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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 12h

Oh man I could use a "road clearer," any idea what that picture represents though? kinda looks like a whistle

blowup of a catalog page showing a cylindrical device labeled a "road clearer"

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 17h

He's right of course, you will see all of those. You'd think the Speaker of the House of Representatives would understand, embrace even, people with diverse viewpoints coming together while not being in complete agreement on everything…

e pluribus unum?

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 19h

"Now that's what I call a v-shaped recovery!"

caricature of fat cat businessman labeled "organized big business interests"

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 1d

What do we know about the psychology of hit-and-runs? Drivers panic? Didn't know that they hit someone (or so claim)? Other factors: drivers uninsured, unlicensed, or have outstanding warrants?

Anyone recommend good studies or other reading on this?

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 1d

This is just sickening. When even old(er, don't at me) ladies and kids† are getting hit by cars (or in this case, a truck with a trailer according to the 911 call) that flee the scene, what faith I had in society evaporates.

† 12-year old hit-and-run two weeks ago indypedcrisis.info/VPVARalPfkO6...

Indy Pedestrian Safety Crisis @indypedcrisis.info · 1d

UPDATE: This incident was a hit-and-run. Victim is a 70-year-old female who is injured. She was transported to Eskenazi by medics.

District 13:
Jesse Brown, Councilor (@jesseforindy.bsky.social)

#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 1d

but think of the Uber drivers!
Actually I wonder, what's the breakdown for methods convention/event-goers use to get from the airport to downtown? What fraction drives vs flies?
Presumably someone has done that study, Indy Sports Corp maybe…

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 1d

Isn't it obvious? "the Spanish court received so many complaints of administrative misconduct that Spain sent Adm. Don Francisco de Bobadilla to investigate, leading to Columbus’s arrest and imprisonment in San Domingo on the island of Hispaniola"

A $2 US postage stamp from 1893 depicting Columbus in chains

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

Remember that feeling when you're reading about things of which you don't have first-hand knowledge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Ma...

Gell-Mann amnesia effect - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

Since nobody has mentioned McMaster-Carr yet: www.mcmaster.com/products/ram...

It won't be cheap but they'll have it in stock and will ship it out fast, whatever it is.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

meanwhile, how it's going:

The Duff Beer blimp from the Simpsons on fire and falling, with "WE NEED YOUR HELP" written on the side and Duffman screaming in the cupola.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

Indeed Plato, the OG conservative Republican, described how "he should teach his soul, by long habit, never to dream of acting independently, and to become utterly incapable of it," and so it is for people like Duffy, to the point they cannot even conceive of independent thought or action by anyone.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i'm sure duffy is just lying here but also i'll say again that they hard time conceptualizing relations between people that aren't strictly hierarchical.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

Hey @flagsforgood.com will we see One Piece flags in the shop soon? 🥹

Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 3d

Someone please show Peter Thiel
how those young people in Nepal used the One Piece flag as a symbol
to organize literally burning down their oligarchy

A protestor hanging the one piece flag on the gates of the Nepalese palace of Singha Durbar as they burn it to the ground

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

"Dr. Ashmead, which himself sounds like a Clive Barker character — some Faustian doctor and academic trying to logic his way into the pleasures and pains of Hell."

This is delicious, and I can just imagine how Barker would concoct this character, with a plot stretching back to the Garden of Eden…

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

Call me Ashmead. Whenever I find my food grim in the mouth; whenever it is a crisp, cool October in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before every farmstand and following too close behind every tractor I meet—then, I account it high time to read Chuck Wendig apple reviews.

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2d

New apple review is up: one of my favorite apples, and favorite-NAMED apples -- the ASHMEAD'S KERNEL.

Apple Review #13: Ashmead’s Kernel

This apple sounds like some Clive Barker shit. Like it’s a forbidden relic — an infernal device you use to enter the Labyrinth of Hell. (It continues its horror pedigree by tasting just…

terribleminds.com

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 3d

Share a four word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

merge conflict detached head

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

The drives were clicking.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Animate taking off jacket

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 3d

Blanton Woods in Danville was a wonderful offroad excursion (and shortcut). One of the great things about riding a gravel bike with 700c x 38mm all-road tires is that it can readily handle almost anything (sure, slowly at times).

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 3d

Return trip at ludicrous speed and potato quality

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 3d

Yesterday I completed a 100-km ride along the full length of the B&O rail trail from Indianapolis to the back roads of Hendricks County, including an offroad section through Blanton Woods.

I've uploaded a highlights video, which includes the full return trip at 25x speed youtu.be/rGhzTvZU5L0

Indianapolis B&O Trail COMPLETE!

YouTube video by Kevin Retzke

youtu.be

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 3d

That bridge is really cool. Reminds me of the one on the Dust Bowl 100 route near Fillmore (39.695941, -86.784318).

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 3d

“Looking for something different? Check out our non-Euclidean lines!”

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 3d

my bicycle takes me places
my soul could never reach

A drop-bar all-road bicycle with frame and rear rack packs leaning against a wooden railing in a heavily wooded area, sun shining through the trees illuminating the leaves covering the narrow path.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 4d

Nice ride! I did something quite similar today, but just tooled around the backroads of Hendricks County, heading down to Blanton Woods in Danville and back. Beautiful day!

Garmin map of bicycle ride west out of Indianapolis. Total distance 64 miles in about four and a half hours.

Bicycle leaning against the sign at the eastern trailhead for the B&O trail in Indianapolis

B&O trail artwork made of an old railroad signal in a circle of concrete benches, surrounded by fall wildflowers, with the trail going through a tunnel in the background

Bicycle leaning against a wooden railing in a heavily wooded area, leaves covering the narrow path.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 5d

fun fact: formal "hello" in Finnish is "hei," so to an English speaker it sounds like everyone is super chill all the time

(the informal greeting is "moi")

(Finnish people are super chill)

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 5d

@beefanddairy.bsky.social covered this recently. Except it was quails breeding with superquail that were engineered to be used as cattle feed. It didn't go well. Nevertheless…

can we use feral superhogs as cattle feed?

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 9

here is the current tactical map of where feral swine populations have consolidated

the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 6d

This one was out there last year and didn't seem to work either. Or maybe like the proverbial genie is has an unexpected interpretation of those wishes…

"Push button for walk" sign with a sticker put over "walk" saying "fuck nazis / fuck cops / fuck trump".

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