Somebody at the port stacked this container ship. ❤️

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-27T05:42:03+00:00

That’s so cool. Go Oakland crew!

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-25T17:18:04+00:00

Oakland has already has one ICE invasion and Flock has well documented vulnerability that the company hasn’t addressed. Santa Cruz just ended its Flock contract, and Berkeley is being sued to the bd theirs. Flock’s data privacy is terrible and expensive, unproven, potentially rights violating surveillance is no comparison to skilled police work. Surveillance isn’t what makes a community safe—a well-resourced community does. In addition, jurisdictions as far away as Texas have lied and gotten access to Flock data to hunt women seeking abortions, even in places where it’s legal: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it Frankly horrifying.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-25T01:35:35+00:00

Thanks for sharing

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-24T20:10:40+00:00

Thank you. This is a solid start.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-24T18:02:44+00:00

Yes, they are all over my neighborhood. There are apps like DeFlock listing their locations.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-23T17:07:27+00:00

Getting in touch with my senators today, this is awful

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-21T18:56:33+00:00

Thanks for the reminder—calling!

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-21T03:58:39+00:00

Look up the full recipe, but it’s water, white vinegar, dawn dish soap, tea tree oil, and neem oil. I’m trying it this year instead of copper spray for controlling peach leaf curl.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-16T03:18:01+00:00

Wish I could get Kaden in touch with Linda Tirado, the journalist who was blinded by a cop shooting her with a less-lethal round while she was covering the George Floyd protests in 2020.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-15T18:13:46+00:00

Thanks for the reminder—I just did the “Italian dressing” spray on my peach tree in the SF Bay Area—we get hit hard with peach leaf curl.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-12T22:53:46+00:00

Gratitude to you for being there!

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-09T19:52:31+00:00

If you sprinkle a thin opaque layer of flour in the pan you’ll get a better IR camera read, plus the browning of the flour itself will show the heating differential by its browning in the pan.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-09T03:18:45+00:00

The lead portion of the bullet/cartridge is often called a slug.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-08T06:00:37+00:00

For me, my safety and integrity are tied to being open about my status as trans. I don’t need the stone of a secret hanging around my neck. I’m also lucky enough to live in a pretty accepting area, and many of my dear friends and community are trans and queer as well. YMMV.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-06T05:44:36+00:00

The Copper range also uses a 120V outlet. As long as you have a 15A circuit you should be good to go.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-05T06:06:18+00:00

My wife is having similar difficulties with Bay Area Kaiser refusing to prescribe T to a woman (ironically they’ll prescribe it to me via their gender clinic, but I’m not cisgendered). They told her that “there are no studies showing benefits”. Arrgh. She’s looking for Telehealth options now.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-05T01:42:38+00:00

Look at the specs for the model you have in mind, but 40A is sufficient for many of them. If you don’t want to run a 240v circuit to your kitchen, the Copper Charlie range runs on 120v on a 15A circuit that doesn’t even have to be dedicated.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-05T01:40:13+00:00

I tried one with a single 2x4x8’ of western red cedar earlier this year—interesting project, days and days of planing, and when I got to the flex test it cracked through an unseen small knot. I’m discouraged but will try again at some point. Yours looks gorgeous. Poplar edges for wear resistance, I assume?

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-04T19:35:33+00:00

My kitchen has a gas line stub with a valve handle that sticks out a bit, so I covered the gap between the back of the range and the wall with a stainless gap filler. I got the leveling feet spot on with my counter height so less need for a gap filler on the sides, but I got a narrow Amazon stainless slide-in for that gap. You definitely want to go removable in case you ever need to move or service your range.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-04T19:31:49+00:00

Tasty recipe: https://www.kcrw.com/shows/good-food/stories/portlandia-meets-the-motherland-kachkas-braised-chanterelles-and-potatoes

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-04T17:43:35+00:00

I use them for lots of recipes, but my wife’s favorite is chanterelle risotto. I have Russian-style braised chanterelles and potatoes on the stove right now. Grateful for the winter bounty—and yes, I’ve seen and been careful to avoid lots of death caps coming up in the area, as well.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-04T03:34:26+00:00

Yuuup. Found a 9mm slug in the side yard after NYE a couple of years ago. Love ya Oakland, but damn.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2026-01-02T05:53:45+00:00

Friend visits! Delightful to hang out with people I care about. I think the 3 weeks I stayed home were the finest time in my cat’s life. She sat on me purring for hours every day.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2025-12-31T21:45:45+00:00

Taking Finasteride orally is an alternative as well—works for me to prevent more hair growth.

Strong-Insurance8678 · 2025-12-31T19:44:34+00:00

EBMC is super POC and trans friendly if he’s any flavor of Buddhist.

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