solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026## Heritage Foundation, authors of Project 2025, attack girl’s and women’s sports generally Please show this story to any fool or villain who pretended that anti-trans-kid activism had ANYTHING AT ALL to do with protecting girl’s sports. Because it didn’t […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.1.4 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.1.4 and MEGAMAP 2.1.4 – both 3 July 2026 – are now available on github. _If you’re on a pre-2.1 map: Release 2.1.0 was massive, filling in large swaths in the south end. You absolutely […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026## TODAY: Tell the post office they don’t get to throw away votes The US Postal Service’s plan to refuse delivery of our ballots – LITERALLY THAT’S THE OFFICIAL PLAN – has a comment period that ends 2pm Tuesday Cascadian/Pacific time tomorrow (Tuesday). COMMENT RIGHT NOW. HERE’S A TOOL TO HELP […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 021
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026## not everything horrible that is reported is true There is a story going around about Bezos at VivaTech in Paris, the first and last third of which are reasonable, the middle third of which has him saying that water for data centres is more important than “b/a/s/e/l/i/n/e h/u/m/a/n […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 004
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.1.3 Yes, a new one already. The new Northshore infrastructure mentioned last time opened today! Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.1.3 and MEGAMAP 2.1.3 – both 12 June 2026 – are now available on github. If you’re on a pre-2.1 […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 010
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.1.2 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.1.2 and MEGAMAP 2.1.2 – both 5 June 2026 – are now available on github. If you’re on a pre-2.1 map, 2.1 was massive, filling in large swaths in the south end and you want this update to […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 010
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026## elon musk and the one trillion dollar grift I want to talk about something that’s about to happen, but first, let me say something very clearly up front, and read this, because it’s important: _**I AM NOT A FINANCIAL ADVISOR. THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026## RCP 8.5 is “WRONG!” in the same sense that Y2K was “A HOAX!!” _Y’ever found a post you wrote and meant to put up a while ago and thought you actually did but you’re doing some performance tuning on your blog, find it, and go oh no it’s still a draft? Well, guess what just happened to me […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 012
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026## Let’s talk being able to talk when internet and cell phone service both go down This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot for the last year plus, and with the EFF coming out a number of days ago and strongly encouraging other people to think about it too, I thought it would be a good […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 2432
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026## Tell the FCC: queer rep on TV should not have a warning label Fundamentalists and christofascists – the same thing at this point, of course – controlling the FCC are moving a rule to require **_warning labels_** on TV shows with non-gender-binary **_themes_** or **_characters_**. For now […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 011
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.1.1 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.1.1 – 15 May 2026 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.1.1. If you’re on a pre-2.1 map, 2.1 was massive, filling in large swaths in the south end and you want this update to catch […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026## “Biological reality” The christofascists sure like to talk about “biological reality,” particularly lately. It’s stupid and meaningless, particularly given how much they _hate_ science, but wow, do they like to whip that shit out against trans people when they think they can get away with it […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 021
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026## May 1st General Strike indivisible.org/campaigns/may-day-p… One-day general strike, via Indivisible. You in? #fascism #politics #uspol #uspolitics 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.1 This is a big one if you live in south Seattle and nearby beyond. Massive, really. Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.1.0 – 17 April 2026 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.1.0. Please welcome to MEGAMAP coverage […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026## little more than a reading list (AI) Here, two papers and two articles, all about AI, all I think better than most: Researchers at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania are proposing an extended model of cognition as a way of measuring and studying “cognitive surrender,” the […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026## tradwives are fools, but I’d still like to read the paper Wonkette has an article up showing a _bunch_ of papers on tradwives and tradwifery and the fascist men who hate them. There’s one in particular I’d like to read – “Ambivalent Sexism Theory as a Framework for Understanding Men’s […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026## Washington State eBike rebate programme 2026 is GO Washington State’s **_statewide_** eBike rebate applications are open! Instead of one big random selection like last year, it’ll be spaced out monthly. You do have to re-register for this year, but only the […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026## (smoke detectors) Okay, let’s write this down to think it though The latest smoke detector to howl pointlessly into the night sends out 11.3V DC onto the signal pin when triggered but running off batteries. I suspect that’s 12V nominal, and it probably delivers 12V when operating on AC power […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 010
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026## team shitstain bans new… home network routers? I haven’t seen as much coverage as this as I’d’ve expected, but the MAGA FCC dropped a ban on new imported consumer-grade network routers late Monday by adding them _as a class of device_ to the “supply chain risk” list. Maybe Ubiquiti? But […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026## the shitstain won’t let airports get fixed until women are disenfranchised en masse Make sure people know: DONALD TRUMP says airports will stay fucked until Democrats agree to vote for the Women’s Disenfranchisement (“save”) Act. Everybody who complains […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 008
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026## the barbarians in chief Pete Hegseth either has no idea what a pocket square is and/or what it’s for, or he uses the American flag as facial tissue, for blowing his nose. You might point this out to any flag patriots who still worship the shitstain and his […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026## gmrs and other radio adventures So I’ve been getting my radio game back together, since in adventurous times – particularly times with the possibility of particularly severe emergencies and communications troubles – it’s very good to have access to and […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 000
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026## compare, contrast, despise > Have I played my part well in the farce of life? > > — Augustus Caesar, first Emperor of Rome > > as reported by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus > in The Life of Augustus > originally published 121 C.E., Roman Empire > Did you love my performance in Venezuela? > My […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 000
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.8 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.8 – 14 February 2026 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.8. This release is all about warnings updates. There’s no new infrastructure here but there are some […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026## Elon Musk and the Howard Hughes Speedrun It is time to declare Elon Musk’s Howard Hughes Speedrun complete? Or is there another level? I’m genuinely not sure. After all, he’s not sitting in a dark hotel room surrounded by jars of his own urine while typing with long, long, long fingernails – […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 004
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026## White Nationalists can’t be “retrained”: ICE must be abolished I want to remind everyone who thinks ICE, CBP, and/or DHS can be “retrained” of this piece of White Nationalist deport-100-million-people propaganda tweeted out BY OFFICIAL DHS ITSELF over the […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026## torment matrix, part 23942 Honest to shit the rate at which writing written as warning is turning into writing-as-instruction manual is really starting to fuck with my head right here: Anthropic shredded millions of physical books to train its Claude AI model — and new documents suggest […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 000
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026## Fascists building a database and rubbing noses in it The ICE fascist agent acknowledges her taking video is legal, doesn’t pretend she’s in the way, takes her photo and license plate information for their “nice little database” and declares her to be a […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 012
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026## Recommendation: Do NOT bite on this The story going around, upon which I do not think you should bite: Medias reports speculation on French TV (by former DGSE guest Vincent Crouzet) as confirmed, stating that Ukraine and/or France supplied fake information to US intelligence services to see […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 026
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026## what’s permuting itself around in my head, part two: the election Okay, let’s see if I can get this together, shall we? Tried on Tuesday night, but I was too tired from work and the Tesla Takedown Tuesday protest. Here’s a pic of one section, taken from […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 000
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026## what’s permuting itself around in my head, part one: I never got a chance to write an article about how much worse 2026 is going to be than 2025; it all got going with Trump’s invasion of Venezuela literally _as_ I was getting to write it all out. But before I could, well, here we were […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 004
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026## Weekend protests – SHOW UP PROTESTS. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LOTS OF THEM. SHOW UP. Here’s a bunch on the Washington State wet side. All over the place, and I do mean all over. Like Tulalip, and Sequim. Don’t get me wrong, I _like_ Sequim, but it is not a big place. Here’s the list. All kinds […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 011
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026## Vance: ICE agents have “absolute immunity” from state laws – including murder JD Vance said – in response to a reporter asking why the FBI and Federal agencies were blocking Minnesota’s investigation into the ICE agent murder of Renee Nicole Good – that ICE […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026## ICE murdered a woman in the streets today. You need to know, and you need to tell others. ICE shot a woman, believed but not confirmed to be an American and confirmed not to be a target of their raids, to death in the streets today, murdering her. They are lying about it, calling her a […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026## what to do now Stop using oil. That’s it. That’s what to do. Stop using oil. Stop using natural gas, too. Stop. The sooner you can stop, the better. Do what it takes. I don’t know what that is for any individual – for you – but do it. I know it’s work. I’m not saying, “here’s the easy no […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 215
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026## what i’m hearing What I’m hearing – and hopefully it’s wrong, but it’s what I’m hearing – is that Republicans in Congress know that this is all a hellish dictatorial evil nightmare, but that even now, they won’t cross Trump. One or two will, but not many and not enough. I don’t know that […]solarbird.netOriginal post on solarbird.net 004
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026## lids+lids=storage So I made lids for my Tide laundry detergent lids and since lids+lids=storage the tide lids are now containers (with lids) and people over on Mastodon are surprisingly into this so I’ve uploaded the lid designs to thingiverse enjoy lids4lids 😀 #3dPrinting #Maker 021
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2025## Donald Trump orders DOJ to violate the law, selectively release documents to “embarrass” Democrats Trump has told the DOJ to violate the law and not release any more Epstein files **_unless_** they have Democrats in them, in which case they are to […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025## it took me a while to understand, hayao Meta, the company controlled by babyfash Trump fan Mark Zuckerberg, the board of which thought it was reasonable to support Fascist politicians in the hope of avoiding regulation, and whose Facebook service has or had […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 032
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025## I bought something today I bought something for my second bike trailer build on Saturday. The trailer’s basically been done for weeks already. I’m adding details and accessories now, like, I want to sew a cover, and I want to add reflectors. So I took it […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025## the united states declares strategic war on the EU Anders Puck Nielsen speaks on the Trump/MAGA’s new U.S. National Security Strategy document: > It is official US policy to work towards regime change in European countries, and to weaken or even destroy […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 002
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 23/11/2025## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.7 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.7 – 23 November 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.7. This release contains two major corrections to the 2 Line Bike Connector Map […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 000
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.6(a) Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.6 – 1 November 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.6a. This release reflects a two-week intermittent closure of the Sammamish River […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 000
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025## Get on ’em RIGHT NOW We saw what happened last night. If you didn’t: eight fuckheads went over (7 Democrats, 1 Republican) to end the shutdown. They got **_absolutely fucking nothing_** for it. **_NOTHING_**. The Democrats and one independant siding with […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025## Why Tesla matters so much This is why some of us are still out there, week after week, protesting at Tesla dealerships: Here’s the story. It’s old, but it’s still pretty much true. Driving the stake through the heart of Tesla is how to take down the rest […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 035
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025## Hey Washington State, there’s still time to vote! You can still drop off your ballot at a ballot dropoff box until 8pm. Not later! But until 8pm Cascadian/Pacific. California, I don’t know how your elections work but I do know that your voting also goes […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 022
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025## Northshore (Seattle) voters, pay attention to school boards! HEY IF YOU’RE IN NORTHSHORE AND CAN VOTE – vote FOR Kimberlee Kelly and vote FOR Sandy R. Hayes for school board! Their opponents are people who were either low-key or openly anti-trans in the […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 001
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025## as we head into the SNAP shutdown As we head into the SNAP shutdown – however long it may last, and while I’d love be surprised and see it end tomorrow with the Republicans giving in on their whole refusal-to-negotiate shutdown bullshit, I’m leaning towards […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 004
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2025## I really gotta point something out here I really, really, _really_ gotta point something out here. This “ballroom” Trump Shitstain the First says he’s building is 90,000 square feet, and is going to cost THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. Apparently. That’s […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 4341
solarbird @solarbird.solarbird.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.5 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.5 – 17 October 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.5. This release is very small, containing two major upgrades, and some additional […] [Original post on solarbird.net] 001