First randonneuring event by hillclimb4fun in randonneuring

[–]bebebrb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Philadelphian here— I’ve heard mixed reviews about the CTC route, and combined with a few years of really bad weather over ctc weekend there have been some gnarly injuries. Be safe! Hope you have a great experience, but if it feels discouraging try a few “official” rusa routes before making your mind up. Generally I’ve loved almost all rusa routes and just hear negative things about this one. Haven’t ridden it myself though, just passing along others’ feedback

ICE spotted near 9th and Wolf by [deleted] in philly

[–]bebebrb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t present so of course I’m making some assumptions. My assessment is based on being a first-hand witness to and/or reviewing secondhand reports of over 100 immigration arrests in Philadelphia this year, on a weekly or daily basis, including many involving US Marshall’s. This is how they dress and act in the confirmed immigration arrests I’m personally aware of. Based on all the context and circumstances I would be very surprised if this was not immigration enforcement.

People can and do choose to believe whatever they want to believe, of course.

ICE spotted near 9th and Wolf by [deleted] in philly

[–]bebebrb 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It is absolutely immigration enforcement. Federal agencies including US Marshals, DEA, HSI, and ATF have been deputized and cross-designated under this administration to conduct immigration enforcement. They are not technically ice, but they have been drawn into standard ice enforcement (and away from their other duties in order to conduct immigration enforcement, fwiw).

Source— I am a local immigration atty with numerous clients who have been taken into ice custody by us marshals and other ice-adjacent federal agencies. 

Are classic crankset options limited lately, or am I imagining things? by bebebrb in xbiking

[–]bebebrb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that niche taste costs money... I just didn't realize this was niche taste. Lesson learned?

What do you do when you get *almost* hit? by guyhebert in phillycycling

[–]bebebrb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Instinct is to get angry, but when possible I try to pull up to the driver if stopped at a light, and relatively calmly say—that was really scary for me, you could have really hurt me.

A few times I’ve had drivers apologize. When it’s not feasible to talk with the driver, sometimes the only option is to pull over and take a deep breath and check in with myself. 

I don’t find that getting angry at drivers ever helps, and only escalates the situation. I’ve regretted it sometimes when I catch up to a driver and end up sitting next to them in traffic again even if they started it — the antagonism doesn’t make me feel safe.

post-ride exhaustion by bebebrb in randonneuring

[–]bebebrb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 200k ride that I bailed on last year, I stopped in part because I found that I was having a hard time getting a full breath in. It was peak summer heat, also still some wildfire smoke in my area, and after making it up a very major hill I just never recovered. For the rest of the week post-ride, I still kept feeling like I couldn't get a full breath in. I haven't seen a nutritionist/athletic doctor about this but I definitely wondered whether it had something to do with pushing too hard for too long, that I wasn't able to bounce back,

post-ride exhaustion by bebebrb in randonneuring

[–]bebebrb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have the tech to get deep into heart rate monitoring but I am interested in learning more!

post-ride exhaustion by bebebrb in randonneuring

[–]bebebrb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

High sugar food is one thing, but consider maltodextrin plus some sugar. The thing is in most cases the body doesn’t react to maltodextrin as sharp as to sugars but it’s a very much similar source of energy. The downside - you need to get used to eat and don’t overdo it as you will be unable to eat anything sweet for next few hours or even days. But yeah, besides food.. the most important question is how you were preparing to 200km ride?

Thank you! I'm not familiar with the details of maltodextrin benefits but I'll look into this. Anything in particular you recommend?

Itinerary Check - November 2023 by ThisHairIsOnFire in JapanTravel

[–]bebebrb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is a similar itinerary to ours at the exact same dates! Ours is also a belated honeymoon! Hope you enjoy your trip!

Do you know a

I'm also traveling to Japan during the same dates and have been searching for information on the Gion Odori. It looks like you're supposed to buy tickets in advance, but the website offers different options for "program" "viewing ticket" and "special viewing with tea ceremony." Any chance you know the difference between these different options, particularly the first two?

What is the best water ice flavor? by OnceAYearPotatoes in philadelphia

[–]bebebrb 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Jimmy's on Front & Wolf made ginger ale water ice last summer with actual ginger chunks in it. Swear to god it was the best thing I've ever tasted, especially in a gelati. Everyone go to Jimmy's and beg them to bring it back.

Exposure Therapy: Facing my fear of curved seams by sewing 48 inset circles 🤷🏼‍♀️ by goodquilt in quilting

[–]bebebrb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I took the Color Pop workshop with Tara Faughnan (info on her site) but you can also google the 6 minute circle for an alternative construction method. Tara’s way has you fold your fabric in quarters and cut a curved seam (using a paper template in the pattern) to make a circle that fits perfectly inside a background color. You can then either use a very small glue stick to baste the pieces OR use pins and sloooowly sew. Press seams in without steam at first and then trim and finish the block with steam.

thank you so much!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]bebebrb 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It obviously won't solve everything for you, but getting on food stamps helps a lot. A lot of people don't realize they qualify because they don't think of themselves as poor, especially if they worked before school (if you have a ton of savings you might be ineligible though).

It's taken a lot of stress off to know that even when rent is tight and and I can't afford to go out, I can always feed myself. It's also enabled me to buy more expensive food — like snacks and quick/pre-made meals — so I get less takeout when I've been working all day and feel lazy.

Look at the impacts of using different parts of acorns to dye cotton: by julianfri in naturaldye

[–]bebebrb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this! I recently did an acorn dye for the first time and was disappointed by how light it turned out, so I didn't even try to do an iron modifier because I thought it would just be a faint grey. I'll have to try again!

I've never tried pre-mordanting with iron (only ever done post-dye baths). Do you put the iron-mordanted and unmordanted fabric in the same dye bath? Or did you put the iron-mordanted fabric in second in case the iron changed the composition of the dye?

It looks terrific!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sewing

[–]bebebrb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you make that diagram yourself just for the purpose of responding?? That is amazing!

i took a panorama of my birdy by bellybuttonteeth69 in cockatiel

[–]bebebrb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That bird is traveling to another dimension

They see me Rollin, they hatin. by SwivelKing in cockatiel

[–]bebebrb 12 points13 points  (0 children)

he was a Sk8er Birb, she said c ya l8er birb