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Word of the day: kafkaesliue
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Word of the day: kafkaesliue
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me a nerd who doesn't go outside when I see someone being a nerd on bluesky
February 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
me a nerd who doesn't go outside when I see someone being a nerd on bluesky
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“Selling a machine that can go at a speed in excess of what is allowable is a huge anomaly” Seán Canney, Minister of State for Road Safety
👏👏 hear, hear
Oh wait, that was for e-scooters.
Where are these calls when it comes to private motor vehicles?
👏👏 hear, hear
Oh wait, that was for e-scooters.
Where are these calls when it comes to private motor vehicles?
A Fianna Fáil TD has been convicted of dangerous driving after a court heard he was driving at over 190km/h on a motorway last March
FF TD detected at 190km/h convicted of dangerous driving
A Fianna Fáil TD was convicted of dangerous driving after a court heard he was driving at over 190km/h on a motorway last March.
www.rte.ie
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
“Selling a machine that can go at a speed in excess of what is allowable is a huge anomaly” Seán Canney, Minister of State for Road Safety
👏👏 hear, hear
Oh wait, that was for e-scooters.
Where are these calls when it comes to private motor vehicles?
👏👏 hear, hear
Oh wait, that was for e-scooters.
Where are these calls when it comes to private motor vehicles?
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Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
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Probably was an out of controll e-bike
January 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Probably was an out of controll e-bike
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The ChatGPT pull-up commercial is so funny bc if you actually read the advice that scrolls by super fast it’s just like “go to the gym and do pull-ups” but in an instructional tone. This is the revolutionary use case they are spending untold millions of dollars to pitch to the general public
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
The ChatGPT pull-up commercial is so funny bc if you actually read the advice that scrolls by super fast it’s just like “go to the gym and do pull-ups” but in an instructional tone. This is the revolutionary use case they are spending untold millions of dollars to pitch to the general public
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MAGA infinite loop: “Let’s violently destabilize every country in South America” and “I’m tired of all these refugees coming here from South America”
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
MAGA infinite loop: “Let’s violently destabilize every country in South America” and “I’m tired of all these refugees coming here from South America”
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Adhering to the War Powers Resolution passed in 1973, before President Trump authorized the raid on Venezuelan President Maduro he consulted with and fully briefed the leadership of the oil industry.
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Adhering to the War Powers Resolution passed in 1973, before President Trump authorized the raid on Venezuelan President Maduro he consulted with and fully briefed the leadership of the oil industry.
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yep! see also:
mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up
78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.
mikelovesrobots.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
yep! see also:
mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
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New York Post looks normal
January 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
New York Post looks normal
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Has anyone done this yet
January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Has anyone done this yet
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Every new year feels like a threat
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Every new year feels like a threat
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My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
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The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird
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www.wheresyoured.at
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
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Epic levels of don’t wanna.
December 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Epic levels of don’t wanna.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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If I use a tool and ask “tell me what happened on [easily researchable and verifiable event]” and it spits out nonsense, and then I do it again and it spits out different nonsense, then even if there is a sequence of magic steps I can take to get around it, I’ll never be able to trust it.
December 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If I use a tool and ask “tell me what happened on [easily researchable and verifiable event]” and it spits out nonsense, and then I do it again and it spits out different nonsense, then even if there is a sequence of magic steps I can take to get around it, I’ll never be able to trust it.
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truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
Met a 40yo gallery-ist at a party in SF. We spent most of the party talking abt the art world, but mostly what she talked abt was how most of her life now is telling AI “artists” that they are not artists, she won’t sell their “work” in her gallery, & that “prompt writer” isn’t an artistic medium.
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
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Still trying to figure out what the kink is for people who go around replying “this isn’t new.”
September 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Still trying to figure out what the kink is for people who go around replying “this isn’t new.”
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