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I wander about New England's mountains. Sometimes I write about it. Punk rock and endurance sports might have saved my life

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Melting glaciers make mountain guides' work more difficult β€” and more dangerous | CBC Radio Mountain guides are witnessing the impact of warming temperatures firsthand, as melting glaciers force them to adapt new routes and face amplified risks.

canary in a coal mine or some such...

www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...

13.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Japanese Emotion of the week (year?)

Yarusenai:

12.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a million Neapolitans or so would yell/ gesticulate sharply at you for that statement,

I mean Pizza Margherita is one of only 2 types considered true original pizza there, so....

12.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know,

it's not easy to defeat the Sultans of Swing

12.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is playing drums in front of a microphone with the words on a dark desert highway above him . ALT: a man is playing drums in front of a microphone with the words on a dark desert highway above him .

The Eagles?

Don Henley is in the shipping business now?

12.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a yellow rubber duck with a red target on it ALT: a yellow rubber duck with a red target on it

that is *Abu Dhabi*.

Also even if said canal was currently operational tanker and cargo ships navigating it in a conflict zone would be like....

12.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the distance is from Abu Dabi to Sohar Oman is over 3x the length of the Panama Canal, which took 10 years to build.

12.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

on the other hand,

it's very hard to bull shit your way out of, say,

2 Oil tankers on fire in the Persian Gulf

bsky.app/profile/atru...

12.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

does he ever about.... anything?

I mean the Donald is nothing if not a life long bull shitter.

12.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

apparently,

"little Marco" isn't the only sycophant in the WH exaggerating his shoe size and wearing the cheap black oxfords the Donald orders for him

bsky.app/profile/cybo...

11.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I laughed at this entire too much,

But also; This is America

10.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alden still makes very good shoes, if you can find them NOS or barely used they are a steal.

Allen Edmonds was still making good shoes until 7-10 years ago when they moved most of their production overseas.

Florsheim hasn't made good shoes in 30+ years, since they went bankrupt the 1st time.

09.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Florsheim's?

Opining that a man is wearing poor quality dress shoes and ordering him a pair of new Florsheim's

would be like inviting champion athletes to the WH for lunch and serving them reheated fast food.

Oh wait...

09.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
teewatterss on Threads:
β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

teewatterss on Threads: β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

10/10 take. no notes

08.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 10300 πŸ” 2260 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 31

clearly, his manscaping regimen and his testosterone supplements are at war with each other,

the casualties are his eyebrows.

09.03.2026 10:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS deports deaf boy, 6, after preventing him receiving his hearing aid, lawyer says The child, his younger brother and mother, asylum seekers from Colombia, were detained in California earlier this week

We have lost our way as a country. This violates human rights and violates our sense of humanity.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

09.03.2026 03:43 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I mean, sure...

but beauty is often in the eyes of the beholder,

and to each their own when it comes to kinks

(which is kind of the whole point of the Addams Family come to think of it)

06.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I mean, it's literally written into the script;

06.03.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you can only do so much Meg

06.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fixie riders are trackie wannabes or refugees

But yeah, I would not start a fight with a track sprinter or keirin racer

05.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

that's the Cirrhosis Special right there

05.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon illustration of a woman in a ranger uniform ALT: a cartoon illustration of a woman in a ranger uniform

wait, I think I've figured this out.

is Jessica Foster the great grand-daughter of

Jessica Rabbit?

(Now it makes sense!)

05.03.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have questions,

like when did the US Army approve a mini skirt to go with the Service Uniform?

And why is a NCO allowed to pad around the office without shoes?

04.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I suppose it depends a little on the weather (like always)

While there is some serendipity about a story reading "Pogacar Pounces on the Poggio!"

It's still Ski Season in my world, so I'm clearly not thinking about bike races yet.

04.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I doubt Pogacar goes from the bottom, but if he lights it up in the lower 1/3 how many can hang with him for 6+ minutes at a gazillion watts and descend the back side on his wheel? MvdP & who?

While 5.5km is not a long way to finish, can Pogacar gain enough to make it ahead of the sprinters?

04.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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as for me,

I must rely on my rapier wit

04.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think I heard that in Belgium they’re researching if mucus can be used as fuel

Apparently it has worked for certain farmers,

But only if they’re Phlemish πŸ˜‰πŸ˜œπŸ˜˜

04.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes,

and Greenday

04.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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what Bruce gets and Billy Corgan clearly does not,

is that Rock & Roll is not theater,

at heart Rock & Roll is Folk music with a Blues beat.

04.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How I arrived on Bluesky

04.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0