Flash qFiasco
@flashqfiasco.bsky.social
Thinker, published author & photographer; B.A. UCSC, M.Litt. cantab. A disaster in English, a bottle of wine in Italian--it's all in your perspective.
The duckwabbit image is a reference to the work of L. Witteringswine.
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The duckwabbit image is a reference to the work of L. Witteringswine.
www.flashq.org
www.flashq.de
Steel is real. Carbon bikes won't last.
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Steel is real. Carbon bikes won't last.
Fixie riders are a breed apart. They are not for the faint-hearted. I rode one for a while, when I was younger and thought myself immortal--eventually mounted a front-brake-only after it tried to kill me. 😂
December 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fixie riders are a breed apart. They are not for the faint-hearted. I rode one for a while, when I was younger and thought myself immortal--eventually mounted a front-brake-only after it tried to kill me. 😂
I don't like sidewinders at all: don't work in the rain & tear up tires. Hub dynamo is the way to go: water-tight & delivers enough power to recharge a navi-smartphone. Pictured is an original Schmidt dynamo from 1990, still running strong. The LED lamp features a USB charger port.
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I don't like sidewinders at all: don't work in the rain & tear up tires. Hub dynamo is the way to go: water-tight & delivers enough power to recharge a navi-smartphone. Pictured is an original Schmidt dynamo from 1990, still running strong. The LED lamp features a USB charger port.
Kudos. Firemen run in when everyone else runs out.
December 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kudos. Firemen run in when everyone else runs out.
Ah, a "fixie" is a fixed-wheel bike--you pedal forwards, you move forwards, you pedal backwards, you move backwards. To slow down you slow down your pedalling. To 'brake', you lock your legs and skid the rear tire.
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Ah, a "fixie" is a fixed-wheel bike--you pedal forwards, you move forwards, you pedal backwards, you move backwards. To slow down you slow down your pedalling. To 'brake', you lock your legs and skid the rear tire.
Start 'em early. 👍
December 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Start 'em early. 👍
Brakes? You have brakes on a fixie? Real men fly taildraggers, ride hardtails, play hardball, and don't brake. 😂
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Brakes? You have brakes on a fixie? Real men fly taildraggers, ride hardtails, play hardball, and don't brake. 😂
Kudos. Once, long ago, there were more HPVs on the road than motor vehicles. So shall it be again -- some day.
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Kudos. Once, long ago, there were more HPVs on the road than motor vehicles. So shall it be again -- some day.
I good friend of mine says, if re-incarnation is real, he wants to come back as a woman's bicycle seat.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I good friend of mine says, if re-incarnation is real, he wants to come back as a woman's bicycle seat.
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Yes! Make parking go underground, make cycling safe!
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December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Yes! Make parking go underground, make cycling safe!
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Ex. 23:2 appears to have escaped her attention.
December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ex. 23:2 appears to have escaped her attention.
His fun is ephemeral--his name will be chiselled off all the monuments and his signature erased from all the pardons when he's gone.
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
His fun is ephemeral--his name will be chiselled off all the monuments and his signature erased from all the pardons when he's gone.
I could hardly fail to dispute that less.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I could hardly fail to dispute that less.
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Somebody planted those two trees in exactly the right place to catch the sun's rays--just like the megaliths on Salisbury Plain.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Somebody planted those two trees in exactly the right place to catch the sun's rays--just like the megaliths on Salisbury Plain.
🤩 👍 📷
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I've googled Angelina's image and studied her physique--while she has a fine forehead and high cheekbones, I have to say that her TEMPLES are not really her STAND-OUT feature. 😍
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I've googled Angelina's image and studied her physique--while she has a fine forehead and high cheekbones, I have to say that her TEMPLES are not really her STAND-OUT feature. 😍
Yes, I too left the cinema infatuated, though not with temples ....
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yes, I too left the cinema infatuated, though not with temples ....
America under Trump has become a rogue state; if Congress does not remove him from office under the 25th Amendment, it will be remembered as a failed one.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
America under Trump has become a rogue state; if Congress does not remove him from office under the 25th Amendment, it will be remembered as a failed one.
So, you see, Tilly, what the picture must have in common with reality in order to be able to represent it in the manner in which it does—whether truly or falsely—is the form of representation, plus the same logical multiplicity as the atomic facts so represented.
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So, you see, Tilly, what the picture must have in common with reality in order to be able to represent it in the manner in which it does—whether truly or falsely—is the form of representation, plus the same logical multiplicity as the atomic facts so represented.
The Coast Guard reversed the 'potentially divisive' decision within hours of detection by the Washington Post.
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The Coast Guard planned to change how it described swastikas and nooses. Then came the outcry and an updated policy
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Coast Guard reversed the 'potentially divisive' decision within hours of detection by the Washington Post.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Don't confuse Vance by citing facts and statistics. Just find out how much the NRA donated to his slush fund.
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Don't confuse Vance by citing facts and statistics. Just find out how much the NRA donated to his slush fund.
It's no logic at all. It's 'alternative bookkeeping', from the NRA.
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's no logic at all. It's 'alternative bookkeeping', from the NRA.
Willful ignorance is the hallmark of Trump's regime.
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Willful ignorance is the hallmark of Trump's regime.
Utter cowards they be, afraid to speak truth to power.
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Utter cowards they be, afraid to speak truth to power.