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I try to leave things better than I found them. Historically computers, these days more bicycles, coffee, and cocktails. gr@eclipsed.net (Gabriel R) PGP: 18C3 BD77 124B D5C9 9B6D E4E3 2BAB 8E18 1372 03A4
A stereotypical late 1970s boy wearing a red t-shirt emblazoned, as if for a sports team, in yellow with, “Stephen King rules”.
Ducked into my local (locopez.com) for lunch, and an episode of Monster Squad was playing (silently). I was previously unfamiliar, but this t-shirt *rips* (of course there are a million Etsy vendors that’ll sell you a replica).
19.08.2025 18:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Kenyatta’s been pretty good about showing up, especially given the onus is really on the state legislature (especially the Senate) at this point.
Wrt Mayor Parker…
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Exactly what I came to the responses to see. Well done!
(I guess the only “note” would be that it could only improve with paint, but that’s minor.)
no, "help" search bar, I don't want to learn to use [branded ai], I want to disable it forever in your product
19.08.2025 08:18 — 👍 54 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Just for grins, here's some music that I think is good and carries with it no explicit political message. (But, I dunno, think about that whole concept of being in a tastefully-lit paradise, what goes into the "paradise" part…)
youtu.be/ghY4b_NTCFA
If you're still hazy on the political relevance of all of that, prior to 1989 (and, I'd argue, again today, geographically closer to me), this is pretty even-handed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luft...
If you don't speak/read/hear German, but do some of those things with English, see also:
lyricstranslate.com/en/99-Luftba...
Just musically, I prefer @unwoman.com's cover. And, like… maybe a full-on music video (simply re-perfroming the original on screen) could get views these days, but a lot of that feels bad…?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwF...
![NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:py3zii6ovq3kdydj5pmgaihf/bafkreie2uw75w2hirlt5y4wfr66ubp4vj4opoa6fdnnqb7gpexnh236omm@jpeg)
Nena's "99 Luftballons" is explicitly talking about a set of national behavior that I was raised to believe we'd all left behind.
Apparently we haven't? So, you know, that's coool.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5...
A variety of Harry Chapin's songs have that same sort of "joke, but also serious" turn of phrase. "A Better Place to Be" reliably connects with me every time: youtu.be/rgpbIPQl7CA
18.08.2025 08:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I try not to repeat myself when promoting music I like, but for the Paul Simon example, I mean this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JTy...
Okay, haha, I'd genuinely forgotten how strong "Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see" was as a lyric. That's some Paul Simon or Harry Chapin shit… although, in fairness, given actual Time, plausibly they got that from John Lennon or Paul McCartney.
18.08.2025 08:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"I know you, you know me.
One thing I can tell you
is you've gotta be free."
(Yes, I'm familiar with the original recording. There are Reasons I'm promoting this cover.)
youtu.be/qcecr5i6lm4
Would a www.reignwolf.com live performance convince you to ride a bike more often?
youtu.be/G4A5Zh3KMYI
A red-grey textured panel set into newly-poured cement at a curb cut for pedestrian crossing in South Philly. It is so recently installed that the plastic covering it ships in is still attached.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a curb cut texture panel with the peel still on. I can’t imagine they’re as satisfying to pull off as those on consumer electronics are, but I’m leaving it for one of the dudes working on the road on a Saturday.
16.08.2025 18:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Also, holy shit: youtu.be/UXoye6hUaMQ
16.08.2025 06:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Also, go visit my friend Nick's bar in NOLA, a short walk from the Quarter ("West Marigny" if you're trying to sell real estate, but actually Tremé) by the same name. (I'm pretty sure in reference to the Dio song…?)
holydivernola.com
This rips shit up no high school kid should be able to lift.
youtu.be/ZIkyiX9mu2U
I like coming back to this video periodically to remind myself that, especially for talented people, often doing less does more.
youtu.be/gSX7D-dJRBo
Oh, so it’s that kind of night. I’m sorry to hear that, good luck, enjoy this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrMd...
However fascinating you think this @speeed.co video about the history of Levi's jeans and their relatively recent impact on Fashion will be, I assure you that it is at least 10% more fascinating than that. This kicks ass. Thank you, James!
youtu.be/QhFihT-pPd4
Oh, really, Cherelle? Showing off that you’ve read exactly one Yeats poem is a cute way to get the Inky to say something positive about you, but where the fuck were you three months ago? This particular gyre ain’t that wide, my Mayor.
share.inquirer.com/JJtFyp
Two small bags produced by the much-missed Philly bike equipment business ReLoad.
“Want’s”, autocorrect? Really?
Anyway, that one remaining is identical to the one on the right in this photo.
If anybody want's The Last Re-Load bag in the wild, I just picked up the 2nd- and 3rd-last from keystone.bike. (It's the end of a batch of small saddle/frame bags they had made just as Re-Load was shutting down.)
15.08.2025 19:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It's been around for decades, but the recent revival of @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social has helped me finally understand the importance of Critical Mass bike rides.
youtu.be/rjpI11UQEiI
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15.08.2025 17:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This video is deeply relevant to my experience, @shifter.info. Thank you!
Fwiw, in Philly we don't really have any explicit "critical mass" ride, but I go on about two group rides weekly. (I try to help marshal for the fortnightly @wednightrides.org, I just enjoy the others.)
youtu.be/rjpI11UQEiI
Well, this one stings a little more these days, huh?
youtu.be/UrgpZ0fUixs
If nothing else, "I think he's up with her right now" is a funny "radio edit" for "I think he's fuckin' her right now".
15.08.2025 14:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I did a slightly silly thing to the www.wompybike.com frame bag I run on one of my bikes last night. I'm still happy with it in daylight. (Could've done a better job getting that air bubbles out of that "motorists must…" sticker, but I know where to get more.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3WN...
