there's a statue in the park where the tulips will be celebrated next week. it didn't get torn down like the one of the slaver schuyler. to keep my mind busy while my eyes are down for maintenance, I listened to a reading of his myth. the translation is from hundreds of years ago, of a language that's more greek to me than Greek. obviously the details are totally lost on me. but the gist I get is that Moses would be glad schuyler is gone (not unlike another statue 🗽)

yes my setup would preclude me from opening tusky today. so far I haven't actually scrolled but christ it's not even noon gloomy days suck. no wonder people here figured out how to capture lightning

is there a sabbath mode for apps on android? as an addict, I want to prevent certain apps from launching one day of the week, so that I can more easily cut down on scrolling

say what you want about episode 1, duel of the fates is a straight banger

(I somehow got in a wikipedia rabbit hole about spain's north african territories today)

Barack Obama's daughters, Ceuta and Melilla

"microtransit" solutions are always fascinating because they're clearly made by people who don't ride public transit and don't care about public transit

people who ride transit want reliable stuff that shows up at the same times every day and follows a consistent route you can plan around

people who don't ride transit think everyone wants their own personal taxi

@benlk all the renderings I've seen have been open air. I suppose they could be planning on a retractable roof? (but also the $400M is for all downtown revitalization projects. I think the stadium is only supposed to be like $150M of that?)

saw a bird with a bee in its beak. checkmate sex education

With the amount of Pb and jelly consumed in the USA I’m surprised lead poisoning isn’t more common.

And surely it’d be too hard to eat?

Albany is getting $400M from the state to spend on downtown and they want to build a soccer stadium. that can't be used in winter. right next to the existing enclosed stadium. but hey some politician will get their name on it so it'll be worth it

why are my allergies making my teeth hurt

thought I was taking a lovely vacation to Iberia but accidentally booked for Siberia 😭

someone please invent an antihistamine that works

my allergies were being so calm for so long and then today, very suddenly, the trees are trying very hard to fuck me in the nose

I was thinking I might do my next oil change myself but at this rate I'll probably blow up the engine

went out and got a dremel and an impact, put a notch in the screw head and tried to get it out that way. *still* won't budge. so now I'm in the same spot, but out $100 in tools and with some added embarrassment when I finally take it to the shop

Meanings of the smoke for the upcoming papal conclave:

Black smoke means they're burning oil, which could be a sign of piston ring or valve stem seal wear

White smoke means they're burning coolant and the papal head gasket has blown

it's weird that it's always schodack, too. like, gps off by 10km is odd enough, but why always *there*? my isp is on this side of the river, obviously, so it's not that

for some reason when I open maps on my phone, it keeps thinking I'm in schodack for a minute, which is only like 10km away but it's on the other side of the river so conceptually it might as well be narnia