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Mineral Wells State Park. The hike down to the lake and back was a little steeper and more rocky than we were expecting. Great morning but too hot.

Sunday session

Last weekend I visited The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, an art collection that showcases mainly Impressionist and Medieval art, with some other genres too. The gallery was unlike any other I have visited. The outside of the building was modern: constructed with grey lim...

A shed in JFK Plaza, Philadelphia, painted with a red background and the city skyline that says, in beautiful lettering, “love”

tending; — to take care of.

A case study in APIs. Creating a new post via Bluesky's API.

Developers, consider this example.

First, here's the packet of information I'm sending to Bluesky to get it to post something.

• {
• "title": "",
• "description": "Room for One More on Mount Rushmore?",
• "mailaddress": "",
• "password": "",
• "urlsite": "https://bsky.social/",
• "link": "https://politicalwire.com/2025/06/29/room-for-one-more-on-mount-rushmore/"
• }

And here's what comes back.

• {
• "uri": "at://did:plc:zxb2lwpxo4axkkkgjwqand24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsqtoowg2h2h",
• "cid": "bafyreifhet2772xmic24qr4xbui4l5lllvgek2a7kmmchojwwkufvzalci",
• "commit": {
• "cid": "bafyreicjjsd4ixlezubezaxzfaqxxpwlvoxdqwyxblnme5uh6ehklxth3a",
• "rev": "3lsqtoowpsx2h"
• }
• }

Megalithic

Now that we know the outcome of the 2024 election, not just in numbers but in what it's doing to our beloved country and the rest of the world, it's interesting to revisit the campaign that journalism ran last year to force President Biden to step aside. That's one of the fu...

It’s Sunday 29th, which means my experimental June is coming to an end. I’m aware that June ends tomorrow but I think four full weeks is a good timeframe for this type of life experiments so I’m happy to consider it done today. If you’re new to the blog and you’re wondering ...

Fáilte as Gleann Cholm Cille!

Stair railing progress while I was away this week!

Apparently the stud in the middle was slightly warped and the mirror wasn't sitting straight. They opened up the wall to shave the stud down a bit. Gives me a chance to clean up the wiring a bit while it's open

I got the TV installed in the train bathroom! It's so cool! If you close the bathroom door it's really surreal because it's the only frame of reference for outside the bathroom.

This video is the train from Portland to Seattle. Now we just have to ride a bunch more trains and stick a camera out the side on all of them.

Went to see F1 tonight. Had no expectations, but it stays engaging throughout the fairly long running time. Visually it feels like they really pulled it off. 🍿

With any luck this will be the final test. Hahaha.

Clouds along I-35. Day 28, ephemeral.

It's possible this is the last test post. (It worked, so it is the last.)

Saturday session in Donegal