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LoneLocust

@LoneLocust@mastodon.social

I am a retired government CIO. #Podcast host (Fusion Patrol.) Married, 25 years, kids at university. Citizen #Potawatomi Nation member. #Ebike enthusiast. #Atheist. SciFi & Tokusatsu Fan (Trek, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Babylon 5, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and many more.). Love a good crossword or #KillerSudoku. Recently published app in iOS App Store (Killer Sudoku Aide.) Probably other stuff but I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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petergleick, to random
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Bezos and Musk have it deeply wrong.
The problem isn't that we need a trillion people to have more Einsteins or Mozarts.

The problem is we don't nurture and protect the ones we have.

Stephen Jay Gould wrote: "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops".

LoneLocust,
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@petergleick @glennf The true delusion is that they think that the metaphorical cream will always rise to the top.

I’m sure it salves their egos that they think they are part of the best humanity has to offer because they got to the top.

LeftistLawyer, to random
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Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please!

https://newrepublic.com/post/172710/russia-build-safe-space-conservative-americans-move

LoneLocust,
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@LeftistLawyer 200 families is not enough. Not nearly enough.

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Googling “best bicycle seat for old man's butt” is not producing fantastic results. Does have wisdom to impart?

(It’s for an eBike, so shaving off the grams is not that important.)

Yes, “best bicycle saddle for old man's butt” was tried, too.

LoneLocust, to random
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In 1998, I wrote down my travels in physical journals.
By 2005, I was blogging them instead of writing them
By 2011, I was tweeting them instead of blogging them

In 2024, I'm lucky to have the archive I downloaded from Twitter before I deleted that shit-show. Even still, that is a completely discombobulated hot mess.

My written journals are still tangible and easily accessible (to me.) The rest may have been pissing in the wind.

LoneLocust, to Taiwan
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Guava Lemon Green Tea from has made it to Costco in .

And look! The Guava, Lemon, Tea mixture is plant-based!

When did they stop using pork?!

LoneLocust, to random
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I knew this.

As soon as products like DayQuil and NyQuil stopped using pseudoephedrine and started using phenylephrine, they stopped being effective for me.

I did suspect that perhaps that I might have been an outlier, but for me it’s always been zip, zilch, nada.

The spectacular downfall of a common, useless cold medicine | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/the-spectacular-downfall-of-a-common-useless-cold-medicine/

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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Goddamit the BBC and Disney+ bullshittery. This is worse than than the UNIT dating controversy.

If you say you’re releasing Season 1 on Blu-Ray in August, you’d damned well better be talking about William Hartnell.

Otherwise, it’s .

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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In just 2 hours, the first @podcast episode on the new series of episode goes live.

In 13 years, this is the first time I've had to include the explicit tag.

LoneLocust, (edited ) to random
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All plans for (a) painting (b) shed assembly or (c) a bike ride through Dreamy Draw have been thwarted by the .

Does the pitter-patter of rain preclude this being a pic?

LoneLocust, to random
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Who says Arizona is too far south to see the ?

I’m pretty sure that’s the right there.

LoneLocust, to Phoenix
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This says all over it.

LoneLocust, (edited ) to iPhone
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of a

The problem with modern computational photography is that it can “hide” problems with reality on the assumption they are problems with the photographer’s skill.

I opened the door this morning, and all the HEPA filters in the house kicked into high gear trying to clear the smoke hanging everywhere in the air.

camera says, “Don’t worry, I can fix that!”

LoneLocust, to random
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My eldest is barreling towards their graduation from ASU this semester. As part of their final requirements, this evening they’ll be exhibiting their work at the ASU Art Gallery.

Since my retirement, I’m not used to having to shave mid-week. It feels unnatural.

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Ever have one of those days when you’re out riding your bike and you just end up somewhere where you never expected you’d be?

LoneLocust, to random
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“I pledge to use and internalize the Metric System in my own life wherever possible, so long as it does not impact safety. Further, I will not make it easy for others to cling to outdated measurement systems.”

— The Metric Pledge

LoneLocust, to random
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WTF? “abysm?”

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Note from 1981 me to 2024 me: when you install a new bike inner tube, the last step is to always make sure the valve stem is tight.

Had a slow leak since install, seemingly fixed now (fingers crossed) since I tightened the stem.

LoneLocust, to BehindTheScenes
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This week's newsletter: Patrolling beyond Fusion: Bisecting the Maxifold.

Recording update, more troubles with AI transcriptions, upcoming releases, and a shout-out to someone else covering

https://fusionpatrol.com/2023/11/28/patrolling-beyond-fusion-bisecting-the-maxifold/

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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I hate sharing links to YouTube these days, but… it’s , so I’ll let this slide.

Disney certainly are pulling out all the stops as Ncuti Gatwa hits the late night shows.

https://youtu.be/R03XXW1pLQ4?si=BSFqa3R8PUuYpZmY

LoneLocust, to random
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COMING THIS WEEKEND: Simon and I ponder the Wild Blue Yonder and wonder what the US Air Force song tells us about nothing on a spaceship, how and when you need to get the supersonic screwdriver out of the way, and I break into song.

That's this Saturday @podcast or you could a preview it now at patreon.com/fusionpatrol

https://www.patreon.com/posts/660-doctor-who-94090384?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

rscottjones, to Phoenix
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When many people think of , they think of endless suburban sprawl. And, certainly, that’s part of the story. But here’s something that many are surprised to learn:

Four of the five largest city parks are located in metro Phoenix

https://rscottjones.com/the-largest-city-parks-in-the-united-states/

[15/31] for
[17/100] for

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones Maybe Skyline could annex another 600 acres and knock Texas off the radar?

(FYI, link in post to Skyline is broken.)

glennf, to random
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The dystopian future in which humanity relegated to shining the shoes of robots (1909).

LoneLocust,
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@glennf I can’t take this ad seriously.

The very idea that robots would smoke pipes is ludicrous. Being vapers seems much more credible.

LoneLocust, to random
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My MacBook already doesn’t have a crease in it.
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112490734852701196

LoneLocust, to random
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“…new product line will include frozen pizzas, sandwich melts, grain bowls, and pastas that are ‘portion-aligned to a weight loss medication user’s appetite.’”

So… they mean sensibly-sized portions?

—
The next food marketing blitz is aimed at people on new weight-loss drugs | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/with-weight-loss-drugs-booming-companies-target-dieters-with-new-foods/

LoneLocust, to random
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My (late) dad had two “trips of a lifetime” he wanted to complete. In 1975 he and I attempted to drive the Alaskan Highway which starts in B.C., goes through Yukon Territory and into Alaska - almost 1,400 miles. Considering we started driving in Arizona it was an ambitious summer.

Unfortunately a freak insect bite and infection curtailed our progress and ended the trip early, in Washington. He never got to Alaska.

His other dream trip was the Yucatán Peninsula to see the Mayan ruins. (Cont.)

LoneLocust,
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Maybe I can get some help from or some aficionados?

This is the one thing I might be able to place in time that could help me narrow down the date of these photos.

I think this might be a 1990 Trek 800 Antelope. Can anyone confirm? It matches a written description of the livery, but I haven't found a definitive matching photo yet.

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