Musings about life on two wheels
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Trump wants to disappear U. S. Citizens
Tl;Dr: MSNBC reporting… You can’t deport a citizen, that’s just kidnapping So far Donald Trump has illegally deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, and refused to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s judgement to return him. Today, Trump said he wants to ‘deport’ U.S. citizens – quibbling over words aside: this is straight up fascist dictator…
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4 Month Mosquito Trap
I’ve been using this for a few years, it’s really good. The Four Month Mosquito Trap
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Your best investment: action, dollars or invitations
Tl;Dr: To increase your wealth: Protest, Donate, or encourage others to do so
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Trump as a vote against the system
Tl;Dr: Trump is a lazy person’s protest against a complicated system (the federal government) A very smart and politically savvy friend of mine was just laughing about why Trump won; his example very enlightening. It was an organization (NGO but liberal) that had him filling out blatantly stupid paperwork. It reminded me of my recent…
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Parking Problems & RubbleBucket
Song of the day: F U C My Enemies. No particular reason, I just like it. Tl;Dr: Why do they park so bad? A: it just takes one We live on a block with parking on one side of the street. I learned this by carefully observing the local signage: ‘No Parking’ signs every 50…
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Post-work world – day 1
Today really feels like the first post-work day. I stopped working last Thursday, but honestly I’ve been super busy since then: get together with the DataFam, seeing Kevin and Phillip, Making a Super Red donation at Bloodworks, big soup for the week, April-5 demonstration, and setting up Marcie’s new bike. Today’s been busy too –…
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Woodshop: Safety Class
Tl;Dr: I am a junior apprentice novice wood worker I’m just back from the Safety class at the PNA Woodshop. I introduced myself as Junior Apprentice Novice Rough Carpenter, and I think that’s pretty accurate. And… super overwhelmed by the experience of the other volunteers – a guy who has most of the tools we…
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Happy hour
Tl;Dr: so great to see my friends this evening, great way to kick off the next chapter I had a little get together with some old co-workers and friends from Tableau. So great to see Kate R, Josh, Alex, Tom, Anton, Carl, Dan, Mark N, Ron, Matt, Stuart, John, Graham, Britta, Aaron F, Petra and…
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Corrections
Tl;Dr: Markets don’t always go up, unpredictability they sometimes go down I grew up with a father who was always watching the markets – we spent a lot of time hearing about how the Dow Jones went up or down in any given day. I feel like I have at least a moderately good grasp…
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Hilarious but true: Q2 grinder
Tl;Dr: forgot I have an awesome grinder I spend a lot of thought on coffee, always have. During Covid, I decided to learn how to make awesome pour over coffee. So, I got some grinders. A nice electric, a good hand grinder, and lastly a travel size grinder for work. The travel grinder is a…
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