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Ken-ichi Ueda

@kueda.net

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East Bay curmudgeon, plant and insect dilettante, sucker for a space ship. Tinkering with biodiversity on the AT protocol via cuanto.bio and trying to help out with lexicons.bio and observ.ing.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 19/09/2026

Finally restored upstream and downstream visualization of waterways in underfoot.rocks, using the National Hydrography Database.

Screenshot of a map showing waterways in the East Bay region of California, highlighting segments upstream and downstream of a point on San Leandro Creek.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 04/09/2026

Anyone know what's up with the construction at Laney by the Lake Merritt channel in #Oakland? They cleared all the vegetation right down to the water, which is a bummer. A lot of that was restored native plants.

Lake Merritt channel with Laney College campus in the background.

Riprap installed by the 7th st Bridge crossing of the Lake Merritt channel.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 26/08/2026

RIP Dr. Sevarius. Hope you and Dolly get on famously at orientation.

Dr. Anton Sevarius from the cartoon series Gargoyles, a stereotypical mad scientist in something resembling a white lab coat, looking somewhat evil.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 11/08/2026

I also tried a Guatemalan shuco at Shucos Magi on Foothill in Fruitvale. Cutting the sausage and demoting it to a minority player seems to push us way to the right of the hot dog / sandwich spectrum, but still pretty interesting. A good 'wich, maybe a good dog.

Shuco con todos, un sándwich(?) con salchichas cortadas, carne, guacamole, y muchas otras cosas.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 11/08/2026

Recently I think. I want to know what happened to one of my favorite pieces of art.

Drawing of a person ostensibly backpacking with a cyborgian mech suit RV sporting an attached tv and it's own tear drop trailer for pets.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 11/08/2026

Which I did, at Winky Dinky Dog in the triangular oddity of the former Kasper's in Temescal. Dogs are grilled, buns are toasted and better than they need to be. Tyranny, the owner, was holding court while women's doubles incongruously played on the TV. Set and match for ambiance and a very good dog.

Split, grilled hot dog with peppers and onions.

Split, grilled hot dog covered in mac and cheese.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 11/08/2026

A little while ago I finally went to Casper's on Telegraph, which scored high for architecture but radically low for edibility, which made me wonder... does Oakland even care about hot dogs?

Poorly-lit hot dog and chili dog on a white table.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 14/04/2026

For some reason I'm poring this aerial photo of the southeastern side of Lake Merritt in #Oakland, CA from 1939. I'm amazed the tennis courts are that old, but also intrigued what the thing in the middle is to the right of the courts. Is that some kind of street car facility?

Black and white aerial photo of the southwestern side of Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA from 1939.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 31/03/2026

Anthropocene strata of Oakland. Makes me wonder, what's the deepest core you could drill through a road and have all strata still be road?

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 12/03/2026

Now it has friends.

Plant with white flowers growing with orange poppies.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 05/03/2026

Second year blooming after 5 years of waiting on this death camas. Gardening with California native plants definitely gives me a new appreciation for the difference in time that goes into equally beautiful flowers. Perennials are playing long, long game, at least from my blinkered human perspective.

Lily-like plant with white flowers in a backyard garden

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 16/01/2026

My California pipevine really snuck up on me this year.

Several weird flowers that look like saxophones from the Upside Down in Stranger Things

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 03/12/2025

Solid set from Hayward Shoreline this eve.

Sunset over the Santa Cruz mountains with the SF Bay and mudflats in the foreground

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 21/11/2025

I asked the unbelievably powerful new Nano Banana Pro to make me an icon of Charles Darwin wearing sunglasses. Nailed it.

A very crude, or, if you prefer, deconstructed collection of shapes that might, with imagination, hint at the idea of Charles Darwin wearing sunglasses.

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Ken-ichi Ueda @kueda.net · 15/11/2025

Amtrak might be slower and not cheaper than flying, but a) planes don't have lounge cars, and b) nobody waves to you on a plane.

Inside of a passenger train car with large windows

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