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YouTube video by Michel Jean Yves JUNE ALEXANDER THE GIRL THAT RADIATES THAT CHARM

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Merlins are the BEST!!

tmnt logo reading "once again refused pierogi"

front derailleur and 2 chainring crankset

silver 10 speed cassette, blue rear triangle, black mountain bike derailleur, and a quick-release skewer with a ball on the end for hitching up a Burley Coho trailer

The drivetrain is in and working! Time to ride around the neighborhood a bit and dial in the handlebar position.

Excerpt from this article: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-stripping

In 1990, Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov popularized the term "mankurt": a former human with an enslaved mind.

Big Tech wants to make us mankurts and AI is their weapon.

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In the foreground, a just de-greased bike chain and a Silca wax pot. in the background, a receiver mounted bike rack, 3 pots of cacti and an Airstream trailer.

Among various and sundry other bike related program activities, today is chain waxing day at the Hyperpod.

Close-up photo of a single flower. The sepals and petals are narrow and white. The corona is short and greenish. The androgynophore (the stalk holding the sexual parts) is long. There are five down-facing anthers and three stigmas.

A few species of Passiflora are bat-pollinated. This is one of them: Passiflora mucronata from Brazil.
What? You were expecting something all black and goth? 📷: Flávio Mendes CCBYNC4 #Passifloraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

¡Feliz birthdayaños! 🎂 🥳 🎉

"giving Geof Darrow"?!? Sign. Me. Up.

*Ahem* I have been lucky enough to see this early and @tristanwright.bsky.social is going to be huge in this business, huge! He's giving Geof Darrow while Matt delivers epic allegories for the ages in BOTH Toxie books, neither of which you want to miss out on!

Adding a closeup of /Utricularia macrorhiza/ for the skyline.

Gall of the week is the fungal gall of Claviceps purpurea otherwise known as ergot, on many grasses and cereals. It is the cause of St. Anthony's fire mania if consumed in contaminated flour.
Photographer unknown.

VLA Configurations - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Find out what configuration the Very Large Array is in right now! Learn more about how the antennaes at the VLA in New Mexico work.

BINGO

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I've emailed the VLA to see if there' a move calendar they can share with me.

Abs certain there's a calendar - it's the sharing that's in question.

Impeccably played.

YouTube video by National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) The VLA Transporters

Holeeeeeee carp! I have got to see Jack of Diamonds and/or High Plains Lifter in action!!!

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Crimson-orange sun through the trees.

Lots of smoke in the air today.

Genius.

hey! I've got an extra copy of @bengoldfarb.bsky.social's CROSSINGS, an important book to understand the influence of roads on wildlife & what we can do about it. Interested? Like/reskeet & I'll randomly pick someone on Friday Aug 8 2025, & mail to the winner for free. US addresses only. #booksky 🌍

Check out Javiers beautiful snakes.
Here is my version of a yellow-bellied sea snake from last year.
Give snakes some love 🐍💚!
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Well, RTYI whether or not you've seen it, but you know what I mean...

Link above (if you haven't seen it already) is likely RTYI, @mattlodder.com !

Bart chalkboard meme. The text is "I don't need a Pazyryk tattoo."

Scythian animal style tattoo of two tigers and a leopard falling on two stags.

What Bart said.

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*Schmidt's Original Nabendynamo

Two aspects of bike nerdery from today's excellent ride:
• Wally's Rodeo Labs Ti Flanimal. 1×12 drive train, A+ cockpit, Vivo derailleur. Current do-it-all state of the art.
• My Crust Romanceur. Reynolds 853 steel, 3×9, 600mm wide drops. Retrogrouch 👨‍🍳🤌.
• Both have a SON* front hub 🤜🤛.

Pope BBQ Pulled Pork IV. I am attended by Cardinals Pickle and White Bread. 💅🏻

How it started/how it's going: /Astrophytum asterias/ edition.

YouTube video by Live From Austin TX Texas Tornados - "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio" [Live from Austin, TX]

Dang. Vaya con dios, Flaco.

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Partially built-up blue bike leaning against an open tailgate.

Drive train close-up.

Gearing chart for Babe's new set up.

Spent a few hours today cleaning and rebuilding Babe, my winter travels adventure bike. New drivetrain (2x10), handlebar swap, new wheels and some other stuff. Yet to do: new brake cables, front rack swap, wire up the dynamo & lights.

The Berlin Dictionary Berlin (Noun) (BUR-lin) The largest city in Northern New Hampshire along the banks of the Androscoggin River that was formerly the center of the pulp and paper industry of New England. I am from Berlin. No, not Germany. There's one in New Hampshire too.

pied à fesses (Adjective) To run with your feet hitting your butt, often done by children. pique-pique 13 (Noun) pick-pick. A slang word meaning a burr or picky part of a plant. pissenlit " (Noun) a dandelion. Literally piss on the ground. piton 823,41,51 (Noun) any kind of button that you push. Could also be used to describe a peg. Push the piton to turn on the TV; the hockey game is on!

I realized as I was packing and repacking books that, when it's finally unpacking time, I'll have at least half a shelf of dictionaries.