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My favorite part of Zoom on my iPad is how it's too loud at the lowest possible volume, and if you try to lower the volume to zero it literally won't let you. I noticed the other day FaceTime is the same way, so maybe this is an Apple thing? YOU WILL LISTEN TO THIS CALL

I really enjoyed Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle on audiobook (read by Will Wheaton), so I went "back" to the 1st book of the series, Red Team Blues. After 1 hour I am hopelessly lost. I was really into it for about 45 minutes, then 2 scene changes and a couple of new characters and it felt like I understood nothing of the premise or plot. I might try ebook instead.

“I’ve got something he can never have.”

“What on earth could that be, Joe?”

“The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”

themarginalian.org/2014/01/16/kurt-vonnegut-joe-heller-having-enough/

There is no frost here
Except in my heart and mind
Would prefer outside

#dailyhaikuprompt

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#cats

if Pogačar was his own cycling team for the current promotion/relegation period, his 19,000 UCI points would be enough to for him alone to qualify for a WorldTour licence

via escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-slips-zips-and-superlatives/

#BikeTooter

Consistency and predictability are two of the most important and underrated qualities of a leader.

random note from Sept 21st 2022 I just surfaced

thoughts inspired by @aworkinglibrary
via @fonts that led to Mike Caulfield and finally Ivan Illich

daniel.industries/2024/09/30/a-quiet-home/

Loss and the experience of grief doesn't help us reach some new level of transcendence, it just makes us human.

daniel.industries/2024/09/28/on-grief/

Tadej Pogačar is world champion, secures the triple crown, only the third cyclist in history. 50 km solo attack 🤯

escapecollective.com/world-champs-mens-road-race-pogacar-defies-belief-to-take-the-rainbow-jersey-after-100km-on-the-attack/