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Today's.quick project: replace worn out handlebar tape on a road bike. #BikeTooter
in reply to AI6YR Ben

Cut the cork in half with a pocketknife. Trim a section to the size of a tube. This is more a style thing, the wrap comes with plastic ends, LOL.
in reply to AI6YR Ben

I know people who have trimmed the plugs on their bar tape to save half a gram. People who only wrap part of the bar so they don't waste energy hauling extra bar tape up hills.

Note that actual pro racers don't bother with that nonsense. One of the few wise things the UCI ever did was impose a minimum weight rule for bikes, which is still crazy light.

in reply to W6KME

i think the foolishness with less spokes for weight reduction was what finally did it. that and bike parts breaking.

of course, now it's all about aerodynamics. primoz roglic was being given shit because he wearing non-aero socks one day.

in reply to Paul_IPv6

"no-aero socks"

AM I WEARING THE WRONG KIND OF SOCKS?!?!?!?!?!

in reply to W6KME

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA wut....

Cycling News: We took 16 pairs of aero socks to the wind tunnel to find which was fastest, and we're still shocked by the results

in reply to AI6YR Ben

I would only be shocked if any socks turned out to be more aerodynamic than no-socks.

This is a silly post, I'm not interested in knowing that there is a type of sock that is more aerodynamic, or that there are other reasons to wear socks besides aerodynamics.

in reply to AI6YR Ben

@W6KME Why do I feel like this is the kind of rabbit hole that once one goes down they never come out of?
in reply to W6KME

@W6KME A friend that I hadn't seen in a while finally caught up with me, told me about how he was into road biking, and how he was doing stuff like that to minimize bike weight. I asked him why he didn't just lose a few pounds. 😂 He stopped talking to me about biking.
in reply to ColesStreetPothole

@ColesStreetPothole @W6KME This happens in hiking... "Hi, I've drilled holes in my toothbrush to save weight!" Me: "So, not going to do anything about that enormous beer gut, eh?"
in reply to AI6YR Ben

@ColesStreetPothole @W6KME

i was usually more like "so i cut down my sleeping pad, left my stool behind, so that i could carry two more bottles of wine and a nice cheese"...



#Zelensky threatens #Moscow with a blackout again, asks the US for $90 billion worth of weapons, and the #EU for salaries for the Armed Forces of #Ukraine "If the Russians threaten a blackout in the capital of Ukraine, they should know that there will be a...

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Netanyahu faces empty UN hall — ‘Please, order in the hall’ marks Israel’s isolation middleeastmonitor.com/20250927…


Dutzende Tote bei Panik auf Wahlkampfkundgebung in Indien

Auf einer Wahlkampfkundgebung im Süden Indiens sind nach Angaben der Regionalregierung mindestens 36 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Bei einer Rede des Politikers Vijay war eine Massenpanik ausgebrochen.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/in…

#Indien #Massenpanik #Tote






Do cats or dogs care if you tell them they are pretty/handsome/beautiful?

  • Cat owner, yes (17%, 5 votes)
  • Cat owner, no (10%, 3 votes)
  • Dog owner, yes (25%, 7 votes)
  • Dog owner, no (7%, 2 votes)
  • Own both, yes (21%, 6 votes)
  • Own both, no (10%, 3 votes)
  • Other, comment (7%, 2 votes)
28 voters. Poll end: 5 giorni fa




Hiérarchies sociales chez les chasseurs-cueilleurs : complexité, variations et débats

Contrairement à l’image d’égalitarisme absolu, les sociétés de chasseurs-cueilleurs montrent une grande diversité sociale, avec parfois des formes de hiérarchie et de différenciation. Des anthropologues comme Lévi-Strauss, Clastres et Testart éclairent cette complexité. #Anthropologie #ChasseursCueilleurs #Hiérarchie L’idée courante que les sociétés de chasseurs-cueilleurs seraient…

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title: John Burns
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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The autumn sunshine is perfect for photographing foxes, and Solo (the 6 month old vixen) has been out and about quite frequently over the past few days. Here she is hiding behind some shrubs and seed heads. permuted.org.uk/photography/fo… #fox #nature #wildlife #photography


in reply to v

I have the opposite skill. I'm a professional pain in the butt for things that seem dishonest or plain unethical.

I'd never survive the corporate world.




Hey #believeinfilm film friends,

An app I built for inverting film negatives has grown a little faster than expected. Because of that, Dropbox has frozen linking new accounts until they review and approve it.

If you're looking to try film Q to invert your film scans, please hold on a few days until it's approved (I will post here again once that's done).

Details: analog.cafe/comments/1vz4




"Trump is the first Republican presidential nominee in nearly half a century to win at least 15 percent of this voting bloc."

The latest from Theodore R. Johnson: wapo.st/46GXjuN



Deutschland
📷 Pentax Super Program
🎞 Kodak Portra 160
🗺 Dagebüll 🇩🇪
🗓 2025/08
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#deutschland #flag #filmphotography #filmisalive


A few years ago, Republicans demanded mask bans and claimed people couldn't possibly work in masks.

Suddenly, they love masks, and banning them is unconstitutional.

I wonder what changed.






Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention center

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kilma…

The Maryland father who was wrongly deported and then brought back to the U.S. was moved to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg.

#press



Federal cops ‘instigating’ confrontations with protesters outside ICE building, Portland police official says archive.ph/8jya0

“Since late June, Portland police rarely have been seen near the ICE building and the demonstrations against the federal agency.
That has left federal officers largely on their own to deal with protesters usually numbering in the dozens every night, blasting music from large speakers and shouting offensive messages into megaphones. (1/2)

in reply to skry

“Nightly confrontations between demonstrators and federal police have resulted in numerous allegations of federal police using excessive force against peaceful protesters. At least two people who say they suffered injuries have filed paperwork indicating they intend to sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.” #pdx #ICE #occupation (2/2)


#gazetadobrasil #jornalismo #noticias #politics Bióloga brasileira morre após ser atropelada em faixa de pedestres em Portugal gazetabrasil.com.br/mundo/2025…





But hey, what a great time to cut #FEMA! Will the winning stop?!!

#HurricaneHumberto could mingle with another developing storm in what's called the #FujiwharaEffect

By Emily Mae Czachor, September 27, 2025

Excerpt: "Humberto, the eighth named storm to emerge this hurricane season, is currently swirling over waters just north of the Caribbean as a major hurricane. While forecasts as of Saturday predict Humberto won't ever touch land, there is a possibility it could interact with another system developing nearby in the western Atlantic.

"That's an unlikely outcome, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan. But if such a collision does occur, it could produce what's called the Fujiwhara effect, a rare phenomenon in which two different storms merge and become entangled around a newly formed, common center.

"How the process plays out depends on the characteristics of the storms involved, according to the National Weather Service. The forecasting agency describes the Fujiwhara effect on its website as 'an intense dance' between two tropical storms that can happen when they get close enough to each other on their respective tracks to reach a common point and either join together or spin around each other for a period of time before continuing along their individual paths.

"In the latter scenario, the storms involved must be comparably strong or large.

" 'Typically when one system is stronger than the other, the smaller and weaker system will get overrun by the larger, stronger one and completely eliminate it,' Nolan said.

"Similar systems 'will dance around each other' before going their separate ways, she continued, adding: 'Very rarely has a larger system absorbed a smaller one and become larger or stronger, but it is scientifically possible.'

" 'With the two tropical troubles currently north of the Caribbean, these two may interact under the Fujiwhara effect in the days ahead,' said Nolan. However, because the developing system 'appears to be much weaker than Humberto and several miles away from it,' an interaction between the two — if one even takes place at all — may not result in a tangled gravitational 'dance.'

"Humberto grew into a tropical storm Wednesday night while traveling over open waters in the central tropical Atlantic, and then gained hurricane status early Friday morning. Humberto was a Category 4 storm as of early Saturday morning.

"Forecasters expect it to move northwest over the next few days and strengthen along the way, the National Hurricane Center said. It's one of two systems in the region that could potentially impact parts of the southeastern United States, including coastal areas from Florida to North Carolina, according to Michael Brennan, director of the hurricane center."

Full article:
cbsnews.com/news/humberto-anot…

#Hurricanes #Humberto #FEMACuts

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#Famine #Gaza #MUA #SumudFlotilla



#gazetadopovo #esquerda #direita #politics Confira as principais notícias da manhã (29/09) | CAFÉ COM A GAZETA DO POVO youtube.com/watch?v=AiEP4T1Xjo…


Took a walk with my Canon R5 and Sigma 150-600mm yesterday before visiting my brother at the hospital. Not too much moving around but I did get to see this Great Blue Heron shake its tail feathers. 😀

#photography #birds #ontario #windsorbirds #canon #canonr5 #sigma



Former Senior Producer Tess Vigeland of the Wall Street Journal:

"He is lying. They are lying. They are literally making this shit up. I live four blocks from the ICE facility they say is a "war zone." ... There are, on average, maybe 30 protesters who've camped out (they have a small grill) and set up tents. [T]he notion that this city of 600,000 people is a war zone is completely laughable.

This is all for show by an authoritarian administration that knows its base will applaud because oooooh lookie a liberal city getting its due. (I have relatives who will applaud this, by the way.) But they're lying. They're all LYING."

facebook.com/tessvigeland/post…

#news #uspol #uspolitics #fascism #cascadia #casPol #casPolitics #portland

in reply to Solarbird

@Godfrey642
Miller’s the new Steve Bannon, only Trump’s not with-it enough to get rid of him like he did Bannon.

#PresidentMiller #USPol

in reply to Pomegranate_Stew

@pomegranate_stew @Godfrey642

Miller, Bannon and Jeff sessions were seeking Avenue into the White House in order to pursue their political ideas.

Of the three Miller is the only survivor. It has been even before the first administration.



Sunset yesterday over one of the many construction projects in this city.
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Man arrested after telling TV interviewer he killed parents

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-c…

#press




Die Sprachenfrage sprengt die Ukraine von innen de.rt.com/meinung/257171-sprac… Die Ukraine ist und bleibt, wie zuvor in den Jahren 1991–2013, sprachlich gespalten. Kiews Schüler, die mit russophober Maidan-Propaganda aufgewachsen sind, sprechen weiterhin untereinander Russisch. #news #press