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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 9h

"women typically want to not have to consent to what's happening" What the absolute fuck

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 12h

I want whatever search engine they have in movies.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

Apparently Jucy Book Raves are a thing in Japan now, where a bunch of people get together to read while a DJ plays ambient music.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

Phone Photography Tip: if you can, a pano is better than a wide-angle shot It obviously won't work for action shots or the like, but if you have a relatively static scene, shooting in pano mode will yield a less-distorted image than shooting wide angle

For reference, a 1x magnification shot of the scene

Wide angle (0.5x magnification) captures everything, but severely distorts the edges of the photo

Panorama stitch also captures the full scene, but with almost no distortion. There may be a minor stitch issue or two (like the edge of the blinds) but it's otherwise pretty solid.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

I have too much camping gear. I think it's time for an audit.

An absolute unit of a gear pile of all my camping equipment. It's legitimately out of hand.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

More of this. Democrats literally don't need to say anything. They just need to remind people what Republicans say about them.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

What exactly do AI cultists think humans did for the entirety of history prior to 2018?

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

Tag yourself I'm Todd Bonzalez

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

Every time I read about extreme sports folks and death-defying stunters and the like, I remember this Emily Carroll quote

An excerpt from Emily Carroll's "Through the Woods." A little girl is tucked in her bed, having evaded the wolf and made it safely through the woods. The text reads:

"Oh but you must travel through those woods again & again..." said a shadow at the window. "... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time..."

"But the wolf ... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

My bones just creaked. I remember this being new when I was in high school.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 29/09/2026

Forgotten Island was delightful. I have Thoughts, but nothing negative per se. Absolutely worth seeing in theaters.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 28/09/2026

Imagine having this conversation and your takeaway being "I shouldn't wear this hoodie," and not "I shouldn't work for an evil company."

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 28/09/2026

I think about this scene a lot when I think about people I know that consider themselves moral liberals while simultaneously working at Meta. youtu.be/iQdDRrcAOjA?...

youtu.be

Clerks - Death Star Contractors

YouTube video by Abs

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 28/09/2026

One of the biggest surprises when I moved to the States in '94 was discovering how rare stick shifts were.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 27/09/2026

What the FUCK, Sugar 1x06

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 27/09/2026

The people who aggressively ask if you think Israel has a right to exist are the same people who tacitly believe Palestine doesn't.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 27/09/2026

This question—the idea of a third space is so alien to kids today they can't even imagine them—makes me so sad.

Reddit post, titled "Did third spaces really used to exist? What are some examples of what they for and how they functioned?"

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 27/09/2026

This is beyond obscene. The absolute gall.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 27/09/2026

Latest analog kick: printing and albuming 350 photos Because when I'm 75, I'm not gonna be loading up Lightroom or a 35-year-old website to reminisce on past adventures.

cheap album + cheap laser burner = slightly less-cheap-looking photo album

I love that the 4x6 photo pockets perfectly fit the road journals that I had previously just been keeping in a stack on a shelf

I've made custom press-printed photo books of some of my adventures. And while they look all fancy and pretty, they're also just so ... antiseptic. Flipping through an actual photo album just feels more personal.

Plus, they look great on the shelf. I'm gonna need to order a bunch more albums just to have on hand for future adventures.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 27/09/2026

"Muscular Christianity" sounds like something they have pledge drives to find a cure for.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 27/09/2026

I'm normally pretty sports-neutral, but fuck the MLB.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 26/09/2026

Meanwhile, in 2026, the United States is blowing up schools on the unverified word of AI targeting.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 25/09/2026

I am torn because there's no better place to look for Vietnam riding buddies than Facebook groups but I really really don't wanna use Facebook. I wish Couchsurfing wasn't so shit now. That's where I found my co-riders last time. Actually I wish Meta wasn't an evil company run by sociopaths.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 25/09/2026

I saw a photo of the top-back of my head and it's ruined my entire year.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 25/09/2026

Here have a Moroccan sand kitten

An adorable little puddy tat. Its head is 65% ears

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 24/09/2026

Good morning from Lake Aloha

A napping Spiro looking out on Lake Aloha and the mountain behind

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 22/09/2026

Found a pocket of Internet on a hilltop, out in the Desolation Wilderness. It's peaceful up here. A good spot to sit and think about my dad on the one year anniversary of losing him.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 21/09/2026

Between my 6 hour delay, a friend's 8 hour delay I just heard about, and now this, I don't think I'm gonna fly Delta ever again. Not that I did much anyway, but I'm definitely not gonna now. www.staradvertiser.com/2026/09/20/b...

staradvertiser.com

Delta flight from Maui diverted to Honolulu after fumes reported | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

A Delta flight bound for Seattle departed Maui Saturday night and was diverted to Honolulu after fumes were reported soon after takeoff, the airline said.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 21/09/2026

In other news, holy cow is Spider-Noir absolutely gorgeous. The camera work is divine.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 21/09/2026

Final route configured. Time to stop futzing with Alltrails before I completely alter it yet again. Almost forty miles and a lot of steep climbs. My knees are gonna hate me but my camera's gonna have the time of its life.

Planned Desolation Wilderness route. 38.5 miles, a couple of mountains, and a helluvalotta lakes.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 21/09/2026

Welp, we had a good run, Wordle. But as I'm heading off to the internet-less wilds for five days, our streak will finally be coming to an end. If anything, I'm embarrassed that it's been over two years since the last time I was off the grid long enough to lose my streak.

My 814-day Wordle streak, about to be lost when I go camping this week.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 20/09/2026

You either die the young rebel or you live long enough to hear Guns 'n' Roses turned into muzak

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 20/09/2026

[looks at pile of cold leftovers on plate] "Oh, that's way too much food to heat up just for lunch." [eats a few spoonfuls; reexamines plate] "Much better." [sticks in microwave]

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 20/09/2026

I love that I'm able to clock @adamconover.net just from his hairdo

$A fraction of a thumbnail of a YT video, showing only the presenter's hair, yet it's so easily identifiable (to me, at least) as Adam Connover$

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 20/09/2026

Of all of the genres of Redditors out there, I think none annoys me more than the people who scream "STAGED AND FAKE!" anytime someone posts a heartwarming human interaction because, of course, no one can believe genuine connections can exist anymore. It's an offshoot of cringephobia and I hate it.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 19/09/2026

Your tax dollars at work, folks

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 19/09/2026

The whole Tilly Norwood brouhaha had me thinking about S1m0ne, the 2002 Pacino flick about a virtual actress. Kinda wild that Rachel Roberts came onto the scene out of nowhere, played the titular role in a Hollywood flick, and then did nothing but minor TV spots before vanishing again.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 19/09/2026

Ordered 350 photo prints to go into seven 50-page albums. Apparently Printique—née Adorama Photos—doesn't retain the print order of your job and just dumps them into a box willy-nilly, leaving you to (re)sort it out. Gonna be a fun night ahead!

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 18/09/2026

Dude in the other bathroom stall not only took a call, but did so on speakerphone. Then made a call on speakerphone. I have never wished for loud, explosive diarrhea more than I had right then.

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 17/09/2026

CeeLo Green at a wedding reception certainly is a choice

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 17/09/2026

The sheer unbridled gall of this ghoulish charlatan

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 17/09/2026

Just got a prompt saying I needed to verify my age (with my social, an ID, or credit card) before I could use Bluesky. Welcome to the state of small government and personal freedom. Suck my VPN, Texas. I ain't giving you shit.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026

Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this

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mike @vagabondvivant.com · 17/09/2026

Touchdown Austin (finally). It has been the longest day and I can't wait to get to the hotel and settle in. But first: Whataburger.

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