I discovered this new potential insult yesterday

thank you carnivores @cool-pizza-44770 @square-country-13088 @clean-army-21719 et all for being so inspiring ;) my friend pendry and i made a pelican at our friends’ place in willits this weekend!

O2AA is a pretty rad spot in west oakland, and these are some interesting foods that are housed there https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/10/01/in-the-know-food-lovers-are-flocking-to-this-industrial-yard-in-west-oakland

did we ever consider BLM land? i have a friend who is planning a 30 person event near barstow in the middle of nowhere in nov and is asking my advice, i’m curious to know whether that was discussed

http://www.paulgraham.com/early.html oh hey paul graham knows about dino wisdom

New rules in Alameda County!

baby’s first fake neon sign! major props to gene for all of the wisdom and for @white-airline-67948 for keeping it truereal.

Saratoga Springs needs our help. This is copied from T3 Discord.

“From: KL Barnett <klbarnettconsulting@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Subject: Saratoga Springs “Shake off the COVID 19 Blahs” volunteer work time

To: KL Barnett <kerri@saratogasprings.com>

Hello Friends of Saratoga Springs, I hope this finds you and your loved ones safe and well. Saratoga Springs is still closed but we are getting visitors from AirBnB which is helping a little bit toward keeping us solvent until we can reopen next year. With that in mind, I am reaching out to you, who are with our legacy groups, to ask if you could please reach out to your groups.

We are needing brush clearing behind our cabins to avoid a $35,000 “brush charge” from our insurance company. We have been making headway, but with only one staff member working and Jason off on sabbatical, we definitely need some help.

We would like to offer 4-5 people at a time 1-2 night’s lodging and meals to work 2-3 days cutting and clearing brush at Saratoga Springs.

The hot tub will be on, the air is beautiful and crisp and vibe is mellow and nurturing. We provide COVID-19 compliant facilities. I

f we could get 2-3 work parties over a week or so, it could really make a big difference. We are looking to try to do this in the next two weeks if possible. We know it is a small window, but we just learned that our appeal was denied and they are coming to reinspect our progress so far.

Could you please see what you can do?

You have always been so supportive of SS and we so appreciate you.

Thank you for your help, in advance.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Please send this to anyone you think may be interested. Kerri will be the contact for this.

Thank you again, Kerri, Jason, Chas and all of the Staff of Saratoga Springs Retreat Center

707.275.9503 Main 707.275.9541 2nd 707.349.6761 Cell

this feels like chaotic @cool-pizza-44770 energy

Haaaaaay cuties! Zoom Service (the online version of Take 3's Room Service weekend Tahoe hotel party) will be happening this coming weekend, and Cloud Castle will be hosting Snack Roulette. HMU if you want to join via Zoom, or if you are in the Cloud Castle pod and want to join in person

wow avg person 25x more risky than closed pod of 10?

🍔🥑🌮 S N A C K R O U L E T T E Schedule: Saturday (that’s today!): 8pm Sunday: 10pm Let’s eat some snacks!

some light reading

@square-country-13088 a guy made a thing light up so i figured i’d send it to you

cheapest place to buy lumber? asking for a myself

Here’s a thing to listen to

Any suggestions?

All current employees will be able to reimburse up to $500 worth of “office equipment”. The parameters for “Office equipment” are defined as a desk, chair, printer, headphone/set, mouse/pad, or lamp.

cc @cool-pizza-44770 @bland-answer-10540 @white-airline-67948 @plain-oyster-49503 @able-vr-31152 Update on Saratoga Springs brush clearing project (FWIW these conditions sound kind of gross and miserable to me, and I would be way more interested in trying to do something next weekend):

Sorry for the late reply. Our brush clearing came to a halt due to inclement weather.

Over the last two days, hundreds of branches and at least 25 trees fell on Saratoga Springs property. We are in the process of clearing branches and brush to allow for the reservations we have in the coming weeks to happen.

Would you or any friends be available to come this weekend on last minute to help clear the debris? Again, we offer food and lodging. We are starting on Friday and working through Saturday and a bit on Sunday with anyone who is still available.

What do you think? I’m going over today- yesterday the road was closed- to assess and make priority lists. Thank you and please put out the call to anyone you think may be willing and available. Also, please warn them to bring rain wear and warm clothing. It may be drizzly and it will certainly be cold.

Given the soggy upcoming weekend, is anyone in this <!channel> interested in a double-header online hangout tomorrow where you will actually have fun? I know, I know: “But Renee, you despise online hangouts!“—I actually only despise unstructured online hangouts, because they take an already-awkward quiet Renee and amplify the awkward and quiet; I am proposing here a highly-structured and fun time! • 5:30pm – Zoom trivia – This is a hosted trivia game that @cool-pizza-44770 and I have attended a couple times before and it’s a great format for online hangouts. I’ll share link earlier in the day. • ==break for light dinner or doing your laundry or playing with your cat or your baby or whatever== • After 9 – Snack Roulette – Come play this fun kitchen game that @cool-pizza-44770 and I invented, where we help you come up with interesting new snacks with whatever you have lying around! It is very fun. Comment IN THE 🧵 THREAD🧵 if any of this sounds like a good time.

food for thought for IRL event planning

Just returned from an excellent sunny weekend in Lake County with bouncy bed, hot tub soaking, excellent food, cute rodents, and loooooooots of cleared brush with the #wknd-saratoga-springs crew and we had a blast! Join that channel/DM me if you and/or your pod are interested in coming up for a future work weekend.

🔈 🎶 today’s listening vibes https://soundcloud.com/sacredbeatmusic/haad-whynam-exclusive-edits-2018-2020

Do you want to ride your bike tomorrow? The weather will not be as rainy as it is right now. Consider this an unofficial Bike Party, organized by BP volunteers, but not under the official BP umbrella because COVID optics. https://www.facebook.com/events/402088597754460

Bout to roll out with @plain-oyster-49503 and @cool-pizza-44770 to dance at the park to @early-dress-81582 and friends; come thru!

<!channel> - It's official! @early-dress-81582 and I are hosting a socially distanced dance party THIS SATURDAY Feb 20 in the SAME SPOT as yesterday at the Berkeley Marina. The Theme will be GENE 41.0 as we will be celebrating our favorite 328D owner's birthday. We will be going 2-6pm or later depending on, well, things. Wear a mask or be far away from other people. Be safe. We're 11 months into this thing, you know the drill.