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LoneLocust

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I am a retired government CIO. #Podcast host (Fusion Patrol.) Married, 25 years, kids at university. Citizen #Potawatomi Nation member. #Ebike enthusiast. #Atheist. SciFi & Tokusatsu Fan (Trek, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Babylon 5, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and many more.). Love a good crossword or #KillerSudoku. Recently published app in iOS App Store (Killer Sudoku Aide.) Probably other stuff but I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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Chrome is the 21st Century’s Internet Explorer.

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My 19 YO is pestering me to sign up at the gym again so we can play #racquetball during the summer.

I seriously don’t think he understands what 40 extra years means on the raquetball court.

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Holy shit. South Africa are 3 for 2 chasing 104 against The Netherlands at Long Island, New York 😳

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@ianRobinson Upset season so far, isn’t it?

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This has certainly been a SMH kind of day, and it wasn’t just New Zealand’s embarrassingly bad performance at cricket.

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Oh, New Zealand, what are you doing?!

#T20WorldCup

LoneLocust, (edited ) to animals
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My wife is taking online courses and shes using my desk, which is enclosed in my podcasting duckblind.

You can’t see her in this picture, but you can see Bumper, sitting faithfully under her chair for as long as she’s there. #DogsOfMastodon

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My boy’s got the gamer keyboard with the multi-color LEDs and the mouse (ditto), so I figured that’s what he needed for his new ceiling fan, too.

A small ceiling fan, with circling LED colored lights.

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Woke up this morning and said, “What will get me off my butt and out for a bike ride?”

“Donuts!”

Learned when I got to #RandysDonuts that apparently today is National Donut Day.

The line for donuts was long!

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LoneLocust,
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Also learned my bike is sub-optimal for carrying donuts.

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A jumbled mess of donuts in a box.

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Do we think that the polls showing the Conservative’s getting crushed under FPTP will convince enough of them to support PR?

LoneLocust,
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@ianRobinson If they get crushed, can’t the new Parliament just implement it for next time?

(Or will they not enact it because next time around, their majority would be eroded?)

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For you USAians, If you've ever thought you'd like to learn more about modern #T20Cricket (coming to the Olympics in 2028), NOW is a great time. The #T20WorldCup is being held in the Americas (mostly Caribbean, but some in TX/NY/FL, and they're trying to accommodate new USA viewers with some US commentators.)

USA team is in it, winning their opening two matches - one a big upset. In the USA, you can catch most (if not all) matches on Willow TV steaming. It's $10 for a month. (Not a paid shill.)

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USA beat Pakistan via a super over.

If cricket isn’t your thing, I’m here to tell you this is huge.

Pakistan are one of the top teams in cricket.

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@ianRobinson I know the ICC would love to “crack” the American market.

One thing I can say about the American psyche - nothing gets us more stoked about a sport than beating foreigners at their own games.

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Yikes. USA and Pakistan tied.

Super over time!

#Cricket #T20WorldCup

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@ianRobinson it’s a nail-biter, isn’t it?

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@ianRobinson I’m beginning to believe USA might make it to the Super 8s… maybe I shouldn’t say that before this over…

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The bad thing about watching #cricket in the USA is that there are very few advertisers but just as many commercials breaks, so… between today's and yesterday's matches, I've seen the same Audi commercial about… 75 to 100 times—EVERY OVER, EVERY WICKET, EVERY BREAK.

Also annoying: the ad features a smarmy, smug-looking bastard who looks WAY TOO MUCH like Don Trump Jr.

Guess what car I'll never buy?

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I’m getting ready to watch USA get spanked by Pakistan in the #T20WorldCup

I mean, sure, USA might win, but, by and large, the lot of the associate nations is to get spanked by the full ICC members.

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Damn, was I wrong on that one! #T20WorldCup

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Burnt #CheezIts are a thing now?

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This topic has made me think about the day my dad died. I'll tell a story some will think horrific, but I found quite funny.

My dad died in his home. I was there. I called 911. They came - fire, police, and ultimately the coroner's van. It took a couple of hours before I was able to leave. The coroner's van had left somewhat earlier.

I needed to tell my wife, a teacher in class at the time, so I drove to her school. I stopped at QuikTrip for brunch.

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Just as I was checking out, the two workers from the Coroner's van walked into the store. It was only 30-40 minutes, so I knew what that meant.

Sure enough, parked next to my car was the van. With 100% certainty, my dad was still in it.

It was raw, but he and I would have laughed over it, and I did.

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Science works, bitches. https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112560907559165833

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Suboptimal situation for Bartender users, of which I am one. https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112560699312990845

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It appears it’s not just iPhone 15s that have Thread radios - Apple has Ben quietly adding them to the M3 and M4 Macs and iPads! https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24170446/apple-macbook-ipad-imac-thread-radio

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@simonwood Annoying, if you happen to have a still virtually brand new M2 Mac…

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@simonwood Threading, obviously!

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Series 20 (AKA Peter Davison Season 2) Blu-ray’s, dropped in the US yesterday.

Watched the 40th Anniversary edition.

Painfully reminded how fondly remembered this episode is.

Fondly remembered like that time you took a long, ambling, leisurely, 90 minute walk on a miserable rainy day, then waved at some friends before you went home.

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