i forward someone this Jamie Lauren Keiles newsletter from 2016 at least twice a year

top four lakes i ran by today (especially the ❤️ shaped one)

absolute stunner of a clear sunny day in san francisco, highly recommend touching grass today if you can swing it 🌱☀️

it seems very bay area that i asked a friend if she had any recommendations for where to buy a puppet on short notice in the bay area (weird question) but she did not ask why, and her response was that her startup works out of the same office as a puppet manufacturer

you know the scene in margin call where the bank ceo asks the junior employee to explain something "as you might to a young child, or a golden retriever"? just thinking about how it can be a form of power to ask seemingly simple questions

World’s smallest falcon (22-25 g) and world’s largest hummingbird (~20-26 g). Amazing to see how form matches function. Smithsonian NMNH

In a new op-ed for the site, Kathy Fallon, director of the land systems program at Clean Air Task Force, writes about how upcoming guidance from the CFTC will send a signal about the role of regulators in protecting voluntary carbon market integrity. latitudemedia.com/news/can-u-s-r…

found an albino redwood tree in the forest 🤍 such magic

“calling berkeley bowl a grocery store is like calling big ben a clock”

cats have been bothering their humans since the dawn of time

Something extraordinary is happening in Germany... Marilen & I wrote about it. Free to read: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

How to fix the broken #carbonaccounting standards is the topic of much debate. Two major camps have arisen: 24/7 + #emissionality. A recent article mischaracterized some important details about these differing approaches. We set the record straight in Latitude Media

few things more off putting to me than someone who seriously refers to other human beings as NPCs

Anne Carson:

more sports should involve silly nicknames, like thru-hiker nicknames or roller derby names. i want to see cyclists racing under names like "chain reaction" and "the handlebarbarian".