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Fin del Mundo
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A bicycle loaded for gravel road touring leaning against a road sign indicating the end of Argentinian Ruta 3 aka Fin del Mundo.
A bit underwhelming, but this is it: the end of the world. Or at least the end of Ruta 3. I'm off very mixed emotions about traveling internationally and posting vacation pix while at home we're taking a deeper dive into authoritarianism. And here I am traveling in two countries (Chile and Argentina) that have very much gone down that road. Take care of yourself, folks, both physically and mentally.
wjcstp
your trip photos have been a nice escape, thanks for posting them
Sharing with explanation makes it perfectly acceptable in my opinion. Ignorance is not ok but appreciation for the nuance and duality of our society and ecosystems is.
Same.
This may not be safe for viewing at work.
THEY LIVE
Before & after clearing ice this morning
It's true, he does
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A poster for the new "Melania" movie, showing Melania Trump sitting in a chair pouting at the camera. Someone has grafittied "my husband fucks kids" over the whitespace.
oh, keep it up, good people.
Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs by Marc Jacobs
America in 2026
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As I reflect on what is happening in Mpls and America at the moment, it is eerily close to Sinclair Lewis’ story here.
If you haven't heard it already, you might like the very beginning (1st 10 episodes or so) or season 1 of Robert Evans' podcast "It Could Happen Here" in which he updates this to modern America. (But he started it during Trump I.)
@0y3ahSansAcut3 I know every note in this work, it is like a Picasso, or a Pollock, only music. It is 55 years old at least, and freakishly contemporary.
Winter storm Jan 2026 update
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On the left is a meteorological radar image of Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area. It is covered in splotches that are red, orange, yellow, green, purple, pink and teal representing rain/thunderstorms, snow, sleet & ice.
The second panel is a zoomed-in photograph of the LED lights on the cow panel arch in my front yard, with icicles hanging off of the entire thing
The second panel is a zoomed-in photograph of the LED lights on the cow panel arch in my front yard, with icicles hanging off of the entire thing
Dunno if I remember having ever seen a more colorful weather radar image.
As of 5:30am we still have power.
It’s been raining lightly since I took our ancient doggo out a couple hours ago.
The sound of water flowing into the sewer drain by our mailbox felt encouraging, but the lights on the arch temper that excitement. Time will tell how it pans out! Still a good deal of this storm expected!
As of 5:30am we still have power.
It’s been raining lightly since I took our ancient doggo out a couple hours ago.
The sound of water flowing into the sewer drain by our mailbox felt encouraging, but the lights on the arch temper that excitement. Time will tell how it pans out! Still a good deal of this storm expected!
Here in North Carolina we've had mostly sleet all night, currently a mix of sleet and freezing rain.
I had forgotten that sleet sounds like glass beads falling. Very pretty noise.
There's supposed to be a lull in the action starting late morning before the storm gets real this evening. At that point it will be all freezing rain welding the sleet to the ground and gluing itself to trees and power lines. Not expecting to wake up with power tomorrow morning.
I had forgotten that sleet sounds like glass beads falling. Very pretty noise.
There's supposed to be a lull in the action starting late morning before the storm gets real this evening. At that point it will be all freezing rain welding the sleet to the ground and gluing itself to trees and power lines. Not expecting to wake up with power tomorrow morning.
@ardgedee I’m hopeful for both of us that safety and the ability to keep seeing the beauty in spite of the cold inconvenient reality is in our future!
@wombatman70 I'll probably be heading out later today and/or tomorrow to take some pics. We live near a highway overpass and I want to see what rush hour will look like. I'm expecting something like https://mltshp.com/p/XAQY
partial sitrep
January 24
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A pixelated icon of a small computer: an all-in-one model with both a screen and a disk drive. The screen has a smiling face on it. This, of course, is Susan Kare's Happy Mac: the first thing you'd see after turning on your Mac in the 80s or 90s (well, second thing, if your machine didn't have a hard drive). The icon is white pixels on a black background. The pixels glow with a neon blaze of rainbow colors: the six colors of the classic Apple logo. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". Thanks for everything, Mac team.
"On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like '1984.'"
#notesArt
#notesArt
my daughter wanted to pass along her compliments on this one in particular
Candlelight vigil
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My neighbors and I had one of many many candlelight vigils around the Twin Cities tonight. I love having wonderful neighbors, but I hate the reason we gathered tonight.
The gestapo saw 50,000 people protest peacefully yesterday and responded with another senseless murder followed by lies.
Photo credit goes to a neighbor.
The gestapo saw 50,000 people protest peacefully yesterday and responded with another senseless murder followed by lies.
Photo credit goes to a neighbor.
My heart goes out to you.
@samh Thanks, Sam
We had a nice gathering on the corner with a handful of neighbors last night, a nice moment after a rough day.
One of thousands
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Scene from Minneapolis protest, person in front holding a sign that says BRUTE SQUAD GO HOME
My darling wife at today’s protest march in downtown Mpls (photo by me).
It was wonderful to holler and freeze our faces off with an enormous crowd of friends and neighbors. We walked with kids, senior citizens, students, parents, people in wheelchairs and walkers, handing out handwarmers and picking up trash and making a ruckus. Good energy all around.
It was wonderful to holler and freeze our faces off with an enormous crowd of friends and neighbors. We walked with kids, senior citizens, students, parents, people in wheelchairs and walkers, handing out handwarmers and picking up trash and making a ruckus. Good energy all around.
Yay! Thank you both for braving the cold.
@bencmeissner It felt really good to be there. I rarely need to use my really serious winter gear, came in handy.
@wjcstp I've heard others say similar things. I had to go buy some new stuff, but it's already got a lot of use in 24-ish hours and will get more the next couple weeks, I'm sure.
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(some of) the turnout in Minneapolis today during the rally, despite the double digit below 0 temps
I'll let those on the ground talk about it, but have to say: Minnesotans, you are a symbol of strength and resistance to all of us.
source: https://www.startribune.com/ice-raid...
I'll let those on the ground talk about it, but have to say: Minnesotans, you are a symbol of strength and resistance to all of us.
source: https://www.startribune.com/ice-raid...
We also had lots of folks covering neighborhoods to prevent the gestapo from exploiting the protest to snatch folks. Neighborhood shops also gave out free food and a place to warm up this morning.
This is a great shot, it includes a good chunk of the protest, and iconic downtown signs for Grain Belt beer and Augies strip club.
A great picture! Minnesota nice!
silver
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my hand holding a silver bar stamped SILVER ASARCO SELBY CALIFORNIA 9997 FINE
I saw that silver prices were like a hockey stick lately. Thought I'd take an inventory. The kids have a few silver dollars that were gifts from grandparents. I have some Franklin half dollars from my father-in-law's coin pile.
But this one I'm keeping regardless. When my grandfather was 17 he was a promising athlete with scholarships lined up. His father, however, made his son get a job at the smelter to support his second-marriage kids (and most likely support his vices). So my grandfather spent his days behind a shovel. After decades, eventually became a union foreman, even taking a few beatings from union-busting mercenaries. In his 50s, the plant closed and he got retirement, this 15oz bar, and probably the cancer that took him down years later.
But this one I'm keeping regardless. When my grandfather was 17 he was a promising athlete with scholarships lined up. His father, however, made his son get a job at the smelter to support his second-marriage kids (and most likely support his vices). So my grandfather spent his days behind a shovel. After decades, eventually became a union foreman, even taking a few beatings from union-busting mercenaries. In his 50s, the plant closed and he got retirement, this 15oz bar, and probably the cancer that took him down years later.
$1,170, last week.
Mary Tyler Moore says "FUCK ICE"
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A picture of the Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis, depicting the iconic moment from the show where she throws her hat in the air. But the hat has been covered over with a protesters cardboard sign, reading “FUCK ICE.”
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
We’re gonna make it after all.
Stolen from an old Lone Ranger joke, "Whaddya mean we, white man?"
Another view
idibidisnek
get in loser, we're cozy
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a car-like box with people lounging on pillows
we're going to sleep
My other car is a
small, portable, indoor grass paddock
small, portable, indoor grass paddock
Neat
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Welcome to the resistance, Nancy!
noice!
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Not pictured: The dog and their person having a freaking blast in the snow. But yeah, it's cold 😂
how did you get this picture of my void?
Bike Shacking in Argentina
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Abandoned cabaña in Argentina. Graffiti from cyclists passing through covers the walls. On the left is a rudimentary wood stove, to the right two large bay windows with a metal door in-between. Outside is Lago Escondido.
The route passed by an abandoned hotel and cabañas, so I did what you ought to do, meaning I camped out there. This is the only one (out of 7?) that has a full roof and is more or less enclosed. The test have been the victim of the weather, vandals, or scavengers. This one is missing two windows, but they've been patched up with corrugated metal. Spartan, sure, but it was cool to see all the "notes" left behind from previous bike tourers over the years.
Are Bob and Ryan with you?
@wmo I'm not sure who that is?
LOVE THIS, ASSUMING YOU COULD HAVE A FIRE IN THAT STOVE IT LOOKS TO BE A COMPLETELY SERVICEABLE STOPOVER
Hogshead to the furlong
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Graphic showing how 1/2 inch layer of ice equals 7,125 pounds of ice on trees, or 109.5 golden retriever worth of weight on trees
I used to play bass for 109.5 Golden Retrievers
109.5 Golden Retrievers was the worst Neena b-side.
Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system.
And s(n)o(w) it begins!
Kitchen Window...
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Reflection in my kitchwn faucet.
Reflected in the faucet.
Thank you Mltshp, for keeping me company.
typhoid bobby's brain worm
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A sticker on the back of a white car shows Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm in his apple car. Written on the side of the apple car: "My other car is RFK JR's brain"
source: dogwelder
Zikr Fit?
#stormgoals
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Aww.
Like Wind in the Willows.
Mrs Squirrel at home napping
Like Wind in the Willows.
Mrs Squirrel at home napping
Thousands brave frigid cold in Twin Cities 'ICE Out' protest
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Posting the timestamped link below for the tshirt that reads "doublewhiskeycokefuckice" a play on Mpls band Dillinger Four's song "doublewhiskeycokenoice".
https://youtu.be/qfP8GPIK...
https://youtu.be/qfP8GPIK...
Brilliant, I love it.
Good mention of the morning protest at the airport. That was hundreds of faith leaders from many different traditions (and many from out of state) who filled the departure platform at the airport. Reports are 100 or so were arrested while protestors sang and prayed.
@wjcstp We saw some of those faith leaders near George Floyd Square this morning. Big group of them walking. I think they headed to Renee Good's murder site from there. Glad to see them all here making good trouble.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Carvin #61-SGB Natural 1960s
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A natural-looking electric guitar, with a light wood color. It has three pickups with white covers, a black pickguard, with a toggle switch and four white knobs on the front.
Big, blocky, weird, and wooden. I kind of love it _ https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/collecti...
I hadn't realized that the company had started as Kiesel Guitars, renamed itself Carvin around 1950 when it expanded to guitar amps, and more or less operated as two divisions. When the amps/pro audio division ate shit and died about ten years ago they were able to sell off the Carvin brand to somebody else and resume being Kiesel Guitars about 65 years after they had last used the name.
Being a teenager in the rust belt in the 80s meant I had only known Carvin as the exotic hair metal guitars I only saw advertised in the back of guitar magazines. Turns out they actually did make good, serious stuff all along. I've been low-key coveting a Kiesel headless bass but they discontinued the body style I wanted. (Well, not discontinued; they made it multiscale-only, and I want a fretless; a multiscale fretless requires more ambition than I have.)
Being a teenager in the rust belt in the 80s meant I had only known Carvin as the exotic hair metal guitars I only saw advertised in the back of guitar magazines. Turns out they actually did make good, serious stuff all along. I've been low-key coveting a Kiesel headless bass but they discontinued the body style I wanted. (Well, not discontinued; they made it multiscale-only, and I want a fretless; a multiscale fretless requires more ambition than I have.)
@ardgedee Carvin really is good stuff. I check Reverb often, just because I like looking. I got their catalog a couple times back in the ‘80s but not being able to actually try things in person was a big negative.
Frank Zappa and Steve Vai endorsed their amps and Allan Holdsworth had a signature model. They were all close enough to visit the factory.
Frank Zappa and Steve Vai endorsed their amps and Allan Holdsworth had a signature model. They were all close enough to visit the factory.
@jive_t I'm pretty sure that if I had been able to order a Carvin bass back in the 80s I would have spec'd something unpleasant to look at and borderline unplayable.
These days I appreciate the fact that Carvin/Kiesel guitars have really terrible resale value* so it's easy to get something very good for relatively trivial prices. Last spring someone was trying to sell a Brian Bromberg sig 5-string fretless for around $800, it probably cost the original owner over $3k new (or equivalent, adjusted for inflation). I'm pretty sure the seller could have been talked down but it was absolutely beautiful and I regret I wasn't in the market for it.
*(Most custom guitars have terrible resale value on the "Your dream guitar is nobody else's dream guitar" principle, but afaict Carvin/Kiesel tends to take more of a hit than most reputable custom builders.)
These days I appreciate the fact that Carvin/Kiesel guitars have really terrible resale value* so it's easy to get something very good for relatively trivial prices. Last spring someone was trying to sell a Brian Bromberg sig 5-string fretless for around $800, it probably cost the original owner over $3k new (or equivalent, adjusted for inflation). I'm pretty sure the seller could have been talked down but it was absolutely beautiful and I regret I wasn't in the market for it.
*(Most custom guitars have terrible resale value on the "Your dream guitar is nobody else's dream guitar" principle, but afaict Carvin/Kiesel tends to take more of a hit than most reputable custom builders.)
Backstage
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Had neglected to post this… From this past Sunday afternoon, playing #violin with the Whittier Regional Symphony—rocking some #Mozart and #Prokofiev !
