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Alex Samaras (he/him)
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It’s not enough to be not; be anti-. Anti-fascist. Anti-racist. Anti-sexist. Anti-bigot. Anti-capitalist. #CapitalismPoisonsEverything

Expect a whole sort of general mishmash of my interests & passions, w/ a lot of #Splatoon3 stuff.
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
The road to Sandy Valley was unpaved and very rough, so it was slow going. Not really much to photograph and I had to concentrate on not wrecking my bicycle. Then it was a long climb to the pass leading to Goodpsrings. The next thread will be the Fallout New Vegas tour. 6/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
The setting sun, clouds, and distant haze made for some rather dramatic scenes in the desert where I camped before heading over to Sandy Valley the next day. 5/6
#BicycleTravel #BikeSky
Photograph of distant mountains silhouetted against a cloudy sky backlit by the setting sun. Haze highlights the ridges of the mountains. Photograph of rather dramatic clouds over the evening desert with signs that the sun is going down to the west. Photograph of the shadowed desert plain of creosote bushes, sage brush, and joshua trees stretching towards silhouetted mountains outlined in mist and haze under the backlit clouds of the evening sky. Photograph of joshua trees, creosote bushes, and sage brush in the desert with distant mountains dramatically side-lit casting shadows leftward across the distant valley.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
All the jet contrails pointed towards Las Vegas, but I took a different way. Gotta say, despite how heavily loaded my bicycle is, my Surly Long Haul Trucker never fails to impress me how well it holds up when I have to go on rough unpaved routes. Not comfy, but doable. 4/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
Photograph of Nevada route 160 southeast of Pahrump showing the asphalt road stretching through desert and mountains in the distance. In the clear blue sky, there are several white jet contrail all leading in the same direction towards the distant mountains. Photograph of the Mojave Desert between Pahrump and Sandy Valley showing a plain of creosote bushes and desert sand and rock stretching towards distant mountains under a bright sun and a clear blue sky Photograph of the "cockpit view" from my bicycle looking over the handlebars along a dirt track through the desert towards distant mountains under a blue and white cloudy sky. Photograph of white clouds against a blue sky stretching towards distant mountains over a dirt track through the desert of creosote bushes, sand and rocks.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
Guess I passed close enough to Area 51 to run into some Aliens. 👽😁 3/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, a forest green buff, and a black tanktop encrusted with salt from my sweat in front of some statues of aliens in front of a convenience store that the Lathrop Wells intersection of US 95 and NV 373 in Nevada. Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, a forest green buff, and a black tanktop encrusted with salt from my sweat in front of a statue of an alien pointing up to the sky in front of a convenience store that the Lathrop Wells intersection of US 95 and NV 373 in Nevada.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
To get there after returning through Beatty, I still had to pass through the Amargosa Valley, Pahrump, and Sandy Valley. Had a good place to camp in the Amargosa Valley near the Big Dune. 2/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #Camping
Photograph of the "Big Dune" of Amargosa Valley in Nevada showing a desert plain of creosote bushes leading to a large sand dune in front of distant mountains under a blue sky. Photograph of a grey tent and a bicycle next to some creosote bushes in a small valley of white rocky ground under a blue evening sky. Photograph of portable solar panels leaning against white chalky rock catching the last of the evening sun. Photograph of the sunset in Amargosa Valley Nevada as the orange sun touches the horizon over a desert plain of creosote bushes, sand, and white chalky rock.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
Nothing beats a nice wide shoulder. They even did it right with the rumble strip being right on the white line. I've been on several roads (including this same road just north of Beatty) where the rumble strip is running down the middle of the shoulder. Terrible for #cycling. 3/3
#BikeSky #Nevada
Photograph of US Route 95 south of Tonopah Nevada, showing a recently paved asphalt road with a wide shoulder and a rumble strip along the white line stretching into the distance towards desert and mountains under a blue, slightly clouded sky on a bright sunny day. Photograph of the "cockpit view" from my bicycle looking over the handlebars along US95 showing a wide shoulder on the road stretching into the distance between desert hills towards a distant mountain. Photograph of US 95 southbound showing the road descending into a valley between foothills with mountains in the distance under a blue sky with some wispy clouds and a lone white cloud in the upper right. Photograph of US 95 stretching into the desert under a blue sky with some white clouds on the right side. In the far distance there are mountains along the horizon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
And so I made it to Tonopah, thus completing that line from the Linda Ronstadt song "Willin'". 😁 That was literally my ONLY reason for going there, so I ate lunch and immediately turned around and headed back south the way I came. 2/3
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #Nevada
Photograph of a wooden structure on top of a grey rocky hill with desert scrub brush under a clear blue sky. On the structure is a sign that says Tonopah. Photograph of the "cockpit view" from my bicycle of the road leading into Tonopah Nevada with a sign reading "Tonopah ELEV 6030" (which is in feet). All under a clear blue sky. Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, clear cycling glasses, a forest green buff, a lime green windbreaker, and a backpack, with one hand holding up the peace sign in front of a sign that says Welcome to Tonopah.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
If a student’s reaction to assigned material is “I reject the assigned material outright as a matter of personal belief,” the response should be “we respect your beliefs so much that we’re unenrolling you from this class to make room for a student interested in engaging with the subject.”
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
We need to start to understand that “respecting people’s beliefs” means giving the people holding anti-society beliefs what they want, which is separation from society. Respect their agency that they want what they say they want. Give them credit for the natural logical effect of their belief.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
That and "One damn minute, admiral" send me every time. 😂
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Ah. A keyboard. How quaint.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM