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Queer bicycle lover, wool sculptor, picture-taker, bird-looker, amateur radio operator, & disaster response volunteer in a love/hate relationship […] [bridged from https://sometimes.when.computer/@rhiannonstone on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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New bird on the block! From a distance I thought it was one of the local sparrows, but I was drawn to look closer by a soft and slow "chup, chup, chup" I hadn't heard before. Welcome, Hermit Thrush! So kind of you to pose in the same position as your Merlin photo for me while I looked you up.

Does anyone have a list of all the small indie Portland based makers of outdoor gear, bags, cycling stuff?? #Portland

[ai, my unvarnished negative opinions thereof] I have started mentally translating "ChatGPT says..." to "Well, my mommy says..."

Neighbor: Morning! Waiting on an Uber? Me: Well, a Lyft. I try to avoid Uber when possible. Neighbor: You can take Waymo now, too Me: No, I can't do that, I know how computers work.

RIP Donald Shoup. He wrote a book that really had a big impact on me called "the high cost of free parking" it's a lot better than the title makes it sound. If you don't know it maybe check it out. https://parkingreform.org/donald-shoup/

THEYRE FUCKING BRINGING BACK PEBBLES THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THEY OPEN SOURCED PEBBLE OS AND ARE MAKING NEW HARDWARE https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back

When ur mangonada so big they gotta put it in a bag. (Yes, there is a tamarind candy straw hiding under the surface somewhere.)

Seemed like a good day to wear this to the gym.

A thread of shared bathroom access codes in SF https://www.reddit.com/r/AskSF/comments/1i3aghy/bathroom_codes_in_sf/ #SanFrancisco

A couple weeks ago I bridged my Mastodon account to Bluesky using Bridgy Fed (https://fed.brid.gy/), because I've settled here but a critical mass is forming there. So far it's working just fine! One small step toward a glorious luxury space^W internet communism future. The most friction comes […]

#SilentSunday The last kerosene-fired, and hand-cranked #lighthouse in the world. Yes, that means there is lighthouse keeper who climbs those stairs to light the lamp, and a few times a night to crank the mechanism to keep it turning. It is in the Abacos […] [Original post on sharkey.world]

When the brownie recipe says "let cool before serving" that means "immediately scoop out a corner and put in a bowl with ice cream" right?

Now that I am no longer on the Board of my local #AmateurRadio club, I can finally update my club Slack profile to what it was always meant to be: "Neither Young nor Lady."

I find Edie Brickell's "What I Am" to be an incredibly unrelatable song. Specifically I am acutely aware of too many things

I've been getting back into #InstantPhotography and having fun with a lot of trial and error and nontraditional techniques. Santa (not the one pictured) brought me a #Polaroid Lab for Christmas so I can get even more experimental with it, and I'm […] [Original post on sometimes.when.computer]