Bad Moon Rising
This seems appropriate these days.
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One more post on "the discourse"
I'm writing one more post about social.lol/micro.blog/whateverthefuck and then I'm done. This stuff keeps rearing its ugly-ass head at regular intervals and I'm done with it. No more "indie web". No more "Fediverse". No more drama.
Sometimes the easiest explanation is the correct one
In a thread with Jason Becker, Adam Newbold said in a post on social.lol: When Jason asked Manton how to turn off fediverse posting, got a response with instructions, and *then* replied to me with an antagonistic remark that I couldn’t see… what do you think *that* means?
Consolidating my blogging
Anything that needs to be said will be said here. I don't need 4 blogging subscriptions.
Back to Readwise, part deux
On trying Readwise Reader for a third go-around
Notes on exchanging photos between Apple Photos, VSCO, and Adobe Lightroom
I use a bunch of photo/image editing apps between my iPhone/iPad/Mac but the top three are: * Apple Photos * Adobe Lightroom (mobile/desktop/web…not classic) * VSCO Pro (includes a web editor) I’ve found that having not paid attention, and making assumptions about things like location data
Kenosha Streetcar
My daughter and I decided to take a trip up to the Kenosha HarborMarket and check it out late this morning. Why not? It was only going to be in the mid-90s today... Kenosha's streetcar system had it's ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 17th, 2000. The cars
Starbucks Reserve Rwanda Sholi Kundwa
Finished up the Rwanda beans that I bought at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in New York back in May. They were very good, better to me than the Mexico which is also very good!
About that Army parade...
Going to go out on a limb and ask: what the fuck was the big deal? It's the 250th year for the US Army, the parade was actually a pretty cool display of the history of the US Army, and Trump absolutely didn't make a fool
micro.blog 📷 challenge Day 8: travel
Traveling fast but not getting anywhere. Summer carnival in 2003.
micro.blog 📷 challenge Day 7: switch
micro.blog 📷 challenge Day 6: contrast
Boldt Castle, Alexandria Bay, New York
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micro.blog 📷 challenge Day 5: reflection
9/11 Memorial. New York City. 12/17/2021
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micro.blog 📷 challenge Day 4: nostalgia
My grandfather and great aunt at my grandparent’s basement bar. They loved to party in the 40s and 50s!
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A moment to breathe
Over the last several years, as my mother lost mobility and had a series of health problems, I’ve had to spend considerable amount of time and energy taking care of more and more things so she could maintain some semblance of independence in her house. Over that time her
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micro.blog 📷 challenge Day 3: shadow
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micro.blog 📷 challenge Day 2: curve
2014 Six Hours of The Glen - Watkins Glen, NY
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micro.blog 📷 Challenge Day 1: tree
Picture my dad took when he was in the US Air Force during the Korean War stationed on Okinawa.
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I guess honesty is too much to ask for
I’d love to take this off your hands. My phone number is xxx-xxx-xxxx. My name is Rick Nelson. It has historical remembrance to my life I can get it anytime in the next day or two. I’d love to get it put it back to use. This was
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Too many pokers in the fire
I’ve backed myself into a bit of a quandary. In my desire to keep as many of my mom’s things out of the landfill as possible I’ve listed things on Craigslist and OfferUp that weren’t already being donated. The problem is that now my headspace is
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Reminders of lives lived
I’ve got to say that clearing out a house of stuff that’s been around your whole life is very, very weird. I’m not exactly a nostalgic person so I’m not really sad about any of it. They’re just things, but they all represent people long
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A family heirloom has moved on
I’ve been cleaning out my mom’s house at a breakneck pace with the closing of the sale approaching with less than a week to go. One of the pieces I was worried about was my dad’s toolbox. My dad loved working on cars. The toolbox was bought
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The AI hype machine never stops
I read two articles today that showed just how unhinged people are about “AI” right now. It was all doom and gloom, end of the world as we know it stuff. And absolutely ridiculous. I am so damned tired of AI hype. Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Axios report
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I want salons, not silos (repost)
Note: this is a post from about a month ago on my “old” blog. Reposting here with some updates at the end due to feedback I had received on the post originally. I'm starting to understand the feelings of my online friends and acquaintances who are coming to