Catching up on this year’s Gion Matsuri in Kyoto. Looks so hot! 🥵

Bloedel Conservatory

The domed roof of the Bloedel ConservatoryAn African Grey Parrot named RudyA cockatoo with extended head feathersChad selfie inside the dome surrounded by greenery

Date night in Olympic Village. Lovely view of Science World.

Science World lit up brightly. In the foreground is the silhouette of a couple looking at the round building

We are setting up our #meshtastic devices together @z-space.ca and just added a ton of new nodes in Vancouver! I can see nodes all the way to Seattle!

Two meshtastic devices beside a MacBook Air with a map of the Pacific Northwest displayed showing many overlapping nodes in Vancouver and one in Seattle

Started Empire of AI by Karen Hao today 📚

Already 20% in. Very readable!

Did I just have the perfect evening? 😻 #ra-men #archery #ra-rchery

A hot bowl of ramen with handmade noodlesArchery target with three tightly grouped arrows in the gold

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I love taking people into our nearby forest and walking around the bend and saying “Hey look over there 👉 “

In a dense copse of vibrant trees and ferns is an old tree stump. Carved in the side is a gentle face.

Dentist in the morning. Haircut in the afternoon (sat there with a frozen jaw 😬). Now it is evening and I am kicking back with a gold drink and a good book #amreading

Steven Erickson’s Gardens of the Moon balanced on Chad’s knee. He is also holding a small oddly shaped sake glass full of ginger beer

Spent the evening at the Richmond Night Market 🍡🍧🧋🥡🍢🌮

Plane flies low over the crowdBacklit shot of a BBQ stand with lots of smokeTall RNM neon sign Crowd at all the food booths

Checking in to the Vegetarian Festival at Thrangu Monastery

Children dance in Chinese ethnic dresses in front of a Tibetan Monatery. Prayer flags are strung on lines against a perfectly blue skyInside a Tibetan prayer hall (wide angle)

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

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Moonrise on #ikijima 2023 #memories

Those lights are Fukuoka on the mainland, but there might be one or two squid boats too

Night scene from high up on a bluff overseeing the ocean at low tide. The right of the image is bright with the moon reflecting in the water. The left is progressively darker except bright points of light on the horizon of the water. &10;

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 👯👯👯

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Boris's hands open a medium sized brown cardboard boxInside the box are lots of smaller boxesA WisMesh box and SenseCAP box side by sideA WisMesh and SenseCAP sitting side by side on top of their respective boxes

Back at the range, this month with second daughter. Getting some decent grouping!

Chad’s target has 3 arrows in the gold. Some stray arrows from the neighbour are in the blue and white ringsYoung girl draws a recurve bow on a row of targets about 10 yards away

Sent out my monthly personal newsletter 📬 Lots of links and emoji in this edition 🔥🔥🔥 Oh and very bad French

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Love this pullover

White hoodie with the text: Free Palestine / Congo / &10;Guam / Lebanon / Tibet / &10;Puerto Rico / Hawaii / &10;Haiti / Sudan / Iraq / &10;Artsakh/ Ukraine &10;Kanaky / Uyghurs/ Turtle &10;Island/ Afghanistan/ &10;Darts / ankal Tamin / &10;Kashmir/ Rohingya &10;Western Sahara/ &10;Kurdistan / &10;West Papua Chiapas &10;Mexico / Iran / Pakistan/ &10;Collective Liberation

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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.