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Jacob Dickinson@jjldickinson.bsky.social |
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Jacob Dickinson
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How about we give up on the Republic, go straight to Caligula, and skip those guys in between? Or Commodus? One of those freaks. I was reading “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” but it got to be too much during the 2016 campaign.
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Jacob Dickinson
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How about we give up on the Republic, go straight to Caligula, and skip those guys in between? Or Commodus? One of those freaks. I was reading “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” but it got to be too much during the 2016 campaign.
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Jacob Dickinson
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Jacob Dickinson
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Ice cream is my department, so if I want cherry ice cream for Father’s Day, I’ll make it. (Recipe from the “Cook’s Illustrated” “How to Make Ice Cream,” 1997.)
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Jacob Dickinson
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My daughter remembers the good things, too. I used to read Pooh stories to the kids, using distinctive voices for every character, including a squeaky falsetto for Piglet. Not too long ago she sent me this. “When I read it, I heard it in your voice.” One of our most touching exchanges.
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Jacob Dickinson
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You and my daughter could have a wonderful conversation! When we marveled at how much stuff we could pack in our unimposing Previa minivan, I pointed out that we hadn’t even used its basement, where the pool table was. She said that puzzled her for several years. Yes, I feel the sting of guilt.
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Jacob Dickinson
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My first thought when I saw this travesty: “This ridiculous display is supposed to make me WANT your product?” Seriously, who is the target market?
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Jacob Dickinson
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What I would have done in the 80s if a friend and I came up with $800 to make a science fiction short: sliced up some 4x8 plywood, wrapped it in aluminum foil, and strapped it to my friend’s beater Datsun. @assbeaters.bsky.social
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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The Long Beach Beekeepers May 11 Honey Harvesting Workshop introduced students to three honey extraction methods: Crush and strain; and hand-cranked and motorized centrifugal extractors.
See alt text for details. Photos and videos are at photos.app.goo.gl/CJDLbHQLK2mL... .
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soundpedro2024 CHARIVARI soundscapes Program 1 includes audio from Dave Ayer 6/1, 7:05 PM; and SO MUCH MORE! Deets at soundpedro.art/on-site-even... and in alt text.
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Monthly meeting Sunday, June 2! At EDCO Recycling & Transfer, 2755 California Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Signal Hill. "Beyond the Langstroth" will survey alternative hives: horizontals, top bars, Flow Hives, Slovenians, and Warres. And Honey of the Month! See alt text for more.
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Bill Lewis led another Re-Queening Colonies class 5/11/2024 at the Long Beach Beekeepers Bee Sanctuary, in Willow Springs Park. Requeening can maintain a high laying rate and influence genetics and behavior.
Details in alt text; more photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBqB5Q .
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At the Long Beach Beekeepers May 5 meeting: Jennifer Duke and Ray Teurman on swarm prevention, + eight Honey of the Month contenders.
Deets in alt text; photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBpaM6 .
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Bill Lewis led a 5/4/2024 Re-Queening and Splitting Colonies class at our Bee Sanctuary. Besides the obvious benefit of getting more hives, splitting hives makes swarming less likely.
Flights of fancy in alt text; photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBpeEp .
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Long Beach Beekeepers member Ray Teurman at Bixby Knolls First Fridays with an observation hive.
Volunteer! There's no better buzz than being asked a question and realizing that you're becoming an expert!
More photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBpeRg .
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Jennifer Duke kicked off an action-packed Long Beach Beekeepers weekend by showing off an observation hive at the Bixby Elementary School STEM Night. (More in alt text.)
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Long Beach Beekeepers 5/5 meeting: Prevent swarms! Swarms from somewhere else are great; not so much when they're yours. We'll discuss.
Honey of the Month: one will come from the mystery apiary shown. And coffee. Bring a cup.
See longbeachbeekeepers.org/event-5687602 and alt text for more.
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Jacob Dickinson
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Oops! Booked a flight on a 737 MAX8. 90 empty seats! Like a 70s flashback. Think I'll take my boots off and stretch out across the aisle. No doubt fatalists, magical thinkers, and the deluded and suicidal surround me.
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Highlights of the 4/6 mentored Long Beach Beekeepers Bee Prepared sessions included a top bar hive, holding frames up to the sun to find honey bee eggs, and reviewing hive components and tools.
See alt text for more. Photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBkYnf .
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Bill Lewis took 4/6 Mite Management in Italian Colonies students through Italian and survivor colonies. The bees were active! But many Italians just sat it out on the fence.
See alt text for more. Photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBkUio .
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Lucy Barraza taught the Long Beach Beekeepers Beekeeping 101 class at the South 40 community garden 4/6. The morning was chilly, so she used an observation hive instead of opening one of the regular hives for inspection. We've been getting good mileage out of those observation hives!
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The Bixby Knolls First Fridays "County Fair" event attracted a good turnout, and our crew was there for it!
See alt text for more information. More photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBkN6U .
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We met with City of Long Beach and Friends of Willow Springs Park representatives 3/22/2024 to discuss a "perimeter planting" project around the Honey Bee Sanctuary. Captions in alt text; more photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBjXsf .
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Two spots left in Bill Lewis's 4/6/2024 Mite Management in Italian Colonies. Deets and registration (required): longbeachbeekeepers.org/event-5626254 .
See alt text for caption. More photos from the 3/8/2024 Mite Management class at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBk1Uu .
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Want to help at Bixby Knolls First Fridays? Staffing our information table is an easier way. Register at longbeachbeekeepers.org/event-5613057 .
More 3/1/2024 First Fridays photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBjJMH .
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April Long Beach Beekeepers meeting: Mike Pack discusses integrated pest management (IPM) for Beekeepers! Honey of the Month! Opportunity drawing! Registration and details at longbeachbeekeepers.org/event-5556778 . Image captions in alt text.
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The Long Beach Beekeepers Beekeeping 101 and honey tasting event tailored for and hosted by Kitchen Lingo Books went well, with Jennifer Duke and Di LaPlume holding a sellout audience spellbound. See alt text for details! (More photos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjBiP69 .)
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Jacob Dickinson
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Dengue fever, you say? Shouldn’t be a problem, when Americans do their duty and line up for their vaccinations. What could possibly go wrong?
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Long Beach Beekeepers volunteers turned out in force for the 3/1 Bixby Knolls First Fridays Women's History Month event, where they met an enthusiastic audience.
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AI-generated art for promoting the Long Beach Beekeepers 3/1 Bixby Knolls First Friday beekeeping / Women's History Month mashup: Yeah…no. Maybe next year.
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Pyramead Head
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You can put googly eyes on anything. No one can stop you.
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Wiring frames: The old school way to keep comb together in a centrifugal extractor. Bill Lewis will show you how! Sign up at longbeachbeekeepers.org/events .
A local 4-H club chapter provided guinea pigs for developing this class!
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Jacob Dickinson
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😱 Still, not as fatal as a lurking ninja: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_...
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Jacob Dickinson
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You haven’t lived until you’ve had the USPS deliver flat rate priority mail boxes for free, filled them with rocks or whatever, printed out shipping labels, and arranged for pickup from your doorstep. You, too, can do this! Truly, we are as gods.
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Exactly the sentences I’d chosen to introduce my own post of this article! But @radiofreetom.bsky.social , pro that he is, exploited his home court advantage. Well said.
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Jacob Dickinson
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Found the idiot neighbor kids playing with dad’s bow and target shooting arrows in the park. One shot an arrow straight up, and the other ran to catch it. Game over when he almost did, found a red stripe abraded across his wrist, and began wailing. Years later, physics explained it to me.
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Long Beach Beekeepers meeting tomorrow! UC Riverside microbiology Ph.D. student Mark Swenson discusses deriving sustainable, natural Nosema treatments from locally sourced grape pomace, the solid byproduct of wine production. Raquel Ramirez presents our Honey of the Month!
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Last Sunday's meeting: Troilaelaps mites (George Davidson)! CIBER lab update (Boris & Barbara Baer)! Greek oak honey (Gabe Salinas)!
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Jacob Dickinson
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Not sure I’m actually ready for that…but I take your point! 😂
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Lived in Kansas when it came out. Summer job included crawling into boilers much like one pictured, to hose out all the heating tubes. My girlfriend didn’t map so straightforwardly, but the movie got so much right I laughed out loud.
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Joel יואל يويل
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A meme 45 years in the making Twenny....
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Jacob Dickinson
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All well and good; but where’s the animator who will give the world some hot rodent-on-bear action with the public domain Winnie the Pooh?
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L O L G O P
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You're right. The framers of the 14th amendment couldn't have ever possibly imagined a bigot who'd launch a violent uprising just because he lost an election. They must have been thinking of something else totally.
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Jacob Dickinson
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😂 You do me too much honor! One of the kids is just about to unwrap a copy of Herzog’s memoirs, so I look forward to reading at least a little and understanding that sensibility better.
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Jacob Dickinson
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I recall very satisfying clunking noises coming from those. Also the blue haze captured by the grand vaults of train stations. When a friend of my parents took us to a trendsetting French restaurant where the smoke stung my eyes until I cried.
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Scales Associate
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every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
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Long Beach Beekeepers
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Luci and Leo show students a small but thriving hive during Beekeeping 101. (This class fills up fast. There are spaces left in the February and March classes, at longbeachbeekeepers.org/events.) The sun chased the chill away in time to open the hive, for happy bees and happy students.
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Long Beach Beekeepers staffing the information table in the Expo Arts Center at tonight's Bixby Knolls First Friday, answering questions and showing off an observation hive.
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Bill Lewis (in cap) warms up his Mite Management in Italian Colonies class at the Long Beach Beekeepers Willow Springs Park Honey Bee Sanctuary. Guest of honor (in pink): Dr. Alina Niño, State Extension Apiarist, here for the California State Beekeepers Association conference.
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Jacob Dickinson
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When the medical office’s online pre-visit check-in asks if any family members have dealt with mental illness and you look for the drop-down menu’s “All” option.
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