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\n “Lights”
\nJust having a little play with the Tokina 300mm reflex lens.
\n![\"string](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260905-0002-m.jpg\")
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\nPresumably he’ll be leasing out part of Mar-A-Lago for a data center then.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/09/04/trump-says-data-center-opponents.html","date_published":"2026-09-04T21:19:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 21:19","date_timestamp":1788556774,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117214858499046854","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3mupvegmnr62o"]}},{"id":"96972081","content_html":"@manton well it would certainly be easier for me if the page editor (on the web) would allow me to directly insert an image, rather than making me run through uploads and then copy the markdown into the editor. But it’s only minor friction as it stands.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96972081","date_published":"2026-09-04T20:06:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 20:06","date_timestamp":1788552400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96964721","content_html":"Trump tells Fed to slash rates or he’ll end trade with countries with U.S. surpluses
\nWhat a fucking moron. The only good thing about this is that the resulting economic carnage at home will turn more of his previous dupes against the administration.
\nWe need to elect a strong Democratic majority to Congress...
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\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #rain
Just a peaceful sight from a recent walk. I like the way that focusing only on the reflection made for a more dreamy scene.
Why gasoline-powered leaf blowers are still legal in this crunchy granola town I’ll never know.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/09/03/why-gasolinepowered-leaf-blowers-are.html","date_published":"2026-09-03T22:32:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-03 22:32","date_timestamp":1788474726,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117209481151045041","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3munix3vmhe2o"]}},{"id":"96916476","content_html":"I’m basically a peaceable guy, but it’s hard to remember that when the back neighbors are using a gasoline-powered leaf blower to clear the fir needles off their deck. A broom would be just as fast, much quieter, and not put exhaust fumes in the air.
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People worry about the paperclip problem - what if an AI takes an innocuous directive as an excuse to destroy humanity? Personally, I worry more about the depressed teenager problem - what if an angsty 15-year-old just straight out tells the AI to destroy humanity? (Or a megalomaniac wannabe king of the USA...
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\n A rose after the rain.
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
It's not always about the big views. Here's the aftermath of a rainy morning in my own backyard.
“Fish”
\nTIL that the old Eugene Steam Plant has a Suspish Fish inside. If you know, you know.
\n![\"industrial](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260902-0037-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/09/02/fish-til-that-the-old.html","date_published":"2026-09-03T01:35:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-03 01:35","date_timestamp":1788399335,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117204540575239789","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3mulcqgr3cm2o"]}},{"id":"96860313","content_html":"The shape of this building caught my eye. I don't know what it is, but I'm pretty sure it's at the back of Eugene's Emergency Services Training Center property.
@rom If only they hadn’t escalated to breaking things like civil society and the climate.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96857037","date_published":"2026-09-02T23:35:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 23:35","date_timestamp":1788392158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96857675","content_html":"![\"train](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/kk7yr77xpvvg02mzcykqjr7gmmturajxiu74ly2c-m.jpg\")
\n Drizzly day in Eugene (no photographers were harmed in the making of this image).
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #train
Took the camera out for a wander around town on a rainy day. Here's a shot from underneath the Ferry Street Bridge.
@mitch Good news for me: I’m still safe from being an adult.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96838649","date_published":"2026-09-02T17:37:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 17:37","date_timestamp":1788370653,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96826429","content_html":"“Count to Ten”
\nPiglets at the Oregon State Fair
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260901-0085-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/09/02/count-to-ten-piglets-at.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T12:54:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 12:54","date_timestamp":1788353687,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117201549046329641","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3mujy7zt4qk2o"]}},{"id":"96823540","content_html":"AI Data Center Spending to Reach $32 Trillion by 2050, PwC Says
\nOr roughly $150 per year for every man, woman, and child on earth. Personally, I’d rather have the $150. Oh, and a non-destroyed climate, an end to the rapacious billionaire class, and a functioning society.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/09/02/ai-data-center-spending-to.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T11:42:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 11:42","date_timestamp":1788349331,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117201263674542815","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3muju67wmr22o"]}},{"id":"96796954","content_html":"“Screened”
\nTramway at the Oregon State Fair, seen through the eating area fabric roof on a cloudy day.
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\n Empty horse barn at the Oregon State Fair
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #salemoregon #oregonstatefair
“Low Water”
\nAs far as I can tell, this lake (on the Elk Creek Trail just west of the PCT) is nameless. But like all of the other Cascades lakes I’ve seen lately, it’s low on water. All of the streams in the area are bone-dry.
\n![\"sunny](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260831-0023-m.jpg\")
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This is Porky Lake. It was a good spot to sit and eat lunch during a 25-mile hiking day.
Holiday Farm Fire. 2020. 173251 acres.\n\nSix years later the snags are starting to come down, but this skyline will look like a worn comb for many years to come.
Yesterday’s hike: Elk Creek Lollipop Loop
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/09/01/yesterdays-hike-elk-creek-lollipop.html","date_published":"2026-09-01T12:02:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 12:02","date_timestamp":1788264142,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117195679898863294","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3muheszats22o"]}},{"id":"96662103","content_html":"@ffmike Looks like Osmand+ will do what I need (including Android Auto) for $7.50 per year. I’ll pay that much to degoogle my mapping.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96662103","date_published":"2026-08-30T16:10:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-30 16:10","date_timestamp":1788106249,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96490376","content_html":"@ljpuk Well for what it’s worth I just followed you on Glass. So now I’ll be expecting you to help keep my own timeline populated :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96490376","date_published":"2026-08-27T13:35:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-27 13:35","date_timestamp":1787837700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96437781","content_html":"@jimmylittle Yep. Would love to see social media in general be de-toxified. Not holding my breath though.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96437781","date_published":"2026-08-26T16:39:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-26 16:39","date_timestamp":1787762350,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96435086","content_html":"@manton I would find those changes more significant if they didn’t all depend on the “age assurance technology.” The early numbers I’ve seen from Australia’s ban on teen social media are that 60% of teens manage to evade the ban. If that holds here, then huge numbers will still be at risk.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96370371","date_published":"2026-08-25T15:03:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 15:03","date_timestamp":1787670195,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96335559","content_html":"@manton To be fair, I can recall several times when things that couldn’t possibly happen took down production servers.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96335559","date_published":"2026-08-24T23:08:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-24 23:08","date_timestamp":1787612914,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96308907","content_html":"@mitch Oh man, I remember getting those at Halloween. Some of the best candy of the time. Well, apart from the whole “getting kids prepared for addiction to cancer sticks” thing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/96308907","date_published":"2026-08-24T14:09:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-24 14:09","date_timestamp":1787580577,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96301595","content_html":"@genehack Along a lot of the trails it’s Himalayan Blackberry vs. Poison Oak. Not sure that’s an improvement. Oh, with Devil’s Club thrown in at damp spots.
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\nThis strikes me as a huge and entirely foreseeable mistake.
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\nOh, wait…
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\nWhat all this means, I have no idea.
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