Birdland refugee. Primary interests: cycling, engineering, electronics, art, aviation, the outdoors, and the magnificent PNW. Living under the radar because, well, this is the Redoubt and shit is just crazy here.
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-0sQeDBFqSoi2TjLXq0EbiQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0 npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane LLM chatbots are the result of asking, “what if we made electric heroin?” npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Governance and capital in yet another secret deal to transfer the public commons without public input. https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/elon-musk-jet-arrives-at-lafayette-regional-airport/article_159dd0c5-5a28-405f-9148-eb4f4141e640.html npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…2wsh DISC goes to the disco ball. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…6jyx Sorry for all this. We still love you and all our Canadian family. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane The EU is effectively selling its citizens out to Palantir, full stop. RE: https://eupolicy.social/@edri/116951504192081224 npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…7ehw Raised for alfalfa. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…7ehw Neat! I grew up where leaf cutters were used for pollination. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…23cj Oh, so THAT’S what’s in all the fake books on the shelves. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/886/308/821/504/014/original/d05556f865bac75e.jpeg npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…rxg6 I tried reasoning with some of the Brexiteers before the vote. I have no sympathy for them tbh. It was purely an emotional idea based on an imaginary history of an independent Britain, much like the MAGAs here in the US who believe we existed as some kind of totally self-sufficient island before WWII. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane The mandate that a car must be a “rolling computer” is right up there with the mandates that everyone will wear VR goggles and that phones must fold. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Someone tell me something that makes sense. About. Anything. I feel like I’ve accidentally teleported into a parallel universe of utter nonsense. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…23cj I was going to post a joke about giving away guns instead, but that Ka$$hole beat me to it. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…mv7s Holy crap. 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No more scents in garbage bags, magazines, dish soap, hand soap, ... and why the F does dishwasher detergent need perfume? I do NOT want perfume on my dishes. EVER. I remember when scents were pleasant, but scents today are headache-inducing toxic waste. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Read this so the next time you hear a cattle baron whine about government oppression, you can inform him about how you subsidize 87% of his grazing fees and how his cows use our lakes and streams as open latrines. https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-12/the-wealthy-profit-from-public-lands-and-taxpayers-pick-up-the-tab/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-12-02-Newsletter npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane My next enemy of all that’s good and decent is the laser-engraved nameplate. They are SHIT. ALL OF THEM. They fade and weather into illegible nothingness. Go back to painted and stamped nameplates, which are still perfectly legible a century later. THIS ONE IS 85 years old. Still does the job. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/898/698/068/802/598/original/99fa9d89fe0ee5ad.jpeg npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…nm3g Two eggs: over dirty. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…32kp Which awkward kid was faxing shit? npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…yjz2 @nprofile…kq6y Bottom bracket. Not bottom bracket. Just grease the snot out of the bottom bracket threads so that when it finally IS the bottom bracket, you don’t need an impact gun or torch to remove it. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Forcing you to own a car to live and work IS A TAX. A MASSIVE, REGRESSIVE TAX. RE: https://urbanists.social/@straphanger/114387791535864498 npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane We asked for bike lanes, not kinder, gentler vehicular assault. #BikeTooter #cycling RE: https://channels.im/@alojapan/114377310086852748 npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Who put all these damned bugs in the woods? So annoying. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…60lz Could an additional factor be that the low-wage nations to which so much manufacturing work was outsourced are moving into their own mature industrial ages and thus, wages are increasing, making offshoring less profitable? npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…kmvs Say wut? “Trad wife” brags about having child out of wedlock and raising him as a single mother? 🙄 npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane The most important lesson I ever received in life was how to be wrong: 1. Recognize it 2. Swallow your pride and admit it 3. Apologize 4. Change 5. Move on It’s a massively important skill and step forward in building one’s character. I can’t thank the adult in my life who gave me this gift enough. Next up: admitting you simply don’t know the answer npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…36ju “After smashing my own dick with this hammer, Commie China respects me again!” npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…36ju @nprofile…92y4 just like this https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/863/485/304/055/769/original/88252d5ae57977ef.jpeg npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…luvt I totally understand how difficult this is. My mother is a DSM - ticks every box - sociopath, and her ability to gaslight and generate a persona that enables her need to abuse others is something that took me decades to come to terms. Never underestimate their ability to steal from others and present as their own. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…luvt There are two people. If you’ve never witnessed a sociopath flip the switch from good to evil, it’s a thing to behold. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…36ju Why don’t you just draw on the cave wall with a burnt hyena femur like a civilized person, Matt?! npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane PSA: If you’re older and/or at risk of a heart attack, do NOT plan to be saved in the ER. Buy your own AED. Have your own nitroglycerin pills. Had I actually been having a heart attack when I went into the ER Monday, I’m not sure if I would have made it. I got sat on the wall for at least 30 minutes because staff was completely fucking overwhelmed. You’re on your own in America, folks. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…36ju Dammit. 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There should be no insulation on the pipe, nor between it and the interior wall. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…kmvs The whole “regimes collapse quickly” comes to mind. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @nprofile…3lr2 Amazon or AliExpress? npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Does anyone else have a co-worker who is constantly sharing about how they want to kill people? npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1lgd…e4sf You bet. They have a very wide selection, good quality, reasonable prices, and free shipping. If you don’t have a teapot yet, the Stump teapot is a favorite. Love mine. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1lgd…e4sf @npub1van…azes Try Harney Teas online. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1kmn…8cg8 If she puts Tony Chachere’s on eggs, I’m voting for her twice. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1mmf…eknq Yup. There is some kind of bot army influx recently. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/859/665/444/622/088/original/babfe2ad00882337.jpeg npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1tra…npqw When your users are leaving, or just old and dying, all that’s left is fake, robot engagement. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1wwc…88qz Never motorcycle through Montana with a copy of ZATAOMM in the saddlebag. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane For anyone who wonders if e-biking is beneficial to your health, this is a graph of my VO2max. Guess when I bought my e-bike and started riding it to work. #BikeTooter #ebike #cycling #30daysofbiking https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/329/630/252/456/732/original/1594d203ad639a3f.jpeg npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane From the morning walk. #art #sculpture https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/305/439/897/484/236/original/9a41d2f90ffce1b9.jpeg npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1lrv…tth9 Please post your email address ,and I will forward you all the groveling spam I get from Netflix npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Welp, it’s my third day of bike commuting and so far, I’ve ridden about 90 miles to work and home. The new e-bike has been an absolute game-changer for commuting. It made the barely practical completely possible and enjoyable. I love the fresh air and the scenery along the river my way to work. I don’t miss driving at all. #cycling #BikeTooter #ebikes npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1kmn…8cg8 OMG. The cancel culture. npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Eastern Washington politics are absolute dumpster fire full of dog crap. #pnw #inw #spokane https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/feb/21/spokane-councilman-jonathan-bingle-running-for-con/ npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane Prediction: This person will be unemployed within a week and Boeing will devote as much or more resources to silencing and discrediting the engineer as fixing the problem. From: @npub1gcl…cs78 https://mastodon.social/@tef/111806668095211054 npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane The AI content future is here today. (I swear I did not make this search result up.) https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/111/269/910/720/835/637/original/c97c52e06e9abf15.jpeg npub1p9055gpx9gun90df05fzu38smyuy5u97f7r70wxqee3tcds2pdwsgsazga LabSpokane @npub1scr…teus Where is this price at/from?