Harald Kliems

So I ran out of free searches with #Kagi about a week ago (thanks to @mvexel for giving me a free trial). Right after switching from #DuckDuckGo I didn't get the impression that Kagi was better. But now that I switched back to DDG, I'm less satisfied with the search results. :thinking:

Slightly blurry woodchuck (musk rat?) on the side of the road

Oregon Rotary bike trail through wetlands, with silly "11% grade signs"

VFW Post in Stoughton, with a US Air Force jet monument

Old cemetery gates, for "Evergreen" cemetery just outside of Albion.

After soaking in the bathtub for an hour, I'm slowly returning back to life. Finishing time was 4:59h. Not too bad for this time of year. The way back had brutal bits: Headwind + fixed gear bike are not a good combo generally. The rest of the weather wasn't […]

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Same gas station, same selfie, but looking much more exhausted and cold.

Aaand done. Just under 5 hours, I think. The wind was indeed horrible. More once I'm back home.

Selfie in front of the Albion Veterans Memorial

Halfway point reached. Gonna have a lot of headwind on the way back...
#AIsForAlbion

Selfie of smiling me in a Brooks jersey and googly eye helmet

And off we go
#AIsForAlbion

Things are going well so far: Didn't sleep well and woke up way before my alarm (-: Coffee to the rescue. Aiming for a 6 am departure.

#AIsForAlbion #randonneuring

Screenshot from the RUSA homepage showing my current perm registrations. I'm registered for route 5544, "A is for Albion," with a length of 101 km, all paved. The route is being described as "Fairly flat 100k out and back from Madison to Albion with food and drink options in Oregon and Stoughton.

Signed myself up to do a 100k permanent ride tomorrow. We're having strange weather at the moment, with the warmest part of the day actually being tomorrow morning. So I'll try to get an early start. I'll take the fixie to make things more, uh, interesting.

#randonneuring

Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado, by Ana Lua Caiano 12 track album

#BandCampFriday purchase for this month. Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado by Ana Lua Caiano. Electronic beats and synths, Portuguese melodies and vocals. A very unique sound. https://analuacaiano.bandcamp.com/album/vou-ficar-neste-quadrado

#QualitativeResearch #AcademicChatter question: Are there online software platforms that facilitate free sorting? I.e. participants individually sort statements a into a freely chosen number of piles and give those piles a name? (This is the sorting step in Group Concept Mapping.) The commonly […]

[Good to read long post, money, emissions and long distance travels]

Are you wondering how much it is to travel from Thailand to France by train ?

Okay, here we are. Let's first check the flights for reference. I'm traveling first and deluxe class with single compartments only, that's […]

4.5 hours of Transportation Commission meeting, after a full day of work. Uargh.

Wow, this really sucks. IMHO Plan Commission already gave UW Health too many concessions initially. And now this.

https://bsky.app/profile/therealzenz.bsky.social/post/3mg4vx6ukws2w

#zoning #TransitOrientedDevelopment

I attended a conference today. Which was great, but I had way too much free conference coffee. Gonna be a rough night.

You know, on the one hand, watching the men's #OmloopHetNieuwsblad road race makes me think, "Oh, maybe I should join a club and do the occasional ride in a fast pack." And then I see some of the crashes and am like, "Nah, I'll just keep riding by myself." (I don't think the fact that there were […]

Are you interested in advocating for better bike infrastructure and safer streets in #MadisonWI? Come to Working Draft Brewing today (1/3) from 4-5:30 for a bike advocacy social with Machinery Row and Madison Bikes. No agenda; just hanging out and chatting with others who care about our city.

I spent much of the day yesterday finishing up the edit for another episode from our #BikeTouring #BikePacking trip through the Alps. We climb the Mendel Pass, I get angry at a bike path, we have to walk our bikes for the first time, we arrive in the Dolomites, and I have my first pizza and […]

Oh, #SpringClassics season has begun! Happy #OmloopHetNieuwsblad day to those who celebrate. I'll have to watch the recording of the race tonight (and avoid spoilers until then...)

#RoadCycling

A black vintage Omafiets with flat tires.

N-1 for my bike stable. I finally convinced myself to give up on this pretty Gazelle Omafiets. Parts availability in the US is tricky and so it had been sitting in my garage for year. I offered it at a low price, promising to donate the proceeds x 2 to a local […]

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I'm far from being a cinephile, but the UW Cinematheque is such an awesome amenity to have. You get to watch cool new or old movies multiple times a week, for free. Yesterday I saw "Fiume O Morte!", which is a very creative movie about the historical oddity of the occupation of Fiume (now […]

@lars_amenda @detektorfm Joa, ist aber eben schon eine andere Größenordnung. WIMRE sind hier im Fediverse 3 oder 4 von den ingesamt ~400 TCR-Teilnehmenden aktiv.

New musical obsession: Orbital and Tilda Swinton: Deepest. https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/album/radiccio-2025?t=1

Apparently the original, Deeper, was released as a B-side to their single Chime back in 1989.

#EDM

@detektorfm Ein Gedanke noch: Carlotta ist auf Instagram sehr aktiv und erzählte auch, dass die ganze Bikepacking/Ultra-Szene fast ausschließlich auf IG stattfindet. Ich persönlich finde das schade. Vielleicht ändert sich das irgendwann.

Die aktuelle @detektorfm Antritt-Folge mit Carlotta Schumacher ist wieder einmal sehr hörenswert (und wer die vorige Folge im Oktober 2025 mit ihr noch nicht gehört hat, sollte das am besten nachholen. Carlotta strahlt im Interview sehr viel positive Energie, Reflektiertheit und Offenheit aus […]

City Records and IT Project Manager* About the RoleThe City is seeking a skilled professional to lead our records management and public records programs, ensuring full compliance with federal and state laws as well as City policies. This role plays a key part in shaping how information is organized, protected, and accessed across the organization. In addition to overseeing records management, this position takes on advanced project management responsibilities, supporting or leading complex, enterprise-wide information systems initiatives. The work requires strong judgment, discretion, and technical expertise to successfully implement, manage, and evaluate both records programs and IT projects. You’ll provide significant technical and project leadership, often coordinating and motivating cross-departmental teams or guiding the City’s records management professionals. While you’ll work under the general supervision of the IT Director, you’ll have substantial independence in achieving established goals and driving meaningful improvements.This position is regularly scheduled for 38.75 hours per week. Regular work hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Hours are flexible within the work week.Employees may be eligible for loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.Black, Indigenous, people of color, women, trans, nonbinary, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We value the unique blend of lived experiences and diverse perspectives that comes from non-traditional education pathways and the variety of transferrable skills each candidate brings to the table. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Even if every item on the job posting doesn’t match your experience perfectly, we encourage you to apply and share how your skills and experience can best serve our community.

The City of #MadisonWI is hiring an IT/records project manager https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/madisonwi/jobs/5244010-0/city-records-and-it-project-manager

#GetFediHired #GovJobs

Light green hex sticker for ntdr. It shows a line chart with strong month-to-month variation above pictogram for a train, a bus, and a ferry.

Alright, I finally got around to trying the `socratadata` #RStats package and concluded that it fully replaces what my `ntdr` package had done, i.e. retrieving National Transit Database ridership and service metrics data. The data used to be available only in a […]

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🚨 Job alert in my group:
Want to do a PhD in Computational Linguistics working on figurative language (metaphor), on social media data, and in an interdisciplinary digital humanities environment, at one of the largest universities in Germany? Apply by March 30, 2026!
Contact me with any […]

Park Street crash prompts emotional meeting on traffic safety fixes City officials, Transportation Commission members, residents and advocates came together following the Feb. 5 death of 17-year-old Sasha Rosen.

This came in after the deadline. Another article on Park Street: https://captimes.com/news/government/park-street-crash-prompts-emotional-meeting-on-traffic-safety-fixes/article_5d0c6540-e10d-4515-bd3d-edd08e5469cc.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

@jerry @eingfoan StorageShare is Hetzner's hosted NextCloud. I guess they could still raise prices at a later point.

@jerry @eingfoan Phew, looks like StorageShare is not affected at the moment. #NextCloud

Uh oh, I'm wading into a tagging discussion with 52 messages already on the #OpenStreetMap community forums. Happy Monday!