I live in Minneapolis and make newsletters, photographs, and software he/they https://www.simplermachines.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mvbwcbdh4s26Garlic chives, I think #Powderhorn12 Sep 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbwcbdh4s26https://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mvbr6atn4k2nSomething I realized after graduating with an English degree and then stumbling into a software engineering career— Most people do not know what a "text" is [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbr6atn4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muzkzhhod22gThe ends are not extricable from the means08 Sep 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzkzhhod22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muxxxwzgwc2bHere's my standard for "is AGI here?" Has an AI called plays in the NFL? (for a team other than the Browns)08 Sep 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxxxwzgwc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muwz7v65kc25One of the main characters of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen is a clerk-turned-baronet in the Kent marsh who has essentially two ambitions in life 1) be gay 2) look at cool bugs07 Sep 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwz7v65kc25https://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muuoynm3hc2rReading Wonderbook by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Great, getting a lot out of it, but, is there a similar craft book oriented towards romance? Found that @kjcharleswriter.com has Think, Write, Edit, Romance coming out... in December. So, now I'm reading The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen06 Sep 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuoynm3hc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muuhig32as2rReally looking forward to a winter where people aren't getting shot every weekend and I can focus on my Winter Sports like "see a bird" and "stand on a lake"06 Sep 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuhig32as2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mupck37vx22xYou should read this book, it is good (Though maybe read Swordheart first? Daggerbound doesn't exactly have spoilers because they're romance novels so we know that certain things are going to happen but it is a sequel.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupck37vx22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mupcg2dz422xI think someone ran a shrine-making workshop in Powderhorn park last October, a bunch of these little red-and-orange memorial shrines popped up under various trees https://www.simplermachines.com/gr01-06-november-tree-shrine/04 Sep 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupcg2dz422xhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mun4lmi62s2hTruly one of the most unhinged products of capitalism I've seen in a while Colts fans are mad that they got the Worst Horse, and Steelers fans got into an actual argument in the reviews of their Disney collaboration t-shirt https://www.simplermachines.com/reviews-of-the-disney-nfl-t-shirt-collaboration/03 Sep 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun4lmi62s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mudm4v24nc27We went to Taco Bell that week because Taco Bell is great and because they did the right thing by recalling [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudm4v24nc27https://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muaxuquc3s22Planted the irises today. Fingers crossed we don't get frost too early this year. Maybe in the spring they will be a photo project?29 Aug 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaxuquc3s22https://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muawv3ugi22pFirst time at the fair29 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muawv3ugi22phttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3muawjzijjk2pA cop takes a long nap and gets into knitting [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muawjzijjk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mu3ovzfbbk27The problem of how to account for Tom Brady + eating spiders in the night https://www.simplermachines.com/super-bowls-georg-should-not-be-counted/27 Aug 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ovzfbbk27https://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mtw7w4lwms2h#Bloomscrolling #VeniceBeach https://www.simplermachines.com/gr02-15-flowerboy-project-coffee/ https://simpler-machines.ghost.io/ghost/#/site25 Aug 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw7w4lwms2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mtw4ugagzk2loh no Daggerbound is on my Kindle I had *plans* this week25 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw4ugagzk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mtoryfpprs2dDoing research for a book and god DAMN if it's ever reasonable to travel there do I want to hike the Zagros mountains22 Aug 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoryfpprs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mtm2owfzh22rOne of those street photographs that's mostly just clever because it has a sign in it #Bloomscrolling #Marigolds #Photography #BiRite #SanFrancisco #SFBA #Flowers https://www.simplermachines.com/gr02-14-bi-rite-marigolds/21 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm2owfzh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mtjkjf6k2s2rBishop Beartongue romance when20 Aug 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjkjf6k2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mthekdsk4227Since we're talking about Woke 1: Most of the weird stuff from it that I personally experienced during that period happened on company Slacks and in private meetings19 Aug 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthekdsk4227https://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mtcemfrvgc2bHave now read all the Saint of Steel books and re-read 1 and 3 Was annoyed that Piper doesn't have the same effect on berserk-Galen that Grace has on berserk-Stephen but on a close read it is in fact *exactly* the same17 Aug 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcemfrvgc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3mt7lb7v7gc2mOrdered iris bulbs this weekend. I think I'm going to plant them out front. "Six weeks before the first frost" snuck up on me, fingers crossed it's not too late.16 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7lb7v7gc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3msye33f6xk2dReading book reviews "There's too much romance in this book for my liking" Sir this is a ROMANCE NOVEL13 Aug 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3msye33f6xk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/merebeing.bsky.social/post/3msw2j5getc2aI haven't taken nearly as many photographs of Powderhorn Park this spring/summer as I did over the winter, when I was making a Project out of it, but I've gotten a few that I'm happy about #Photography #Bloomscrolling #PowderhornPark #TwinCities https://www.simplermachines.com/gr02-13-lake-irises/12 Aug 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:mcadm5jmc27zpus7mhdat42s/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw2j5getc2a