Riverwest Pony Keg
@mr-mason.bsky.social
Milwaukee
Former K12 Ed, Now "Tech"
Yes, I will go for a bike ride with you
Trying to collect the ugliest outerwear imaginable
Former K12 Ed, Now "Tech"
Yes, I will go for a bike ride with you
Trying to collect the ugliest outerwear imaginable
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Snow build-up on the sides of a bike lane (inevitable to some extent) is one of the big reasons Montreal has been preferring wider one-way bike lanes over the two-way designs that used to be standard here.
They’re also better for cargo bikes and higher rush hour volumes.
They’re also better for cargo bikes and higher rush hour volumes.
Because of the snow, I was thinking this was a bi-directional bike lane & when I realized it was just a really wide one way bike lane, I was sad for us in #yycbike with our bi-directional lanes. Don't get me wrong, better than nothing, but this just looks so pleasant.
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Snow build-up on the sides of a bike lane (inevitable to some extent) is one of the big reasons Montreal has been preferring wider one-way bike lanes over the two-way designs that used to be standard here.
They’re also better for cargo bikes and higher rush hour volumes.
They’re also better for cargo bikes and higher rush hour volumes.
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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This could be Milwaukee if we cared
I cannot overstate how weirdly well adapted to winter the people of Minnesota are.
2 inches of snow? 25 degree weather? That's good cycling weather to us.
2 inches of snow? 25 degree weather? That's good cycling weather to us.
“No one bikes in the winter.”
Minneapolis protected bikelane at 4pm after 1-2” fell in the middle of the day:
Look at all of these bike tracks made outside of the popular commute times. 😍
Minneapolis protected bikelane at 4pm after 1-2” fell in the middle of the day:
Look at all of these bike tracks made outside of the popular commute times. 😍
December 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This could be Milwaukee if we cared
Winter is fun in Milwaukee because anytime I leave the house an existential rage overtakes me thanks to people who don't shovel.
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Winter is fun in Milwaukee because anytime I leave the house an existential rage overtakes me thanks to people who don't shovel.
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Milwaukee needs to strongly heed this as well. We spend so much effort on clearing streets, but it’s the sidewalks and bike lanes that should get higher priority in many cases.
Those that lament Chicago’s low ranking in the annual list of bike-friendly cities should pipe down. A city that doesn’t give equal priority to clearing bike and car lanes can’t claim to be a bike-friendly city. This is Clybourn Avenue, which holds a protected bike lane corridor to Downtown.
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Milwaukee needs to strongly heed this as well. We spend so much effort on clearing streets, but it’s the sidewalks and bike lanes that should get higher priority in many cases.
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Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
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I am not convinced that the Supreme Court will come not come up with a nakedly partisan reason to reject these maps but (1) Dems should do them anyway and (2) defy federal court orders to the contrary
Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia.
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I am not convinced that the Supreme Court will come not come up with a nakedly partisan reason to reject these maps but (1) Dems should do them anyway and (2) defy federal court orders to the contrary
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The Supreme Court deciding it's entitled to its own facts is every bit as corrosive to democratic society as the breakdown of shared facts/reality caused by media fragmentation and negative partisanship
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Supreme Court deciding it's entitled to its own facts is every bit as corrosive to democratic society as the breakdown of shared facts/reality caused by media fragmentation and negative partisanship
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hey on the plus side we live in a country too corrupt to pass even a baseline modern privacy law, and we just completely lobotomized our already barely-functioning regulators
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
hey on the plus side we live in a country too corrupt to pass even a baseline modern privacy law, and we just completely lobotomized our already barely-functioning regulators
Does anyone know what the oak leaf is looking like these days post snow?
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Does anyone know what the oak leaf is looking like these days post snow?
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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Brazil’s former Dictator Bolsonaro will begin serving his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup in his country.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Brazil’s former Dictator Bolsonaro will begin serving his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup in his country.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
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In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Of course this article doesn’t mention that the study Marin county did to inform their proposed local restrictions bill found that adult ebike riders had even less crash risk than adults on pedal bikes. And yet Marin included a Class 2 ebike helmet requirement for adults anyway, w no justification.
Unregulated e-bikes are a growing danger on American streets. In one Bay Area town, a terrible accident finally led to reform. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Of course this article doesn’t mention that the study Marin county did to inform their proposed local restrictions bill found that adult ebike riders had even less crash risk than adults on pedal bikes. And yet Marin included a Class 2 ebike helmet requirement for adults anyway, w no justification.
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First, 100% do this. Second, we now live in a "low trust" society. People are only going to get worse about doing these things. We need to rapidly shift to city operated sidewalk clearing
When out shoveling, please be sure to clear snow from sidewalks and bus stops along your property. This helps all our neighbors, especially those who are visually-impaired or who rely on a mobility device, and is in keeping with local ordinances and state statutes.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
First, 100% do this. Second, we now live in a "low trust" society. People are only going to get worse about doing these things. We need to rapidly shift to city operated sidewalk clearing
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25 CENT HOT DOGS COMIN’
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
25 CENT HOT DOGS COMIN’
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It’s fun living someplace where leaders will proudly proclaim how walkable we are, yet every street is easily drivable when hundreds of crosswalks are impassible 48 hours later. Whatever they think walkable means, it’s a lower priority than how drivable we are.
so you're telling the system of asking every individual homeowner to shovel their sidewalk promptly doesn't scale??
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s fun living someplace where leaders will proudly proclaim how walkable we are, yet every street is easily drivable when hundreds of crosswalks are impassible 48 hours later. Whatever they think walkable means, it’s a lower priority than how drivable we are.
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It’s really most egregious when DPW is actively harming these street users by having no idea they even exist.
People want to walk and bike in the winter. It’s this sort of thing that makes it hard. Imagine trying to push a stroller or using a wheelchair. Yet the road was so clear I saw drivers speeding (feedback boards flashing). Priorities!
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s really most egregious when DPW is actively harming these street users by having no idea they even exist.
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Milwaukee DPW clearing car and bike lanes at *the same time.* All the haters have convinced themselves that, of all people, snow plow drivers would be the ones who can’t figure out how to navigate them. Took a single snowplow to prove them wrong! Was a lovely day for a bike ride on the new infra.
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Milwaukee DPW clearing car and bike lanes at *the same time.* All the haters have convinced themselves that, of all people, snow plow drivers would be the ones who can’t figure out how to navigate them. Took a single snowplow to prove them wrong! Was a lovely day for a bike ride on the new infra.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.