Posts by Larry "lahosken" Hosken 🇺🇸 👀
BLAZE ↔️ ZEAL ↔️ NEW ZEALAND ↔️ WELLINGTON ↔️ BEEF ↔️ BEER ↔️ PINT ↔️ UNIT ↔️ IT
Today, I saw some Kal Zakzouk sidewalk chalk art at 20th and Irving in #SanFrancisco. Alas, it was mid-day and a shadow made it hard to see the whole picture. Big silver lining for me: Since it was mid-day, the Lucca Deli at 20th and Irv… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/04/...
city street with some subtle speed humps
A year and a half after a truck hit a pedestrian at Parnassus and Stanyan, we finally got some speed humps on Parnassus Ave. They're very, uh, gradual? I su… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/04/...
#SanFrancisco
A form which calculates an individual’s “income tax body count”, or the total number of conflict-related deaths they have caused through their income tax contributions to the U.S. government.
income-tax-body-count.lav.io
in the foreground, some cars parked on the roof of a multi-level parking garage. in the middle ground, apartment buildings and houses, seen from above. in the background, looks like a forest but is actually just Golden Gate Park, with Strawberry Hill poking up. Above, a sky of clouds with gray and white patches
a hazy view of San Francisco buildings and downtown skyline through raindrops. Above, a sky of clouds with gray and white patches
Out behind 400 Parnassus Ave in #SanFrancisco is a fine sheltered balcony from which to observe storm clouds blow past.
In the article, I said I'd use LLMs for pay, but they just shortened it from "use LLMs for PArodY"
Short for DEbAcLe
Not specifying which civilization has big Monkey's Paw energy
Smart prediction in a couple of ways:
1. it makes sense
2. if wrong and things spiral out of control, nobody's going to be reading bsky tomorrow to follow up
cover art for comic book "Superman Forever"
Why "Forever" instead of "Permanently"? Opportunity wasted
face of character Tai Lung from Kung Fu Panda
sidewalk chalk art: a lady crouches at the edge of a small pond. A puppy sits behind her
sidewalk chalk art: a lady crouches at the edge of a small pond. A puppy sits behind her. Fish swim below the surface of the pond
sidewalk chalk art: A sitting puppy with lolling tongue
sidewalk chalk art, alas pretty scuffed: A fish swims towards the surface of a pond
On my morning's walk in #SanFrancisco at 20th and Irving, I once again noted a Kal Zakzouk sidewalk chalk piece of art: a lady with an umbrella kneeling by a pond. Was the artist inspired by news articles wondering if we were in for a drought this year? I know it was on my mind.
Starting in 2029, maybe we could imprison one ex-President there. If we let visitors pelt him with rotten tomatoes, it could be quite a tourist draw.
Well, a FIFA Oscar.
Puzzle Hunts are everywhere, including NYC, if you're a high school student, apparently www.nycpuzzlehunt.com
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "home".
Oh no! The USA clown Presiden… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "fill".
Can you fill in the surnames in this list of people named in the Epstein files? lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
Oh hey hang on, maybe that's not for another couple of months manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-an... says May
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "down".
Can you match these historical despots and fiends to their death dates? lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "together".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump got so mad at hi…
blog: lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
cryptic crossword: crosshare.org/crosswords/b...
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "different".
Can you figure out which of these quotes were attributed to Donald Trump vs one of his alter-egos, John Barron? lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
Godzilla emerges from the Sea of Japan, I guess, I didn't really double check which sea when I grabbed this image from the internets
La Vérité sortant du puits armée de son martinet pour châtier l'humanité is an 1896 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. says Wikipedia, whence I nabbed this image
compare and contrast: Godzilla emerges from the Sea of Japan vs Truth Coming Out of her Well
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "file".
I contemplated some of the Epstein files and was impressed by the work of FBI redactors. As I looked at huge sw… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "cozy".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump wants to sell a drink cozy in his online store, but can't bring himself t… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "moving".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump bombed Iran with no plan and no objective! People som… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
looking west at "crow" pretty zoomed in. it doesn't look so real from this side
looking at "crow" from west, pretty zoomed in. beak looks a little off, but otherwise pretty realistic
wider view. a utility pole in front of an apartment building. a "crow" sits on a "twig" that juts from the pole. other details: apartment building has some rounded windows, some stained glass windows. signal wires on the utility pole
Some new-to-me pretty-subtle #SanFrancisco #StreetArt this morning. Can I say it's "new to me" if I'm not sure I haven't walked under it many times without noticing? I was on Willard Street hill south of Parnassus and thought "Eh, why isn't that crow mov… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
screen shot of puzzle from linked page. There are clues, there are blanks in which to write in answers. Sorry, I'm not going to try to transcribe it here. Please visit the linked page instead.
It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's prompt: "planet".
"Planet" is an interesting word: if you strip off the P and T, the remaining letters form a new word, "lan… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...
I helped pick up trash around Haight/Ashbury in #SanFrancisco and took some notes lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/03/...