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Out for a ride in the rain to burn off the frustration 😤 🚲 ☔

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I got home and the jack I got delivered from Amazon was absolutely soaked through and the box ripped instantly but the jack and instructions were fine. I stuck it in the truck and I’m hoping I’ll never have to use it. I hope I never have to use it.

I’m totally bummed out about the end of the express bus downtown except for the 7:15 am run and the 4 pm which won’t work for me unless I catch the early one in and the local in the evening. I doubt I can catch the local in the evening unless I wait around for like twenty minutes downtown because they changed that schedule too. Truth is that I’m going to seriously have to consider driving to work more. Parking is free at the suburban office but gas and wear and tear on the vehicle ain’t. I should just be glad that I did the bus thing for 18 years. Next year I’ll get a much smaller truck assuming Red lasts that long.

I rode out to Voorheeesville this evening as I need to burn off some stress. I was spiraling down do fast, bummed out about the bus and my old truck when I got home. Nothing beats a good bike ride when you’re feeling down. Rain isn’t too bad this evening and there is zero traffic on the Rail Trail.

Work is great, I’m having a lot of fun developing and managing data – I get to write code but I’m not part of a development team – and it’s lots of quick off script. The pay is good, truth is that I can afford a new vehicle and I can commute. Not that I’m happy about it. Really only a 15-20 minute drive each way and I’ll bike in as much as possible.

I need to get my 10 Hoopla library borrows for July for reading through the next three weeks once I get home. Haven’t borrowed any yet. I want a bunch of audio books to listen to at camp and riding plus ebooks to read. Probably shit about homesteading and the wilderness. Maybe a computer topic too like programming.

NPR

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Democrats are unpopular with voters and trying to fix it : NPR

As Democrats debate the future of their party and ways to fight low approval ratings, some politicians have begun to change both the form and format of their messaging to reach more voters.

They include former transportation secretary and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who told NPR in a lengthy podcast interview this week that Democrats have not adapted to the way politics has changed.

"I think that Democrats have been slow to understand the changes in how people get their information, slow to understand some of the cultural changes that have been happening, and maybe most problematic of all, to attach to a status quo that has been failing us for a long time," Buttigieg said. 

 

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The mystery of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance lives on, 50 years later : NPR

His full name is James Riddle Hoffa. But everyone knew him as Jimmy. A labor leader who thrived in the rough and tumble world of union organizing, of contracts, and picket lines ... and of standing up for workers right no matter what. When he disappeared it was front-page news. But how many imagined we'd still be talking about that moment 50 years later with the basic question of "what happened?" still unanswered.

The day he disappeared — July 30, 1975 — Hoffa was 62 years old. By then he was a former Teamsters president — released from federal prison where he served time for bribery and focused on reclaiming his place atop the union. He pursued this goal while fully aware of his ongoing status as both a legendary figure in U.S. labor history and in American pop culture.