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Karstan

@Karstan@urbanists.social

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies-'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'" he/him (ish) Ⓥ

Free Palastine. Land Back. Black Lives Matter. Love is Love. Gender is made up.

As https://urbanists.social/@SRLevine puts it: "Favorite stars don't cost money and can make someone smile (or at least feel seen) so I use them often. I'm not being weird at you specifically, I'm being weird at everyone." Unless... 😏

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enobacon, to portland
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Blowing your leaves into the street (or hiring someone to do it) is a Class C Misdemeanor offense in , especially leaving them in lanes.

"detracts from the natural cleanliness or safety of property by intentionally
a) Discarding or depositing any rubbish, trash, garbage, debris ... upon any public way or ..."

https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_164.805

Karstan,
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@enobacon Fun fact! I've seen this law used to prosecute "undesirables" for spitting in the street.

Karstan,
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@enobacon Report the emmereffer!

I didn't mean to detract from your point. It's just a memorable law for me. My very first case back when I was an attorney was defending a protestor who was accused of violating this law when she spit in the gutter while at a protest. I've got like, an uncontrollable urge to point this out every time I see it mentioned.

Dseitz, to MountainBiking
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Throwing this out to Masto: How hard is it to swap over parts to a new frame? My frame shit the bed yesterday.

Regardless of build quality, if I do this it will go to my shop for a tune-up.

Karstan,
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@Dseitz With the proper tools and a compatible frame? Fairly easy. However, you'd need specialized tools for thr bottom bracket and potentially other parts and there are many different standards for frames/parts.

enobacon, to random
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At what age do you teach children how to use a fire extinguisher?

Karstan,
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@enobacon whatever age they get left alone for any sort of time?

Karstan, to cycling
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Was thinking about joining a group bike ride today to kick off 2024. But the only two that I could find in Portland? One costs $40 to join, and the other was described as "riding around rich neigborhoods and blasting EDM."

So I guess I'll be doing my typical solo ride 🙂🚲

Karstan, to portland
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I'm trying to figure out when there's gonna break in the rain to make my bike trip to the grocery store less damp. My weather app is telling me that it's not raining outside. But it is most definitely raining outside. 😡🌧️

Karstan, (edited )
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@enobacon "Weather," an open source app from F-droid. It pulls the data straight from the national weather service so I don't know why it's wrong so often.

Edit: scratch that. Everything I just said is wrong. Not sure where this app came from?? Privacy friendly weather app that pulls from OpenWeatherMap

Karstan, to random
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🤦‍♂️ Okay, this is not how this is supposed to work, friends. The "More information" button just redirects to a google search page! 😆 And this is a european website! Who do I report this to?

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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What's the worst thing that your boss has ever done? Mines would probably be the time I worked for a law firm and the owner wanted us to clear out the upstairs of a dusty ass building that he owned to look scrounge for office supplies (literally not in my job description at all) and as we're clearing things out he tells us that they're going to come back and clean up the asbestos in a few days.

Karstan,
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@BlackAzizAnansi I worked as a on-site apartment manager. Boss fired me (which included an eviction) and then expected me to continue working for the rest of the month. When I didn't do so (because I'd been fired), he contested my unemployment benefits.

Karstan, to solar
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Oh neat! Not only does Enlighten solar kind of suck (it requires an internet connection to work so they can steal/sell your info), they literally just sold my email address. (Well, that or they were hacked.) I use SimpleLogin for email aliases and the one I used for Enlighten is starting to get spam. 😡

Karstan, to random
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One of my sister's friends, a doctor, just told a roomful of people "long COVID is just poor coping skills" 🤦

Karstan, to random
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My sister, whom I'm visiting, is having her birthday party this evening. She has 9ish people over. I just went down to participate and try to avoid being antisocial. I lasted 2 minutes before I turned around and came back upstairs 😬. Currently laying down in the guest room.

enobacon, to random
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Yesterday I hit my head pretty hard, so maybe I'm dead. But life was already hell, so who knows.

Karstan,
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@enobacon wel shit, that blows :(

Karstan, to random
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Not enough is said about the impact of an entire society of people repeatedly exposed to a virus that literally causes brain damage. Perhaps it's just confirmation bias, but I can't help but feel like all my coworkers are getting dumber by the day. This is not snark. I'm noticing a significant decline in the cognitive abilities in a group of people who honestly couldn't afford to lose even a little (okay maybe a little snark).

enobacon, to ebikes
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injured by this stupid plastic cover on the charge port today, ripped off half of my cuticle somehow while opening the flipping thing

Karstan,
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@enobacon is there an inverse of a boost? 😬 I want to do whatever that is.

Karstan, to fantasy
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I cannot recommend the Daevabad Trilogy by Shannon Chakraborty enough. It's a wonderful fantasy series set in the Muslim world. Instead of elves and faeries that predominate so much of this genre, it's full of djinns and marid. It's also light enough that I'm comfortable recommending it for younger teen readers as well. Chakraborty does an excellent job of addressing issues of colonization, generational trauma, and cycles of violence. 9/10.

Migueldeicaza, to random
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If you used t9 for texting it might be time to book that colonoscopy.

Karstan,
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@Migueldeicaza godsdamnit. My first one is scheduled for two weeks from now.

Karstan, to random
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I dunno who needs to hear this, but we've only got 34 days until we're over the hump and daylight starts to increase again in the northern hemisphere.

enobacon, to cycling
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"sell me a whole set of 20in fenders that matches the picture and includes all of the parts" challenge... why is this particular chunk of supply chain such a shitshow right now ?

Karstan,
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@enobacon Considering the drastic rise in ebikes, and how many ebikes have 20" wheels, it's shocking how hard it is to find parts for them.

Karstan, to random
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Your semi-regular reminder that the "technicality" part of "got off on a technicality" is usually a Constitutional right that was infringed upon by the State.

enobacon, to cycling
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Autumnal caption contest

Karstan,
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@enobacon 😳😬

enobacon, to random
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The could be running when the sun is shining on solar panels and outdoor temp is more pumpable, but where are you putting the heat?

Karstan,
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@enobacon my neighbors have a geothermal well they use for their heat pump.

Karstan, to pdx
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"The City That Works" indeed 🙄

https://bikeportland.org/2023/10/31/source-pbot-plans-to-remove-new-bike-lanes-on-ne-33rd-381341

w7voa, to random
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In response to multiple queries regarding last night’s US military defensive strikes in eastern Syria, DoD is providing the following update, attributed to Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder.

Karstan,
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@w7voa lol at the phrase "defensive strike." War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, and so forth.

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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Where were your eight great grandparents from?

Karstan,
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@BlackAzizAnansi Mississippi, Georgia, and Arkansas, I believe

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