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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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petergleick, to random

Bezos and Musk have it deeply wrong.
The problem isn't that we need a trillion people to have more Einsteins or Mozarts.

The problem is we don't nurture and protect the ones we have.

Stephen Jay Gould wrote: "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops".

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@petergleick @glennf The true delusion is that they think that the metaphorical cream will always rise to the top.

I’m sure it salves their egos that they think they are part of the best humanity has to offer because they got to the top.

LeftistLawyer, to random

Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please!

https://newrepublic.com/post/172710/russia-build-safe-space-conservative-americans-move

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@LeftistLawyer 200 families is not enough. Not nearly enough.

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Googling “best bicycle seat for old man's butt” is not producing fantastic results. Does #BikeTooter have wisdom to impart?

(It’s for an eBike, so shaving off the grams is not that important.)

Yes, “best bicycle saddle for old man's butt” was tried, too.

LoneLocust, to random
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In 1998, I wrote down my travels in physical journals.
By 2005, I was blogging them instead of writing them
By 2011, I was tweeting them instead of blogging them

In 2024, I'm lucky to have the archive I downloaded from Twitter before I deleted that shit-show. Even still, that is a completely discombobulated hot mess.

My written journals are still tangible and easily accessible (to me.) The rest may have been pissing in the wind.

LoneLocust, to random
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#RantWithoutContext

WTF? “abysm?”

LoneLocust, to random
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I knew this.

As soon as products like DayQuil and NyQuil stopped using pseudoephedrine and started using phenylephrine, they stopped being effective for me.

I did suspect that perhaps that I might have been an outlier, but for me it’s always been zip, zilch, nada.

The spectacular downfall of a common, useless cold medicine | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/the-spectacular-downfall-of-a-common-useless-cold-medicine/

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Ever have one of those days when you’re out riding your bike and you just end up somewhere where you never expected you’d be? #BikeTooter

LoneLocust, to random
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“I pledge to use and internalize the Metric System in my own life wherever possible, so long as it does not impact safety. Further, I will not make it easy for others to cling to outdated measurement systems.”

— The Metric Pledge

#MetricPledge

LoneLocust, to random
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My eldest is barreling towards their graduation from ASU this semester. As part of their final requirements, this evening they’ll be exhibiting their work at the ASU Art Gallery.

Since my retirement, I’m not used to having to shave mid-week. It feels unnatural.

LoneLocust, to Taiwan
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Guava Lemon Green Tea from has made it to Costco in .

And look! The Guava, Lemon, Tea mixture is plant-based!

When did they stop using pork?!

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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In just 2 hours, the first @podcast episode on the new series of #DoctorWho episode #SpaceBabies goes live.

In 13 years, this is the first time I've had to include the explicit tag.

LoneLocust, (edited ) to random
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All plans for (a) painting (b) shed assembly or (c) a bike ride through Dreamy Draw have been thwarted by the #SkyWater.

Does the pitter-patter of rain preclude this being a #SilentSunday pic?

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Note from 1981 me to 2024 me: when you install a new bike inner tube, the last step is to always make sure the valve stem is tight.

Had a slow leak since install, seemingly fixed now (fingers crossed) since I tightened the stem. #BikeTooter

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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Goddamit the BBC and Disney+ bullshittery. This is worse than than the UNIT dating controversy.

If you say you’re releasing #DoctorWho Season 1 on Blu-Ray in August, you’d damned well better be talking about William Hartnell.

Otherwise, it’s #NunuWho.

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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I hate sharing links to YouTube these days, but… it’s #DoctorWho, so I’ll let this slide.

Disney certainly are pulling out all the stops as Ncuti Gatwa hits the late night shows.

https://youtu.be/R03XXW1pLQ4?si=BSFqa3R8PUuYpZmY

LoneLocust, (edited ) to iPhone
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#Dawn of a #NewYear

The problem with modern computational photography is that it can “hide” problems with reality on the assumption they are problems with the photographer’s skill.

I opened the door this morning, and all the HEPA filters in the house kicked into high gear trying to clear the smoke hanging everywhere in the air.

#iPhone camera says, “Don’t worry, I can fix that!”

#Panorama

LoneLocust, to random
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Who says Arizona is too far south to see the #AuroraBorealis?

I’m pretty sure that’s the #aurora right there.

LoneLocust, to Phoenix
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This says #Phoenix all over it.

LoneLocust, to random
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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.

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

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

LoneLocust, to random
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Chrome is the 21st Century’s Internet Explorer.

LoneLocust, to random
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My (late) dad had two “trips of a lifetime” he wanted to complete. In 1975 he and I attempted to drive the Alaskan Highway which starts in B.C., goes through Yukon Territory and into Alaska - almost 1,400 miles. Considering we started driving in Arizona it was an ambitious summer.

Unfortunately a freak insect bite and infection curtailed our progress and ended the trip early, in Washington. He never got to Alaska.

His other dream trip was the Yucatán Peninsula to see the Mayan ruins. (Cont.)

LoneLocust,
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Maybe I can get some help from #BikeTooter or some #Trek aficionados?

This is the one thing I might be able to place in time that could help me narrow down the date of these photos.

I think this #TrekBike might be a 1990 Trek 800 Antelope. Can anyone confirm? It matches a written description of the livery, but I haven't found a definitive matching photo yet.

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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

LoneLocust, to random
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Oh, New Zealand, what are you doing?!

#T20WorldCup

LoneLocust, to random
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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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