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Andres4NY

@Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it

he/him. from the birdsite (https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY and before that @NEGreenways).

#Dad #NYC #Bikes #FreeTransit #SafeStreets #BanCars #Debian #FreeSoftware #ACAB #Vegetarian #WearAMask

My wife's an #epidemiologist, so you'll get some #COVID talk too.

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ai6yr, to random

My neighbor (who hates bees, rabbits, coyotes, and all insects in her yard -- and has replaced their lawn with plastic) has a "Welcome Spring" sign up. 🤔

Andres4NY,
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@ai6yr Back when we lived in Boston (Somerville), we had some beehives in a friend's backyard. While we were inspecting the hives one day (using a smoker, but with a minimal amount of smoke; it was only 2 hives), a neighbor called the fire dept & police on us. Our friend had warned the neighbor about the hives (which were situated opposite the neighbor, with a flight path well away from the neighbor's yard), but the neighbor was upset because they didn't want any bees going into their yard. 🙄

Andres4NY, to random
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lmao

"they're refusing to do their job! THE POLICE are refusing to do their jobs!"

dude you must be new here

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/112407246629284573

michelemccarthy, to random
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"The worm that ate part of his brain will not affect his ability to serve as president" is not great campaign messaging.

Andres4NY,
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@michelemccarthy "Don't worry, it was the part of my brain that I wasn't using. It won't affect my performance. The parts that got eaten were the bits that handle logic, empathy, and other unimportant stuff like that."

Andres4NY, to random
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hello, i have some privacy concerns... https://mastodon.scot/

Andres4NY, to random
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wanted to add "brainworm solidarity ✊" to my profile name but alas, mastodon doesn't allow that many characters. 😢

Andres4NY,
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@WolfIsMe lmao. Perfect, thank you

Jzimbabwe, to random
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I was today years old when I tried an (Impossible) for the first time.

Is “burnt” one of the flavor goals for that sandwich?

Andres4NY,
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@Jzimbabwe Authenticity is important! 🔥🍔🧯

Andres4NY,
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@rachael @Jzimbabwe This is why I like Boca burgers. I don't need my fake meat to have the same texture and issues (gristle chunks, burned taste) as real meat!

Andres4NY, to random
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Lol I already miss winter

Andres4NY, to random
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MTA subway announcements are so funny. "Attention: if you have questions or need to report something, NYPD are available on the platform"

Like subway riders need overpaid power-tripping MAGA shitheads staffing an info booth. "Yes, hi, can you help me book a car to the airport?" "Fug off I'm playing candy crush"

PedestrianError, to random
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If you can’t ride a bike or take a bus or subway, at least be sure your car is well ventilated.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/08/flame-retardants-auto-seats-health-risks

Andres4NY,
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@PedestrianError I.. have a different solution. 😉

Andres4NY, to random
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"endless screaming" sounds all edgy and funny until it's your 6yo at bedtime

obeto, to random
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Should there be ANY DOUBT left in any sane person's mind that NY governor Kathy Hochul is a closet racist?

Who, just who, fucking says something as abhorrent as "Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’"?

Who?

This, is a supposed Democrat?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/07/kathy-hochul-bronx-computer-comment

Andres4NY,
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@obeto @IveyJanette I predicted that he'd be indicted in his first year. Sadly, I was wrong, but I'm still hoping we don't have to wait out the full 4 years..

Andres4NY, (edited )
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@IveyJanette @JimRI @obeto Disagree. The media focused almost exclusively on Andrew Yang in the primary, to the exclusion of the other candidates. It was only towards the end of the race that they focused on other candidates when it became clear Yang wasn't even remotely capable of winning, and suddenly other candidates had scandal after scandal which shook things up. Morales was a progressive favorite, but union busting & her staff basically quitting en masse had voters looking elsewhere.

Andres4NY,
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@IveyJanette @JimRI @obeto Stringer was another progressive favorite, but he had a sex abuse scandal. Wiley was kind of the backup, as she was a lawyer in de Blasio's admin and everyone was sick of BdB. But at the end, something like only 4% of NYC's population voted in the primary, and Adams (who had name recognition from his time as Brooklyn Borough President and whose scandals hadn't really exploded yet other than the "is he living in NJ" thing) won even in the first rankings.

Andres4NY,
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@IveyJanette @JimRI @obeto So basically even if it hadn't been ranked-choice voting, if everyone had just voted for their favorite candidate in a traditional race, Adams still would've had the most votes. Sadly.

EDIT: and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_New_York_City_mayoral_election#Democratic_primary shows Yang's polling; Jan - May, he led in the polls so that's where the media focus was. It wasn't until early May that they finally really focused on other candidates.

Andres4NY, to USPS
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DeJoy's is so awesome. I love this for us.

Andres4NY,
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Well, it's back in LIC again.

Stuck in an infinite loop?

Andres4NY,
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@darwinwoodka at this point I'm invested in the journey, though 😂

(It's just some replacement water filters for my fridge, so no real rush..)

vaurora, to random
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Test your detection of AI images (I'm about 70%)

https://detectfakes.kellogg.northwestern.edu

Andres4NY,
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@vaurora Wow, the 1 second one is.. unusable. I had to scroll down to see the whole image (I'm on a laptop with landscape rather than portrait screen orientation, unlike a phone), and it disappears before I actually see the whole image.

kev, to random
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Whenever I, or someone else, posts a link to this blog on Mastodon, it DDoS's me and brings the site down for a couple minutes.

https://kevquirk.com/mastodon-is-ddosing-me

Andres4NY,
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@signaleleven @kev Yeah, we use WP Fastest Cache (free version) and it works really well; most page requests to our site don't even hit php, they're served from a cache by nginx. But that also falls into the sysadmin realm, as it requires configuring things on the nginx side.

enobacon, to random
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Two large fuzzy bees fly out of a hole in a crawlspace vent... what does this mean? A big nest? I thought the round fuzzy buzzers were solitary ground-nesting types. Is this a mating pair or some colony?

Andres4NY,
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@enobacon Is it a bumble bee? They usually nest in the ground, but will nest elsewhere if convenient. I had a Seattle friend who had them nesting above a door of a garage. They live in colonies, but like smaller ones. Not like thousands of (honey)bees, more like tens.

rbellinger, to random
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I noticed this Mercedes using the bus lane to bypass cars at a red light. Suspicious, I looked up the plate on & found that the driver has OVER ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN CAMERA VIOLATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. I thought of @ashok thread on using tech to alert people of risky drivers...

Driver is likely committing insurance fraud by having the car registered in PA. And they've paid almost $7k in fines so far, having decided that doing whatever they want is worth the price.

Screenshot of the How's My Driving NY website showing lookup for Pennsylvania plate LFV 0188. The car currently has 118 violations, with a total fine amount of $10,655.30, of which $2,300.72 has been reduced, and the driver has paid $6,900.58.

Andres4NY,
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@rbellinger @ashok I remember almost 20 years ago the CEO of the startup I was working at telling me, "speeding tickets are just the extra tax I pay for being able to go faster than everyone else."

Andres4NY, to random
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me: "dirty clothes go where?"

12yo: "your anuuuuuuuuussss" trails off

me: "try again."

12yo: "laundry basket?"

me: "very good!"

bookish, to Cats
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Definitely not on the counter

Andres4NY,
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@bookish lol that alt text typo is wonderful 😂

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