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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

After owning multiple Apple Watches… I’m out. I was waiting on the AW12 b/c my 9 can no longer last through a day, but after reading up on all the new AI features, listening, etc. I realized I’d just be paying for features that I will turn off & fight with […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Dark blue plastic loop band on a wood table.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Late night stars & trees. Saturn is easy to find right now with the naked eye, but kind of disappears in this cell phone pic. Not sure why the phone is adding fake light to the trees. Still worth the time to stop and look up. #nightsky

Dark sky with stars shining. Green trees in the corners of the photo.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#nfl Win or lose, the food is always better when the #Saints play. #WhoDat #PoBoy #MNF

Close up of New Orleans style BBQ shrimp po boy.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

New yard spider showed up last night at a neighbor’s house. Even broken down, where do you store something like that? Wow. #halloween #yardspider

Big brown fake spider on green lawn. Gray and White House in background. Tree leaves top right.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Starting this one tonight by @rwg and looking forward to it. #books #bookstodon

Book cover with wood table beneath and more books behind it.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@TMRuppert Episode 8 “Time Enough at Last” with Burgess Meredith as Henry Bemis. Just watched it again a couple of weeks ago.

Still photo from old tv show of man in thick glasses reading a book. Background is a pile of books and rubble from a collapsed building.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I’ve started and stopped five email newsletter today with lead articles about the inevitable “why” of AI. It’s all so fake and depressing. I keep going back to Wendell Berry right now. Poetry has always been a hard read for me, but Berry speaks plainly. His […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Black text on white page. Wood table behind.

Small white cover of book. Yellow flowers and black text. Wood table. Stack of books in background top right.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

First #trees on the street to step up. Fall is trying. Bring it on! #fall

Trees with green and brown leaves. Blue sky above. Brick building below.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Really great energy at The New England Independent Booksellers Association show today. So many creative ideas and bookstore models. Haven’t felt this optimistic in a long time about publishing, our country, etc. It’s nice to be reminded that there are […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Visiting Walden Pond is something I never tire of (especially when the weather is this nice!). The greater-Boston area is such a cool corner of the country. #walden #thoreau #Boston #nature

View of Walden pond through trees. Logs on dirt path at bottom.

Round slice of tree trunk with calendar dates marked.

Metal statue of Thoreau with cabin and trees in the background.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Even downtown there is always this last burst of big bushy greenness as things switch from the sweltering hot summer to breezy warm August days. Hope all of you are able to get out in sun this week. #BirminghamAL #Alabama #urbanwalking

Walking path with lamp in upper left. Leaving a tunnel onto a path. Green plants and blue sky ahead.

Concrete path. Green plants on either side and bright blue sky.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Spent time in #NewMexico recently. #SantaFe, the surrounding artist colonies & indigenous territories were amazing. Very humbling to be out there on that land listening to those stories. The hiking trails humbled me real quick as well, with high altitudes & […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Blue sky. Bright sun center top. Sandy ground with green bushes around.

Mountains in distance. Blue sky. Bright sun center top. Sandy ground with green bushes around.

More mountains in distance. Lots of clouds in sky. Sandy ground with green bushes around.

Blue sky and clouds. Cliffs ahead. Sandy ground with green bushes around.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Kudos to everyone that organized the #Huntsville Bookstore Crawl. Six bookstores in all and ten times more crowded than we expected. Fun to meet so many folks from around #Alabama and #Tennessee while standing in all the lines. #bookstoretourism

Line outside Bookwyrm in strip mall. Blue sky above.

Line outside All In Books. Brick wall to right. Black window.

Crowd of people and bookshelves inside store.

Crowd of people in Blue Apple Books. Table of book up front. Circle lights above.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

It’s a blurry phone pic and Mercury stayed too low, but Venus and Jupiter were putting on a show! Hope some of y’all were able to look up for a bit tonight. #alabama #birmingham #astronomy

Twilight blue sky, dark trees at bottom. Two bright spots on blue that are planets.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

Standing room only crowd for the Doug Jones meet & greet tonight! Lots of strategy talk and great energy around his campaign for Governor. #alabama #birmingham #dougjones2026

Crowd of heads watch two men on stage talk. Bright slide screen top right.

Crowd of heads watch two men on stage talk. Bright slide screen top right. American flag over to the left.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

I have to say the cover of the most recent ‘The New Yorker’ magazine is a lot of fun and feels like a fun way to kick off a Summer of reading. The art titled “The Secret Life of Books," and is by Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral. If you study each panel […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Illustrated cover of a magazine. The drawing is a bunch of rectangle rooms in a bookstore with people reading.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

First turtle of the season! We’ve lived in this house for just over ten years and have always had baby turtles passing through the wooded part of the yard (never fewer than two with six being the maximum, in a season). I’ve never tried to figure out the why […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Small turtle sitting in pine straw surrounded by green plants.

Close up of a small turtle sitting in pine straw surrounded by green plants.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

It’s been Oscar Peterson all day for me. It felt like a force field at times… all the bad just bounced off for a bit… may have to make Oscar a regular “all day” thing. So good. Such a joy. #jazz

Colorful album cover. The word “bluebird” is pale across top with small white words “first editions”.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

All the rain makes for a soggy weekend, but it sure is fun when the creeks are full! #hiking #waterfalls #alabama #birmingham

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

Pretty amazing ceramic and glazing work on this tile wall. #portland #texturetuesday

Close up of square tile with brightly colored features

Close up of square tile with brightly colored features with unique teal sparkles

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

It’s always been an easy trip through #PDX, but this renovation has been amazing to watch progress. I hope more regionals can see the impact that renewable materials + local artists + acknowledging the history can make when folks first arrive in your town. #ibpa #portland

People walking on wood floor between trees indoors under wood ceiling.

Wood ceiling. Circle sky lights. Tile wall. White floor.

Close up of green airport carpet with blue and pink x marks.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Started Seth Long’s “The Last Mixtape” last night & it’s off to a good start. He’s using music curation (making your own mixtapes) as the lens to talk about other evolving technologies. Mixtapes were a huge part of my life & I’m curious to see where Long goes […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Illustrated book cover mimicking a tape cassette player. Gray couch as background.

Black book cover on gray couch. Lots of praise quotes and white text.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Tuning into Rep. Shomari Figures' Montgomery Town Hall happening right now clarifying facts re: gerrymandering. It's infuriating that we all have to take time for this. Actual progress has been made over the past couple of decades. There are voters that will […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Screenshot of live meeting on stage. Screen above their heads. Black bar on right. Bright red rectangle top left says LIVE.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026

Enlightening discussion this evening with Doug Jones, Senator Cory Booker, AL Congresswoman Terri Sewell, and #birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin discussing all of the redistricting that’s about to be attempted here in #Alabama and what will be needed to defeat […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Three people on stage in front of purple curtain. Back of people’s heads in crowd down below watching. Green plant far left on stage.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

Comic book stores are fun, but doubly so when there are so many folks out and chatting as they pick out new reads. #freecomicbookday #birmingham #alabama

People walking aisle of comic books. Sign overhead says Tattoos Comics

Store window with Spider-Man face and joker face painted on them

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

What a wonderful way to wrap up the week. Hope the sun is shining where you are. #footpathfriday #hiking #alabama

Green trees run along a very well worn dirt path through the woods

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

This morning I learned that blue herons eat squirrels. I see these often down around the rivers and creeks, but pretty wild to watch such a majestic and massive bird on land like this. I had no idea. #birds #nature

Green grass. Tall white bird with a squirrel caught in its beak.

Green grass. Tall white bird facing right with a squirrel caught in its beak.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

Good food. Good coffee. Good books. Beautiful weather. Doesn’t get much better. #IndieBookstoreDay

Chambers sign on side walk saying Happy Bookstore Day!!

White ceiling black floor crowd of people walking around low brown bookshelves.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026

The upcoming Titan 2 Elite keyboard phone looks really really fun. It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed using my slab of glass. Having a physical keyboard with swipe, ctrl+ functions, key mapping, etc. seems like it’d be great. I don’t watch videos so the […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Hand holding black phone with blue screen on white table top. Green leaves in top corner.

Close up of black phone and bright screen on gray table top.

Two phones. Orange on left and black on right. Both bright colorful screens. Grey wood table background.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

Starting Megan Garber’s “Screen People” tonight. I’m hoping it’s as good as I want it to be. #books #bookstodon

Brightly colored book cover meant to mimic a television’s color bars. Title says Screen People.

Table of contents is designed to mimic a smartphone screen. Gray icons on white paper.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

Not a bad way to close out the week. I could get used to working remotely if there was always beaches, books and beer. Had a great time working and playing down around the Gulf of Mexico. #florida #beaches #bookstoretourism #travel #bookstores

Bright orange sun setting over the ocean.

Front of bookstore with white porch and balcony. Orange triangle sign says Sundog Books.

Glass of beer on wood table. Chairs scattered around. Red glow on everything from outside lights.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026

#NASA's #Artemis II history-making events were so fun to follow earlier today. Love all the positive vibes. So many thoughtful, smart, and fun folks. Even the people spewing fake science nonsense seemed more kooky than hate-filled (wish it were always so).

Close up of tv screen showing the cockpit of the rocket capsule.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

Had a couple of fun days in Huntsville hanging out at Campus 805 and visiting some indie bookshops. The Booklegger is good for used books. Both, Blue Apple Books and Snail on the Wall Bookstore, are fun indie bookshops if you’re looking for newer books. Was […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

White exterior of building red letters on roof and big windows. Small black table by the front door.

Brown exterior of a bookshop. Black awning and blue sign above door.

Green exterior of a bookshop. Gray folding sign on sidewalk and black awning with white sign above door.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

The pollen is finally clearing which is nice for quick morning hikes. Hope the sun is out wherever you are today. #Alabama #Birmingham #hiking #dogsofmastodon

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

One of my favorite trends are all of the pop up bookshops at breweries & distilleries. Had a great time at Monday Night Brewing with Enjoyer Books this weekend. Cahaba Brewing had one as well. #Birmingham #Alabama #bookstores

People facing table of books. Bookseller in dark shirt standing in front of wall covered in neck ties.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/12/2025

@docpop Rage Against the Machine (1992). Eyes & minds are still being opened. A perfect album.

Cover of Rage album from 1992. Black and white image of a monk who set himself on fire.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2025

Here's an interview with the CEO of Birmingham/Homewood-based bookstore chain Books-A-Million, Terry Finley, who has been in bookselling for 50 years. Schmidt's Publishing Confidential newsletter is publishing focused and an interesting read. #birmingham […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

Good afternoon. It’s still snowing & another chilly day in #Minnesota. The snow is fun when you’re around for just a week or so. #Photography #Today #Winter

Snow capped pine tree on left. Snow covered green building next to it on right.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

5,000 jazz/blues songs are available now with plans to hit 500,000 tracks. Connections/Search are up and down as their database grinds to a halt from today's traffic, but this is really cool! “The Dust-to-Digital Foundation has digitized some of the most […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

I never tire of this time of year. Everything outdoors is trying to show off. #fall #fallcolors #trees

Yellowing ginkgo tree in front of red brick building.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2025

Got to visit one of the coolest neighborhood-centric shops in #Kentucky recently. Roebling Books & Coffee has a couple locations and they are both small, well stocked and wonderful reflections of the street they are on. This one used to be a corner gas […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Blue coat on person; facing counter where they serve coffee

Bookcases along walls; sofas and chairs in front on blue floor

Empty table and chairs in front of wall of books with windows

Two people leaving through glass doors; book shelves in front of windows

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

Got to visit Golden Hour Books in #Indianapolis this past week. Wonderfully curated and fun to shop. Such a good visit. Bought the Daphne Brooks’s 33 1/3 edition of Grace (Jeff Buckley). #bookstoretourism #bookstodon #bookstores #shoplocal #indiebookstore

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2025

The energy at this year’s Heartland Fall Forum is so good this year. Facing down all that’s going on with kindness and community. Book people are some of the best people. #bookstorelove #shoplocal #indiebookstore #midwestbooksellers #GreatLakesBooksellers #mpiba #gliba #indiana #indianapolis

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2025

Just finished Radio Treason by Rebecca West (McNally Editions), & it’s absolutely stellar. I’d never heard of West, but her pre-New Journalism coverage is more colorful, insightful, and philosophical than Capote (maybe even Didion). This book is West’s […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2025

Had a blast at the Black Belt Birding Festival. It was packed with good people and good food (& cool birds if you were fast enough to catch them, which I was not). The folks at Alabama Audubon know what they’re doing. The keynote on representation in the […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

People riding behind a tractor under a blue sky.

Keynote address sign for the Black Belt Birding Featival

Dudley Edmondson on stage giving keynote address.

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2025

This handy chart appeared in a #fediverse promo video created by @_elena Very handy. I was unaware of all these options and am looking forward to exploring the Reddit alternatives. #TheFutureIsFederated

Black two-column chart showing non-federated app icons on the left like Facebook and instagram and fediverse icons on the right like mastodon and pixelated

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