Center-left political semi-junkie // Engineer/recovering physicist // Jew // Blind Tentatively moving here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/NTIizKqxth

Boulder, CO 80303
Joined August 2008
🍎🍯We’ll be 5 for RH dinner, so going light: brisket w/nectarine jam, honey & cumin. Turkey breast w/nectarine-honey glaze. Tangy braised chickpeas. Raisin challah. Couscous pilaf. Apple cider meringues & apple cake for dessert. Hope there’s enough. #RoshHashana #ShanaTova 🍎🍯
I wonder if the L5 band GPS on the #AppleWatchUltra would help with walking navigation for the blind? #accessibility #AppleEvent
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This is an interesting lesson in the limits of AI. Apparently, my face is younger and skinnier than my body. It did get my gender correct. I am 40% normal. Test yourself at hownormalami.eu #HowNormalAmI
Three cheers for efficient bureaucracy! Got KTN from @TSA this week. Intake appointment was on-time, took 5 minutes, and I got my number about 30 hours later. Well done!
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My hot take on the Depp/Heard thing: Didn’t follow it. Wish I wasn’t even aware of ittangentially. None of my business. Can we now get back to doing something about the risks of climate change and of an authoritarian theocracy taking over the US?
Impressed by the 1st 2 Fetch Phillips books by @LongLukeArnold, but “One Foot in the Fade” is my favorite to date. As an audiobook listener, it’s always great to hear an author with acting chops read their own work! Hope there will be more. #noir #fantasy #EnvironmentalAllegory
I had a bowl of shredded wheat with sliced banana for breakfast. I liked it. I am an Old Man. #HighFiber
Big props to the @StateDept for a classic underpromise/overdeliver move. Spouse and self just received our freshly renewed passports only 19 days after mailing the expired ones. Granted we paid for expedited service, but that’s still supposed to take 5-7 weeks!
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Just shared an Earl Gray cream-filled doughnut from @BlackbellyCO with my spouse. So, so good. And dinner tonight will be a hanger steak from their butcher shop. I am a fortunate person today. #Boulder #BoulderFood #HappyFriday
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Terrific story about a remarkable piece of software I used years ago. I knew nothing about it’s history, and I now mourn its loss. inputmag.com/features/tropet… #Torah #JewishMusic #IndieSoftware
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Dinner tonight was pineapple-chicken sausages on baguette so, naturally, the old Armour hot dog #jingle popped into my head. And, a half century after it was burned into my brain, I finally got the joke in the last line. Also noted how poorly the lyrics have aged. #nostalgia?
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I have a work colleague in #Kyiv who is still doing his day job while patrolling his neighborhood at night. Not at all sure I could handle what he’s going through and still do my work. I am awed by his sang froid. #Ukraine
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Biden is no great orator, but his small bobbles and hesitations are a HUGE improvement over the continuous bullshit word salad of the last guy. #SOTU
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To be sure, I differ in detail with some of the policy ideas of the current administration, but the direction is absolutely correct. #SOTU
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Our household income is quite a bit less than $400K, but I’d be ok with a modest tax increase to ensure that kids not live in poverty. #SOTU
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