Roadskater, Ph.D.

@roadskater
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Inline skating the mean streets of NYC since 1993 and still alive to kvetch about it.

During the day, webmaster for some scientists, Java netCDF dataviz and cartography coder.

Otherwise, a Jack Methodist, somewhere left of center and (sigh) a recovering Idahoan.

Plus various experiences and opinions of no merit.

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Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.1h ago

@lax @lzg Which blows my mind.

I'm old enough to remember when the church 'prophet' declared via prophesy that black men could become church priests.

Roadskater, Ph.D.2h ago
Empire Skate Club NYC2h ago

We enjoyed a dinner on Sat 10/18 evening to thank French Eric for leading Empire's Tuesday Night Skate for 20 years.

Really? (OMFG!) 20 years? Yes. Very true. Hard to imagine.

But Eric is heading back to France to care for his mom. TNS will just have to re-invent itself, belatedly, again.

#NYC #InlineSkating

Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.2h ago

@lax @lzg The LDS democratic-aligned? Far from Democratic, and I'm not sure about democratic.

They're conservative as heck, but not organizationally way far right, or at least they weren't in the past. OTOH, they're recently deceased leader was 101 years old, so apparently they're willing to accept BS from the decrepit.

I used to think LDS Mitt Romney was too conservative, but since then, maybe not?

(I grew up non-LDS in SE Idaho, where parsing what the Mormons were up to was a 'thing'?)

Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.1d ago
@flargh We've noticed.
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@mathowie Varies. Comments from skaters I follow on Strava make it sound like Perth is a bit like San Diego, but Sydney is more humid like Charleston SC.
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.2d ago
@mrkite @ashah @Adrianthomas @clede Also because you might have five "click here" links on a page, which really pisses off the HTML validator I use because they lead to different addresses.
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.2d ago

@tjenness @ryanwells @siracusa I have a couple times received a PayPal receipt for a gun purchase. No name on the e-mail as best I recall, but I assume it was for the same guy whose 401(k) signup info I once received.

Wondering if it's the same guy whose buddies like to send me invitations to play golf, meet up for fantasy football league meetings, etc.

Roadskater, Ph.D.3d ago
The Tennessee Holler 3d ago
MCCALLUM: “Margaret Thatcher said socialism’s great until you run out of other people’s money.” 🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”
Roadskater, Ph.D.3d ago
I used to play the license plate game while #InlineSkating around #NYC. A jaunt to Coney Island & back was always good for at least 40 states. It's been a couple years since I was serious about it, but my eyes still scan cars as I or they pass by. So imagine my delight to catch two (2!) Idaho plates during a trip to Greenpoint today, one from Ada County and one from Jefferson, the latter practically next door to my hometown. Idaho plates are rare in the city; Montana plates are much easier.
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.Oct 10
@DukeDuke @flexghost I haven't lived there since since I started grad school a long time ago. Since my mom left for warmer year-round climes 15 years ago, I've been back about 7-8 times but only for a backpacking vacations.