Mark Finch

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A blue dot in a red state who likes bikes, photography, cooking, and dogs. All photos my own unless noted otherwise.

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“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment. www.reuters.com/article/busi...

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Brylcreamettes

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Democrats: {bash nominee for two weeks} Democrats, also: Weird. Our nominee is not polling particularly well.

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Jonathan M. Katz

Stickermule advertises on X and ran a contest recently in which the grand prize was a Cybertruck.

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HE LITERALLY OWNS AND LIVES AT A COUNTRY CLUB

The claim that Trump “ushered in economic populism” & “downgraded the importance of country-club Republicans while prioritizing blue collar workers,” not only reads like an RNC press release, but is belied by Trump’s record (tax cuts for the rich, an anti-labor NLRB, support for wage theft, etc.)/3

Backstage

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These clouds are called Undulatus asperatus and were spotted in Gorham, New Hampshire Sunday July 14th Credit- Crystal Lee

#TilesOnTuesday Art Institute, Chicago

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Potence de librairie

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBlue Pier at Llandudno, north Wales

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"City data shows 127 people were killed by drivers across the five boroughs during the first six months of 2024, about 55% more than the 82 who were fatally shot over the same period."

Cars prove far deadlier than guns in NYC so far this yeargothamist.com City data shows 127 people were killed by drivers across the five boroughs during the first six months of 2024, about 55% more than the 82 who were fatally shot over the same period.

Just saw this product featured in a Chewy ad on Facebook – comments seemed to be disabled for some reason

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Seems worth noting that the Republican platform makes a big deal out of fighting crime and inflation, both of which have been plummeting

Hydration options

Good morning. Here’s one for #TreeThursday #ThickTrunkThursday

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Yeah, daily death tolls that matched 9/11 every single day there for a while and the guy who bumblefucked his way through the bloodbath is now trying to get his job back.

I get why this is the case, but it’s so wild that one million Americans died of COVID because of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, and it’s not even remotely an issue in this election. What a country!

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Kevin M. Kruse

I did make a visit over there just so I could block that guy

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This is insane.

I learned at an engineering conference recently that one crypto mine in TX, 100s of MW, makes more money off ERCOT demand response markets than it does off crypto repeat: TX ratepayers pay them more to sometimes stop mining than they make by actual mining just bananas misuse of power markets 🔌💡

I’m looking forward to the new Rollei, but it remains to be seen if I’ll actually spring for one

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Edith Charles 🏳️‍⚧️

But did Liz Truss make her feel lettucey?

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Tinkeringbell

Here’s my mother’s potato salad recipe, which I’ve made twice in the last couple of weeks. It’s even more authentic with regular Hellman’s: www.grapevinecottage.com/food/rcp-rec...

Recipes from the Grapevine Cottagewww.grapevinecottage.com

My $40 forty year old Mercian is about ready for the road. All that’s left is to shellac the bar tape and replace the brake pads #bicycles #steelisreal

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'Cellulose nitrate was used to make dice from the late 1860s until the mid twentieth century, and remains stable for decades. Nitric acid is released in a process called outgassing. The dice cleave, crumble, and then implode.' Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay and Rosamond Purcell

The freezer of our eleven year old refrigerator quit working so we got a new one yesterday. Teen-aged me would have been skeptical that getting a new appliance would ever be a Big Deal, but here we are

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thehilsy

My neighbor harvested his garlic last week and a couple of days ago I made Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

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Mike Rugnetta

I’ve long thought there should be a t-shirt museum/retirement home where you could send old shirts and pay for their care and you’d get postcards from your shirts periodically to let you know they’re all right and even go visit them if you wanted to

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Rob Isaac

Back when you could replace a hard drive or upgrade your RAM