2026-10-17T16:35:05Z https://njump.me Courtney Rosenthal https://njump.me/npub1373rwtjxtre375djz238fzvemx7lmxzhrt7mdt5q3dl4eake6xss8wlc7d https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/accounts/avatars/114/130/076/214/002/183/original/41075c31259c5809.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/accounts/avatars/114/130/076/214/002/183/original/41075c31259c5809.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqspgcfhwt82gstuy4kq3n37y834rtm4mt7evuw8cmguqq93x850ksczyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zqlsnq8 The Open Home Foundation Community Day is coming up on November 7. I don&#39;t see any events registered for the Portland, OR area.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.openhomefoundation.org/community-day/">https://www.openhomefoundation.org/community-day/</a><br/><br/>If five Portland-area Home Assistant enthusiasts respond to this post and indicate they&#39;d attend an event that day, I&#39;ll try to reserve us a library room so we can have a meetup.<br/><br/>#homeAssistant #portland 2026-10-02T19:51:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswvrtqcd7xkfapqhafgm4w474udxm0emajuw4qde5rw62d562tqdgzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zp7k6d6 I&#39;m a little sad that nobody caught the easter egg in yesterday&#39;s blog post. 😢 <br/><br/><a href="https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/09/15/side-loading-anti-hate-protection-into-vivaldi-for-android.html">https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/09/15/side-loading-anti-hate-protection-into-vivaldi-for-android.html</a><br/><br/>(Hint: it&#39;s in the screenshots.) 2026-09-16T20:28:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszwcvzkntwew5jvtdy7geelv09rr6jsesta9ykl3fuhuun6yn7x7gzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6ztgktah New Blog Post: EV charging myths<br/><br/>Six months ago I bought an EV. It&#39;s been a great experience and I&#39;ve learned a lot. Or, more accurately, I&#39;ve unlearned a lot.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/28/ev-charging-myths.html">https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/28/ev-charging-myths.html</a><br/><br/>#blaugust #ev 2026-08-28T20:37:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrtyjdznf5raxqh63ak0e7zpw8369kwfz67s9xnc2wkgd424egzxczyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zfpetfa New Blog Post:: Peaceful. Serene. THWACK!<br/><br/>I just returned from a long weekend in Ashland, Oregon.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/25/peaceful-serene-thwack.html">https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/25/peaceful-serene-thwack.html</a><br/><br/>#blaugust #pickleball 2026-08-25T14:31:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsppm7n9w8sur7afhdw4vm2w25e3y2kkqrqhn6rwnllvpxfgnnd4dczyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zvjddcm New Blog Post: LLM, but less harmful<br/><br/>Like every other asshole, I have an opinion about generative AI and LLMs. I also have some ideas to address some of their harms.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/12/llm-but-less-harmful.html">https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/12/llm-but-less-harmful.html</a><br/><br/>#blaugust 2026-08-12T13:51:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszw6vmewmu68vrc2uak67fg3pj09xu59lw9smpxj8ecwtv3s8xswszyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6z643ppa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9trecqf93z4lv5445tat740n9yn3kkzpqvhhq5ynj35gcjfgzv8sa4jkju'>nevent1q…jkju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Heist is less than two blocks from #75 bus.<br/><br/>John&#39;s Marketplace is a half block from the #9 bus. 2026-08-12T01:33:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz5zeq4f9yhlfm9el4sfvmjly2l89vp4pq7vt9rxum8r9egwdcpjgzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6z4s7fla How about, instead of giving over $100M of Portland money to the billionaire owner of a sports team in return for ... whatevs??? ... we build a local, municipal ice rink.<br/><br/>#portland #modaCenter #lloydCenter 2026-08-07T17:42:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv6z8tt53q8kjravy2wqs55gg7cjd5pu26nws3rwt9lv07pmtn25czyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zaw3d56 HTML Day is coming to Portland!<br/><br/>A worldwide celebration of hypertext markup language and public HTML freewrite.<br/><br/><a href="https://clipdx.com/htmlday/">https://clipdx.com/htmlday/</a><br/><br/>Sat, Aug 8<br/>1pm - 5pm<br/>ADX (Art Design Xchange), 417 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214<br/><br/>Sponsored by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nq58ge2z9g97clmtch2pa8zf49vd54hled0hu5y8mm8esc6y967qgddnfv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Computers Like Portland</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nq5…dnfv</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#portland #htmlDay #smallWeb 2026-07-24T21:43:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvrftscqp57f5hpw32kge6p0kkfqnzwnu7pfvnxdw2v35njpleleqzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zjna3hk RE: <a href="https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/116964431707530792">https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/116964431707530792</a><br/><br/>A great interview. If you&#39;re a public supporter of libraries, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1prsjp48zup4rrp4xldg66x7zff2ykvusk47awlhsmaqhm3apl95s53eh8y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jessamyn</span> (<span class="italic">npub1prs…eh8y</span>)</a></span> lays out why they are important public institutions that should be protected. If you&#39;re library staff, it&#39;s a great reminder of how important your work is.<br/><br/>#library<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note188qcecl5ql2gwkjcgjma2fwrp4ulz9xt8l47n67lym8a02gx3nqqdwt98s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note188q…t98s</a></span><br/> </div> Jessamyn's Maxim of Uptime says that the likelihood that your website will be up and running is in inverse proportion to the amount of media mentions that you've gotten in the past 24 hours.<br/><br/>I did an interview with a person who works for an indie news outlet. I mentioned my work with Flickr Commons and my blog, librarian.net. Within 24 hours of the interview going up, both sites were down (and are both back up now.<br/><br/>Here's the interview. I think it came out well.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newsjunkie.net/article/jessamyn-west-interview">https://www.newsjunkie.net/article/jessamyn-west-interview</a> </blockquote> 2026-07-22T19:17:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf6jsv34xyxzhl22l8hjcu7zw0fjqjm2zvazx670fwzjvyx56jnuszyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zptujcw The mayor of the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood has passed. If you ever went to the CVS at 17th and Tacoma, you may have run into Nutmeg the cat. His owner has posted the news to Facebook. The little guy will be missed.<br/><br/>#portland<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/116/908/088/477/063/363/original/6705a4b17cc8ab79.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-12T17:08:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9j2tsjz4enu2e8x6mh50l04k24tsweue3zws2q6lk7vdg4nwrzngzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zjn9vqy Remember back when Joe Biden was president and we had this Trumpy Postmaster General who was destroying the USPS, but the president couldn&#39;t fire him or do anything about it because ... uuhhh ... institutional norms or constitutional order or something.<br/><br/>Ah, yes, those were good times.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/supreme-court-trump-agency-firings-slaughter-ftc">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/supreme-court-trump-agency-firings-slaughter-ftc</a> 2026-06-30T03:07:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqjjmuy8shfnp6xq3kda9drges58cjqt9vcytyyjtf2r5x9e6a05gzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zyudzg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswm7ysdj7reshr4ntqrxmysd2sh4747njw2e7lca0j6k35xh7vqccqvg9yr'>nevent1q…g9yr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, please do post/blog your experience. My project queue could always use another item on top. 2026-06-24T20:13:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy2w5gv539hdavls3rq2qmuq7ppnunq2u45rekzq6tr3fg24sh9tqzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zpvnher In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrn7rvmrxrhxfaq23d8fwcqy9cp2rjzz23r40al0tcnuqu59xxmag5r39m3'>nevent1q…39m3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This looks interesting. I tried the M5stack Atom Echo and the drivers are crazy buggy. But I haven&#39;t given to on voice. 2026-06-24T19:42:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgn9wggclg06da07rdsjsqvlhvjanfmcvwcrq0u22hmw5ev3205tczyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6z89jxze I try to hold just two streaming subscriptions at a time. One is YouTube Premium. The other rotates. It&#39;s been stuck on Paramount Plus for a long time, because Star Trek ate my brain and I paid for a year at the start of the last Strange New Worlds season.<br/><br/>It&#39;s about to run its course and I&#39;ll be damned if I&#39;m going to give that MAGA asshole any more money.<br/><br/>We switched to Apple TV and OMG, it&#39;s like a time warp where peak TV still exists. Who knew -- it&#39;s great!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theverge.com/column/948295/apple-tv-new-hbo">https://www.theverge.com/column/948295/apple-tv-new-hbo</a> 2026-06-12T22:11:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqkya7qta9ymgz2j0my4qlegnmxaj9g78ge6mu9kmns54hta3kktczyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6z02x7f6 We visited Silver Falls yesterday. It was a fabulous day and the view was spectacular. And Silverton was a lovely town. It was a great day trip destination.<br/><br/>#oregon<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/116/704/452/373/666/869/original/98bb2b4095e27a52.jpg"> <br/> 2026-06-06T18:00:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvlvmc73n476dvgjez0ncj59023phu82tpk5kngv9vzl8xr3yw56szyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6z7mtygm I must have had a staggeringly positive balance in the karma bank.<br/><br/>Biked to the library. Locked it up street side. Forgot to remove my phone from the handlebars cradle. Came out two hours later. Phone was where I left it.<br/><br/>Phew! 😅 2026-04-07T02:51:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs29nv52k97jx7quns58np4llnkgcczuk0ygfq8034vnem4qwhg44gzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6z4llxyp Are there any amateur #classicalGuitar players in the #portland area that are interested in getting together with a low key, small group of other (adult) players? A bunch of us are putting together a monthly salon. The skill levels range widely, from noob on up -- all welcome. You can bring a guitar and play if you want, or just hang and chat. We&#39;ve met a few times, and it&#39;s been great.<br/><br/>DM me if you are interested. 2026-02-26T01:55:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsre99829t2ffqehr430e3sk5svj8htfstlmckc8n23ff65u3kn2jczyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zdpepz0 I am rich! <br/><br/>(in socks)<br/><br/>#happySocks<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/116/105/906/147/168/876/original/15685a2bdb96f3a8.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-21T00:59:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdsx2eagcqx5f76ujugettxyrw94y80knnywqm6tz9a036p6g806czyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zrkpv7h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfjpp9c6wlydnc4u6amy34kshaj2pqahsqazg8zfdhrnw8rdwdsc24uwzm'>nevent1q…uwzm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cassidy knew better. He was in a deep pit from voting for impeachment. I guess he thought if he sold out his personal and professional ethics and took one for the team then MAGA would forgive him. <br/><br/>Fat chance. He got nothing out of it and is on track to lose his seat anyway. 2026-02-17T23:29:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst8sjf4nel7myqfnj7mmgyddhfyd6zcf2cxzfprxelynnhcj02wsszyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zyca09q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdxjr5f43jjtcjnuk7jhkes6ss7vjwkhmq9kqzetkjpmjtf9fcasj7ykdy'>nevent1q…ykdy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This story is gutting. This woman deserves a scholarship because her services are needed. Not deportation due to bigoted policies. 2025-12-22T23:30:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq8cux529t9zk89her2a8wnx9p5na45fcx4y6ytte8trekcv4x68gzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zn5qcjp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7pvy24m89h6rqza7mcjtjavzun2cphn30rgkwqwzgdk9uhzkgng74n88x'>nevent1q…n88x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m reconsidering.<br/><br/>I was not a fan of Wilson&#39;s recent announcement regarding city DEI policy rollbacks. But, he may have done what he had to, to protect city interests while maintaining local values.<br/><br/>And the city (and state!) have been great handing this crisis. 2025-10-09T16:54:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvwe5u4m8dmh4a8pk2qvnprdwz74tstjr34d2jxut23gfwd5n6udszyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6za6w8gw Recursive Franklin.<br/><br/>#caturday<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/115/317/341/897/336/056/original/76132046fa2585a5.png"> <br/> 2025-10-04T18:38:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst7p7ukdusjmf83y6ufpvhsk6juaqlqyh7f9avucxx3m7ududyxtgzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zx3cpxr I have a report from the #portland war zone.<br/><br/>I just returned from a meeting of a classical guitar group at a Central Eastside library. Now I&#39;m sitting at an outdoor table at a sandwich shop on Burnside waiting for my order. It&#39;s a lovely day.<br/><br/>Very few dead bodies to dodge. Mostly skateboards and bicycles and people out for a stroll.. 2025-09-27T22:35:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8grlqth9s4c2km2qavjhp3saw46z322jv2vc7g3kgqk03uslpksczyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6z4t0tea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkdd3n5tsmafqtx63zegvw3dn0d6fwjmc9r7z7av7lav49ggzd0stfr8jf'>nevent1q…r8jf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s how I feel about Substack posts 2025-09-17T19:14:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstzkpv0yq3pzvgststfge24ss564c3y3d8vp9tj8y6jnkewtx2sggzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zkfelyl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmgc0hyljruxf2hcz6mxdsdlxzw94kyg4hkankpdqm0vyxvmegmc96k48p'>nevent1q…k48p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Congrats on your impending retirement. Have enjoyed your posts and look forward to what you might do next. 2025-09-15T21:35:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszqdezzk2lxxv2nqus3yeygj50q8ca2h79l072q7d55tgh96gf57czyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zf0zk9w This RSL proposal needs to die in a blazing pit of fire.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t want royalties. I want recognition. I liked being indexed by search engines because my creations were identified as mine.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t want to be paid. I just don&#39;t want to be plagiarized.<br/><br/><a href="https://rslcollective.org">https://rslcollective.org</a> 2025-09-11T03:18:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg94w9a4dt6aau70twk8uqznar64la2a4cus0v2s63r0vnrpaxytqzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zvtdwku Just got email from the Mayor of Portland essentially saying, &#34;we&#39;re adopting Trump&#39;s racist policies to protect city funding.&#34;<br/><br/>Wishing I was living in the timeline where I get email from the Mayor of Portland saying, &#34;we&#39;re going to sue that racist POS.&#34;<br/><br/>#Portland #pdx 2025-07-31T20:40:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg0m6dc8jq3f7nse3sj0566gzt8cc047qlpc2j46jpc8fj3p77elszyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zpe2wyt When it comes to preparing for potential disasters, the State of Texas offers little more than thoughts and prayers.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us</a><br/><br/>CC <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nzjhgymv940yzdqeqs58n4rheraynzsext2l3u6nxpvrqpfuwz2ql3pmgc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bich Nguyen :verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nzj…pmgc</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#texas 2025-07-13T17:31:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx2xx33c50qfrhglg87lsfdem3fm5vnd9tmuez33g765xqr2euheqzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zrea9c5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04gc8f3pe4tte69y58nq3kwjpw2dqxqum7ysg8kc5uvcejyh0a7gp9vjs4'>nevent1q…vjs4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice! I keep telling myself I should blog again. Congrats on taking that step.<br/><br/>Plus, added you to my feed reader. 2025-05-14T21:03:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdvugmvlkxqtfdeme95alva5kl8762jf33cqfyrlsfngeat24e3jgzyz86ydewgev0x863kgf2yayfn8vmmlvc2ud0md4wsz9h7h8km8g6zvv65j6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkt507m3qhmxg42zhuav9xlne7vshlhymsttd92t5nh2mxu8kcyclghzez'>nevent1q…hzez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s &#34;poopin&#39; in bluebonnets&#34; time 2025-04-08T14:41:23Z