Day: March 12, 2025

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I’m undecided on New York 🛖

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While you might think I’ve discarded the idea of building my off-grid cabin in New York State that isn’t neccessarily 100% true. But here’s my top concerns with building in New York:

  • It’s a densely packed urbanized state, even in Upstate New York with a fair amount of land, you’re going to have neighbors nearby even on acreage unless you are very far away from the city.
  • The burn ban and not running afoul of it with all the restrictions, I don’t burn much noxious plastic anymore, but you know the wrong kind of neighbors can cause all kinds of trouble for you.
  • Gun laws, particularly when and where you can carry, restrictions on buying semi-automatic firearms including even basic ones like my trust squirrel hunting Remington 537 .22 rifle, lengthy delays buying simple basic ammunition, a regulatory scheme designed to put gun owners behind bars rahter then support them.
  • Permitting and design costs and restrictions. While I think the building and sanitatory codes are good thing as they protect water quality, provide fire safety and energy savings, sometimes they make things overly complicated to comply.

Woodchuck Lodge

 

Waiting For Spring

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Maybe spring is not here yet, but one could definitely hear the birds chirping while walking today at the Pine Bush Preserve.

Saturday March 30, 2019 — Albany Pine Bush

Head of Trump’s Immigration Plans Met Proud Boys Associate About Deportations

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Head of Trump’s Immigration Plans Met Proud Boys Associate About Deportations

The head of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, Tom Homan, appears to have met with an associate of the Proud Boys on at least four separate occasions. At least one of these instances was a private meeting held in Chicago after the 2024 presidential election to talk about deportations, according to social media posts reviewed by Hatewatch.

Homan, who leads the Trump administration’s efforts to curb immigration at the border as well as deport migrants across the U.S., met with Terry Newsome in Chicago and Washington, D.C., according to posts on Facebook and X, formerly Twitter.

Maybe spring 🐸

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I was riding in this morning, noting the lack of ice on most of the rail trail and thinking maybe we’ve finally reached real spring. I so hate riding on that rough as shit ice. And the Red Winged Black Birds are back. Just waiting on the spring peepers.

I have had the heat off since Sunday and yesterday while I was at work, the windows open. I am hopeful to keep the heat off now through November, but it depends how cold it gets at night, and I’ll leave the heated blanket on my bed for those particularly cold mornings.

I know it’s still March and we could have cold blasts, but it seems like the trend for next week or so is warm and beyond that any cold or snow is not likely to be long lasting.

Betty Brook Road wasn't too muddy