saying Goodbye\n\nI\u2019m not often an ice cream guy, and my brother even less so, but nevertheless once we finished our museum tour I talked him into taking me to my favorite ice cream spot in Seattle, Molly Moon. And the sundae I got there was even better than I could have anticipated!\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Left: So happy to be back\nRight: Disgustingly deliciousAfter this, we headed over to Green Lake for a leisurely afternoon stroll around the lake and the broader neighborhood. I\u2019d never been to this part of the city before, and I\u2019ll definitely be returning here again in the near future.\n\n\n \n \n An artsy photograph of the Green Lake public library\n \n \n Such a dreamy locationWalking alongside the lakeAnd with that, I bid my brother Shayne a bittersweet farewell and waved goodbye to Washington. Over the next few days, I made my way back down to Portland and eventually landed once more in Eugene, Oregon to spend Spring Break weekend with my kids. I\u2019ll share a few more photos from that timeframe, and then finally tease a shot of the incredible destination I arrived at next (but that will have to wait for a future travelogue installment!).\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Left: Tally ho, I'm in England!\nRight: 5th Street Market has a fantastic courtyard\n \n \n \n \n Left: Enjoying grabbing coffee at Washburne Cafe in Springfield\nRight: You\u2019ll never believe what happened next\u2026Thank you once again for joining me on this rousing installment of my travel(b)logue. Stay tuned for Part IV coming in the not-so-distant future!\n\n\n\n \n\n \n #nomadlifestyle\n \n #washingtonexplored" }, "name": "A Nomad\u2019s Pacific Northwest Travelogue, Part III", "post-type": "article", "_id": "45047551", "_source": "2783" }
{ "type": "entry", "published": "2025-06-08T12:26:15-07:00", "url": "https://nadreck.me/2025/06/tools-2025-edition/", "category": [ "life", "technical", "tools" ], "name": "Tools, 2025 Edition", "content": { "text": "Partly for my own edification, and because I\u2019ve found similar posts interesting, I thought I\u2019d share what tools and tech stack I\u2019m using.\n\n\n\n Continue reading \u201cTools, 2025 Edition\u201d", "html": "<p>Partly for my own edification, and because I\u2019ve found <a href=\"https://jonathanhays.me/2024/12/05/tools-for-a-distributed-software.html\">similar posts</a> interesting, I thought I\u2019d share what tools and tech stack I\u2019m using.</p>\n\n\n\n <a href=\"https://nadreck.me/2025/06/tools-2025-edition/#more-12068\">Continue reading<span> \u201cTools, 2025 Edition\u201d</span></a>" }, "author": { "type": "card", "name": "Nadreck", "url": "http://nadreck.me", "photo": null }, "post-type": "article", "_id": "45045522", "_source": "2935" }