Notices by Emily Velasco (mle_online@social.afront.org)

I went exploring an unofficial trail on my bike and found that it was unsuitable for biking. But I also found a hole in the fence around the giant quarry so I sneaked in there to have a little peek

While I was out, I retrieved The partially burned variac I spotted by the river trail last week. I have no idea whether it can be revived but I thought it would be fun to find out

On my way back, I saw a guy on a bike who had pulled over to drink a tall can of Miller high Life and watch the sunset. The man has his priorities right

I also saw some cryptic graffiti that read, "pussy will get you robbed."

Did the author mean that having a pussy will cause you to be robbed, for that seeking out pussy will lead you to get robbed?

I went for a ride and found some of the last core pieces i needed for the folding bike project

The economy isn't doing badly enough if people are paying $1,000 for a trader joe's tote bag on the secondary market

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-10/trader-joes-mini-tote-frenzy-hits-california-resellers-are-cashing-in-with-prices-beyond-1-000

I dreamt that a friend of mine was listening to and really digging a new Billie Eilish track about masturbation and in which she referred to her pussy as the Lamb of God.

@botvolution You could remedy this by moving to LA (but within 10 miles of me because LA friends who live farther than that might as well be living in the UK)

Machining tonight

At the bar now. It's a coaster

More machining. The tool has its basic shape now.

Three more features done. Just two left

@botvolution I have somehow not seen any of these penguin memes

@botvolution I looked at my man's reddit account (he linked to it in his email) and I don't think he consumes any culture other than Warhammer and Star Wars

Here's a funny work thing I can actually share. I got an email from a guy saying he has a Warhammer 40,000-based theory of religion for spreading humanity across the galaxy.

He is asking me to connect him with someone who can get his idea peer reviewed.

He states that he heard we like to humor ideas like this while he "was explaining this in detail on the bus."

@botvolution those both sound atrocious to me because avocados and sweet don't feel like they go together, but avocado ice cream is really good, so maybe

The problem with Trump's coalition is that he has to appeal both to regular people who want mostly normal things and voted for him because they're mad at the Democrats for sucking and religious loonies who see him as a tool to get the theocracy they want.

Can the left successfully exploit that? I dunno, but it seems like an opportunity.

I believe it's the same species as the ones that were all over the walls at work the other day turning into chrysalises. It's probably looking for a place to hang out and transform. I put it in my garden to see if it will do its thing there were i can watch

Like its brethren at work, this one has found its way to a wall and is now climbing upward. I hope it finds a good spot to chrysalize

I found another one and rescued it as well