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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My family had a plum tree in the backyard. Couldn't tell you what type, but that one tree produced _so many_ plums... we are so much plum leather. It was great...

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I live a couple blocks away. Was very sad to see it go.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The city owns (owned?) the building they were in and cleared out the residents to renovate. If I recall correctly, they tried to find another place to move to but were unable to. I believe there had been some water damage during the first set of lockdowns that didn't help matters.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Yeah, combination of Covid and the city doing stuff with the building. There was a loosening of Covid restrictions in like the second half of 2020, they were able to open for a week or two and the restrictions were tightened again.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Fell into watching clips of President Obama's speeches to the Australian, UK, and Irish Parliaments. (YouTube algorithm) All I can say is that we once had a president who could speak...

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Glad to see someone mention Archon. First thing I thought of when I saw the post. Played that game so much...

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Noted, I'll have to check them out next time up there.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I always heard it was something about the carbon dioxide we respirator. Some of us are more tempting.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Speaking as one of the blood sucker magnets who also have a pronounced skin response, count your blessings. I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't react so strongly, but here we are. Your empathy is admirable.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

We really do need a crosswalk there. One thing I noticed that's new in the past couple of weeks is crosswalk buttons and talking crosswalk signals west of Powell's on Burnside. Lived in the neighborhood for decades and then they suddenly were there. Positive news.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

As quite a few have said, fascinating tale. I eagerly await the next installment.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

You can find a lot of the episodes on YouTube, though image quality varies mightily. It can also be frustrating to try to get them to play in sequence. I remember catching them on public broadcasting back in the 80s. Rediscovering them thirty years later was fascinating. Great series.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Have fun, been to a couple shows there, but never got to the roof. Jealous ;)

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So, just swung by my local Fred Meyer pharmacy and checked. They have the vaccines and as of this morning there are no limitations on who can get the Covid one. The tech said they were getting swamped, so even if you have an appointment, there's probably a bit of a wait.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The WW had a brief article a week or two ago stating that, unlike Washington, which has a law allowing it to open the vaccines to all comers, in Oregon you probably need a prescription. Hopefully that has or will change, but I just sent a message to my doctor enquiring about a prescription.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Maybe if the dog had a wading pool full of water to sit in, a quarter inch won't do it. Fortunately, when I went back a few minutes later, the car was driving off. If I had run into the owner, I'm not sure what I would have said. If the car was still there, maybe Animal Control? Don't do that.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Just saw something really disturbing today. It's supposed to be in the neighborhood of 100° today in Portland, and I saw a good sized dog, locked in a car, in direct sunlight, with the rear window opened maybe a quarter inch. That's not enough!

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Before the rise of plastics, the bristles in brushes, including toothbrushes were often made from such things as pig hair. I wonder if brushing with those would have a similar effect.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Ah yes, the SS, the famously apolitical branch of the actual Nazi party... WTAF...

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I always thought allyship was like a nickname, something bestowed by someone else. You can't give yourself a nickname. (You can certainly change your name, but that's different. )

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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

There is only one way to eat an elephant... One bite at a time. Full credit to The Six Triple Eight on Netflix.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

CIS WARRIORS: FIGHT FOR TRANS PEOPLE. THEY ARE YOUR COMRADES. IF YOU ARE TRANS, YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND THERE IS NO WORTHIER BATTLE. YOU ARE A CHAMPION.

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Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

If you vote legally, he's going to jail.

Trump on Truth Social: "If you vote illegally, you're going to jail."

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Jeff Abraham @jeffabraham.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Indeed. "Stephen Frantz, a former head of Reed’s reactor, told me he once attended a conference of research-reactor directors where one lab boss proudly announced that the average age of his operators was just 50. Frantz made his audience’s jaws drop by saying that, at Reed, the average was 20."

physicsworld.com

Reed College: the only place in the US where students get to run a real nuclear reactor – Physics World

What’s a nuclear reactor doing in a liberal arts curriculum, asks Robert P Crease

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Fair point, I wasn't even thinking about current conditions. This was back in '98. Thinking about now... dear god, what a horrid idea.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

First real job out of college was in the lab at a large creamery on the Oregon coast. I remember one of the long time employees stating that the only time he would ever drink raw milk is if he had milked the cow himself.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

I know it's a holiday weekend, but don't forget what (and who) the holiday is for! If you're local to Portland, Fred Meyer grocery workers of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 are on strike--give them some support if you get the chance! www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/happy-labo...

bugbeardispatch.com

Happy Labor Day from The Bugbear Dispatch

Hello, fellow bugbears!

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

TIL that as soon as Hitler came to power, Leica, the CAMERA COMPANY, started sending Jewish families for "overseas business trips" to Hong Kong or the US etc. where they received a Leica camera and a stipend until they could find employment. Historians call it the Leica Freedom Train and I'm crying.

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charlotte @gayleywilliams.meangirls.online · 28/08/2024

THEY FUCKED AROUND NOW THEYRE FINDING OUT

STRIKE CALLED FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

New Seasons Labor Union members voted 82% in favor of a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike at ten of the eleven unionized locations: Arbor Lodge, Cedar Hills, Concordia, Grant Park, Hawthorne, Sellwood, Seven Corners, Slabtown, Woodstock, and Williams. While University Park members supported the strike, their total votes did not meet the threshold for the Steering Committee to authorize striking there.

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Dr Han-kenstein 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

People who can't differentiate between entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can't put into words.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Do you ever read The Bugbear Dispatch? One year into the project, I want to know what’s working, what isn’t, and where you’d like to see things go! While commenting or usually limited to paid subscribers, I’ve got open comments on this first anniversary post www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/happy-firs...

bugbeardispatch.com

Happy First Birthday, Bugbear Dispatch!

And Many More?

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

Well, god damn it I didn't have it in my head before but I certainly do now... Prophetic even...

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

Load is currently in the dryer and I'm patiently waiting for it to finish whilst drinking a lovely gin and tonic at my local.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

*A quick test for eye dominance is to look through a telescope. Whichever eye you put to the eyepiece is your dominant eye. Unless your thinking about it too hard and second guessing yourself.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

All the same, it's an adjustment. For example, my glasses no longer correct everything. Distance can be touchy. Anyway, today I noticed for the first time that I was favoring my right eye to read detail, closing my left. If you know you know... sometimes constants aren't... 3/3

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Yes, archery and baseball and golf! What is it about action at a distance? Or is that just a fancy name for projectile weapons... ;) So, here's the ripple... The same appointment my optometrist found a cataract in my left eye. It's going to be a few years before I need a to get a transplant, but 2/3

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

So, for as long as I've known about eye dominance (it's like handedness, left/right except for eyes*) I've been right handed but left eye dominant. While this won't allow me to fly the Apache helicopter (or so I was told) my optometrist mentioned that this is advantageous if you are playing golf 1/?

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

MAIL LARD, which can also be misinterpreted to mean sendind rendered fat through the post ;)

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

Unfortunately, I don't have a physical copy of the OED. I do have a Webster's Unabridged (I'm at work so I'll have to get home to give it its proper title) from the early '30s. It doesn't skimp on the etymology... Smells good, too.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

Where do I sign up? I thought I was the only one... Recreational Dictionary Reader, that is.

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Oberleutnent von Genschler. Apocryphal... @mecklemd.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Just saw my first one in the wild this morning in downtown Portland.

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