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huge drama on my block rn. basically my crows got tired of the local squirrels always taking some of the food i leave out. so now, as an act of retaliation— the crows are going yard to yard, finding the squirrels’ stashes, & eating everything. squirrels are watching in horror

Happy birthday to Bootsy Collins, born on this day in 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Here he is sharing his formula for funk in the BBC series “Rockschool” from the 1980s.

Rode White Rim In A Day 11 years and 1 week apart. The bikes get newer, but the body gets older. Trip report here: gist.github.com/jayswan/006f94…

Although I've watched Stricagnoli for several years, I don't think I've ever heard slap bass technique on acoustic guitar before (electric, yes): youtube.com/watch?v=2n0zuo…

There may be a more accurate description of this band out there somewhere, but if so I haven't seen it.

Does anyone have recommendations for reading about the history of pre-Internet criminal surveillance law?

Odd coincidence: randomly met an ex-Mandiant/Cisco guy on this 4x4 road at 11k feet while I was riding today. He was taking photos so I got one of me.

Seen at a highway rest stop in UT: tweaky dude filling the tank of his fragged out minivan from a huge plastic gas can in his back seat. While smoking a cigarette. I swear the gas can was the size of a small refrigerator. FAFO in the making.

My 83 y/o Canada-born mom, who loves getting rid of things, kept this for 70 years and knew exactly where to find it. Now she’s going to mail it to a grand niece living in England.

Orange masters the cat-apult siege weapon.

Today’s creature of the long ride.

Make more music, please.

youtu.be/PS0latFkBuk

I almost missed this episode of one of my favorite podacsts and I'm so glad it came up automagically on today's bike ride. I knew almost nothing about GWTW prior to this.

Today is #NavajoCodeTalkersDay ! Meet Chester Nez, a Navajo code talker for the U.S. Marines in WWII. In 1942, Nez was one of 29 code talkers who used their unique language to create the unbreakable code that helped win the war.

He was the last original code talker. (1921-2014)