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I’m looking for a new #browser. I was using Orion by Kagi but I kept running into snags that made my fall back into Safari. I’m interested in a browser this is fast, battery-efficient, and respects/protects my privacy. Zen looks interesting. What else is there?

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Mentally preparing myself for my 100 mile ride by reflecting on how my 65 mile ride didn’t kill me entirely. If I never post again it’s because I was wrong.

A bicycle handlebar with a round mirror reflects the sky, while its shadow is cast on a gravel path.A dirt road runs through a rural landscape with fields on either side under a cloudy sky.

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Yesterday’s rain and wind shook all the buds free from the tree in our backyard. Now everything is blanketed in a soothing and soft green blanket.

I dig it.

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My only form of sincere art is hyperlocal bumper stickers and it is the only pure art. #pdx

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My new escape is a digital road trip w/ friends, using a HiAce van converted to ‘play’ American Truck Simulator.

We take our seats and act out the ritual of a road trip: chatting, snacking, drifting from city to city in a version of America that demands nothing from us but smooth deliveries.

A dark photo from inside of the front seat of a HiAce van showing the three monitors that surround it to turn it into a simulator.
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It turns out it is not the first time a group of oligarchs have conspired to take over the American government and replace it with a fascist one, which doesn’t make me feel better.

www.iheart.com/podcast/1…

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I’m putting together resources for my friends on community resilience and disaster planning. If folks have any to recommend please send them my way!

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In positive news, I am stoked to have marched in my first parade with Les Incompetents. Everyone carried an instrument they don’t know how to play and did their best to bring joy. We handed out kazoos and vuvuzelas to the crowd so they could participate in shared cacophony.

A blurry photo of a group of marchers in a Mardi Gras parade. They carry a banner between them that says Les Incompetents. They're on a dark street in the night. They're wearing yellow, green and purple some with masks and boppers on their heads. Many carry instruments.
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Portrait of a cat in a sunbeam, unbothered, hydrated and in its lane.

A landscape photo peering into a catio made of wood and chicken wire. Lying in a sunbeam on a plush pillow is a grey and black striped bengal cat, one eye watches the photographer. A vertical photo peering into a catio made of wood and chicken wire. Lying in a sunbeam on a plush pillow is a grey and black striped bengal cat, his eyes closed in relaxation.

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I just hot glued a kazoo to a vuvuzela so obviously things are going top notch over here.

A photo of a kazoo hot glued to a vuvuzela.
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Anyway, here’s another photo of my dog Hex. Despite looking like a cop dog she only bites fascists.

A photo of a German Shepherd-like dog's face. Only half of her head is highlighted, the rest in shadows.
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I’ve been learning ASL for four years. I still find myself oscillating wildly between “wow, I can’t believe how good I am at this” and “holy shit I didn’t catch a single fucking word of this.”

Sometimes during the same sentence.

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I am working on putting together an online resource for HiAce vans. As a non-automotive person who finds these vans charming and practical I want to make information about them more accessible to folks like me.

If you’re interested in #JDM vans, check it out.

hiace.space