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diygene

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I love #Oakland and its history. Part of what makes Oakland a great city are the people who live here.

You'll see a lot of #OaklandHistory toots, and some #TodayInOaklandHistory too.

And with 3 tuxedo cats, you'll see some #Caturday

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koalie, to cycling
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Cows in La Creuse are really curious. They largely ignore cars but walk or cycle past them and they will come closer and or follow you as you go! 🥰

They do, in this 20-second video footage!

#LaCreuse #cows #BikeTooter

Sunny day, some clouds in the blue sky, green pastures and trees. In the meadow a large group of brown cows run alongside as I cycle on the road.

diygene,
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@koalie "All hail our glorious 2-wheeled leader!"

diygene, to random
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I went on the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Tour today with @barnali and @anirvan

Great tour, highly recommended 👍 (Even if you're not a history nerd like me 🙂)

https://www.berkeleysouthasian.org/

diygene, to Oakland
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Finally stopped to get a photo of #4 of the series of Black Panther Party murals by Refa One

This is on the side of the former Greyhound bus station on San Pablo

stux, to random
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I could watch this all day

A miniature train with a camera on the front. And a cat on the track sometimes but sometimes not!

diygene,
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@stux I'm partial to this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvLwWyHd9_I
But I like black cats and I cannot lie...

diygene, to random
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We came through the heavy rains and high winds, only to have the power go out today:

Power is off
Estimated restoration time 2/23/2024 | 11:45 AM PST
Cause
PG&E is investigating the cause of your outage.

Thank you backup battery! 🔋⚡

diygene,
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Fortunately, the cats are solar-powered, and were unaffected by the outage...

mekkaokereke, to random
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Bob Wakefield wisely said "I have a hard time believing that deities care about the outcome of sporting events..." 👍🏿

I agree. 100%!

That's how I learned the word "deism."

A college football teammate asked me why I didn't like prayers before games if I was supposedly a Christian.

I believe in God, but he's not here to save you when I manhandle the O-line and put hands on you. That's not how it works.

diygene,
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@mekkaokereke I used to enjoy watching football. And then I learned about the damage it inflicts on the players, especially the brain damage the repeated blows can cause. Now I find it appalling that we subject people to this in the name of entertainment

diygene, to animals
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Elton sends rainy greetings from his box. Given his big floofy tail, it took him several tries to actually get in his new box. But now he is very proud of his box and being able to get in it.

EllieK, to Cat
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I've been a bit absent on here lately, as I've not been well. (Hopefully on the mend soon.)
However, as you can see, I have lots of help with household chores. Zaz couldn't quite work out how to put up the laundry rack, though. I suggested she just stick to cleaning the dishes.

Happy everyone, from the gang here - Zaz, Pangolin, Badger and Joni (and Steven, of course).

@catsofmastodon

A young tabby cat is perched on thin metal bars on a partly folded laundry rack, looking to our left. behind is a room with sofa, bright windows, wood floor and a blue laundry basket. There is also an erected laundry rack whose arms are raised so they almost look like wings on the cat.

diygene,
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@EllieK June, Anita, and Elton hope you get well soon 🐱

Elton likes to help with our drying rack, too, though it's a bit more kitty-friendly being made of wooden dowels.

peterbutler, to Oakland
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Help me out, Oakland/East Bay bike tooters

I’m looking for the best route from South Berkeley to Oyster Bay Park in San Leandro

I took the northern route Google suggested (screenshot) and it wasn’t great. I didn’t mind the traffic, but very poor pavement and lots of debris

Is it worth going down to Jack London and following the waterfront?

Is there anyway to cut through Alameda?

diygene,
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@peterbutler I would go down to JLS. There can be a fair number of people walking along the waterfront, but I find following the Bay Trail a very pleasant route.

I'd take Telegraph to downtown, then jog over a bit to go through Old Oakland since drivers can be aggressive on lower Broadway

It's possible to cut over through Alameda, but I find the route on the east side of San Leandro Bay more pleasant as it maximizes time in the MLK Shoreline Park.

@colburn is a big fan of the MLK Shoreline Park route, and may be able to tell you current conditions

kissane, to random
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Some Personal News

diygene,
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@kissane way too cute! And excellent name choice

diygene,
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@kissane Thinking about it (my usual speed in snappy comments 🙄), I should have added that "Beowoof Puppycat" would have also been acceptable

diygene, to animals
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3 out of 3 kitties surveyed agree that a rainy Sunday is a good day to nap (of course, they say that about every day)

drahardja, to Games
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Digital Eclipse is remaking : Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, one of the earliest dungeon crawler RPGs for personal computers. I remember playing this (badly) on an Apple ].

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https://www.digitaleclipse.com/games/wizardry

diygene,
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@drahardja I spent many happy hours playing that on my Apple ][+

gutenberg_org, to books
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"Age is not all decay; it is the ripening,
the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husks."
The Marquis of Lossie

George Macdonald died in 1905. Novelist of Scottish life, poet, and writer of Christian allegories of man’s pilgrimage back to God, who is remembered chiefly, however, for his allegorical fairy stories, which have continued to delight children and their elders. via @Britannica

Books by George Macdonald @ PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/127

Title page of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald which is available at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34339

diygene,
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@gutenberg_org And it should be noted, an influence on many writers including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

diygene, to random
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/01/it-seems-like-everyone-has-covid-19-heres-why-this-wave-is-probably-worse-than-official-data-suggests/

“We wanted to make it like flu because that was easier, but it’s never going to be like flu,” Birx said, explaining that Covid-19 comes in more frequent waves, makes people sicker, kills more people and can have longer-term complications such as long Covid. “So let’s just all agree it’s not flu. It will never be flu. Following it and surveying for it like we do for flu will never be adequate in this country.”

diygene,
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@jennyzilliac I mask indoors with crowds, like at the grocery. I had stopped, but started up again a couple of weeks ago when numbers started trending upwards again

My brother-in-law currently has it (though is doing fine now with Paxlovid), which supports my earlier choice

I'm not sure if it's at the level yet to make me change plans for indoor events that are coming up (e.g., some author events at the Oakland Library), but I'm internally debating that now

diygene,
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@jennyzilliac Between having had COVID once (back when Paxlovid was first becoming available; I didn't get any, but my wife did and recovered quickly) and hearing about the effects of long COVID, it didn't take much to convince me

diygene,
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@garmcveyrussell @jennyzilliac To be fair, my squeamishness about indoor restaurants and never let up. We're eating out this week for a mini-celebration, but specifically a place where we can sit outside

diygene, to Oakland
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September 2, 1950, Children's Fairyland first opened! Admission was 9 cents for children under 12, and 14 cents for everyone else.

In the original design, adults had to stoop down and pass through the shoe, the same as children. Children's Fairyland also once had its own tiny post office.

Historic photos from Oakland History Center at the Oakland Public Library

https://oaklandwiki.org/Children%27s_Fairyland

B&W photo of the original entrance gate. It's the same shoe (The Old Woman That Lived in a Shoe) that's in front of the entrance today, but all visitors had to pass through it.
Fairyland entrance today, showing the same shoe.
colorful Children's Fairyland sign near Lake Merritt

diygene, to BayArea
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Hey If you're into comedy, this sounds like an interesting show at the Oakland Museum of California
https://museumca.org/event/good-medicine-a-night-of-live-native-stand-up/

Plus food from Wahpepah’s Kitchen!

drahardja, to random
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“Stop Using Brave Browser”

https://www.spacebar.news/p/stop-using-brave-browser

diygene,
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@drahardja Interesting, and good info to know. What is your browser of choice?

diygene, to random
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"Current and former EPA scientists said that threat level is unheard of. It is a million times higher than what the agency usually considers acceptable for new chemicals and six times worse than the risk of lung cancer from a lifetime of smoking."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/04/epa-boat-fuel-cancer-risk-chevron-mississippi

diygene, to chicago
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I am in you again. Doughnut hole, you are in me 😋

diygene, to random
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Not much of the ghost fleet left these days

diygene,
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@geographile mothball fleet (not Mothra, auto corrupt) is a more accurate term, but ghost fleet is more fun

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