The morning routine of making all the red dots go away has again become mentally draining and distracting. Every time I buy something, sign in somewhere, or try something new, I’m added to someone’s marketing emails or newsletter. Time to prune the apps, unsubscribe, etc.

Anyone I know ever used Bounce by Anew Social / (~Bridgy Fed) to “migrate” followers from Mastodon to Bluesky? Just wondering how it went.

Recently I learned of this highly regarded boutique amp builder in my area. Point to point hand-wired Fender circuits. Very cool stuff. The owner Jim is currently doing some mods on my 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb. Can’t wait to get it back. Yorke Electric Sound

Gem conventions are not really my scene, but I do like geology and natural history. Some of these crystals carry stories from deep time. Others will make new ones.

Every year I start out thinking I planted way too many tomatoes from seed. A month later I'm glad I did because I've managed to kill at least half of them.