Steve Conklin
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Steve Conklin
@nondim.com
· Aug 9
If you follow me but have zero posts and zero profile info, I'm much more likely to block you out the gate.
I live in a rectilinear neighborhood with numbered streets, on a corner lot with an address ending in 01. It's surprising, the number of delivery drivers have no idea how street addresses work.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I live in a rectilinear neighborhood with numbered streets, on a corner lot with an address ending in 01. It's surprising, the number of delivery drivers have no idea how street addresses work.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Headline: "Trump argues with ballroom architect"
Should have been: "Trump tore down the East Wing without a plan"
Should have been: "Trump tore down the East Wing without a plan"
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Headline: "Trump argues with ballroom architect"
Should have been: "Trump tore down the East Wing without a plan"
Should have been: "Trump tore down the East Wing without a plan"
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The same executives that just fired 3,200 workers in Lexington a week before Thanksgiving collected $14.4 Million in bonus pay last year.
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The same executives that just fired 3,200 workers in Lexington a week before Thanksgiving collected $14.4 Million in bonus pay last year.
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
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[P] WE'RE ALL-IN ON TULIPS, GANG
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
[P] WE'RE ALL-IN ON TULIPS, GANG
Private Equity is a Cancer.
Private Equity’s New Venture: Youth Sports
Backed by Wall Street, the company Black Bear Sports Group is tightening its grip on youth sports. In a scheme only private equity could dream up, parents now can’t record their kids’ games — but they...
jacobin.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Private Equity is a Cancer.
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Bro boost: women find LinkedIn traffic ‘drives’ if they pretend to be men
Bro boost: women find LinkedIn traffic ‘drives’ if they pretend to be men
Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men
Do your LinkedIn followers consider you a “thought leader”? Do hordes of commenters applaud your tips on how to “scale” your startup? Do recruiters slide into your DMs to “explore potential synergies”?
If not, it could be because you’re not a man. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Bro boost: women find LinkedIn traffic ‘drives’ if they pretend to be men
This is a big deal, and enables lawfare by patent trolls.
Please consider filing a comment.
Please consider filing a comment.
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a big deal, and enables lawfare by patent trolls.
Please consider filing a comment.
Please consider filing a comment.
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AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
Two men shaking hands over Women's beauty.
smearing 1s and 0s into my face until the chatbot i'm trying to sleep with accepts me as one of its own.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Two men shaking hands over Women's beauty.
I'm not going to link to the propaganda press release by the DOJ, but here's a sample:
". . . the defendants were members of a North Texas Antifa Cell . . . defendants [redacted] are alleged to have been part of a group that created and distributed insurrectionary materials called “zines.”
". . . the defendants were members of a North Texas Antifa Cell . . . defendants [redacted] are alleged to have been part of a group that created and distributed insurrectionary materials called “zines.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm not going to link to the propaganda press release by the DOJ, but here's a sample:
". . . the defendants were members of a North Texas Antifa Cell . . . defendants [redacted] are alleged to have been part of a group that created and distributed insurrectionary materials called “zines.”
". . . the defendants were members of a North Texas Antifa Cell . . . defendants [redacted] are alleged to have been part of a group that created and distributed insurrectionary materials called “zines.”
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Reposted by Steve Conklin
Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
Anxiety disorders linked to low Choline levels. Not mentioned in this study, but some studies have linked pesticide exposure with reduced brain Choline levels in humans.
Transdiagnostic reduction in cortical choline-containing compounds in anxiety disorders: a 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy meta-analysis - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Transdiagnostic reduction in cortical choline-containing compounds in anxiety disorders: a 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy meta-analysis
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Anxiety disorders linked to low Choline levels. Not mentioned in this study, but some studies have linked pesticide exposure with reduced brain Choline levels in humans.
The President's national emergency being used to bypass environmental permitting to build a Uranium enrichment plant.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The President's national emergency being used to bypass environmental permitting to build a Uranium enrichment plant.
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turtrucken
Thurston Co. Scanner, News, &
Weather Blog: A trooper with the Washington State Patrol just
called out a traffic stop on a semi that's towing a semi, which is towing a box truck that's also towing two vehicles on I-5 south at Pacific Avenue. The trooper reported […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Weather Blog: A trooper with the Washington State Patrol just
called out a traffic stop on a semi that's towing a semi, which is towing a box truck that's also towing two vehicles on I-5 south at Pacific Avenue. The trooper reported […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
turtrucken
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An U.S. citizen of Indian descent being questioned about Zohran Mamdani (as if there is something wrong with knowing who the mayor-elect of NYC is) by masked men.
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
An U.S. citizen of Indian descent being questioned about Zohran Mamdani (as if there is something wrong with knowing who the mayor-elect of NYC is) by masked men.
My lifelong friend Kitty Bryan just released a book. She's an accomplished engineer and fiber artist, and I highly recommend her book, which I had the good fortune to read in an earlier draft form.
Knitting Variegated Yarn: Gestalt Techniques
Amazon.com: Knitting Variegated Yarn: Gestalt Techniques: 9781737193043: Bryan, Kitty: Books
www.amazon.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
My lifelong friend Kitty Bryan just released a book. She's an accomplished engineer and fiber artist, and I highly recommend her book, which I had the good fortune to read in an earlier draft form.
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[P] HECK YEAH!
Nerdcore superstar @megaran.com had earned a Grammy nom for his second kids record, Buddy's Magic Treehouse! BIG CONGRATS!!
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
[P] HECK YEAH!
I remember the "Billy Beer Scandal".
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I remember the "Billy Beer Scandal".
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If they’re comparing it to themselves, sure. If they’re comparing it to someone capable of putting on their pants without crying, probably not.
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here on.ft.com/3JERVRg
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here
Tech leaders say systems now rival human intelligence in key tasks, further fuelling the superintelligence debate
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If they’re comparing it to themselves, sure. If they’re comparing it to someone capable of putting on their pants without crying, probably not.