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Cross-posting from my #SanFrancisco photo blog (webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com) and my #whippets blog (rocketsnacks.tumblr.com). #Music podcast at ForTheRecordPodcast.com. Previously @TheRealWBTC on Twitter. Longtime Silicon Valley tech lawyer.

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All-time record shattered today in Las Vegas, beating the former record by 3 degrees F. Records that once seemed impossible, made possible - if not likely - by climate heating. As I say, with climate change expect the unexpected.

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As a southern californian, "jacaranda" is what kills me. It wasn't until watching Encanto with the kids that I realized how wrong I was

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Now do the 10 different ways people say Los Feliz

- CAL-ee MAY-er - San PEE-dro - Palace VER-dees

Just thinking about how any normal person would mispronounce the names of stuff I grew up around: - Calle Mayor - San Pedro - Palos Verdes

Today's #whippet and #greyhound blog post: Comet having a good time with a corgi at the dog park (2024) 🐕❤️ #DogsOfBluesky rocketsnacks.tumblr.com/post/7553758...

Just thinking about how any normal person would mispronounce the names of stuff I grew up around: - Calle Mayor - San Pedro - Palos Verdes

Please pray for my friend who was visiting this weekend and will be driving back down I-5 to San Pedro today 😬

Today's #SanFrancisco photoblog post: Calders at SFMOMA webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/post/7553681...

Please enjoy this photo of Marine Le Pen crying 👍

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Le Pen is not mightier than the sword

French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to thirdwww.theguardian.com New Popular Front predicted to get 172-192 seats, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right RN and allies down in third

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Daily #Galgo #galgosdelsol #houndedhouse #dog #sighthounds #dogsofbluesky

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RESULT: Francois Hollande, the former president from 2012 to 2017 (a center-left figure who alienated his left & named Macron to his Cabinet, but just ran with the Left coalition) has WON. This was a 3-way runoff: Hollande got 43%, with 31% for the RN & 26% for LR.

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JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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Fascinating study in contrasts between two virtually identical posts made at the same time. I have a little under 6k followers on BlueSky and 66k on Elon’s Twitter/X. And yet…

If you like Fernet but don’t want the alcohol, this flavor of Dr. Brew kombucha has a similar vibe and is very tasty (available at Rainbow Grocery)

Today's #whippet and #greyhound blog post: Comet and Enzo making friends at the dog park (2024) 🐕❤️ #DogsofBluesky rocketsnacks.tumblr.com/post/7552851...

Today's #SanFrancisco photoblog post: Ferries on the Bay webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/post/7552775...

Today's #whippet and #greyhound blog post: When no one will play with you and you have to entertain yourself (2024) 🐕❤️ #DogsOfBluesky rocketsnacks.tumblr.com/post/7551946...

Today's #SanFrancisco photoblog post: Two sides of Alcatraz webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/post/7551869...

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Everybody be extra nice to dogs today. They all went through hell yesterday.

I don’t want to live in a fascist dictatorship UNLESS part of it includes executing people on the spot for getting caught setting off fireworks in San Francisco

Celebrate your INDEPENDENCE DAY from boring music with a new episode of "For the Record" I just finished editing, on #Cola: fortherecordpodcast.tumblr.com/post/7551167...

For the Record #213: Cola's "The Gloss"fortherecordpodcast.tumblr.com Montreal trio Cola was born out of the ashes of post-punk band Ought, but they bring a more melodic, jazzy feel to songs that still maintain the undercurrent of dissonance and anxiety that was Ought's...

Today's #whippet and #greyhound blog post: Size comparison, Comet 6.5 months old (2024) 🐕❤️ #DogsOfBluesky rocketsnacks.tumblr.com/post/7551041...

Today's #SanFrancisco photoblog post: Sutro and sailboat webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/post/7550963...

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Um…hmm. If that’s where I was flying into San Francisco, I’d be in a panic too. 🗺️

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Voted! #dogsatpollingstations

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History will recall that the New York Times, that bastion of "the liberal media," on July 4, 2024 chose to give prime space on their op-ed page to a theocratic absolutist who argued that people shouldn't vote, even though he himself has voted in the last 2 elections (but nowhere is that mentioned).

When I first saw this I thought "no, that can't possibly be true." But alas, the Times did indeed choose today of all days to publish a right winger's recycled piece about how they don't vote, failing to mention that the author basically thinks absolutist theocracies are cool.

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Daily #Galgo #galgosdelsol #houndedhouse #dog #sighthounds #dogsofbluesky

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That sounds suspiciously like something someone who would eat a human would say. (screenshot via @acyn.bsky.social on Twitter)