@ruggledome.bsky.social
Old school (mid-'80s+) software/techie, data and information designer/architect (bonus points: I'm GenX). More analog than digital. Happy cargo ebike rider. Learning to be a social media inert gas.
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(And yes, this is going to be a sh*t storm. Do things, many things, which keep you balanced, functional, and kind to the people you care about.)
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🚨🔥🔋🚲👇⚠️
RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5.
The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5.
The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5.
The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5.
The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
Fun late morning Saturday bike ride.
- Lots and lots of snow geese (honk!)
- Two very young girls stopped playing in their front yard to say "Hi! We like your bike!!" as I passed by.
- Local farmer was training his new sheepdog. I stopped for a few minutes to watch.
Now home. Warm and dry.
- Lots and lots of snow geese (honk!)
- Two very young girls stopped playing in their front yard to say "Hi! We like your bike!!" as I passed by.
- Local farmer was training his new sheepdog. I stopped for a few minutes to watch.
Now home. Warm and dry.
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Fun late morning Saturday bike ride.
- Lots and lots of snow geese (honk!)
- Two very young girls stopped playing in their front yard to say "Hi! We like your bike!!" as I passed by.
- Local farmer was training his new sheepdog. I stopped for a few minutes to watch.
Now home. Warm and dry.
- Lots and lots of snow geese (honk!)
- Two very young girls stopped playing in their front yard to say "Hi! We like your bike!!" as I passed by.
- Local farmer was training his new sheepdog. I stopped for a few minutes to watch.
Now home. Warm and dry.
Chomsky. I am not surprised.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Chomsky. I am not surprised.
Where has Yuzu Kosho been all of my life? This "simple" fermented yuzu-green pepper concoction is crazy good.
I've been adding it to my lunchtime chicken soup and it's a game changer. A total flavor bomb of goodness.
Is now a kitchen staple.
sudachirecipes.com/yuzu-kosho/
I've been adding it to my lunchtime chicken soup and it's a game changer. A total flavor bomb of goodness.
Is now a kitchen staple.
sudachirecipes.com/yuzu-kosho/
Yuzu Kosho (Japanese Citrus Chili Paste)
Yuzu Kosho is a spicy fermented condiment made with yuzu citrus and chili peppers. It's the perfect way to add fiery, zesty flavor to hot pots, soups, sashimi, tempura and more!
sudachirecipes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Where has Yuzu Kosho been all of my life? This "simple" fermented yuzu-green pepper concoction is crazy good.
I've been adding it to my lunchtime chicken soup and it's a game changer. A total flavor bomb of goodness.
Is now a kitchen staple.
sudachirecipes.com/yuzu-kosho/
I've been adding it to my lunchtime chicken soup and it's a game changer. A total flavor bomb of goodness.
Is now a kitchen staple.
sudachirecipes.com/yuzu-kosho/
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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It's refreshing to see a multibillionaire continue to invest in programs to benefit the greater good. MacKenzie Scott is the real deal.
🎁 article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
🎁 article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It's refreshing to see a multibillionaire continue to invest in programs to benefit the greater good. MacKenzie Scott is the real deal.
🎁 article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
🎁 article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
Ninja vice president for global creative, given that when you really think about it, “there’s nothing we make that you actually need.”
“You can turn anything you want into ice cream.” A look at SharkNinja, by @bloomberg.com’s Lily Meier and Shelly Banjo www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
SharkNinja Built a $6 Billion Empire Selling Gizmos Nobody Needs
The company turned its flair for whiz-bang gadgets and infomercials into an endless stream of TikTok hits.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Ninja vice president for global creative, given that when you really think about it, “there’s nothing we make that you actually need.”
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The sentence is piercing: "The dueling missives from Nuzzi and Lizza show two showboats trying to out-detail each other, with maudlin prose dissecting a relationship that’s portrayed as tortured, but was really just between two careless narcissists." I lowkey might assign this piece in class.
I think @dinfontay.com summed up the moral fracture in journalism really well: “I feel cliché referencing George Carlin, but after a week like this what else can you say? There is a big club, and we aren't in it.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The sentence is piercing: "The dueling missives from Nuzzi and Lizza show two showboats trying to out-detail each other, with maudlin prose dissecting a relationship that’s portrayed as tortured, but was really just between two careless narcissists." I lowkey might assign this piece in class.
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I'd appreciate recommendations for a (decently intelligent) laymen's intro book to Epigenetics. College level, not graduate.
Any suggestions are most welcome.
( @merz.bsky.social - if you have a moment... Tnx! )
Any suggestions are most welcome.
( @merz.bsky.social - if you have a moment... Tnx! )
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'd appreciate recommendations for a (decently intelligent) laymen's intro book to Epigenetics. College level, not graduate.
Any suggestions are most welcome.
( @merz.bsky.social - if you have a moment... Tnx! )
Any suggestions are most welcome.
( @merz.bsky.social - if you have a moment... Tnx! )
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I'm honestly starting to wonder why we don't include googly eyes with every bag. They just belong! If you want some...just ask!!!
It's a little harder to include a burrito.
It's a little harder to include a burrito.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'm honestly starting to wonder why we don't include googly eyes with every bag. They just belong! If you want some...just ask!!!
It's a little harder to include a burrito.
It's a little harder to include a burrito.
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I’m trying to decide if I‘ve accidentally taken acid, or if it’s reality itself that’s breaking down.
Nicki Minaj is set to speak at the United Nations on behalf of the Trump administration.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I’m trying to decide if I‘ve accidentally taken acid, or if it’s reality itself that’s breaking down.
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I've made the point in the past that Trump's support is based on a coalition of disordered counterpublics which distrust institutions, such as anti-vaxxers, Pizzagate truthers, and the like. Their primary loyalty is to their individual causes, not Trump, and this is the coalition fracturing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I do support him and his administration ... his remarks of course have been hurtful ... unfortunately it has all come down to the Epstein files ... I will continue to do my small part to get the files released."
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I've made the point in the past that Trump's support is based on a coalition of disordered counterpublics which distrust institutions, such as anti-vaxxers, Pizzagate truthers, and the like. Their primary loyalty is to their individual causes, not Trump, and this is the coalition fracturing.
Cat MM is in a mood this evening. I opened the balcony door to see if that would help.
(Fingers crossed)
(Fingers crossed)
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Cat MM is in a mood this evening. I opened the balcony door to see if that would help.
(Fingers crossed)
(Fingers crossed)
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November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
One of my favorite films.
FWIW, today's studio scissors are different. Even for most wools. The film's selection was appropriate for time/place. Just out of place in current workshops. I love their attention to detail.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1411...
FWIW, today's studio scissors are different. Even for most wools. The film's selection was appropriate for time/place. Just out of place in current workshops. I love their attention to detail.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1411...
The Outfit (2022) ⭐ 7.2 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
1h 45m | R
www.imdb.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
One of my favorite films.
FWIW, today's studio scissors are different. Even for most wools. The film's selection was appropriate for time/place. Just out of place in current workshops. I love their attention to detail.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1411...
FWIW, today's studio scissors are different. Even for most wools. The film's selection was appropriate for time/place. Just out of place in current workshops. I love their attention to detail.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1411...
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My 4th grader at a packed City Council last night asked for a safe bike/ped overpass over a busy road to connect a new development instead of needing to wait up to 2.5 minutes at a light as planned. He then asked everyone to wait with him for the duration of his comment to share how long that is.
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My 4th grader at a packed City Council last night asked for a safe bike/ped overpass over a busy road to connect a new development instead of needing to wait up to 2.5 minutes at a light as planned. He then asked everyone to wait with him for the duration of his comment to share how long that is.
Tall ship cargo makes a cross Atlantic comeback.
An interesting, if small, turn of events.
youtu.be/dUdaBnJ58jI?...
An interesting, if small, turn of events.
youtu.be/dUdaBnJ58jI?...
World's largest cargo sailboat makes first transatlantic crossing | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tall ship cargo makes a cross Atlantic comeback.
An interesting, if small, turn of events.
youtu.be/dUdaBnJ58jI?...
An interesting, if small, turn of events.
youtu.be/dUdaBnJ58jI?...
Too bad there isn’t an Ig Nobel Peace Prize
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Too bad there isn’t an Ig Nobel Peace Prize
Sigh. Norms aren't law. And law can't cover everything which norms do.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Sigh. Norms aren't law. And law can't cover everything which norms do.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...