Caspian

Dad, husband, traffic engineer in Metro Atlanta. Sharing photos with personal reflections, and occasional thoughts on the subjects of engineering and education.

[Caspian @Gishar]

Nice quick read: Give a Sh*t:
https://t.co/3DZnbiDW7n

[Caspian @Gishar]

Good to know we have a name for my favorite aroma if we could even call it an aroma!

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

That fresh smell after rain is called petrichor.

When raindrops hit dry soil, they release plant oils and geosmin from bacteria, creating that rich, earthy scent.

[Caspian @Gishar]

I have watched this tree for more than six years now and every year it produces a million bradford pears, but I have never seen a sapling underneath it! Why?!

[Caspian @Gishar]

@earthcurated Here’s another example in midtown Atlanta

[Caspian @Gishar]

What We Lose, or Learn to Hide https://t.co/vIrD7tho8I

[Caspian @Gishar]

My YouTube feed is exploding with fake content created by AI, and honestly they're not bad! Things are getting a bit weird these days... There's a much thinner line now between what's real and what's not.

[Caspian @Gishar]

@earthcurated Funny I have to see this post from Earth just after I saw this

[Caspian @Gishar]

Had forgotten how meditative cooking could be. It’s been years since I had a very good hand in it …

[Adil Soomro @RealAdilSoomro]

Bro found an offline game 😂💀

[Caspian @Gishar]

Everyone knows the importance of communication, yet it keeps being treated as a metric of obedience. You don’t just communicate when you’re obligated by your job or for a self serving reason. Communication is respect, and you respect other people no matter the context!

[Caspian @Gishar]

@AyatRuqayyhtyl Great view! Must be really hot out there though...

[Caspian @Gishar]

This was a surprise encounter the popped so quickly. El sombrero está maravilloso 😍

[Caspian @Gishar]

Nice way to put it. It really does wonders.

[Eddy Quan @waronweakness]

Being a good storyteller is like being a magician.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life."

From one of the most dazzling minds our species has produced, who lived nearly a century and won the Nobel Prize, timeless advice on how to grow old: https://t.co/AFllmpvqyp

[Caspian @Gishar]

@themarginalian One of the most mysterious concepts of all, the void. Thanks for sharing this even if for you it’s been a comeback. Checking Mr g out at my library 🙏🏻

[Caspian @Gishar]

Do trees feel pain like this pine tree in front of me with a dead branch still lingering on...

[Caspian @Gishar]

Couldn’t be more true!

“When in doubt, don’t argue about the facts. Look for the feelings. When we validate feelings, we create connection that gives us a chance to examine the facts together.”

https://t.co/yKrnm1lrCA

[Caspian @Gishar]

There’s something timeless about town fairs, it speak to you of the past and takes you to the now.

[Caspian @Gishar]

@earthcurated Many seem to take this quote for comfort as opposed to harmful stress. I doubt that’s the case. It’s basically saying don’t sit on your butt the whole time. Move think create rest do what needs to be done and probably have some stress too to help you move some more.

[Caspian @Gishar]

Got stung by a yellow jacket. Responded like a supposedly rational human being by spending the next 30 min hunting down its friends - A short reflection on revenge, instinct, and how reason sometimes works for our emotions instead of controlling them:
https://t.co/MItYnRMxrc