Alec Perkins @alec@perkins.pub

Jupiter is at its closest tonight. I tried some smartphone photos through binoculars. No details but could easily spot four moons. Got to share the experience with some passersby who could barely believe they were looking at the planet

Jupiter is super bright tonight

Get boosted if you can. Wear masks. Call for better ventilation. Rinse, repeat.

The course is not exactly two laps, it goes mostly in reverse for the second lap to keep it interesting. Looking forward to it! https://www.jerseycitymarathon.com/

Alrighty.

50,000 Watts of funking

Jupiter is so bright I can see it from this couch 😮

Now that’s the kind of truck that belongs in the city.

First time riding a next gen CitiBike. They are really something!

Never before has a program satisfied my expectations so perfectly

Bun bum

I knew intellectually how big ravens are but I was not prepared for how big ravens are

And then I see a real life counterpart to the allegory in The Stone Sky: https://twitter.com/jimmyjenkins/status/1547631501323292672

Meanwhile, Vega is like “wtf I’m right. here!”

We are so small.

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The world needs more funiculars.

A perfect combination of some of my favorite things.

current status

Toronto streetcars: every 3–5 minutes, 10 when there was a replacement bus

NJ Transit light rail: lol don’t ask