Devon Monk

Pssst....have you heard? It's out!

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

A member of the Oregon chapter of Authors Against Book Bans, @kateristau.bsky.social, is running for Tigard City Council! Kate is the President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and the Executive Director of Willamette Writers. Vote for Kate if you can! katefortigard.com

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Make a plan to return your ballot on time! We recommend using a secure drop box or mailing your ballot back at least 7 days before election day. Ballots must be in a drop box or postmarked by 8 PM on Nov. 3rd. Learn more at OregonVotes.gov/myvote #OregonVotes #OregonElections

We voted! Have you? Our ballots are mailed. We dropped them off at a ballot box today! #vote

Our blessed cornball prophet

Most of these game studios are not closing because they're not PROFITABLE. They're closing because they're not showing GROWTH. The system of investor capitalism is ruining literally everything you care about.

Cozy Halloween hijinks in magical Ordinary, Oregon! This volume has three holiday stories: Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day! books2read.com/u/47Dek7

Neighbor has this lovely flower. I took a quick pic while walking (therefore=blurry). I think it's Creeping Plumbago?

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

Amtrak Cascades is breaking records in Oregon! We’re excited to report @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov carried 13,533 riders between PDX>EUG last month, an all-time record for any Sept. since the service began. Overall ridership is up 24% in 2026 YOY.

Look at that sunrise right outside my office window. Swoon.

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

I will say that I think caring about point #1 requires a reverence for the Supreme Court I do not have. I simply do not think a body that small should have that much concentrated power. One person's cancer diagnosis should not decide the human rights of an entire generation. 81 justices is fine.

A "glam shot" of the bikes we took out to the Oregon desert. So fun!

This very old ghostie of ours is wishing you a happy spooky season! (soft sunrise included)

Any and all "'AI'-detection services" are scams. They are just another way for the desperate, greedy companies behind the slop machines to *feed more stuff into their slopmakers*. They are not useful, accurate, or cost-effective. Just cut it out. Stop being taken in by the slop grifters. Jeez.

TODAY is the last day to register to vote in Oregon! Make sure your voice is heard—visit OregonVotes.gov to make sure you’re registered.

this is so so wonderful. this is 100% the absolute loveliest vision of gardening, bringing people together & building community through beauty & growing things. I just LOVE this & hope to emulate these folks more & more as I grow older.

Pretty Sweet Black Eyed Susans out in the middle of nowhere. Well, it was somewhere. It was the flower's home.

Cozy Halloween hijinks in magical Ordinary, Oregon! This volume has three holiday stories: Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day! books2read.com/u/47Dek7

Happy Monday. I hope your road ahead is smooth and easy!

Need a fun magical cozy mystery series set on the stormy old Oregon coast? I gotcha: books2read.com/u/mB0jJR

Oh ffs. No AI. None. Not in the art, not in the copy, not in the emails, not in ANYTHING.

Ah-ha! Rain! *jumps into sweater, pours hot cocoa, burrows under lap blanket*

Clouds are clouding up, the day's gone cool and gray. C'mon, Oregon, do the rain thing.

Seems like a good time to note that Barnes and Noble sells individual issues of Clarkesworld, Apex, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, Uncanny, and other zines, usually for under $5 per issue. Beneath Ceaseless Skies sells some "best ofs" for under $5 as well.

Neighbor has a tree with this lovely fruit. I've never seen it before. I think it's a Kousa Dogwood?

The cost of generating and storing electricity with solar + battery is now cheaper than on-demand generation with gas turbines everywhere in the world: www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/10/4-ho...

Vote early and in person, folks. If you're in a "vote by mail" state and can deliver your mail-in vote directly rather than relying on USPS this year, do it. Otherwise get it into the mail at the earliest possible date. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Unfinished piece for a current commission. The client has requested a modification that will take this illustration to a different direction, but I wanted to shred this one before moving to the new version. #birds

Good morning

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

Disciplined Duelist - for Magic: The Gathering's Streets of New Capenna AD: Sarah Wassell The first painting I completed for Magic and still one of my favourites.

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

We've been eating onions from our garden for a couple months, but I just harvested what was left. Behold! Box of Onions! (Walla Walla Sweet)