Posts by meganL@mas.to
(DIR) Post #AzIa2H9sFf2QnI5NYG by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-17T11:29:14Z
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@LibrarianRA Hard to imagine they once did chocolate. I know them for nothing but Necco wafers.
(DIR) Post #AzZDhFJ52sK3fMHHcG by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-24T23:39:53Z
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@ascentale @tregeagle @bikenite A4. I used to live in Berkeley and there was a similar photo of cyclists lined up across Shattuck Ave. that I longed to get in the right place to match. Never did.The Pasadena Cycleway was long gone by the time I was a kid, but later I found out about it. And saw some areas it supposedly used to run through. #BikeNite
(DIR) Post #AzZDhHVCslD8TXxznM by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-24T23:48:40Z
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@moira I really regret that no one around me was teaching me the history of where I grew up when I grew up. There's so much I could have investigated or even interviewed people about...Although subsequent research of US history lets me know the region was also a hotbed of eugenics, racism, etc. so... I'd want to be invisible if I visited and have a ready escape plan... #BikeNite
(DIR) Post #AzZDhJTrWjK8bxLwye by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-25T00:08:38Z
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@moira I just had no links to it. My dad was a history buff, but completely interested in US Civil War and WWII.I like history too, but US history was so whitewashed in school ( I didn't know that, I just knew that the stories they told in school were boring), so I gravitated towards medieval and other English history and classical Greece/Rome until after undergrad. That was when I finally figured out how much US history had been whitewashed (like more than I had thought).
(DIR) Post #AzZE6s3Q7Wx54wAiJc by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-25T12:13:48Z
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@tregeagle @ascentale @bikenite The design seems good if you're treating it like a subway that goes from Pasadena to downtown LA. That you only want to get from A to B. But there were no offramps that I know of, so it wasn't practical for people going places in between those two...not a utilitarian track (which is badly needed) but more for recreation. #BikeNite
(DIR) Post #AzZEybMOP8LkwNfOqW by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-25T12:23:28Z
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@tregeagle @Cameleopard @w8emv @ascentale @bikenite I don't have time to find the exact place, but I distinctly remember them showing a Breton onion seller cycling through Cornwall when they were talking about the linguistic relation between Cornish and Breton in "The Story of English"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6D54D1C7DAE31B36 #BikeNite #Language
(DIR) Post #AzZFtXBSbX4MUhhVtQ by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-25T12:33:49Z
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@tregeagle @ascentale @bikenite Hoo boy, is *that* Aussie! #BikeNite
(DIR) Post #AzcBm4JJpsyphqaxAe by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-26T19:33:53Z
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I don't disagree with not going to the US.But the EU is just about to photograph and fingerprint all non-EU citizens when they enter, too. Biometric shit everywhere now.I wish there were more resistance to that in general.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39rkpe8mj2o
(DIR) Post #AzfwTj9b2JMYCGgQKG by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-28T17:59:02Z
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@LibrarianRA I honestly think I recognize this particular pack, especially the bat.
(DIR) Post #AzkKOAvC3heU6yfhL6 by meganL@mas.to
2025-10-30T20:46:04Z
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@zeldman I hope they're actually taking steps to make their infrastructure and processes accessible.
(DIR) Post #AzqZE4iAxNo2DUz4fg by meganL@mas.to
2025-11-02T21:00:22Z
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@LibrarianRA Oh my god. 1938, the Great Depression... Well, you can't be saving that much money with mayonnaise can you?
(DIR) Post #Aztp3wu7JLnDqbdueO by meganL@mas.to
2025-11-04T10:41:26Z
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@aral Happy you said this. I used to go off on this regularly on the bird site and I think people thought I was being too "pie in the sky" about what designers and artists should expect.Of course, this sort of contest epitomizes the attitudes that made automated ripoff of artists and designers through AI acceptable to so many...
(DIR) Post #B0KtWdllJweJQASuOG by meganL@mas.to
2025-11-17T12:09:10Z
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@LibrarianRA Not as far back, but definitely my favorite Bob Barker clip.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7NXpw8jFY
(DIR) Post #B0W93w2YgiwUvE4gLY by meganL@mas.to
2025-11-22T00:34:57Z
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@ascentale @Amgine @bikenite A5a. Schwalbe Marathon Plus was my go-to until I got Tannus Armour. Man, I swear by those. I had them on the cargo-quad and never got a flat afterwards despite going on and off-road. The Schwalbes are very puncture-resistant, though. #BikeNite
(DIR) Post #B0fYCHSaT72n2TqIts by meganL@mas.to
2025-11-27T11:19:18Z
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@historyofpunkrock Friends introduced me to X. I got into them not long before "Under the Big Black Sun" was released, so "Wild GIft" was my gateway to punk/alt, etc.I was in LA so it was easy to see them gig and it was such a contrast to the large concerts most people went to (and still do). I'm spoiled by seeing bands in audiences of 200 or less.https://xtheband.bandcamp.com/album/wild-gift
(DIR) Post #B0kVUK8ztqmqVIOKHI by meganL@mas.to
2025-11-29T20:42:32Z
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@tomjennings @ai6yr That's definitely another effect of the skyrocketing housing prices and widening wealth gap happening at the same time public schools and libraries were undermined... few have yards, garages, shops to learn and practice these skills.
(DIR) Post #B0xXB7Kc2RjWE9GxkW by meganL@mas.to
2025-12-06T00:38:27Z
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@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite A5. You guys probably can't get away with it, but my favorite bike-themed gift is a gift membership to a friend's local cycle coalition. Esp if membership comes with discounts to area LBSes. I think it helps people who put off joining their local coalition that it's worth doing so."Thrashed by a Lady Cyclist" is a t-shirt available many places since the graphic is PD. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/197638221/thrashed-by-a-lady-cyclist-shirt Adventure Cycling Maps https://www.adventurecycling.org/product-category/route-maps-2/#BikeNite
(DIR) Post #B1N92UgoTiCrH5yCwq by meganL@mas.to
2025-12-18T12:04:32Z
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@LibrarianRA Also the cover to conspiracy 'zine "Chemtrails Quarterly".
(DIR) Post #B29XyoOQ37yrBhr3XE by meganL@mas.to
2026-01-10T20:30:08Z
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@LibrarianRA That is hilarious.At least the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition has the flimsy excuse that swimming is a sport. :)
(DIR) Post #B29q2sIVGxerdBAtYe by meganL@mas.to
2026-01-09T19:58:25Z
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@ascentale @bikenite Not counting e-assist (although refinements to e-assist design allowed), what cycling innovation has most affected you in the past 40 years (or less)? #BikeNite #BikeTooter #BikeNitePQ