Steph Alarcon

A bike-riding, tree-hugging, science-fetishizing, globe-trotting linux geek from Philadelphia (but crushing hard on Berlin). Opinions my own, et cetera.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

So that's why this orange monstrosity has captured hearts so thoroughly and across cultural lines. He's sweet, fierce, honest, and a little messed up. We can relate to that.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

The world is asking, reasonably, "Wtf even is a Gritty?" Here's my best Philly effort.

#gritty #philadelphia #philly #wtfisgritty #whatisgritty #wtfevenisgritty #wooderice #yousedidit

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

Or a cousin that you've posted bail for 20 times but everyone in the neighborhood loves him because he's always giving people food and cigarettes and shows up to a fight to defend a friend even if he knows he's going to get his ass handed to him.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

@PatrickLeder @LetDemTweetCake Oh, nuh uh, don't you dare. The dick who did that was from Jersey. And I'm not even mad at Jersey because the Pine Barrens are amazing.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

@krmaher Hi! In West Philly, I'm anecdotally noticing bangs of deeper pitch than I'm used to. I noticed realtor dot com added a noise level filter. I wonder if they have acoustic data? (Also, sorry for referring to you informally a moment ago. Mixed you up with a personal friend of mine.)

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

@BigOlGeek @SonofBaldwin Also WAY more helicopter flyovers than I'm used to. It's maddening.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

@BigOlGeek @SonofBaldwin In my area near 50th and Baltimore there's always lots of firecrackers this time of year, but this year a lot of them seem lower pitched. I'll start paying more attention to the timing.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

Yo @PhillyMayor and @Darrell_Clarke, make the Philly budget a statement of love, not violence. #DefundThePolice and #FundOurCommunities. Love means libraries, pools, parks, healthcare, and support for our neighbors so we can all thrive.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

Hey @MonstersCanRead, my kid is loving the game! But just looked up and said, "Why are there only kings and not queens?" Could we also have a choice of pronouns for the player's avatar? She, he, and they, please! :-)

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

@scrivenix @icpetrie @ProfTWolf @catchatweetdown @rbrbrbr @VWPickard Hey! Sorry, I'm missing the context here? I blame the horribleness of the twitter interface

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

@PGeorgeMD Have you all published specs yet? Excited to see the team's work!

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

A smart person in my life is wondering if filtration can be tested at home using saline solution of known concentration, as in this article, in the "Filtration Testing" section: https://t.co/ivCTPTICZR
#millionmaskchallenge #MillionMaskMayday #MakeMedicalMasks #SewingFaceMasks

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

@pennwynne @freesewing_org I'm avoiding elastic largely because I'm really worried about introducing the wildcard of latex allergies into an already bonkers situation. :-( And yeah, I think so far the rec is cotton or polycotton. I think institutions are getting close to publishing filtration data.

[Steph Alarcon @stephalarcon215]

I'm going to prototype using double layers of woven cotton or polycotton blend, and double layers of cotton jersey. Both will withstand heat for sanitizing. Following advice to sew in ties, not elastic. Using @freesewing_org pattern. https://t.co/8ritKVxK1P #MillionMaskMayday