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skyfaller

@skyfaller@jawns.club

He/him. Fighting for climate justice. Jawns.club admin

#cyclist #cyclejawns #Philly

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skyfaller, to random
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For , on this day in 2019 I was at The Bourse, which was a bustling "food hall," with multiple vendors I loved. There was a bar that served excellent non-alcoholic shrubs, and a great fresh pasta stall. Has it recovered at all yet? Last time I stopped by it was dead and the stalls were empty.

COVID-19 hadn't happened yet, and normal people didn't know it was going to happen (despite Cassandras who knew we were not prepared for the next pandemic).

There was karaoke and Mario.

Jgbird, to random
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From earlier this year. I ended up seeing this bird get eaten in midair!

skyfaller,
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@Jgbird @loren What was fast enough to catch the hummingbird? I know they must have predators, but their maneuverability makes it seem difficult.

inquiline, to random
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Serious question: when and in which contexts did calling people "individuals" emerge as a common practice, as a synonym for people? Or "an individual" for "a person"?

I ask because I'm noticing it in student writing, and I associate it with police-speak. I don't know if it's in some corners of social science or medicine too

??

skyfaller,
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@inquiline @billseitz Paul Simon wrote about a mean individual "Stranded in a Limousine" in like 1977. Could be prosecutorial and cop language, given the context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbKF-S1JH8

But I feel like I've heard "individual" used in lyrics where it wasn't cop language, so maybe it's just from a different time and place and the cycle is coming back around?

skyfaller, (edited )
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@inquiline @billseitz "Tenement Funster" by Queen (1974):

I've got a way with the girls on my block
Try my best be a real individual
And when we go down to Smokies and rock
They line up like it's some kind of ritual

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E2mjJvBKs8

I think it crops up as a kind of countercultural term, opposing the individual vs. society. (Now that I think about it, this could also be prosecutorial / cop language, reclaimed as a sign of rebellion.)

skyfaller,
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@inquiline @billseitz How about "Screaming Skin" by Blondie (1999)?

"I'm a multicellular individual
You're way out of proportion!
We've got the hemodynamic connection
Don't call me germ!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO7rT1RQujM
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/77464/

Frankly I have no idea what this song is about, so I can't really speculate as to what the source of "individual" is here. Is it just contrasting the concept of "individual" with being multicellular & therefore made of a vast multitude of parts? Is it medical?

Seirdy, to random
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“Fads swept the youth of the Sprawl at the speed of light; entire subcultures could rise overnight, thrive for a dozen weeks, and then vanish utterly.”

Neuromancer on Harambe

skyfaller,
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@Seirdy My favorite temporary Internet subculture was Snakes on a Plane, which (as I remember it) disappeared the moment the movie came out, because the movie was neither good enough nor bad enough to justify building your personality around it. It could never live up to the sheer audacity of the title.

It was a perfectly OK movie. I liked the music video for the theme song by Cobra Starship.

skyfaller, to random
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I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you

tomodachi94, to random
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What's the Git GUI of choice for Git newbies nowadays? I'm trying to help out someone who wants to contribute to a GitHub project.

skyfaller,
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@tomodachi94 @alcinnz I realize that my intern and I may not be typical, but my intern had never used git before and I got her started using gitui: https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui

Yes, this is a TUI, not a GUI, but I think people who cannot use the command line should consider not using git.

clive, (edited ) to random
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People of Mastodon!

I'm researching the growth of ebikes ...

... in cities around the US

I've talked to many people who love them!

But also want to include the perspective of folks who have concerns ...

... i.e. about the speed and weight of ebikes in accidents with pedestrians or other cyclists, and the like

If anyone has thoughts they wanna share, ping me! I'm all ears: clive@clivethompson.net

Pass this along if you know anyone else with perspective they want to share

#fedibikes

skyfaller,
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@clive I do not have a car and use e-bikes as my primary mode of transportation. I think they're great, and in terms of safety, I'd rather be hit by any e-bike than any car.

That said, e-bikes can legally go places that cars cannot legally go, so there are situations where I could be hit by an e-bike where cars are an unlikely danger. I worry about any bicycle going over 20mph on the same infrastructure as pedestrians, non-electric road bikes included, and e-bikes are heavier than road bikes.

18+ jacqueline, to random
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WHO WANTS FUCKING AI IN THEIR TERMINAL EMULATOR. FUCK OFF!!!!!

skyfaller,
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@klausman @jacqueline Just use a terminal emulator that doesn't support ligatures, like Alacritty ;-) https://alacritty.org/

skyfaller, to random
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is "The Decline" by NOFX.
https://nofx.bandcamp.com/album/the-decline

Or maybe
Tear it apart
Start with [the] assumption:
That a million people are smart
Smarter than one!

It's sad how much of this 1999 song is still relevant (basically all of it, aside from dated references like answering machines). Reminds me of Joan Jett's jacket from ~1981, with all of the pins on it like "keep abortion legal" that still feel timely. Follow this up with RATM and get angry enough to make changes

stumblewyk, to random
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Saw an identical sign to this on someone's lawn this afternoon and giggled.

skyfaller,
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@stumblewyk This is terrible! At least I voted for the president, and they have term limits. Who gave Wu-Tang their power for eternity?

ascentale, to random
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This is a question from @RossA that I had missed from a while ago:

Q3. I'm currently struggling to find the ‘mojo’ to get out cycling regularly. What do others do to keep the cycling fresh and fun?

(If I've missed your question before, don't feel bad if you need to remind me as I have missed a few. Using the BikeNitePQ hashtag helps)

#BikeNite #BikeNiteQ

skyfaller, (edited )
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@nickzoic @meganL @ascentale @RossA A3: I stopped to eat an apple on my bike ride home today, and I saw what I'm pretty sure is a warbling vireo.

I think bike commuting is a great way to bird watch; you can just stop when you hear birdsong you don't recognize, and your mode of transportation is quiet enough you don't drown out the birds.

EDIT: Also sign up for nature walks in parks you haven't visited before, then use your bike to get there.

skyfaller,
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@ascentale @RossA A3: I hesitate to recommend a potentially addicting game, but I used to be a heavy player of AR game Ingress (predecessor of Pokemon Go): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingress_%28video_game%29

You travel to real world locations to take in-game actions, which made me visit places I never would have otherwise, like random cemeteries, or main streets that aren't on my regular commuting corridors.

Bicycles are very powerful in Ingress, especially in cities where bikes are faster/nimbler than cars.

skyfaller,
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@trouble @ascentale @RossA Yep, I was also Enlightened (green team). Good to see a fellow frog on Mastodon 🐸

The Enlightened community is great, but frankly I recommend joining whatever team is the local underdog (unless your friends are on the other team). I don't see the point of helping a team that's already winning win more. If one team wins too hard and the other team gives up, it makes the game a lot less interesting. (ENL is permanently behind in Philly, AFAIK.)

jalcine, to random
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How does Brandon Sanderson write so much!?

skyfaller,
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@jalcine Writing a lot is hard, but keeping the quality up at that volume is truly impressive. The Way of Kings is my favorite book of all time, and he's written a lot of other stuff that's important to me, like this short story is also one of my faves: https://reactormag.com/firstborn/

stefan, (edited ) to fediverse
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I'm prototyping a fediverse sharing button. Anyone interested in giving it a try?

Feature highlights:

  • shows a logo of supported fediverse software
  • lets you share selected text
  • remembers the last fediverse domain used

Demo: https://fediverse-share-button.stefanbohacek.dev/
Download: https://github.com/stefanbohacek/fediverse-share-button/

skyfaller,
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@stefan @ErikUden You might want to check out ShareOpenly by @ben :

https://shareopenly.org/
https://werd.io/2024/some-shareopenly-updates
https://hicks.design/journal/share-openly

futurebird, to random
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yeah moss is great but how about a vascular plant that has basically ... gone back to the way of the moss...

Azorella compacta

It's... it's a carrot that has given up on having leaves...

Imagine a hostile planet with plants like this... could you tell that they once grew in less cold and arid climates? What if flora of the twilight days of a planet look like the earliest life... but when you look closer there are abilities, and structures that tell their history....

It looks exactly like a tuft of green moss.

skyfaller,
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@futurebird Wikipedia link for those who want to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yareta

beeoproblem, to random
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Bye Google search. Nice knowing you

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results/

skyfaller,
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@GrayGooGirl @beeoproblem Sadly DuckDuckGo is also pushing AI, but at least it hasn't replaced their default search yet. We're going to need a new crop of search engines and equivalents that are willing to draw a line in the sand when it comes to AI (and other ethical issues).

zed, to random French
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The best strategy Dems can use to "save the planet" is to quit talking describing their plans as "saving the planet.” Doesn't matter what the policy is, you've immediately just turned off Republicans.

But most "green" laws are also better for the economy, or otherwise increase the quality of life for impacted residents. Talk about those things.

skyfaller,
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@zed Once you give up on both empathy and reality, no strategy for promoting anything good is going to work. If you say "this helps people directly," Fox News can just say "But it helps the wrong people, people who don't deserve to live", or just make up their own facts.

I don't think clever maneuvering will allow you to deliver fact-based policies that actually help people if a party successfully convinces the people that helping people is bad and truth is lies.

ascentale, to cycling
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Call for questions: it is #BikeNite this Friday at 4pm Pacific time!

Reply with questions you'd like me to add to the discussion on Friday! You can add the BikeNitePQ hashtag so it's easier to find a Proposed Question. There are only a couple in the queue right now.

(BikeNite is a Q&A type discussion on the Fediverse.)

#BikeTooter cc @bikenite

skyfaller,
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@ascentale What is the most sustainable bicycle currently in production? I asked Mastodon this a while back: https://jawns.club/@skyfaller/109943893866014242

Relatedly, what is the easiest bicycle to maintain in the long term, like if you wanted it to be a family heirloom? Bikes that are no longer in production are valid. What factors do you consider for ease of maintenance?

If you were building a bike from scratch with the goal of making it as easy to maintain as possible, how would you do it?

researchbuzz, to random
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#Pennsylvania #ticks #LymeDisease #PublicHealth

"Just in time for National Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the Pennsylvania Department of Health launched a new online dashboard to provide Pennsylvania residents and health care providers with information about tickborne diseases. The online dashboard not only pinpoints where ticks are prevalent but also shows the latest state data on tickborne disease activity."

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/new-tool-pennsylvania-department-health-shows-where-ticks-are-prevalent/ORWGL6BXURABJBAGZAVM4VDO3Y/

skyfaller,
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@OskarImKeller @researchbuzz For the dashboard itself, see https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/Vectorborne%20Diseases/Pages/Tick%20Diseases.aspx

meganL, to random
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I keep messing up frozen croissants by forgetting to take them out to thaw/rise at the right time.

This time I messed them up by not putting them in the freezer quickly enough when I got home from the store. So they rose a teeny bit in the pkg, then got frozen again. I took them out at the right time this morning, but they are well behind in rising.

Gave up and put them in the solar oven just now anyway. They will be slightly flatter almond croissants.

skyfaller,
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@meganL Have you used other solar cookers? How did you choose this one? I haven't heard of the SOS Sport before.

checkervest, to random
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You can retroactively insert "All Star" into any movie at any point you'd like, where are you putting it?

skyfaller,
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@checkervest Terminator 2, when John Connor is trying to teach the T-800 to be cool... and, when Sarah Connor is reflecting on how the T-800 is actually a great father figure.

Look, just make it the T-800's theme song.

trouble, to random
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This is not my picture, but worthy of a #CarryShitOlympics tag

skyfaller,
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@trouble It only seems fair; after all the centuries of humans riding horses, we should give them a lift

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