Brooklyn-Miramar Transit

@bmt
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Brooklyn-Miramar TransitAug 17, 2017
Now here's a Civil War memorial I can get behind. Brooklyn, New York. I stood in this spot on Sept. 11, 2001, and could see the towers burning, through the arch and under the inscription "TO THE DEFENDERS OF THE UNION 1861-1865." (Maybe they should add 1974, 2001, and 2017 to that.) https://mastodon.social/media/nRmFKzeZxLbY6B-maHk
Brooklyn-Miramar TransitAug 17, 2017
So @bmt did the reverse commute, transiting from Miramar to Brooklyn for a few days, and am now sitting in the Brooklyn Public Library main branch for the first time in over 15 years. Much is the same; the chairs aren't as comfortable; but the cafe food is distinctly improved (catered by "Four & Twenty Blackbirds" pie bakers). Lots of electric outlets for patrons' pooters. Oh, and they even still have some books!
Brooklyn-Miramar TransitAug 17, 2017

While the valiant franc-tireurs at Mammouth.Cafe work to restore their Mastodon instance, I'll retreat to the safehouse at Mastodon.Social and do the following:

So there was this Dutch somnambulist in upstate New York who went to sleep around 1760 and slept for 20 years, doing pushups and situps in his sleep the whole time. When he woke up the villagers saw his new muscles and gave him a new nickname.

What, you never heard of Ripped Van Winkle?

Brooklyn-Miramar TransitAug 17, 2017
Serge K. Keller 🦣Aug 17, 2017
Affected by the #mammouthcafe outage? Follow https://mammouth.runstat.us/incidents/94f520c3-7f6f-44b2-835b-acaee6bdbe1e/ for updates (you could also try https://twitter.com/mammouth if desperate)
Brooklyn-Miramar TransitJun 17, 2017
I'm #moving my "main" account between #instances. From now on I'll be mostly @bmt. See you there!
Brooklyn-Miramar TransitJun 16, 2017
beatrix bitrotJun 16, 2017

the future is already here

it just hasn't federated to your instance yet

Brooklyn-Miramar TransitJun 16, 2017
Readers of #Victorian #fiction may enjoy the (linked) human interest story. It's a saccharine "aww how cute" glurg-fest, but the payoff is the identification of the book involved. (Hint: It ain't Disney.) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/little-girl-adorably-mistakes-a-bride-for-a-princess-from-her-favorite-book_us_5942b327e4b01eab7a2c17f0 #books
Brooklyn-Miramar TransitJun 15, 2017
Show threadriver ✅Jun 15, 2017
@ughsadkid @ghostcommie https://mastodon.social/media/TKLc1UcMTYMzjL_6AZo
Brooklyn-Miramar TransitJun 15, 2017
This would be a great time in history for everybody to watch Costa-Gavras's 1969 movie "Z"
Brooklyn-Miramar TransitJun 14, 2017
@SlowRain Greetings! I noticed your interest in #bookcovers and thought you might enjoy this: http://lousybookcovers.com