Paul Foth

“underdeveloped land” bro that’s nature

Three. Unless I count as a connection my asking Marilynne Robinson a question at a speaking event. Then it's two.

Bufflehead. It is a duck.

Fantastic lichens of Finse, Norway

Yes, I did in fact know these things, Local Wikipedia.

I've waffled on this album. It's not the best melodically, and it's the closest they got to 2000s sappy emo. But goshdurnit if I don't just love The Appleseed Cast sound, the fascinating drumming, the expressive guitars, moody atmospheres, the understated vocals. And Fight Song is the best.

Here we are now Edutain us

I can say that I am utterly devastated to see the results of the “other nine” questions. The scapegoating of newcomers is about to get a lot worse and that is a loss for all Albertans and Canadians.

One of the most widespread and conspicuous rock crusts in continental climates of w N Am has been called Acarospora strigata; now it has a new (old) name, A. peltata; but wait... also look out for the similar A. lactea, A. coloradiana, A. nevadensis, and A. utahensis. doi.org/10.3897/myco...

Listen to “Messed Up Over You” by Starflyer 59 loudly in a parked car; the guitar fuzz and B3 organ will consume you.

Rosette lichen (Physcia) today Deer Creek Canyon 🌿

25 year anniversary! The Argument is the sixth and final album from Fugazi it was released 25 years ago on October 16, 2001.

20 year anniversary! World Waits is the second full-length album by Jeremy Enigk. World Waits was released 20 years ago on October 17, 2006.

My art skills have just received an unexpected bump.

I did not quite Pokémon go to the polls today, but I did bike there with my binoculars. Provincial and municipal poll sites were basically next door to each other.

I'd like to report that my little kid is veeeerrrry against Alberta secession. Not at all a fan of crossing borders to visit.

updating the Marsden quip—an evangelical is anyone who wonders how to define "evangelical"

One of the municipal candidates is running on the slogan "Community First," and I have no idea if she means it in a far right way or if she just likes getting to know her neighbours. There's so little information available about the local candidates here, almost none of it online.

More and more people are saying 🤯 to lichens.

My new lunch break to plan is to go here almost every day.

Hey lichen folks, any chance that this may be Hypogymnia farinacea? Seems dubious, but I don't have any other leads. As far as I can tell there aren't confirmed records of this in North America. In temperate interior cedar-hemlock rainforest habitat. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Open concept outhouse

Hey Washington Bluesky buddies, I'm in Western Washington for a few days if anyone wants to look at lichens or birds or bookstores with this guy.

Me: singing "Life is a Highway" to the tune of "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" with lots of vibrato. Kid: "Opera at a time like this? It's breakfast time, Daddy."

Afflictionary: A Simone Weil Glossary

Have you seen Werner Herzog watching and discussing skate clips? www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLI...

A photographic field guide to the lichens commonly found in the southeastern uplands of the United States. Common Lichens of the Upland Southeast by James Lendemer and Jason P. Hollinger is out now! Order yours: buff.ly/Rmcm5Hv #Nature #Lichens

Genre of the day is when it sounds like Solange is singing about birds. Example 1

We've got ourselves a feeding frenzy. A ball of fish within diving range of Black-legged Kittiwakes. Murres, cormorants, and puffins after the deeper fish. Cape Resurrection #Alaska 🪶🦑

Do these just show up as black rectangles for others? Is Bluesky messing up images now? I swear these were real photos.