Semitones

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SemitonesJun 24
ivy_gay (robot edition)Jun 23
I keep hearing 9 inch nails mentioned like ??
bitch clip your nails that's nasty
SemitonesJun 23
Jer 🚵🏼Jun 23
Got out for a ride while the temperature was still cool (65°F). Along the way I ran across a bicycle built for three.
I have questions.
#BikeTooter #weirdbikesmastodon
SemitonesJun 23
vidakJun 22
my biggest concern for a long time has been computer literacy--there is something magnetic to me about how simple BASIC is.

i have sat down with a few people over the years. they came to me complaining about how hard python or scratch was, and i installed VICE emulator on their computer. within minutes of writing their first joke GOTO or INPUT program, i have had people vibrating in their seats with excitement--"wow, i can program!!"

that feeling is something i want to replicate and multiply among people, giving people "software freedom" through a sense of mastery and success.
SemitonesJun 23
Thomas HanrathJun 6
NEW #Astrophoto: Messier 51 Whirlpool Galaxy
 
At the height of this year’s galaxy season, I finally captured my first image of the stunning Whirlpool #Galaxy (Messier 51).
 
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/en/whirlpool-galaxy-0425/
 
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
 
#astrophotography #nightsky #space #astronomy #telescope #clearsky #photography #nature
SemitonesJun 23
TheresaJun 22

Just finished Usula K Le Guin's Lavinia.

Why do I keep letting her break my heart like this? How is she such a beautiful, seamless storyteller? #bookstodon

SemitonesJun 23
HollieJun 22

TIL a new 25-page eBook by author Travis Baldree exists, who wrote the wonderful books Legends and Lattes, and Bookshops and Bonedust.

It's called Goblins and Greatcoats and it's FREE🎉 at Subterranean Press:

https://subterraneanpress.com/goblins-greatcoats-ebook/

#TravisBaldree #GoblinsAndGreatcoats #bookstodon #FreeBooks #Fantasy

SemitonesJun 22
Tom LechnerJun 21
After the Libre Graphics Meeting, I spent a couple days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, from which there's a train that goes up to the Zugspitze! It's part of the Alps, the highest point in Germany, and shares a border with Austria. It tops out at 9718 feet. There's quite a nice lake with blue/greenish glacial runoff water called the Eibsee down below.
SemitonesJun 21
Swede’s PhotographsJun 20
SemitonesJun 20
Sven A. SchmidtJun 20
No, we don't. We need to talk about your trackers.
SemitonesJun 20
Mother BonesJun 20

#Via Trish Greenhalgh
@trishgreenhalgh
June 19, 2025, 12:22 PM

"Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on."

https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

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

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Jer 🚵🏼Jun 23
Got out for a ride while the temperature was still cool (65°F). Along the way I ran across a bicycle built for three.
I have questions.
#BikeTooter #weirdbikesmastodon
Show threadBri | 🚴📦💨✨ | 🏳️‍🌈Jun 23

@jerzone the mechanical stress on those tubes if someone were to sit in those seats, and the lack of structure to balance against...

Passengers would have to be lightweight and braver than I am, that's for sure.

Show threadJer 🚵🏼Jun 23
@cargot_robbie At first I was concerned the person pedaling wouldn't be able to see where they're going, but upon closer consideration that's probably the least of their worries.
Show threadBri | 🚴📦💨✨ | 🏳️‍🌈Jun 23
@jerzone Something about it is screaming "welding apprentice project" to me.
Show threadTodd TyrtleJun 23

@jerzone Did my ride at 6:30 AM when it was 78F. By the time I finished, it was 86 with a humidex of 102. Worse out today so no ride at all for me.

Fantastic bike photo!

Show threadJer 🚵🏼Jun 23
@toddtyrtle Got out at 5:50am and luckily fog with low clouds moved in to hold back the sun for a couple hours, it only got a few degrees warmer. The index will be around 103 later this afternoon. Bleh.
Show threadlfiskJun 23

@jerzone @toddtyrtle Only dropping to 79 deg overnight here. Already set two record low/highs...

My cooling system is NOT setup for daytime high temps during the night😓

Show threadMartinJun 23
@jerzone The front seat rider needs to have the best insurance IMO. :-)
Show threadJer 🚵🏼Jun 23
@micron “I'm flying!”
Show threadMartinJun 23
@jerzone Probably fun as long as they are flying perpendicular to the gravity vector. 😀
Show threadTommiJun 23
@jerzone @nicd Something Awful house renovation post of a bike mod ☠️
Show threadDaveJun 23
@tommi @jerzone @nicd #ATBGE says hello 😁
Show threadTommiJun 23
@Laird_Dave @jerzone @nicd Would not call making one's kid's wellbeing dependent on a single, highly stressed, shoddy weld a great execution 😅
Show threadDaveJun 23
@tommi @jerzone @nicd depends on their ultimate goal ^^
Show threadDutch Barracuda🏳️‍🌈🛠☢️🌎♻️Jun 23
@jerzone This broke my brain looking at it.
Show threadJer 🚵🏼Jun 23
@dutchbarracuda My brain tries to integrate the round parking loop into the bike.
Show threadDuncan BluesJun 23
@jerzone @dutchbarracuda
Same.
Question is: does that improve or worsen the overall impression? 🤔
Show threadLiminal witch 🧙‍♀️ SarahJun 23
@jerzone is someone trying to poison AI?
Show threadSam WhitedJun 23
@jerzone those welds… not to mention the structural support 🙈
Show threadAaron OJun 23
@jerzone I'm not sure I know enough words to understand the answers.
Show threadInfinite BreadsticksJun 23
@jerzone Or one person with additional, unique riding styles. 🤔
Show threadJer 🚵🏼Jun 23
@swansonite
Show threadTsad à vélo  Jun 23
⬆️⬆️⬆️ de la concurrence pour @niavy ? 😂
Show threadNiavy  Jun 23
@tsadiq
Krkrkrrrr 😄 pas mal 😄
Show threadOne-and-only Allen VersfeldJun 23

@jerzone *gasp*

Can you imagine? Just imagine! Being a passenger, nothing to hold, nowhere to put your feet, just precariously balanced on your perineum hoping against hope that the driver, in the middle of the bike with no clear view of the road, doesn't ever turn or speed up or slow down!

Show threadJF  Jun 23

@jerzone
One the other site, I once saw a photo of a bike where someone had welded a mount to convert it to disc brakes (looked like a good job).

Difficult to appreciate that on this photo

Show threadColinJun 23
@jerzone I hope that rear position has a suspension seat post.
I bet the rear spokes get some punishment😬
Show threadJose Luis PeruyeroJun 23
@jerzone
You still can have rear brakes with a backwards pedaling system, but the lack of place to rest the feet or grab for passengers' hands - structural issues apart - makes the whole thing a nonsense.
Show threadieee 754 carrot factsJun 23
@jerzone I love it
Show threadnosdregamonJun 23
@jerzone
A glitch in the matrix. The diffusion model had a hiccup...
Show threadEli the BeardedJun 23

@jerzone

Three seats but rides nine, this Clown Bike is perfect for the circus looking to modernize and dispense with the carbon producing Clown Car

Show threadda_kinkJun 23
@jerzone as a dutchie, I wouldn't touch that with a eleven foot pole
Show threadHarald Hannelius Jun 23
@jerzone our record as teens was like five. One sitting on the bars, one sitting on the top tube, one pedalling standing, one sitting on the saddle and one standing on the parcel shelf. Something like that.
Show threadsleepfreeparentJun 23
@jerzone I kept looking at this thinking "l only see 2 seats, what gives?" And then I saw the one in front 😬
Show threadJer 🚵🏼Jun 23
@sleepfreeparent At first I thought front seat was a helmet, almost biked by and then “...wait a minute!”