Given the current state of Dropbox Paper (can’t even trust the metadata,) I can’t be entirely sure why exactly my [original draft](https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Reviewed-Rock-Springs-Wyoming--CO7txZrHgjwhlVC8diO8fx2xAQ-jeE4RlaRHowleHZOkQqb4) of the mid-Missouri-to-Portland journey story - which included a failed tire slashing and our disquieting realization (at 1AM or something) that we were very near - if not right on top of - the scene of the worst anti-Asian-American massacre in the country’s history - never appeared in any of the dozens of export attempts from that service I’ve attempted over the years.
Yesterday morning, a friend’s inquiry into the pursuit of owning a Jaguar like mine led me to realize this, and you would not believe how much time I spent spinning my wheels to get the original text from Paper to what [you can now experience on The Psalms](https://bilge.world/rock-springs-wyoming). I hope some entertainment might still be gained from it. #travel#creepy#americana
I had the relatively unique experience of coming to Git, mobile-first, via this very application on my iPhone 8 Plus, almost exactly 4 years ago. Thanks to GitHub’s Education program, I’ve had access to unlimited repository creation since that first day, and it’s honestly quite a testament to the power of Working Copy just how much of a mess I made in those initial few months.
Now on my iPad Pro, I keep so many repos (89 as of this writing) that I have an automation that maintains a browsable index of the lot (which is, itself, a testament to Working Copy’s incredibly comprehensive and solid Siri Shortcuts support.)
Underexposure has always been my shit. Believe it or not, this was far from the most interesting/dynamic thing to look at pulled over on the side of W last night, but it's all I could capture.
Geography a gentle slope leading from the foot of mountains to a region of flat land
a region of north-western Italy, in the foothills of the Alps; capital, Turin. Dominated by Savoy from 1400, it became a part of the kingdom of Sardinia in 1720. It was the centre of the movement for a united Italy in the 19th century
a hilly region of the eastern US, between the Appalachians and the coastal plain
a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one
they described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration | I see these activities as some kind of mental aberration | the decade was seen as a period of aberration in the country’s progress towards a democratic society
Biology a characteristic that deviates from the normal type
colour aberrations
Origin
late 16th century : from Latin aberratio(n- ), from aberrare to stray (see aberrant )
Thesaurus
Noun
economists said the figure was an aberration
Similar Words: anomaly deviation divergence abnormality irregularity variation digression edge case freak rogue rarity quirk oddity curiosity mistake
it is possible that, in a moment of aberration, the parent may strike the child
Similar Words: abnormality irregularity eccentricity deviation transgression straying lapse aberrancy
the experience might have been no more than a temporary aberration of an exhausted mind
Similar Words: disorder defect disease irregularity instability derangement vagary
Almost positive this is one of the few instances where I managed to accidentally manifest an indistinguishable likeness from the moment of intent right at capture.
peradventure
Noun
doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case; âthis proves beyond peradventure that he is innocentâ
Less specific
doubt
uncertainty
incertitude
dubiety
doubtfulness
dubiousness
Adverb
by chance; âperhaps she will call tomorrowâ; âwe may possibly run into them at the concertâ; âit may peradventure be thought that there never was such a timeâ
The best compression/extraction utility on the platform.
By far the most delightful compression/extraction utility for macOS (imo) is somewhat diminished in delightfulness in its mobile form, though not in its pure functionality. From the perspective of a year one iOS user with plenty of experience exploring what alternatives have been offered since the introduction of the File Provider API in iOS11, Keka for iOS/iPadOS' shear speed is distinct enough from its few platform competitors to warrant the title of Best such utility on the platform.
Since I’m a longtime Raindrop.io user, I handle plaintext, line-broken lists of raw URLs a lot, though I’m used to having to get them to that state myself by some fiddling or another.
I was very delighted, then, to find that my very first attempt at the very first solution I found in a search engine on a journey to figure out what the fuck Rally Phonk is resulted in a plain text list!
u/werid’s reply to a original poster in the youtubedl subreddit asking “Is it possible to extract individual videos links from YouTube playlist using yt-dlp or youtube-dl” is to credit for my success:
Though I’ve lamented recent changes to Paste’s iOS/iPadOS app, the macOS version remains just about perfect to use. It also remains the only application permanently bound to a global keyboard shortcut (`âĽ``) on my aging (Monterey-limited,) Intel MacBook Pro, and its interface continues to delight as much as it did on first call, who knows how many years ago.
Finally got around to - once again - washing DAVĂD as thoroughly as I could last week. Discovered that the crud in all the door sills problem is not coming from car soap at the wash…
Below is an excerpt from my just-republished 2019 Volkswagen Atlas Review detailing my singular encounter with capital-r Road Rage in the entirety of my ~year driving for Uber/Lyft.
My only authentic Road Rage experience in some 5000 miles of rideshare driving occurred on All Hallow’s Eve when I stopped - no more illegally than usual - on the opposite corner from a popular downtown Mexican restaurant called The Nap with hazards and all courtesy interior lights shining. The car immediately behind me hesitated no more than necessary, but the Biggest Big Infiniti behind them (a QX80 - the Atlas' competitor) just… stopped. There was honking and frenzied, hoarse screaming of what the fuck are you doing? and such.
I responded with pleasantly amused but relatively-encouraging glances at the impersonal black mass of the Infiniti’s windshield through my mirrors. I rolled down the Atlas' driver’s side window and politely gestured that they go around me, but failed to coax any movement whatsoever from the ugly behemoth through at least two full cycles of the nearby traffic light. There must be some aquatic authority in the bulbous black ass of the QX80, for no one behind it seemed willing to pass either. The driver waited significantly longer than you’d imagine before emerging, huffy. She was wearing a classic poofy black North Face vest some sort of slate gray turtleneck. Nothing below these were stimulating enough to retain any memory of. Uggs?
How positive are you that the truth has absolutely zero consequence: contrasted silver-beige eyeliner and little eye contact, dirty-ish straight blonde hair over a spray-tanned face, exhibiting zero anxious tics or hesitation. She was obviously the New Matriarch, and she was obviously much more of an authority on traffic law than I. As she approached, she scanned the street as one naturally does when they enter a busy one… except it was completely empty, thanks to her blockade. She first informed me that I was “not supposed” to be stopped there. I tried to listen and respond with as much sincerity as possible as I realized all at once that my behavior had genuinely perturbed this woman - that her choice to leave the huge hideous warmth of the guppy wagon to speak as humans to one another required great courage.
I inserted the next logical question which I’d been screaming telepathically: can you not get around me? I began to pity her when I then saw in her face the distinct possibility that going around as a concept had not occurred to her whatsoever. She stuttered a wee bit in retorting “I could go around, but I don’t want to get a ticket.” Here, one of the most fascinating avenues of suburban psychology is explored: Guppy Mom is not being ingenuine with this expression, nor has she had an untoward experience with law enforcement, ever. Guppy Mom did know her excuse was bullshit - nobody has ever been written a traffic citation for carefully circumventing an obstacle in the road. Given the opportunity to interrogate this kernel of entirely uncompromising obedience to utterly delusional traffic law superstitions, I think we’d simply discover a life of unnaturally positive interactions with LEOs. We must conclude, then, that the source of her fear was either myself or the Atlas.
Granted, to her I am still a Young Man, and am therefore instinctively programmed to believe myself more informed than literally everyone - even the very foundational architects of modern civilization. Her Stucco Highness may have felt a representative of these builders (edgy take: she is in fact their servant.) Her own folks surely complain regularly about their distaste for disrespect, and my gig-economy, Austin Powers-looking ass was somehow disrespecting the order laid down by her would be (entirely fantastical) forefathers. Though her expression of her quaint fear of such “ugliness” (if you will) is hard-headed, an ugliest decision of hers (or her kin) idled behind me, its giant seafood-looking mouth gaping, unhinged.
capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
Synonyms
Concord
capital of New Hampshire
Part of
New Hampshire
Granite State
NH
N
Is a
state capital
a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
Synonyms
harmony
concordance
Less specific
order
More specific
peace
comity
agreement
accord
Related
harmonize
harmonise
consort
accord
concord
fit in
agree
consonant
harmonic
harmonical
harmonized
harmonised
harmonious
harmonious
proportionate
symmetrical
consonant
harmonic
harmonical
harmonized
harmonised
harmonize
harmonise
consort
accord
concord
fit in
agree
harmonize
harmonise
harmonize
harmonise
harmonize
harmonise
reconcile
harmonize
harmonise
reconcile
the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
Synonyms
agreement
Less specific
grammatical relation
More specific
number agreement
person agreement
case agreement
gender agreement
Related
concord
agree
town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
Part of
Massachusetts
Bay State
Old Colony
MA
Mass
Is a
town
agreement of opinions
Synonyms
harmony
concordance
Less specific
agreement
Related
concordant
concurring
agree
hold
concur
concord
agree
hold
concur
concord
concord
consonant
harmonic
harmonical
harmonized
harmonised
the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
Synonyms
Lexington
Concord
Lexington and Concord
Part of
American Revolution
American Revolutionary War
War of American Independence
American War of Independence
Is a
pitched battle
Region
Massachusetts
Bay State
Old Colony
MA
Mass
Verb
go together; âThe colors donât harmonizeâ; âTheir ideas concordedâ
Synonyms
harmonize
harmonise
consort
accord
fit in
agree
Less specific
match
fit
correspond
check
jibe
gibe
tally
agree
More specific
coordinate
blend
go
blend in
Related
accordant
agreeable
conformable
consonant
concordant
harmony
concord
concordance
accordant
accord
harmony
concord
concordance
harmony
harmoniousness
arrange by concord or agreement; âConcord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commonerâ
Less specific
arrange
fix up
Related
harmony
concord
concordance
arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance; âThe team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectivesâ
Less specific
arrange
set up
Related
agreement
concord
concordance
be in accord; be in agreement; âWe agreed on the terms of the settlementâ; âI canât agree with you!â; âI hold with those who say life is sacredâ; âBoth philosophers concord on this pointâ
Synonyms
agree
hold
concur
Antonyms
disagree
differ
dissent
take issue
More specific
settle
reconcile
patch up
make up
conciliate
settle
see eye to eye
concede
yield
grant
subscribe
support
conclude
resolve
arrange
fix up
Related
harmony
concord
concordance
harmony
concord
concordance
concurrence
concurrency
agreeable
agreement
Origin
Middle English : from Old French concorde , from Latin concordia , from concors of one mind , from con- together + cor , cord- heart
English ⨠Gregorian
noun
Formal : ááááŽáááá
to live in concord
ááááŽááááá áŞáŽááá ááá
Grammar : á¨áááááŽáááá
Thesaurus
Noun
disputatious council meetings which occasionally ended in concord
