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Orale

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  1. In San Antonio for Christmas. Sweet mother of mercy I'd forgotten how god awful the drivers are here. Completely oblivious. Sitting at 4 way stops like there's a red light. Waiting 5 seconds to accelerate on greens. Everyone on their phone.
  2. I'm visiting my folks in San Antonio for Christmas. I'd never seen a Waymo in my life much less in SA. I've seen several in the last few days.
  3. Put in Biyombo!
  4. I got into pull-ups 6 months ago. They suck starting out, but you get the hang of them pretty quick. I use the weight assisted pull up machine at the gym, but one can attach one of those heavy duty work out rubber bands to a home pull-up bar to get the same assistance. I've noticed a fair amount of upper body definition improvement since I started. My 2026 goal is to steadily reduce the weight assistance to zero. Pull ups seem to be high on the list of the most effective exercises touted by all the youtube workout guys. I do 3 sets of 10 every other day. So about 5,000 a year. I also do the same number of dips when I have gym access.
  5. That spin move at the 1:00 mark, holy shit.
  6. I'm queer. I played smear the queer. I don't recall knowing what it meant as a kid. Bijan goofed in saying it, but it was innocent and good on him for the quick apology. He's welcome to smear me as penance.
  7. You probably should have slashed the tires in case it was the guy.
  8. If Brisket knows of a good attorney, he can always sue the asshole. Probably worse for the guy than the police.
  9. Same. Really lovely movie.
  10. Spending 8 days in early January in Chilean Patagonia and rented an AWD Subaru. Camping three nights in Torres del Paine. I'm planning on taking the ferry in Punta Arenas to Tierra del Fuego and just sleeping in my vehicle. Any suggestions on hikes appreciated. I did the main day hike in TDP 6 years ago and it was great but crowded. I might do it again or switch it up to other day hikes within the park.
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    NIMBYism

    This story about California's somewhat recent approach to stem NIMBYs ability to stop, delay, or minimize new housing caught my eye. I'm uber-YIMBY and love seeing pirates like this guy force the issue. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/business/economy/california-housing-nimby.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.UKcn.gZz-NTY2rYzq&smid=url-share
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