Peter Hosey

@boredzo
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Breaker of binaries. Sweary but friendly. #uspol and nerd shit.
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psst

hey you, with the eyes 👀

stop being stubborn and increase your computer's default font size. magnify that web page you're reading a bit

maybe try a different display font, most things default to sans fonts these days but I personally find serifs much easier to read, especially at, ahem, bigger font sizes

also, if light mode hurts your eyes, there's a significant chance the problem is that you bought a new monitor that gets 10x brighter than your old monitor and you turned it up to 100% brightness out of habit

My favorite light-novel series at this moment is “RVing Into Exile with My Beloved Cat: This Villainess Is Trippin'!”.

It starts with the standard otome-villainess setup in a vaguely-European fantasy-adventure world, then drives away from that setup at 40 kph. Literally. In an RV.

It's very chill and sweet and lots of fun. First two volumes are on Hoopla:

https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/rving-my-way-into-exile-with-my-beloved-cat-this-villainess-is-trippin-volume-1-punichan/16915857
https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/rving-my-way-into-exile-with-my-beloved-cat-this-villainess-is-trippin-volume-2-punichan/17104180

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Failing the first means they'd rather have unlimited money to blow on TV adverts and will be beholden to big-money donors.

Failing the second means they overlooked a really obvious platform to place their message. Or are bad at paperwork.

Failing the third usually means they think simply filing candidate papers is enough. For the more credible ones, it means they have opinions (or their own profile) to promote, but no actual plans to use the office they're running for.

#CAPol #election

Things I'm looking for when reading the voter information guide:

- Did the candidate accept the contribution limits to qualify to submit a candidate statement?
- Did the candidate actually submit a candidate statement?
- Does the candidate's statement reflect that they understand the job they're running for and the powers that will be available to them, and have intentions for how they will use those powers?

#CAPol #election

The existence of diverging-diamond road interchanges implies three other types of road design patterns:

- converging club
- side-by-side spade
- hyperspatial heart

I read “The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent: The Other Saint” the other day. A couple chapters of the manga were included in season 1 of the anime, but the rest went unused.

Which is a shame, because I feel like season 2 would have been much better if they had waited a year and adapted most of the rest of “The Other Saint” instead of dicking around in a mine for half a dozen episodes.

In case it's useful to my masking friends here: flomask is 30% off this weekend with code KEVSBDAY2026

https://www.flomask.com/

I bought this mask for use at choir and I can attest that it's pretty decent for singing! Plus with the "halo strap" and the frame keeping the filter further away from my mouth and nose, it's also the most comfortable one I've had. I wear it for hours on the bus every weekday.

#maskup #singing

Flo Mask

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When the Golden Gate Park windmills were first built, it was to pump water for the park: https://www.kqed.org/news/11915313/golden-gate-parks-windmills-were-essential-then-abandoned-for-decades

These days they're purely decorative. Personally I think they should convert them to electricity generation…

Golden Gate Park's Windmills Were Essential, Then Abandoned for Decades | KQED

The two windmills served an important function until they were left behind by technology. But preservation groups brought them back to glory — and functionality.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Dro...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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