I'm a writer and often build neat digital things. Read crap tons: history, science fiction, all kinds of science. Hopeful. #writersky #gameskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3lf3lto3jvc2fClimbing up to the Ritacuba glacier in Boyaca, Colombia, we saw these colorful little ecosystems? Communities? Of plants. The landscape up there is pretty bleak, but beautiful plants thriving #plantsky06 Jan 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3lto3jvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3lew4seca5c23Foggy, rainy morning in Medellín04 Jan 2025 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lew4seca5c23https://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3lepbwiwkx22sThis person is the absolute embodiment of the banality of evil01 Jan 2025 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lepbwiwkx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3lemzlkjc322aSome reflections after climbing up to a Colombian glacier at 16000+ feet. - The last hour of the four+ hour climb was by far the hardest - I'm 52 and a 77-year-old guy made it up, but a lot of people in their 20s didn't even get close31 Dec 2024 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemzlkjc322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3leh4lxzlsc2hJust some beautiful flowers I came across near La Uvita in Boyaca, Colombia! #flowersky29 Dec 2024 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3leh4lxzlsc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3lef4jats422pThere's a chapter in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle called: No Good News in This Chapter😹 I love the lowkey, slow burn sense of humor of Murakami #writersky28 Dec 2024 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lef4jats422phttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3lecyjx3cos2gClimbed a mountain in Colombia today. To 16,000+ feet. To a glacier. Felt really good.27 Dec 2024 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lecyjx3cos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3leaep4qxak2xOpenAI thinks you humans are really, really stupid [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Dec 2024 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3leaep4qxak2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3le5tbbalps2cTomorrow going to a magical place I've wanted to visit for a long time... El Cocuy in Boyaca, Colombia. Many buses, many arrangements, very excited!25 Dec 2024 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3le5tbbalps2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3ldoo42auds2zDoes anyone remember when George W. Bush nominated Harriet Miers for SCOTUS and she was such a hack that even the GOP wouldn't have it? Well, at this stage, if Trump nominates a slime mold, it will get in19 Dec 2024 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoo42auds2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3ldmjuxtevs2tHorror movie pitch: a family moves into an old farmhouse in the countryside to get away from the pressures of city life. They gradually realize the WiFi in the house works ok in some rooms but hardly at all in others18 Dec 2024 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmjuxtevs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3ldmfp55g7c2tUsually a little tough to get a closeup photo of a chachalaca in Medellin. This one was beautifully perched in an urban garden18 Dec 2024 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmfp55g7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3ldj3ejqols2cThinking right now about Shakepeare's Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, two of my favorites of his plays. Anbd this in particular: Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made;17 Dec 2024 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldj3ejqols2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3ldekdsq7ok2w“All great works and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant’s revolving door.” —ALBERT CAMUS #writersky15 Dec 2024 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldekdsq7ok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3ld6y4277bc2a“The thing that stops so many writers from completing their work is the belief that they’re supposed to know something before they’ve written it. If we knew it all, there would be no reason to write it.” -Alan Watt I wish someone had told me this years ago! #writersky13 Dec 2024 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6y4277bc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeldmullen.bsky.social/post/3lcnon7pizc2qDo you have microbes in your brain?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2024 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:vr2l6dj4nlv6s2tlljurlmuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnon7pizc2q