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Nitto Tires: Positives and negatives

"\"TweetShareShareHaving bought a set of Nitto tires, I thought I would share some positives and negatives about them. Positives: They are black. They are round. Negatives: They wear out as if made of some combination of vulcanized rubber and...

November 8, 2022 toddneff #Nitto, #tires 95

Looks like Trump’s Save America PAC stole from its own supporters

"\"TweetShareShareMost interesting was the oft-repeated \\u201c1,000%...

September 8, 2022 toddneff Save America PAC, Trump 178

Found writing

"\"TweetShareShareThis ocean of improbability is a true measure of the tub of deep...

September 8, 2022 toddneff #deepthoughts 135
How my daughter ended up figure skating with Nathan Chen in an Xfinity ad

How my daughter ended up figure skating with Nathan Chen in an Xfinity ad

"\"TweetShareShareThe 2022 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony is happening now. My daughter is not an Olympian. But she recently skated with one in an Xfinity ad. It’s here: Lily 18, is in her first year at UCLA studying chemistry. She has...

February 3, 2022 toddneff #Figure Skating, #Nathan Chen, #UCLA, #Xfinity #Lily Neff 3540

A look inside opioid addiction and how to address it

"\"TweetShareShareThe central act of Larry Harrison\\u2019s day is to tip back a couple of ounces of liquid that tastes like pink cough...

January 6, 2022 toddneff ARTS, MAT, methadone, Opioid addiction, substance use disorder 480

COVID-19: What we’ve learned since the beginning of the pandemic

"\"TweetShareShareI wrote this one for UCHealth Today; it posted a couple of weeks ago. With the Omicron variant, we’re going to have to keep learning. As of this writing, the big question is whether this highly contagious variant (R0 of...

December 27, 2021 toddneff 437
UCLA Parents’ Weekend: A few impressions

UCLA Parents’ Weekend: A few impressions

"\"TweetShareShareA dad’s experience gets him to thinking about his own college life — and lasting...

October 29, 2021 toddneff #KappaKappaGamma, #ParentsWeekend, #UCLA 1425
Don’t fear the “mu”

Don’t fear the “mu”

"\"TweetShareShareThe most-read story on the Washington Post website yesterday (Friday, Sept. 3) was about the “mu” (pronounced “myu,” like what a cat says when it can’t be bothered to fully meow) COVID-19 variant....

September 4, 2021 toddneff #coronavirus, #Covid-19, #muvariant 723

The coronavirus booster shot is, ethically speaking, meat.

"TweetShareShareI recently had a conversation with a vegan friend of mine. The conversation was drifting into the ethical and moral arguments for and against the consumption of meat. This sometimes happens with vegans. I’m not a vegan, nor a...

August 23, 2021 toddneff #booster, #coronavirus, #Covid-19, #vaccine, #vegan 900

Going to Greece? Crib off me.

"\"TweetShareShareBeen back a week from a long-planned two-week trip to Greece. This was a risk \\u2013 booked in April before the coronavirus Delta variant had emerged with ferocity. I\\u2019ve written dozens of articles about covid and believed...

August 22, 2021 toddneff #Athens, #Delphi, #Greece, #Nafplio, #Olympia, #Otontotos, #Santorini 619

Maria’s cousin is dead because Republicans are a bunch of pussies

"\"TweetShareShareI occasionally volunteer as a COVID-10 at the Salud Family Health Center in Commerce City, Colo. It\\u2019s a nice change of pace from my day \\u201cjob\\u201d at the keyboard. I use the only complete sentence in my Spanish...

May 28, 2021 toddneff #Gunlobby, #KevinMcCarthy, #MitchMcConnel, #Republican, #SanJoseMassShooting 838
So you’re chaperoning a soccer team in Las Vegas

So you’re chaperoning a soccer team in Las Vegas

"\"TweetShareShareFirst of all, my condolences. But then, you will have the pleasure of watching several youth soccer games in succession, most likely under a ridiculously hot sun. That aside, here are a few tips to make your stay more pleasant...

May 17, 2021 toddneff #chaperoning, #LasVegasMayorsCup, Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club 1472
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toddneff Todd Neff @toddneff ·
17 Jan

Lidar may be taking some automotive lumps, but it's still kicking butt over mesoamerican jungles. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ancient-maya-cities-super-highways-revealed-latest-survey-2023-01-16/ @Reuters #lidar #lidarhistory

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11 Jan

Grievance-based populism from the party of Abraham Lincoln. How far you’ve fallen…via ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/us/politics/house-republican-committee-weaponization-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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27 Dec

I think @SouthwestAir might just sell off their aircraft and exploit their niche as a one-way car-rental referral service.

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