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Programmer, cyclist, trumpet player. Also, not Andy Borowitz. @borowitz@mastodon.social

Seattle, WA
Joined April 2009
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The headlines you love to read from a beach in the Caribbean
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Occasional light rain & 43 degrees for the next few days. Thrilling, I know 🤣
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Worst people on Strava: --The Zwifters --The random activity loggers (you played soccer, good for you) --"It's been raining for five days straight, I think I'll go mountain biking!"
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We'll be at @BrickMortarSF October 1 with our friends @TGIFunk See you there!! brickandmortarmusic.com/even…
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I want to stress that Kyiv’s off peak frequency while being invaded is better than nearly all of America’s transit systems during peak. I’m genuinely at a loss of words.
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The only good part of that GBBO opening sketch is making fun of British people for not knowing what a bagel is.
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it’s called soccer now
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Really investing in tech over at @Pac12Network, first the 1990s video quality, now the buggy ticker.
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Jfc how can you write a whole article about ways to keep tennis players cooler and not even mention the possibility of...not playing in the hottest part of the year
The heat index could rise to 145 degrees at the 2050 U.S. Open in New York. 53eig.ht/3AWgDVY
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Replying to @scottdetrow
What do you know, I drove past it, too.
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I don't know what it says about me that a war is the motivation it takes me to brush up on my Russian after 10+ years. Twitter is surprisingly helpful for this.
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Also you should follow @novaya_gazeta even if you don't read Russian. Machine translation is excellent these days.
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Thread of threads This is a brief guide for selected threads. It will include materials on the current war and briefs useful for prognosing the future of the region once the war is over 🧵
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Why does my @CovidActNow risk level email only give the risk level for unvaccinated people? I assume 100% of subscribers to this particular alert are vaccinated.
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Imagine is a good song and all, but no countries would kinda make for a boring Olympics.
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What'll happen first: getting off of hold with @AlaskaAir, or finishing War and Peace? Serious question; Kindle says I have 6h left in the book.
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I'm coming up on the Fire of Moscow and then the winter of 1812, so I guess my winter travel issues are pretty mild in comparison.
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Same newspaper, different century, same energy.
A recent scene on the Rue de Rivoli: Cyclists blowing through red lights in two directions. Delivery bike riders fixating on their cellphones. Electric scooters careening across lanes. Jaywalkers and nervous pedestrians scrambling as if in a video game. nyti.ms/3A4SOHR
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