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I am an American, Chicago born. I ride a bicycle because Silicon Valley lacks buses. Woke but drowsy. Slava 🇺🇦! WWW: https://dannyman.toldme.com/ Mastodon: https://sfba.social/@dannyman
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On public radio today they were talking about AI companion chatbots. They strike me as potentially terrible, but also a potential lifeline for people who really need a friend and can't access a decent human being.

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The most embarrassing interview of her life ... so far.

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Wife just said today is national donut day but I have my own ways.

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Wife just said today is national donut day but I have my own ways.

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Another evergreen

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This is what happens when car culture gets final say in urban design.

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Elon believes that Americans will be shocked to learn that Trump is a rapist. 🤔

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White House Elon dressed like a tech bro slob version of Zelensky.

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Ideally, Trump should Always Chicken Out on a Tuesday.

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Dear @caltrain.com does this mean the Sunnyvale substation is unplugged right now? (For maintenance, I assume.)

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An excellent article about people looking after their community. www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/02/a...

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2025-05 Modern cars don't ship with spare tires.

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Friday

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Last couple of days to save 10% off everything in the official The War on Cars store with code BIKEMONTH. Good now through the end of, um, Bike Month. the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com

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Wednesday

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Memorial Day

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America is this correct? I’d better get right down to the job. It’s true I don’t want to join the Army or turn lathes in precision parts factories, I’m nearsighted and psychopathic anyway. America I’m putting my queer shoulder to the wheel. --Allen Ginsberg

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This line has lived rent-free in my head for days. It’s not some big epiphany, but it nudged me toward stuff I’ve avoided. One of those is finally figuring out how to take my cargo bike to Chicago and stream a ride to the YouTube channel. I just need to do it already.

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It should not be controversial to say that the starvation of Gaza’s children is wrong, @julieebeck.bsky.social argues:

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Thursday

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I had a dream that RFK Jr. had poster board printouts of hard core pornography all over his office in order to study and draw attention to the issue. That was just a dream, right?

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Heh. There's a menu item in Android to select a different search engine, but it only _works_ in the EU. I was wondering what was wrong with my device. support.google.com/android/answ...

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Bike to Wherever Day is here! Find us at Mountain View and San Francisco today until 10:30 am.

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What I see here is that people who take public transportation have more time and energy to post about their daily driver during their morning commute than people who drive cars.

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My @caltrain.com chauffeur staff drive my fleet of '23 and '24 Stadler KISS EMUs.

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Tuesday

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Monday

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The minimum wage here is $19.

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Saturday

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How many popes from NYC? LA? That's right: DITKA!

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applying for jobs again

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Wednesday

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Monday

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thinking about when siskel and ebert were dicking off and riffing in-between takes and decided to roast the shit out of the protestants

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Sunday

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The idea that boys should be raised to be “tough” is resurgent in American culture. But that attitude, Joshua Coleman writes, conflicts with research showing that to thrive, boys really need more affectionate care: https://theatln.tc/IgAEIN6A

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