Alan Jackson

@akjackson.bsky.social

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Retired geophysicist, pro bono data science, writer of letters to the editor, troublemaker. https://www.ajackson.org/Blog/

Stephen Hawking grave with his equation for black hole evaporation
Nice facade
California poppies in a yard with a California license plate behind them with the personalized word "POPPYS" with the "O" replaced by a heart.
Red flowers growing in front of a wall mural of flowers and vines
What I bought today. Green beans, blueberries, heirloom tomatoes, Rainier cherries, shelling peas, Cosmic crisp apples, apricots, cauliflower, corn basil, cucumber, yellow squash, onions, parsley, broccoli, and asparagus.
Queen Anne's lace with red soldier (or "bonking") beetles.
Sunset from our balcony
A tiny village in someone's front lawn
Canoe on Ravenna creek as it dumps into Union Bay
Cascade of white flowers
Sitting on kitchen counter: Basil, shelling peas, duck eggs, yellow squash, garlic, apricots, cucumber, different apricot variety, Cherokee and Brandywine heirloom tomatoes, onions, russets, German butterball potatoes, Japanese turnips, asparagus, Montmorency (pie) cherries, romaine lettuce.
Graffiti of a whale on a fence
A free whistle box. To be used when spotting ICE.
Sign on a fence around a fern: Sorry Rabbits these baby plants aren't for you
A tiny strawberry house in a garden
Dogwood tree completely covered with large, white blooms
Looking down a narrow bridge with trees overarching above it
Canada Goose standing on log in a stream
Black T-shirt with words "I'm A Talafreako" on it.
Bumper sticker reading keep honking I'm a woman installing Debian gnu/Linux
Stacked rocks with child's note: "take a look at these rocks. By Luna
My old gerrymandered district
Very tall skeleton with flowers in hands, ribs, and around skull.
Car with license plate reading DURAN2
Multi-colored candy display
Picasso like sculpture
A lawn full of wildflowers
Large tree down completely blocking the road
Broken base of headstone reading AND WIFE ELIZABETH KIRK 1778-1863
flowering aloe. Tall bloom spikes with yellow flowers.
Flat pitas on a steel ready to go into the oven
Heron perched in a tree with a stick in its beak.
Art car with teeth
Me wearing a survivorship bias T-shirt with a "Voted" sticker on it.
Six drawings of Trump, all very uncomplimentary. Political Satire: The drawings depict various satirical scenes, including "DUMP TRUMP," "QUIET PIGGY," and a "Trump Mirror". Criticism of Actions: One drawing titled "AS PREDICTED" shows a "BABY" figure destroying everything. Medical Commentary: Another illustration shows a syringe labeled "BLEACH" with the text "DESTROYS EVERYTHING".
Very tall skeleton wearing a pink knitted cap
Large chard plant, leaves coming out of a large horizontal trunk-like thing.
A cherry pie with lattice crust
Black cat wearing a bowtie
Workers replacing a power pole
Sunset over Puget Sound
Tree with a little elfin village around it.
Google Street view car doing the neighborhood rounds.
Art car dedicated to cats
Bike and pedestrian bridge with a large barricade and sign "BIKE LANE CLOSED"
Rainbow colored storefront with writing on windows: no war no king, only drag kings, queer fun, queer art.
Beautiful old telephone central office with lots of little architectural features.
Contour map of greater Houston area showing subsidence rate. Large area of subsidence roughly from Katy to the Woodlands.
Coin operated pig food dispenser
Directional signs pointing to nearby streets, 160 and 166 feet away, and to Pluto at 3.4 billion miles.