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garland

@garland@social.seattle.wa.us

Seattle, WA, USA
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Andres4NY, to cycling
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Shitty bike racks: not only are they inaccessible and generally a waste of space - they also often scratch the paint on your bike. Never seen staple racks with sharp edges, but wheelbenders and other types? Yep.

garland,
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@Andres4NY I scratched the paint on my Brand New Bike trying to figure out how to use the shitty upright racks at work. The knobs on the ends of those transverse bars have sharp edges! My bike has plenty of other scratches now, but I’m still mad about this.

sarahtaber, to random
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Everyone get ready for MEMORIAL DAY FOOD FACTS tonight

Starting at 6pm Eastern, for every donation to this link, I will post one (1) fact about food, agriculture, & military supply chains.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon

garland,
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@sarahtaber Pellagra (niacin deficiency due to extremely limited mostly cornmeal-based diet) was also a massive problem in the US in the early 1900s. It was essentially eliminated when flour and bread started to be fortified with niacin during WW2.

moira, to MountainBiking
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please get finished with this stupid building

garland,
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@moira I wouldn’t mind big construction projects so much if they didn’t block sidewalks and bike lanes for years at a time.

garland, to NWSL
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I just want to see a normal Seattle soccer game.

moira, to random
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wow pulling out 2012 powerbook to run some intel shit is an... adjustment

garland,
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@moira I’m still running a late 2008 aluminum macbook as my primary computer (and using my much more recent phone for any website that won’t run on my laptop). There’s nothing wrong with the hardware! Apple just quit support in the software.

Rycaut, to Seattle
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visiting Seattle next week for my son's spring break, we'll be staying downtown, not going to have a car (but the whole family loves walking/taking trains places), we might do a boat tour one day, will definitely take the monorail (yes know it barely goes anywhere), probably the requisite Space Needle, and Pacific Science Center (has a reciprocal arrangement with our local Tech Interactive) what other kid friendly things should we do? (geeky kid/parent friendly things)

garland,
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@Rycaut I haven’t experienced the Burke natural history museum myself, but here’s someone else’s recommendation. Accessible via light rail. https://social.ridetrans.it/@JasonW/112227661877323077

garland, to Seattle
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I hate it when I see police casually breaking traffic laws, and I’m not even talking about emergency responses. It just shows their frank contempt for actual public safety and their belief that they are above the law. Here is how to report reckless driving by police officers. It’s doubtful that there will be any meaningful consequences to any single report, but I think it’s a good idea to build a record of their infractions.

https://www.thestranger.com/cops/2024/03/18/79425008/see-a-cop-driving-irresponsibly-report-it

Toastie, to random
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💡🤔 "To solve the housing crisis,

👷 🏗️ most experts agree that

🏘️ 😄 we’ll need more houses."

https://www.hcn.org/articles/could-building-on-public-land-address-the-housing-crisis/

garland,
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@Toastie
More housing: 🎉
Sprawl: 👎

seachanger, to random
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what’s a headline from a better timeline you’d love to read?

garland,
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@seachanger “Nationwide High-Speed Rail Network Celebrates Thirty Years of Reliable Service”

garland,
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@seachanger Along these lines, here’s a headline from our actual timeline:

“Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping.”

These things are possible!

https://momentummag.com/paris-cycling-numbers-double/

seachanger, to random
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“What trick is our minds playing on us that we can’t feel hopeful?” asks The Atlantic, in a manner both morally and grammatically incorrect

garland,
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@seachanger I once heard someone describe the stock market as “a graph of rich people’s feelings,” and I think about that pretty often when the topic of the economy comes up.

garland, to Seattle
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Suddenly snowing on First Hill, . Not sticking though.

Video of snow falling over an urban neighborhood, with two tall apartment towers in the background.

Toastie, to random
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OH GOODIE, it's the first of the month and my print edition is here. 🤓 📖 ☕

A magazine open to a two page spread. It's a set of infographics, illustrations of cars, trucks and pedestrians (one of whom is fleeing for their life), with a headline reading "highways of hazard".
Another page of the magazine. On the left is text surrounded by lots of white space and the headline "faces like mirrors." On the right is a portrait of a gray haired, multi-racial lesbian couple gently embracing.
Another page of the magazine, almost wall to wall text but with an illustration around the edges showing a seed sprouting and a wildflower stalk with a stack of purple buds. The headline says "Regeneration underground"

garland,
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@Toastie I just received my first print issue after subscribing recently. Looks great!

garland, to random
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I’ve been added to the mailing list of an organization calling itself “Tree Action Seattle.” I don’t know anything about it, but based on their first two emails, they strike me as a NIMBY group against building any new housing that might require cutting down any tree.

garland, to Seattle
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Look outside , the evening sky and Cascade mountains are all pretty.

garland, to books
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I’ve been using Goodreads since 2008. I like keeping track of what books I’ve read, and seeing what some of my friends thought of those books. But I don’t feel great about using an Amazon-owned product. I’d be interested in any thoughts on fediverse book servers, or impressions of Storygraph, for those who have used them?

garland, to random
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Live streaming the Icelandic volcano instead of a yule log fireplace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvcP4kVVOnk

garland, to random
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I’m glad to live in a place where it is so easy to vote. It should be easy to vote no matter where you live.

garland, to Seattle
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Rainy day on the ferry.

garland, to Seattle
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Hearing rumblings from our place in First Hill, . Apparently it’s fireworks based on other reports?

garland, to random
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Heh. I have done a little A/V tech, rock climbing, and sailing. So yeah, I do have opinions about how to properly coil a cable. https://xkcd.com/2810/

garland, to random
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Good morning WWC pals. Good evening? What is the appropriate greeting for 1:15 am?

garland, to wwc
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Off the post! Heart-stopping. @wwc

garland, to Seattle
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Nice sunset clouds tonight.

garland, to cake
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Clafoutis aux cerises (cherry egg custard). Another hit from the French cake cookbook.

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