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Loquitur

@loquitur.bsky.social
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Ex-NASA Unix algorithms buff. Miniaturist by inclination, I admire the work of Edward Gorey. San Francisco born & still there. Undefined by my 32-year-old twins. Likes: Pynchon, Borges, O'Keeffe, Lehrer, Incredible String Band, Paul Robeson, Remedios Varo.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I totally envision Trump renaming the San Andreas Fault to Joe Biden’s Fault, and I am just putting this out there so I can say I predicted it one day.
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
For San Francisco, although the electrification of 150- and 400-passenger ferries is quite admirable, the real action will be with the 30-passenger Candela P12 catamarans. Sausalito to SF in 15 minutes. Private vs. public, so higher-cost, but highly efficient requiring much less infrastructure.
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Reading the good professor's revised edition now. It's clear that his tome influenced Bill McKibben's "Here Comes the Sun", where M. Z. Jacobson made an appearance. It's sad that Hormuz now has galvanized appropriate action plans around the planet, but wind/water/solar has indeed won.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
oil prices are about to make polyester a noble fiber
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Looks like the science community has found a home. academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born, San Francisco-based artist, known for her large scale murals #WomensArt
Photo of a cityscape with a focus on a large multistorey building with a huge mural of a winding plant with pink blossoms against a brown background
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
To: @neorsd.org Re: "Sewer socialism" Make it so!
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The Isle of Jura, which I've visited from afar, is also known for its single-malt whisky distillery.
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Testing the repost of a reply -- this is late kudos to Derek Guy for participating in a monster charity-induced menswear fashion thread, together with personalized Q/A advice I will take to heart. Well worth the $50 donation to the Wabash shelter!
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Here's one from the "death and taxes" department ... National Treasure author/illustrator Edward Gorey died on this day, April 15, in the year 2000. in.pinterest.com/pin/83520669...
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Edward Gorey vampires | Edward gorey, Book cover art, Illustration
A blog about vintage collections, collecting, history, and trends. Follow the adventures of the Blackbird girls!
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Actual thought about exempting tariffs on things with *no domestic* inputs, like seasonal fruits/veggies/flowers grown in Southern Hemisphere. This adds 2 concerns about other intl. supply chains for pharma, electronix, etc. Can't wave a magic wand to instantiate a supply chain within given borders.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
from senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social chris murphy's recent floor speech, via @davidcorn.bsky.social ... link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Here's a piece respecting a bygone era which is about more than just the 60s Haight-Ashbury fashion scene (the likes of which a Derek Guy might appreciate), but also drops references to others around at the time, from Janis Joplin to Herb Caen to Owsley Stanley: apple.news/ARzMSJ5f0Sd2...
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Peggy Caserta, Haight-Ashbury boutique owner who popularized denim bell bottoms, dies at 84 — San Francisco Chronicle
When Peggy Caserta opened her Haight-Ashbury boutique in 1965, nobody could pronounce its name, Mnasidika, which was inspired by a Greek poem. That didn’t matter because everyone could pronounce the w...
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Hark, all ye scientists! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
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Loquitur @loquitur.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Anagram Man's algorithm is beyond computing ken, just FYI, from a fellow "Word Freak".
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