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Super cool that the Greenway was also closed off today and those detour signs *also* led to a dead end. Really love too share the road as a fellow road user 🚲 😩

It is very good. You get to watch them make noodles and then you eat the noodles (and other things like a scallion pancake) and the noodles are very good

I wanted to see it because so many people compare it to Stand By Me, which is "of it's time" in many ways but still a subtle, beautiful film. I'm now mad that it gets listed along with totally forgettable 80s trash like The Goonies.

Saw it for the first time last night. I expected the casual racism, misogyny, and ableism. I did *not* expect that the dialog would be a fucking mess and the editing would be sloppy as fuck. Why do so many people like this movie?

Made the best of an irritating trail detour through downtown today. I'm going to back to the route tomorrow, but in the mean time, here's a Spoonbridge and Cherry

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It’s hot out across most of the US today, Ada would like to remind everyone to drink plenty of water and know your limits for any outdoor activity

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🎵 WHENNNNNNNN THE... 🎵

Lizard you've seen changes from brown to green that's...

Anole!

I'm really happy when the trans/nonbinary/transitioning folks in my life post selfies. It's a joy to see y'all be so much more comfortable in your own skin, and it helps my dumb brain adjust to your new pronouns/presentation. Thanks, and please keep selfie-ing however and whenever you like. 🤳

Courtney Barnett is good at music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQf8S0wvqbQ

"I wanna walk through the park in the dark". Such a simple and evocative demand

I dunno who *you* sinners are fishing with, but *my* fishing buddy? Well my fishing buddy is Jesus Christ ✝️ 🎣

Goodness these dudes go fast. 26/27mph sustained over 5 hours through the fucking mountains. And then they get up and do it again the next day.

For reference, when my 45-minute commute averages better than 15mph I think "ooh, I was fast today!"

I'm not usually a big Tour de France guy, but this analysis of pros who run Strava is cool: https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/strava-shows-just-tough-stage-10-tour-de-france-really-431382

Pretty baller move to record a stage of the TdF and leave the default Strava description "Lunch Ride" 😎

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Well, add "wrestle out a stuck seatpost" to my list of accomplishments. 😩

Either I forgot to grease it when I installed it or Raleigh gave me bad advice and told me they already greased it when they hadn't. Bikes are dumb sometimes.

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The short answer is there is no short answer, but if you're designing a strategy game tech tree "Bicycles" probably comes after "Vulcanized Rubber" and "Level 2 Metalworking"

While I'm on a bike kick today, here's a good overview of the early pre-history of the bicycle, asking "Why Did We Wait So Long?"
https://rootsofprogress.org/why-did-we-wait-so-long-for-the-bicycle

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Not pictured, but when putting the bottom bracket and cranks back together they all got a liberal application of grease on the threads and everywhere else metal touches metal. This keeps out water and makes it easier to loosen the parts next time.

A general-purpose grease like Park Tools PPL-1 is a great cheap addition to your toolkit if you don't already have some

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I'm happy with the generic torque wrench I got from amazon, but the one limitation it has compared to the fancy Park Tools model is that it only measures torque in one direction, and one side of the bottom bracket is left-hand-threaded (lefty tighty, if you will).

So side two is approximated right after I did side one. At least I can make sure I didn't undershoot by a bunch

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I was also in luck that my local shop had the same bottom bracket in stock. It's not an expensive part but to get it properly installed you really need a torque wrench and a special adapter. Thanks to a gift card, I know own both 👨‍🔧

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Luckily, the no-name power drill set I have came with 3 sizes of brass wire wheels. Never knew what these were for! Brass is a great cleaning tool here because it's softer than steel and wont damage the threads. Got 'er all shiny and clean.

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