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This post is an open love letter to my #bicycle.It's a titanium frame built by Bill Davidson, who has been crafting similar bikes for...

This post is an open love letter to my #bicycle.

It's a titanium frame built by Bill Davidson, who has been crafting similar bikes for almost 50 years here in Seattle. It has one front chainring, because I just don't have any use for a front derailleur. The extra-wide casette has one of those new fancy narrow chains and electronic shifting. (Which kind of makes me nervous because it's difficult to service by myself, but for a couple years now it's been fine.) It has silent hubs made by Onyx - probably my favorite parts of the bike. The wheels are HED - nice and light but I run them with tubes - and the tires are Conti - it's funny how much they improve the experience. I was inspired by Devine's bike page https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/bike.html -- maybe someday my bike will be as cool, with stickers from around the world.

I've been riding pretty consistently but I don't Strava or anything - quantifying my progress kind of takes me out of the reverie in the moment.

It's sunny outside today but I didn't even go for a ride - I took these photos instead. Not sure whether I regret that now or not... but I hope to see your #cycling content if you'd like to share.

https://www.davidsonbicycles.com/
https://onyxrp.com/product-category/road-gravel-hubs/
#theGym

Interesting news - the direct-join model might achieve critical mass, or it might not. They're explicitly saying "well we have to...

Interesting news - the direct-join model might achieve critical mass, or it might not. They're explicitly saying "well we have to start somewhere", and it's hard to argue with that.

https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/video-game-workers-launch-industry-wide-union-communications-workers-america

from an old series

from an old series

Anybody using a good old-fashioned .rss/news reader? I tried newsblur today and my experience has been on the rough side. Might pay for it...

Anybody using a good old-fashioned .rss/news reader? I tried newsblur today and my experience has been on the rough side. Might pay for it but looking for good alts. What's your fav?

I ask you to feast your eyes on this embarrassment of riches. This opulence. This overabundance. This trophy case. Every day I choose...

I ask you to feast your eyes on this embarrassment of riches. This opulence. This overabundance. This trophy case. Every day I choose between them and count myself a wealthy man.

Recently read this relatively obscure title by Ursula K. LeGuin. It is a novella-length story of women surviving across multiple generations...

Recently read this relatively obscure title by Ursula K. LeGuin.

It is a novella-length story of women surviving across multiple generations - fighting for their lives against the environment and against violence and societal limitations that men impose. A native woman in the Pacific Northwest in ~1900 through an artist in the 1970s. Mother-daughter lineage and relationships. The prose is poetic, and there's even a bit of actual poetry thrown in, which is fictionally written by a main character. The story is written in a non-linear way, with fractured timelines that the reader then puts back together.

LeGuin's estate is apparently quite generous when it comes to small publishers producing limited-run copies of her works. This one was printed in an edition of just 150 copies by Winter Texts, in Port Townsend, WA.

(I think I recently saw another small press here on the fedi is bringing out another book by LeGuin, having gotten similar permission from the estate...?)

#theLibrary

More practice! I feel like this painting is both still in progress and also like realistically I'm never going to touch it again....

More practice! I feel like this painting is both still in progress and also like realistically I'm never going to touch it again. Probably should move on to a new one.

@makeworld, pls send help - currently dithering everything - can't stop https://makew0rld.itch.io/dithertime

@makeworld, pls send help - currently dithering everything - can't stop https://makew0rld.itch.io/dithertime

RIP, Viktor. Impossible to overstate his impact and contribution to HL2. A visionary and a pleasure to work with as well. Gone too soon....

RIP, Viktor. Impossible to overstate his impact and contribution to HL2. A visionary and a pleasure to work with as well. Gone too soon. https://bsky.app/profile/taleboules.bsky.social/post/3libsksrff22z

three arrows through time

three arrows through time

The vibes in the first installment of this game were pretty immaculate, so I'm interested to check out this new sequel. It's a...

The vibes in the first installment of this game were pretty immaculate, so I'm interested to check out this new sequel. It's a deeper, more literary cyberpunk? Story-heavy with gameplay on the simple end of the spectrum, so not for everyone. Solid visual design and great soundtracks.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442460/Citizen_Sleeper_2_Starward_Vector/

#theLudarium

@alex27@c.im @oppen @rek @xo @neurer @wryl @ccohanlon @inscript Thank you for your well-wishes. Update: I live on! Embarrassed that I posted...

@alex27@c.im @oppen @rek @xo @neurer @wryl @ccohanlon @inscript Thank you for your well-wishes. Update: I live on! Embarrassed that I posted a drug-addled plea. You are generous. My review of the hospital experience: 1.5 stars. One of those is for that one nice nurse at the end who actually listened. Now for some recuperative movie watching!

Greetings from the ER! - emergency kidney-stone-ectomy coming soon! Wasn’t my favorite night. This post is some good old fashioned fishing...

Greetings from the ER! - emergency kidney-stone-ectomy coming soon! Wasn’t my favorite night. This post is some good old fashioned fishing for sympathy; I thank you for yours in advance! Typing on dilaudid is hard. Also too many exclamation points in this. Took a photo for you but angry nurse said it was illegal and watched while I deleted it.

Also, the recent HL1 25th anniversary update and the HL2 20th anniversary update both made these "vgui" interface elements scale...

Also, the recent HL1 25th anniversary update and the HL2 20th anniversary update both made these "vgui" interface elements scale properly to fit modern screen resolutions. It's not that often that video game stuff gets preserved like this, so it's very cool when it happens!

Ha - this is my design work from ~25 years ago. Kind of amazing to see it preserved and celebrated by the community all these years later!...

Ha - this is my design work from ~25 years ago. Kind of amazing to see it preserved and celebrated by the community all these years later! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42814110

#goblinweek #dotgrid #lol

#goblinweek #dotgrid #lol

I can't stop answering test questions on https://hamexam.org/ My results aren't THAT bad considering I've done zero study....

I can't stop answering test questions on https://hamexam.org/
My results aren't THAT bad considering I've done zero study. Originally got my novice-class license at age 9 but it lapsed soon after. Maybe time to re-up...

ok let’s go

ok let’s go