As former remote island residents ourselves, we’ve been keeping an eye on the ongoing earthquake activity and evacuations in the Tokara Island chain centered on Akusekijima 悪石島 or “Evil Rock Island” 😳 #japan #earthquake
Moonrise on #ikijima 2023 #memories
Those lights are Fukuoka on the mainland, but there might be one or two squid boats too
Unboxing with @bmann.ca! We got our meshtastic devices and will be setting them up all together with @dwebYVR.org next week together, peer-AND-peer 👯👯👯
Back at the range, this month with second daughter. Getting some decent grouping!
Sent out my monthly personal newsletter 📬 Lots of links and emoji in this edition 🔥🔥🔥 Oh and very bad French
Love this pullover
Fantasy hole
Monday, June 30, 2025
Yeah, I have fallen down one in the past few months for sure. Last year my brother introduced me to The Blade Itself (2006) by Joe Abercrombie, part of the (currently) 10 book series called The First Law. A year later and I have completed the first trilogy, the three standalone novels, and the short story collection. Keep in mind that I am not one to binge book series… in fact I like to spread them out a little since I prefer variety in my reading diet week-to-week.
Scale
Monday, June 30, 2025
It is possible to identify a natural scale. When an enterprise grows beyond a certain point on this scale, it first frustrates the end for which it was originally designed, and then rapidly becomes a threat to society itself. These scales must be identified and the parameters of human endeavours within which human life remains viable must be explored. — Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality (1973)
Started Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson 📚
Okay, it has been 8 years since the last time I attempted Malazan. This time I bought a paper copy which I hope will be easier to handle than the audio of my previous attempt.
Finished House of the Rain King 📚
Wonderful world-building saturated with details like a vivid Ghibli movie, soaked in themes of obligation: the debt, oaths, contracts, and duty that we have towards our communities and the land, and when we need to break those constraints in order to heal.
When I was 16 I went on a 2 week trip to Thailand and Hong Kong. It was life-changing. I really hope she has an excellent time in Quebec studying French.
Midnight at YVR seeing off my daughter who will be spending the next 5 weeks in Quebec! 🛫 First big trip on her own! 🥲
Catching up on my @mekongreview.com backlog and damn this is a great review of Cher Tan’s book Peripathetic by Ruby Thiagarajan. I love the meta-meta-analysis. Gonna buy the book and follow the reviewer 👏 mekongreview.com/we-are-go…
Been reading a lot of AI critique so needed something light to fall back on for a bit… 😅
Globalists by Quinn Slobodian 📚
‘Twas the first day of summer break, when all through the house
Not a child was stirring, not even a mouse.
They all slept in soundly without worldly cares,
While poor Daddy continued to work in his home office downstairs.
Started House of the Rain King by Will Greatwich 📚
Looking through the photos of my time in Iran. Beautiful country. Lovely people. 💔
Me hugging her: “I love you!”
Her hugging back: “I love money!”
#truelove
Currently reading: The AI Con by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna 📚
Happy Father’s Day! 👔 Family got me a nice hand grinder ☕️ so I was up this morning and cracked open my new Joan Vergara Java Variety from Luna Roasters. Very fruity and full-bodied! Looking forward to dialing this in.