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Former Marine, Musician, Professor, and Vintner Financial Economist using R/Python and Linux si omnibus rebus, nihil rebus Views are not those of my employer

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Love it when the ferry tries to depart with a dock line still attached. Happens about once a week and we’re just flopping around next to the dock while a crew member tries to cast off. #sfba

12.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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\m/(-_-)\m/: "Buddhist shrine on extinct volcano Ba De…" - Pixelfed Buddhist shrine on extinct volcano Ba Den Mountain NW of Saigon in Tay Ninh.

Núi Bà Đen

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04.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Operation Epstein Fury

28.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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\m/(-_-)\m/: "Dinner cruise on the Saigon River. Low l…" - Pixelfed Dinner cruise on the Saigon River. Low light performance could be better from the smart glasses.

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28.02.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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\m/(-_-)\m/: "Dinner cruise on the Saigon River" - Pixelfed Dinner cruise on the Saigon River

Saigon River cruise

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28.02.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vaccine clinic in Saigon. Cleaner and better managed than most places in the US.

23.02.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hospital pharmacy in Saigon (everyone is fine for now)

23.02.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Night surf at Long Hai, Vung Tau

21.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oncologist: Can you think of any environmental factors that might increase your risk of cancer?

Patient: We live in a normal house near the highway so the air quality isn’t the best.

21.02.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile in Vietnam, no AI needed

Does your cat even lift, bro?

19.02.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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City Mouse - 1 / Country Mouse - 0

19.02.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Evening vibes

18.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At current exchange rates, a 2-piece KFC combo in Saigon costs tree fiddy.

18.02.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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\m/(-_-)\m/: "Motorbike street photography in Saigon." - Pixelfed Motorbike street photography in Saigon.

Motorbike photography

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\m/(-_-)\m/: "Driving around Saigon District 1 on Tet.…" - Pixelfed Driving around Saigon District 1 on Tet. The only real traffic is around well-known temples.

Saigon without traffic.
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17.02.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Still more reliable than PG&E

17.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lunchtime view

16.02.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ancient wisdom

16.02.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When things don’t go as smoothly as you hoped …

16.02.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Binh Chau mineral springs garden view

15.02.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Theoretically, most web services should work in most countries given CDN services and a reasonably fast connection. As a practical matter, my accounts are often locked under the assumption that an access attempt from Asia to an account usually accessed from the US is likely a hacking attempt.

13.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
\m/(-_-)\m/ (@ctrl@metapixl.com) A little Saigon architectural variety

Ho Chi Minh City

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12.02.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is a special place in hell for the company that made durian ice cream and did not clearly label it as such.

11.02.2026 06:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

$3 haircut with AC and free WiFi and the barber remembers me from 8 years ago!

09.02.2026 07:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the better lines in TV dialogue from Fallout S02E01 β€œPlans are hard; chaos is easy”

03.02.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Greenland sent their weather as a first strike.

25.01.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course Cline Family Cellars has a train car in the back of the property named β€œJohn Galt Express”

24.01.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Between east coast weather and Trump, my timeline looks like a Vanilla Ice song.

22.01.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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San Francisco mermaid by the Ferry building #sfbayarea

17.01.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alameda ferry departing the SF terminal. 48mm

15.01.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0