Fun fact: Mike Pondsmith, creator of the Cyberpunk ttrpg, was a MechWarrior called Steel in MechCommander 2.

Figures I'm in the truck when I see some new riders. One kid even did a wheelie across the intersection. I'd rather ride with these guys than most other Harley riders. Better taste in games and anime. #motosky

I remember when a drive failure used to be a panic inducing catastrophe. Now it's just a question of whether or not WD Utilities will actually rebuild Raid 1 or if I'll have to format both drives and copy from the back-up's back up.

Three examples of noise management using Adobe Premiere for the motovlogger: Denoise on GoPro integrated Mic, Denoise + Dehummer on a Insta360 integrated mic. Then mixing in a backing track to conceal the noise, because people associate high end-hiss with 'vinyl warmth'.

Old photos of my life with the FJ-09. I miss those Givi side cases, you could fit a weeks worth of groceries in them. #motosky

A Slayer classic, from when Dave was still in the band, Jeff was still alive, and Kerry still had hair. I think some people always hated or were scared of Slayer because the band made art out of the darkness and violence in humans who wanted to pretend it wasn't there.

//NORTH/AMERICA//

If you've ever seen the source of these memes and thought the music was a banger and wanted a clean version @tupperwave.com worked some magic on his album Hooked on Aesthetics. He still has near 2 dozen copies left of it on vinyl on his bandcamp mypetflamingo.bandcamp.com/album/hooked... #synthwave

Currently playing with Google's 'Photobooks' product. It seems like a fairly easy way to turn collections of mediocre camera phone #travel #photography into moderately interesting compositions. Need to look up where I was for some of these pictures now.

Some Motorcycle finds from my visit to the Wichita Aviation museum. Something that appeared to be a Harley U frame fitted with a boat hull side car and a lawn mower engine. And a very pretty Honda in a tangerine metal flake my camera phone failed to capture well. #motosky

The botanical garden in Wichita is really nice.

Fresh drop: Pop-rockers in corpse paint covering 80's hits complete with a sax solo. This stuff is one of my favorite micro-genres and seems to be far more common in the European music industry, where I guess fun is still allowed. Sample playlist follows.

My biker guardian angel staged an intervention this morning and made sure my 1-cent 'fix' (a piece of electrical tape) of a leaking front brake reservoir sighting glass failed catastrophically so that the system ingested air.

#motosky, Today I realized the proliferation of action cam mounts in our community means I can now talk about my "1 inch ball socket clamp" with out having to buy someone a steak dinner first

Grasp, based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in the 90s

#motosky Something interesting from the breakfast ride this morning. A little gritty perhaps, but no judgement from me, Corsaro is never going to win a bike show either.

A good run of bad luck since last Friday: Dealer charges me for a free oil change, my building gets struck by lightning, weather ruins dinner plans with my Dad, and I have a hardware store in my passenger side rear tire

#motosky The Non-profit Back Roads of Appalachia popped into my insta feed this weekend and it's been interesting researching it. Their mission is plainly stated to be to pull motor sport tourism north out of Blue Ridge and Smokies into Central Appalachia: east Kentucky, west Virginia and south WV

Going to finish my coffee and then cruise main street rev-bombing every family trying to have breakfast alfresco. Happy Mother's Day, #Motosky

Question(s) for #Motosky : belt loops on Moto jackets, did you know this was a thing? Does your jacket have them? Have you ever used them? Do you like them? I used mine for the first time yesterday and honestly I think I'm a convert.

@ninjaytxz.com wanted some pictures of me wearing a shirt with the graphics he made for @verncarson.com, and you can't post pics in chat on bluesky, so every gets to enjoy me using the 2XL as an overshirt for my Knox Urban Pro Adventure riding shirt.

I know it's just me being a life long East-Coaster and never having lived more than 12 feet above sea level, but places like Tucson where you can start your morning riding a ski lift up a snow covered mountain and be hiking through cacti by lunch seem magical

And I don't hate it, I love it. It works so well as a loop. Thank you, Vern. I will literally be listening to this all night.

Music to Kill Rich People To EP OUT NOW verncarson.com #darksynth #music #verncarson #dnb #drumnbass #producer #synthwave #synthsky #retrowave #cyberpunk #flstudio #darkwave #bass #ep #release

#Motosky, made it to the Speedway for the Daytona 200. (Oh, the baby is me. I keep asking pretty ladies to let me latch, so far no luck.)

#Motosky, It's the start of Bike Week in Daytona. If you're streaming #motoamerica events, you've probably heard a rocking tune they use as a fill after the end of races. Here it is, Bullet Bike, all 60 seconds of it for you to loop to your heart's content: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHr1...

Apologies, going to break my "No politics" pledge momentarily: Thanks for the tax return, Uncle Sam. Guess where I'm sending some of it you backstabbing bastard. Death to Dictators. Fuck Fascists. u24.gov.ua

Why is it that modern #Love is weird, difficult, and frequently painful?

The embodiment of the United States capacity for progress and advancement, at least she'll take her Blue Riband trans-Atlantic speed record with her to the bottom. Such sad poetry, and it feels so bitterly like such a fitting metaphor.

Nobody on #Motosky will be able to say I don't commit to the bit. As promised to @nevada-atomic-cat.bsky.social, I have made a sleep aid out of riding video, a joke I committed to when he announced his new channel about riding out West. Over 35 minutes, not a single turn.

Beautiful moon tonight, but no signs of werewolves.

"Got plans for the Super Bowl?" "Yes" My plans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpgt...

#motosky, when you live in the Sunshine State, but there is no sunshine, that is the day you give the #motorcycle a bath.

I'm not entirely sure how @neonnightschannel.bsky.social found me before I found them, but happy they have. Been enjoying this tonight. At least the "Robot" is wearing a biker jacket? Thats on brand for me, right?

Good Sunday morning, #motosky. Something from the archives today: Board Trackers from Sons of Speed. These aren't museum pieces. These bikes, parts of which might be over 100 years old, still get out there and race. #motorcycle #HarleyDavidson

AND I STILL DRAW SHIT LIKE THIS

Fusion cuisine caused by having to clear out uneaten hurricane pantry items over winter: Omelets with fried Spam cubes, Momofuku spicy instant noodles mixed with a can of fiesta corn, Hormel canned chili with beans served over Knorrs instant chicken flavored rice with diced onions and hot sauce.

Looking for a unique experience if you're going to be in Central Florida for Bike Week this year? Why not volunteer to be a Marshall at the Speedway? #motosky #motorcycle

Why have winter blues when you can have winter #metal ?

One of my analysts at work is resigning to chase that consulting money. He's a Latino kid from SoFlo and his first gig is Kansas City in Jan. So, my transition planning for him has included what clothes he needs to buy so he doesn't freeze to death and what cars to rent so he doesn't crash on ice.

Running out of 2024 into 2025 like

Looking back on 2024, I’m so grateful that we got #Mechwarrior 5 Clans, possibly the best narrative experience in a #Battletech video game. Thanks to Piranha Games and everyone involved for the years / decade-plus of hard work and investments into making a dream come true

Io Saturnalia! Wishing everyone a swift recovery from their festivities. Our holiday cocktail menu was 10 deep this year, which I think is a record. Even the fat barbarian was looking a little unsteady by the end of the night.

The BPL Christmas Dump is still going strong. Tex and the gang have collected over $40,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. A record for the Legion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlc... #battletech

I feel like if I'm going to list 'Big Motorcycles' as one of my primary interests here, I should at least prove that I in fact own and ride one. So here I go to the record store for some last-minute Christmas shopping. No music, so play whatever you want over it!

A new home on my blog for my Innsmouth tale. thisnorthernboy.blog/2024/12/22/t... Almost 15k words so far, retelling the strange tale of the Massachusetts town of Innsmouth. #Lovecraftian #Horror #Writing #Innsmouth

If you're a Battletech / Mechwarrior Fan, you've probably run across Mr. Tex and the Black Pants Legion on Youtube. They're currently committing crime to end childhood cancer, and you should help. www.youtube.com/live/JsDm9iD...

Deer having breakfast - 2023

The most interesting thing I saw in the paper this morning. At first, I was confused how swimming nearly 1000 miles would be referred to as a 'backpacking expedition' but now I just want to know how a shark wrote a guest column for the Orlando Sentinel. And why does it need a backpack?

As a motorcyclist, you learn to manage risk and discomfort. However, I think I would probably permanently stow my gear if I had to deal with being potentially disfigured, dismembered or outright murdered by people flying kites.