NYT reports Jensen Huang had a second extramarital affair, this time with one of his direct reports. Stock fell 8%, vaporizing something like $300B of market cap. Most expensive affair in history?

Doing my part for intergenerational understanding by introducing my oldest daughter to Consolidated’s music.

(And marveling that we thought the US government was being run by fascists in the 1990s. We didn’t know how good we had it!)

“Baby Gelatinous Cube”

small slime mold under blue light

Indian Holes Falls. Perhaps not the best shot, but it's a tough spot to get to.

Ladybugs may be small, but they add up.

tree covered in ladybugs

South Sister wearing a nice lenticular cloud in the last rays of the setting sun.

MR Separation Fire. 2017. 18,097 acres. Bushwhacking along the old Louise Creek Trail (which has seen no maintenance since the fire) route with Substitute Point on the horizon. Lots of pearly everlasting here, and not much else besides snags. The two

Electing Jordan, protecting Hegseth….apparently the lame duck Republican House learned absolutely nothing from last week’s election. Hopefully they don’t do too much damage in the next couple of months before the non-traitors arrive in Washington.

Lungwort is so strange. Here it is with some bonus webbing and a tiny snail. Alas I didn't spot the snail in real time, so he's out of focus.