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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 13/10/2026

Well, my plan to camp was a bust with Rachel and other storms making life miserable in Utah, but Bryce Canyon is pretty cool. Will definitely go back. Some photos from a Saturday morning hike before doom rolled in.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 18/08/2026

Spending some of the work day with your laptop at @changinghands.bsky.social in Phoenix has its perks.

Bowl of nuts on a table with coffee in the background and a pair of headphones

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 04/08/2026

Thinking of getting a gas mask so I can breathe here in Phoenix. Have air purifiers but man my throat is sore and my eyes itch.

AQI last night in Phoenix almost 2700. Today it's about 350 and going up.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 28/07/2026

I have to go a little higher tech, and only just got these a month ago because it's too hot to go outside in Phoenix and I needed something to do indoors.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 03/07/2026

May have posted these before, but the area I took them is currently under a SET status and closed to non-residents. Close to the fire.

Pool in Oak Creek Canyon near Manzanita Campground

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 27/05/2026

New shirt day. A Townes Western Shirt in 16oz indigo Shashiko-Ori from Ship John. First Ship John shirt and it's amazing. Unfortunately it's like 100 degrees here so I won't be able to wear it for months. Yay Phoenix. And preorders of heavy shirts that come in May but sell out instantly.

Townes Western Shirt in 16oz indigo Shashiko-Ori from Ship John laying on my coffee table.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 02/05/2026

This game is a simple delight. Tic Tac Toe but all of the pieces are face down and one is actually a bomb. Cards to manipulate the board or see what's on the pieces. Enough to make a 7-year-old scream at you and stomp up the stairs in a rage (and possibly vice-versa.) bitewinggames.com/bombastic/

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 20/04/2026

It's that time of year: www.edsbscharitybowl.com Trying to be nicer this year, so $69.63 for Michigan's NCAA Tournament win + transaction fees. @hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social @newap-georgia.bsky.social

@edsbs's glorious mug beneath a donation of 71.40 to New American Pathways. That's $69.63 for the Michigan Championship Game score + transaction fees.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 12/04/2026

Enjoying a weekend in a National Forest. Gotta take advantage while they still exist.

West Fork Creek trail head. An abandoned structure at the foot of a canyon wall

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 21/03/2026

Hit 105 today. Seems bad for March. nitter.net/pic/orig/med...

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 11/12/2025

This morning's hike standout. And yes, I should have brought my real camera and not this pixelating phone monstrosity.

Great horned owl as close as my crappy phone can get with pixels the size of dinner plates.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 26/11/2025

This gallery is devastating: www.reuters.com/pictures/dea... REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A distraught man in front of the burning high-rise apartments in Hong Kong taken by Reuters Photographer Tyrone Siu

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 13/10/2025

Made a friend hiking in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve today. Also everything is much greener than usual with all of the rain. Also also, I now hate humidity and even a little bit feels oppressive.

A desert tortoise from a short distance on a trail.

Phoenix mountain preserve mountains from a distance. Lots of green vegetation on the mountain side

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 03/10/2025

New Jeans day. Lost like 50lbs in the past year and nothing fits. Ironically the sizing on jeans is insane world wide, so my new size of 33 in the US is 36 for these jeans. *Shrug*

Samurai jeans size 36/34. Lot 28. S520xx 21oz denim

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 27/08/2025

I checked the date, it's not April 1st. I double checked.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 22/08/2025

Bushes and branches on the street and this confused owl wondering where his home went.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 12/08/2025

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 12/08/2025

Palestinians work to rescue a boy trapped in the rubble following an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef www.reuters.com/pictures/chi...

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 12/08/2025

Medical workers try to rescue Palestinian baby Mosab Sobieh, who is less than a year old and was injured in an Israeli strike on their home, at the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, November 12, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef www.reuters.com/pictures/des...

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 12/08/2025

Palestinians search for casualties amid deep craters filled with broken concrete and twisted metal, after Israeli air strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef www.reuters.com/pictures/reu...

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 05/08/2025

As a Tigers fan, I couldn't resist their affiliate rebranding from @lastweektonight.com. The hat is especially delightful.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 16/07/2025

MLB App just says "Top of 10th inning, Delay"

Screenshot of the MLB App not knowing what to do.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 10/07/2025

Just thought these two posts were funny back-to-back. Especially because the electric companies in Phoenix want to raise rates and also make using household solar a challenge. And household solar companies are a pain in the neck here from what I understand. And *waves hand at the federal government*

screenshot of the David Roberts tweet (quoted herein) and the previous tweet on my timeline from AZ Family "On the hottest day of the year so far, two major electric companies reported record energy use across Valley households on Wednesday..."

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 01/07/2025

This.... uh... can't be good, Phoenix.

Screenshot of AirNow.gov for Phoenix, Arizona -- the PM10 is 818, which is Hazardous.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 11/05/2025

I knew it was hot, but I was guessing it topped out at mid-90s. Nope. My watch has peaked at 102 and was over 100 for a couple of hours. No wonder I felt terrible. The average was 90.

Chart of hike temperatures. Average is 90 degrees with a couple of peaks at 102 degrees.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 07/05/2025

I, too, welcome our new Pigeon Pope Overlords

screenshot of C-Span (I'm weird, I know) during the Conclave showing a pigeon near where the smoke is supposed to come out.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 26/04/2025

In the morning there were some birds before the temperature ramped up.

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Charlie Szymanski @mrmetlhed.charlieszymanski.com · 26/04/2025

Trip was spur-of-the-moment so it wasn't timed right to see a lot of stars. The moon was hilariously bright compared the basically light-pollution-free skies. Quiet enough that you could hear coyotes yipping all night.

Organ pipe cactus in front of a full moon.

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