Sitting in a coffee shop next to this building, which was one of the last affordable housing developments I was involved in as a funder. The nonprofit let me name it.

Recently connected with a half-aunt that no one in my family knew existed until a DNA test. If there’s anything I’ve learned from these tests, it’s that many more families than I ever would’ve imagined have big, dark adultery secrets. Reddit groups are full of these stories.

Removal of street trees in all but absolutely essential circumstances should be punishable with prison time.

Could someone explain the “buy me a coffee” thing among bloggers/tech crowd? Did this grow out of FOSS developer etiquette, or maybe people “borrowing” front-end code, or?

It is stunningly gorgeous outside today in Portland, Oregon, USA @ 67° F (19° C) / sunny. I’ve been relieved of parenting duties for a couple hours and it’s time to hit a sidewalk picnic table somewhere for a beer. Wish me luck.

I’m very pro walkability/bikability, and in fact got into urban planning due to my interests in walkable communities and public transit. Still, it feels a bit strange seeing the terms “urbanism” and “urbanist” completely co-opted by the cycling community. It’s overshadowed all nuance.

Saddened to learn of my cousin’s passing yesterday after a short but valiant battle with cancer. Although it’s only been in recent years that I have become close with her dad, I feel so much sorrow for their family losing her so young. Praying they find some peace during this difficult time.

Playing around with a Bluesky list of Micro.blog users I follow.

Rhine River cruises are like the pinnacle of aspirational Boomer retirement goals these days, it seems.

Awesome idea, but so help me God, if I’m your accountability partner and you wake me up more than once, we are no longer friends.

At 43, I spend too much time now trying to guess if the characters in movies are older or younger than me.

Nice lunch on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver.

Not my doing, but love it nonetheless.

Getting tired of managing multiple fedi accounts. Shuffling the deck back to Micro.blog.

It makes me cringe whenever I hear people complain about funding essential services like schools at adequate levels when most don’t even remotely understand the impacts of their low-density neighborhood on the budgets of their communities and service districts.

Afternoon walks this time of year.

Is there a native or easy way to transcribe an Apple voice memo?

I couldn’t help myself, I bought the domain sadmachines.social. It makes me smile, even though I’m not sure what I’ll do with it yet.

An awesome #skyline shot from Opening Day in #Detroit from the #Tigers. 🐅

I want to know who the people are who click all the way through listicles that are spread across five pages for ad revenue purposes.