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LoneLocust

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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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LoneLocust, to cycling
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You can tell when the eBike’s battery ran out.

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Reminder to self: eBike battery meters are apparently exponential, not linear.

1 bar and 4.5 km to home.

LoneLocust, (edited ) to random
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I’ve reached the end of the line for today. I’m at 50% battery power and I am at Camelback and Ball Park Road, wherever the hell that is.

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?

hannah, to random
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Me getting 4 boosts on fedi

A breakdancing bear dude cheered on by four other animal people. From the old jurassic 5 music video “we know something”

LoneLocust,
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@hannah @timsaucer Four?! I thought there was a technical limitation of two!

LoneLocust, to cycling
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First ride on the saddle. 22 km.

Initial impression: not once did I think, “this is starting to get comfortable.”

Not going to write it off yet, though, because the second I got off it, there were no lingering aches or pains.

More detailed write-up coming in a blog post after a few more rides.

LoneLocust, to cycling
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It’s always the fucking landscapers parking in the bike lane — RIGHT in front of the No Parking sign.

LoneLocust, to random
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Spoiler-free news coverage. Is that the NYT system?
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112400037106487846

LoneLocust, to random
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Good, I’ve eagerly been waiting for a foldable iMac.
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112395475740070992

LoneLocust, to cycling
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I am now officially the owner of an old man’s bike seat.

LoneLocust,
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@evoterra @donburnside The theory is, by removing the “nose” it doesn’t press upon and cause problems in the prostate area.

My dad had something like it 25 years ago. He swore by it… mostly.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside @evoterra By all accounts it takes “getting used to” and a lot of “tweaks to the position” to get it right.

I tried a few round the neighborhood runs making adjustments as I go and… it feels weird.

LoneLocust,
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@benetherington So far it’s about a comfortable as sitting on a pair of shoes, but… early days yet.

LoneLocust, to random
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I haven’t read the comments on this article, but if there isn’t one or more “this is why we can’t nice things” then I just don’t understand you humans anymore.
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Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/pokemon-go-players-are-altering-public-map-data-to-catch-rare-pokemon/

davidonformosa, to Taiwan
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Taiwan's Tourism Administration has a unveiled a new slogan to promote tourism: "Taiwan: Waves of Wonder"

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/05/07/2003817496

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@davidonformosa Some slogans are good, some are not so good.

I honestly thought it was still “Taiwan: Touch Your Heart.”

donburnside, to random
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I can already tell that today is going to need a nap.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside Just woke up from mine…

LoneLocust, to random
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I’m not making any statements about how I’d rate the standing of Little Caesar’s Pizza amongst the pantheon of thousands of pizzas I’ve eaten, but god damn they’re cheap!

donovan_smith, to random
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Yikes, who was that commentator that suggested that!?

LoneLocust,
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@donovan_smith Afraid I didn’t catch his name, and I don’t see it on the podcast site. Was the guest taking your place for the episode on capital punishment.

He was very cynical of the DPP’s sincerity on abolishing the death penalty or getting rid of CKS statues, so I think (hope?) he was being sarcastic. Maybe.

LoneLocust,
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@donovan_smith Yes. Ross. I found the transcript.

“Interestingly, had they executed more people, when Trump was in office, the US would have been like, yeah, go for it, because the Trump administration was pro-death penalty. So they would have gotten even more points with the United States had they used the death penalty more frequently during the Trump presidency.”

From Taiwan This Week: The death penalty debated, Apr 25, 2024

LoneLocust,
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@donovan_smith followed by:

“But now, if they eliminate it, they'd also get some loving, if they had eliminated it legislatively in recent years, they would have gotten a lot of loving from the Biden administration, because the Biden administration is not pro-death penalty.
So lost opportunity, really, however you analyze this, lost opportunity specifically for President Tsai and the DPP.”

From Taiwan This Week: The death penalty debated, Apr 25, 2024

LoneLocust,
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@donovan_smith As a non-Taiwanese foreigner living half a planet away, who does not speak Mandarin, I don't really get to have an informed opinion about Taiwan politics. What I get is either filtered through my wife (usually complaining about her KMT-supporting father) or through foreign correspondents.

It's rare to hear a foreign correspondent bash the DPP quite so relentlessly. It was surprising to me.

tomjennings, to random
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Seeing chickens operate a machine is frankly mind-blowing.

LoneLocust,
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@tomjennings Piano?

LoneLocust,
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@tomjennings There was a chicken that would play the piano at the Pima County Fair when I was a kid.

I was extrapolating from that. Harpsichord, though, that is a quirky step up from piano.

glennf, to random
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Find the bunny

LoneLocust,
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@glennf It’s that nearly invisible snake creeping up on the bunny that worries me.

mrpjevans, to random
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One for fellow software devs out there.

I thought 'Oh, a silly grammar cock-up that makes for a fun local news story'. Then I read the first line. I won't spoil the surprise but maybe make sure there's no-one close when you yell 'OH FOR FU...'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

LoneLocust,
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@mrpjevans @simonwood Talk about discrimination! Apparently, nobody is complaining about the missing period.

A simple solution is to rename it "The Walk of Saint Mary.”

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