MM-DD-YYYY was at the root of YET ANOTHER data problem. Stay in school, don't do drugs, and always use ISO date formats, kids

In a telling indication of my blend of interests, I have just conflated @grantennis and Garth Ennis.

Apparently it's both #nationallibraryweek AND #lesbianvisibilityweek, so special shout-out to all y'all lesbrarians!

Today's my 16th Bikeaversiary and of course #bicycleday - I didn't get to ride much this weekend, but I did get groceries & a #buynothing run on Sunstreaker plus outfitted Tracks with some adventuresome handlebars for higher speed outings.

Turns out germans know a thing or two about how to have a beer outdoors.

Tracks' Adventure Mode is go!

I tell myself that my Sunday ritual of brewing a large moka pot and sipping it with a Baileys knockoff is a fitting tribute to my Italian & Irish roots. It also makes laundry folding somewhat more enjoyable.

Gonna start picking these up when I find them to make a badass necklace - the cycling equivalent of a dragon's tooth.

Sometime during your workday, someone will schedule a meeting while you're pedaling to an appointment. It's very important that your take it.

A first morning commute ride with Tracks - my new acoustic street & adventure steed! . #EldredgeKnot #slowfashion #newbikeday #montague #foldingbike

Bicycles deliver the freedom auto ads promise, and look much better in ads for planning professionals than the little inset of what they'll actually have to deal with.

Life, uh, finds a way

I will not troll NIBMYs in my hometown's FB group I will not troll NIBMYs in my hometown's FB group I will not troll NIBMYs in my hometown's FB group I will not troll NIBMYs in my hometown's FB group

Fun: ✅ putt-putt ✅ driving range ❌ actual golf

Welp, that's a wrap on 47, the year in which I bit off a rather a lot. Here goes 48, in which I attempt to chew.

Here are two graphs that show either how bad humans are at predicting the future OR, just possibly, how oil money can motivate reasoning to bend public & private investments to its will:

#teampacey wins, I guess?

Kinda wondering what the discussions at Adobe are like regarding their best-known file extension being an object of disdain in an entirely new way of late.

New frenemy just dropped 😮‍💨 #gradschoolproblems

"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...

Sitting here folding laundry, looking out at the ice, scrolling past even worse ice, dreaming of clement weather and precedented times.

I guess we'll never know what the third shaker was for…

Bluesky users: they're here and you should block them. @ ice gov (without the spaces, obviously)

The rise and fall of Stack Overflow is a case in point of the parasitic nature of LLMs. LLMs feed their models on places like Stack Overflow to be useful to users, so users flock to them to avoid the eternal snarky comments and just get an answer to their […] [Original post on greennuclear.online]

A soup season thought *munching on a handful of oyster crackers* Man, these are basic, but good. I wonder why they don't come in ✨flavors✨? *imagines a cheesy oyster cracker* *realizes I have just re-invented Goldfish*

Look, all I'm saying is that if there's a place where people like Andre the Giant are unable to make friends and are going unemployed, I assume it's because he's a shrimpy weakling by their standards, which makes an invasion seem unwise in the extreme.

Do live animated avatars in meetings give anyone else Waking Life vibes?

I don't Spotify, but I do @transitapp rather a lot!

Just call me The Fonz, 'cause I got an

This is a #GIS.

IYKYK #atx

Celebrating a hard-fought #gis victory over Connecticut (and institutional intransigence in the face of shifting realities) with the best New Haven pie in town, plus these regional beverages. PSA: If you are a state, please do not completely redraw your counties.

So busy that I've not had much time to plot what to do in New Orleans next week - what are your bike-from-Treme recommendations? . #TrinityKnot #slowfashion #foldingbike #brompton #neworleans

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Everyone is spinning this ALL WRONG! Imagine the bipartisanship that would be possible if every president was required to go down on a previous president of a different party. I think it would help us to cum together as a country.

New lockscreen: let's get vertical

Here we goooo…! . #MerovingianKnot #slowfashion #ternhsd #cargobike #texasgisforum2025

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Happy Halloween, y'all!

I've just put the finishing touches on my presentation, so all that remains is for you to show up to see it! Come see me present The Adventures of Compost Bin Buddy at the 2025 Texas GIS Forum at 10:45 AM on November 5. #texasgisforum2025 #gis #zerowaste #community

I know what this is, but without any context for scale, well…

I have just joined a high-pressure cult. (I finally bought an InstaPot)

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Growing up, mom often mentioned living in West Germany, contrasting their "papers please" culture with the freedom people in the US had to be anywhere we pleased (except behind the steering wheel) without the need to carry ID. Seeing us slide into that sort of system bit by bit is heartbreaking.

Another entry in the annals of offensively bad #texas maps. Spotted at Leopard Lounge in Austin TX.

I've accumulated a crew of brilliant folks in my life; one of these stars - among the most culturally astute and expressive in prose, @whogivesafocal.bsky.social - is launching a #newsletter showcasing her independent #writing & #journalism. Get in early […]

#comics and #metal nerds: I've just been reminded of a longstanding curiosity of mine: is there any connection between #gwar (the band) and the #watchmen street organization GWAR (Gay Women Against Rape)?

The number of posts and mentions I've seen about the new airpods' translation function are really revealing a weird strain of xenophobic paranoia. Nobody's speaking their first language just to get away with talking about you within your earshot 🙄