angst-ridden wanderer

angst_ridden@turtleisland.social

<a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Ally" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ally</a>Born/raised on traditional Chumash / Tongva / Kizh land, and now I spend my summers on Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg land. I feel there's a lot more to allyship than just reciting land acknowledgements, so I'm here to learn and hopefully act.When depressed, I post nature pictures to cheer myself up.• égalité pour tous • gegen die Faschismus • paz y justicia •he/him<a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#code</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/tech" class="mention has

Posts

Post #4387881
I’m repeating myself, but I can’t help it. #BloomScrolling
Post #4120072
Monarch on takeoff! #butterfly
Post #4120069
It was a day for butterflies at the gardens. First, a swallowtail. #butterfly
Post #3994429
Sea creature, visiting alien, or something altogether different? #BloomScrolling
Post #3632093
Coopers Hawk fledgling, its eyes still blue! #birds
Post #3125831
New carved eraser stamp: Trillium. Download it for your projects as a png, svg, dxf, or eps file. https://artbits.fogbound.net/Carved_Eraser_Stamps/Trillium/
Post #3125830
Here&#39;s a phrase probably never before committed to paper or keyboard: &quot;weird, I must have Berenstain Bear-ed d&#39;Iberville.&quot; Somehow, I was certain the Montreal street, metro station, and the eponymous French colonist/soldier/merchant were all &quot;d&#39;Ilberville&quot;.
Post #3125829
People often* ask me how my toots here are so perfectly baked and browned. Here I reveal my secret. #toot (* nobody has ever asked me this)
Post #3125828
Fungal Friday
Post #2548060
Grumpy to be awake. #cute
Post #2548059
Memorial from Red Dress Day (May 5th) at the botanical garden, inspired by Jaime Black’s &quot;REDress Project.&quot;
Post #2548056
Just witnessed an absolute legend - she got on the metro at Jean-Talon with two loaves of sliced bread, sat down, put on a pair of dark sunglasses, and consumed both loaves before we even got to Laurier.
Post #2546908
Looking bad for La Cañada, JPL, and upper Glendale.
Post #2546907
Fuck fuck fuck
Post #2546905
I just read up on Jirayr Zorthian. Wow. I was probably 7 or 8 years old when I attended the art camp at the ranch. What I remember was livestock wandering around, sculptures reminiscent of Simon Rodia&#39;s Watts Towers, making sand-cast candles, and being given a jar of honey from the hives they kept (because I got stung by a bee while swimming). We also got root beer at snack time, which was a big treat for me, since my parents were health-food people and we very rarely got soda.
Post #2546903
We used to spend a lot of time coming up with film double-features as a thought experiment. It&#39;s interesting to think of theme nights, like &quot;The Warriors&quot; with &quot;Rumblefish&quot; or &quot;Night of the Condor&quot; with &quot;Medium Cool&quot;. Now I&#39;m thinking the book equivalent. It&#39;s not as easy, because they&#39;re not a single sitting. My first suggestion: _Amatka_ by Karin Tidbeck along with _The Naming Song_ by Jedd...
Post #2546902
Mar Vista moonrise.
Post #2378536
Magnolia trees at the Jardin Botanique are just getting to peak bloom. Depending on the rain, next week will probably be the pinnacle. #Montreal #BloomScrolling
Post #2368436
A gentle rain of petals #BloomScrolling
Post #2240364
Barred owls. Super-high-ISO, 300mm handheld at twilight. It&#39;s a miracle of technology that there&#39;s any image here at all! #birds
Post #2200508
I was in a real crunch, and I was weak. I used AI to generate the documentation for an API I&#39;d just written. And I was pressed for time, so I only looked over it briefly before sending it out. Now I get to implement all the endpoints and parameters it &quot;hallucinated.&quot; Time saved on documentation: 1~2 hours. Time lost to implementing and testing spurious features: 4~6 hours. #LessonLearned
Post #2200507
Any Quebecers have opinions on where to take a weekend getaway in Estrie?Thoughts on Sutton or Au Diable Vert? Any other recommendations? Merci!
Post #2131641
Circumstances have kept me indoors for a few days. Stepped out briefly today, only to encounter a boulangerie burglar.
Post #1995121
New neighborhood has Peruvian, Mexican, Cuban, Algerian, and Vietnamese restaurants, all on the same block! I ordered last night’s dinner (Cuban-style onion pizza) in broken French, Spanish, and English.
Post #1995119
Roiling skies.
Post #1874634
Well, it looks like it’s attack season on the servers. So much for getting a decent night’s sleep.
Post #1874633
A European Starling just few into the office’s plate-glass window at full speed, chased by a crow. The crow was approaching the inert bird, and I went out and scared it off. After about 15 minutes, the starling recovered enough to fly away. I’m not sure what was going on. Was the crow intentionally chasing the starling into the building as a means of predation? The windows are tinted, and look very solid from outside (not reflecting the sky).
Post #1798215
Woodpeckers drinking at the leaky sprinkler. Descanso gardens, La Cañada, 11 April 2026.
Post #1794996
Hummingbird in front of nearly full moon. #birds
Post #1765196
Young orange-crowned warbler is feeling a bit peckish.