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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
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"It's my one opportunity: I can hit the cops!" Oh, Robby. I have some reading material that may interest you off camera. youtu.be/Y5I_Utxjlxw?...
This also rules. youtu.be/Y5I_Utxjlxw
What did you do with your Labor Day Monday holiday? I finally organized (first pass, maybe more to come) my bike parts & tools drawer.
This rules. youtu.be/IQBPX0TVjyc
This is Relevant to my Interests. (Not for me to rent, for me to purchase to use to transport coffee prep stuff around.) youtu.be/DcfIezQ36y8
I… do kinda want to replace the chain on my single-speed. Do I want to pay ~$60 for a bike chain that'll only ever work on one bike I own and can't function with a master link? That sounds really silly, right? youtu.be/cf12kOk3QOY
Fuckin' old, white "leftists", man. Just retire, my dude, please. Even if your district is "lost" to a member of the MAGA party 50 years your junior, they'll at least understand the way the world works now. Good grief. youtu.be/dijMKwZMU2Q
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Several consecutive episodes of “Batman Beyond” have run (silently) in one of my local bars… and I’m trying to figure out whether it’s progressive/feminist or misogynist that so many of the villains are femme, given the Hero ends up beating them up at some point.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA B?
I would need to book a flight PHL-SAN, and I’ve got stuff over here on the other coast to deal with in the next couple days, but I support this entirely.
“Cooool.” www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
lol holy shit this is incredible www.politico.com/news/2025/08... well fuckin done to *the* most annoying political astroturf shill posters on bluesky too when you report the Newsom trolling fucks, note they're pumping a crypto scam
You should come out and ride with us a week from tomorrow! (Friday, 5 September.) bikeaction.org/events/ride-...
imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
They got there.
Okay, I still think it’s good (very good and you should watch it), but we better get some payoff for that whole Chekov’s paper-cutter katana thing before the end of episode 4 (I’m watching 2: hush) or somebody’s getting a strongly-worded email.
So, uh, this "Alien: Earth" thing… I think it's actually pretty good?
Yeah, man, definitely blaming the right victim there, Lance. Also: “Lance Haver”? Did this dude apparate out of a 1980s comic book? www.inquirer.com/transportati...
Sure. If we have to keep dumping money into a “world’s best!” (or whatever) military year on year, why not use the labor for public works?
Proving the old adage wrong.
… but they're actually Icelandic. Sometimes they sing, compellingly, in their native tongue. Here, look: youtu.be/Da5qQD_RpEQ
And if you prefer more bluesy guitar, could I suggest Kaleo? Yes, they present, when singing in English, as if they came from somewhere between North Texas and Mississippi. youtu.be/0-7IHOXkiV8
But, you know, if you want your complicated left-hand fingering also electrically amplified and slightly less complicated (given only a single right-hand input) plucks, the guitar solo in this live performance rips. (Do you know who that is? I don't. Could you tell me, please?) youtu.be/iwH14TJTBFE
This is way closer to the musical education that I've experienced, and Manuel Barrueco excels at a thing I was only ever mediocre at doing, while under my father's tutelage: youtu.be/WHHdsVFb-jM
Just so we're clear, I do also like music that more than 400 other people like. For example: youtu.be/6AnIj0cvz0E
Given that there are only 365 "likes" on this video of Morphine's live performance of "Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave", too few of you of have been exposed to "popular" music that I think is Good. So, hey, maybe give this one a swing? youtu.be/ndZXN6aHRHQ
(I'm not sure these kids know what that song's actually about, if I'm honest. And I'm not gonna be the one to explain it if they don't.)
Speaking (well, typing) of music I listened to repeatedly in high school, High Carbon Steel's rendition of Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" is at least as good as (albeit differently from) the original. Here, look: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk3d...
(I'm definitely repeating myself in musical reference, but just to be crystal clear: I like Big Scary. I think they are very talented musicians. I especially like, and found them through, their cover of Nirvana's "Come as You Are". You should also consume that. It's here: youtu.be/m-3NLnsAx-w?...)
Here's Catherine Wheel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_4...
Here's Big Scary: youtu.be/oPVimlb_ghM (in a presentation that's much more Studio, because I didn't go digging for a live performance)
Oh. Shit. Big Scary is just the mid-2020s version of Catherine Wheel. To be clear: I like both, and each have different musical merits, but, if I were to/when I did (you figure out which is which) turn up for a show, everybody in the crowd'd be staring at their shoes.
I’m over-explaining this a bit, but: I’m in the illustrious position that I can afford this cost. I expect my (and my insurance’s) doing so defrays the cost of similar ambulances collecting injured folks who can’t afford that. Maybe the State could provide for that latter set better?
Just in case you were curious how much it costs in the US to take an ambulance ride 3.5 city blocks after catching a trolley track with your rear bike wheel and breaking your clavicle at the shoulder, that bill is $960 flat, $495.80 after the limp state of US health insurance does its thing.
I like this content but, my dudes, get off Instagram and create a blog. Good grief. www.instagram.com/p/DNlGC3QMcUS/
I firmly believe that how experienced you are wrenching on your own bikes is how many 3mm Allen keys (shipped with accessories) are collected on the magnet in your repair stand. (I presume you’ve lost at least three, as I have.)
I can’t speak for the Great Old Ones, but I, for one, have always found it difficult to experience my own “whole thing” objectively.
Hey, @divvybikes.bsky.social: maybe don’t park your vans in bike lanes? (Hi, @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social.) www.instagram.com/p/DNik72xxxBn/
I'm only 11:30 in (to the Patreon version, but this is the public link), and I can't even *see* the rails from where we started with this one. Love it, @andrewpanton.bsky.social, @gavinfree.bsky.social, @regulationpod.bsky.social, @regulationgeoff.bsky.social, &c. www.patreon.com/posts/137036...
Sigh. (Sorry, I’m out of Inky gift links for the month.) www.inquirer.com/transportati...
This is deeply relevant to my interests. Thanks, Morgan! youtu.be/JdyjZ_7AMDY
This design is eerily similar to the two Shogun copies of a Peugeot frame that I ride most often, although I paid $185 ($35 and $150) total for my two… www.instagram.com/p/DNqUWjhR3F...
PNBR is still over on the Zuck-o-tron. www.instagram.com/philly_naked...
The Philly Naked Bike Ride this evening was great! A new friend helped me out with the body paint. I only asked for the text: she took it upon herself to also replicate the art.
Not news, but still. youtu.be/hgCqz3l33kU
As a Philly resident (not "native", but I've lived here longer than STL), none of the "snowballs at Santa", "batteries at opposing players", or "murdered hitchbot" are particularly points of pride, but, hey: youtu.be/4BjOoXqLSHE?...
Almost everything that, for corporate profit reasons, is wrong about playing video games with your friends online comes out in the first three minutes of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R01P...
Dammit, @jameshoffmann.bsky.social, why do you always have to complicate things in a way that makes me like you more? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxkl...
(I guess I should get around to listing out everything in there some day, huh?)
There are repairs beyond this, but those generally need tools (chain whips, torque wrenches), and require materials (replacement cables, housings, hydraulics for disc brakes) it’s not practical to ride with, so you’re better off walking it to a bike shop if I can’t fix it with this.
Definitely want a set of these (more the metric than the SAE) to go in my bike toolkit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWVq...
Philly Naked Bike Ride this afternoon: meet at Lemon Hill, 2pm or later, roll at 5pm. Details over on Zuck’s photobook: www.instagram.com/p/DNq29u8ByPc/
See also: www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nz...
I do recommend Grind Hard Plumbing Co generally.
(Ahem, @greatesttrek.com. C’mon, Ben, surely you’ve see that bottle!)
When was the last time that you saw a completely unique motor vehicle drive around? (Maybe those don't-need-a-motor-cycle-license "trikes" with two wheels in front?) Well, how 'bout a normal trike, but you sit inside the front wheel. youtu.be/VFnCd7E1jzQ
lol www.instagram.com/p/DNnthXVucl...
(It's been a week, the new episode airs tonight, it's too late to be "spoiled" by this.) No you fucking didn't, Pike. That's a bottle of Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur. Your props dept didn't even strip the label, you just tilted away from camera.
I think it's probably because I miss Morphine than that I miss Nirvana, but this still hits pretty hard for me.
Of course, at this hour, I have a politically-charged musical reference to provide, sans commentary other than that I like it and agree with its message. youtu.be/mDprGZ_BmAY
While the "cover pop music with instruments not intended for that use" thing is kinda default up my alley, I usually tend towards "and also include the vocals". But Vitamin String Quartet quietly and tastefully rips shit up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8r...
Also (thanks, Uma of @bcgp.bsky.social for the photo), I guess I do a lot of group bike ride stuff these days.
But forget me, check out my friend Stephen, who's organizing this whole series of events: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HEv...
I,um, wasn't trying to be in the dead center of media coverage of the protest at State Senator Picozzi's office about the lack of a PA budget (immediately impacting SEPTA funding and service), but, well, here we are. whyy.org/articles/pic...
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).
Kenyatta’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… bsky.app/profile/0x67...
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
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'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
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.
"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
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.
Also, holy shit: youtu.be/UXoye6hUaMQ
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
“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.)
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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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".
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...
I'd forgotten about this @kflay.bsky.social performance on @latenightseth.bsky.social (oh geez I'm old:) eight years ago, until it came up while I was folding laundry this morning. It's good! You should watch it! youtu.be/xHCLHsQLfz0
