Scott
@scottglewis.bsky.social
Human, lover of music, critters and stuff.
I think cars are a major source of headache in this. Keeping cars longer has more people fixing them and prices of parts have went up massively. Car prices, used and new, are way up, and interest rate on those cars. I've spent more money in the last 5 years fixing cars, than the 30 years prior.
my take is that vibecession was a product of two really nasty global supply shocks (COVID and Ukraine), the general disruption of life from COVID and its aftershocks, ZIRP dying and cheap credit disappearing, and the pop-up COVID welfare state poofing out of existence
"People were doing materially better in significant ways but economic sentiment was in the toilet during COVID" really feels like maybe the issue is COVID and not other stuff.
February 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I think cars are a major source of headache in this. Keeping cars longer has more people fixing them and prices of parts have went up massively. Car prices, used and new, are way up, and interest rate on those cars. I've spent more money in the last 5 years fixing cars, than the 30 years prior.
February 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Reposted by Scott
The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
A hard lesson that progressives are going to have to learn is to stop hate watching conservative content. Our current media landscape blends entertainment, culture and politics and giving them ratings is akin to endorsing them.
America is in the middle of a second Mormon Moment. For our Cover Story, Bridget Read reports on how the women of Utah blogged and posted their way into our hearts and wallets. tinyurl.com/484awp7j
February 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A hard lesson that progressives are going to have to learn is to stop hate watching conservative content. Our current media landscape blends entertainment, culture and politics and giving them ratings is akin to endorsing them.
Nothing in the article other than calling it a "story" would lead you to believe it was fiction. Out there right now LLMs are training on this to be used as fact. Also right now an anti-vaxer is possibly lining this up as proof that the pro-vaxers make scenarios up. Journalistic malfeasance.
I was really troubled by this Atlantic piece. It was presented as reporting, but it seems more accurate to describe it as speculative fiction based on reporting. It seems like a bizarre choice for a journalistic institution to make. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Nothing in the article other than calling it a "story" would lead you to believe it was fiction. Out there right now LLMs are training on this to be used as fact. Also right now an anti-vaxer is possibly lining this up as proof that the pro-vaxers make scenarios up. Journalistic malfeasance.
This is a great point. Even if you had no idea what is was when you got it, never noticing Nazis have it on them in every movie or TV show for the last 40 years is a little hard to swallow.
Along with the many, many other things you have to believe he basically never once saw even a bit of a WWII movie or doc after getting the tattoo.
February 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This is a great point. Even if you had no idea what is was when you got it, never noticing Nazis have it on them in every movie or TV show for the last 40 years is a little hard to swallow.
It's great that someone tested it as that sludge ends up somewhere, but if you need and article to tell you not to eat that snow your mama did you dirty.
Gothamist collected samples of snow from three different neighborhoods — Williamsburg, Washington Heights and Jackson Heights — and sent them to a lab to test for bacteria and 25 different metals. gothamist.com/news/we-test...
We tested those gross piles of snow on NYC's sidewalks. Here’s what we found.
The snow may not be as toxic as it looks. You still shouldn’t eat it.
gothamist.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
It's great that someone tested it as that sludge ends up somewhere, but if you need and article to tell you not to eat that snow your mama did you dirty.
Looks like a set from Home Improvement.
It’s not just the left - working man cosplay is an epidemic
February 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Looks like a set from Home Improvement.
Kinda hard to not know the Totenkopf is a Nazi symbol when it's used all the time. I'm sure if it's on display at a tattoo parlor they know the usual clientele.
Not a fan of serious drama? OK, how about action/adventure, sci-fi, horror and parody films involving Nazis?
1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
February 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Kinda hard to not know the Totenkopf is a Nazi symbol when it's used all the time. I'm sure if it's on display at a tattoo parlor they know the usual clientele.
Is that the same symbol that Plattner has a tattoo of?
February 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Is that the same symbol that Plattner has a tattoo of?
This is the real-time AI is good for 1% of cases or 10% of cases.
We're being sold 10% but it's really 1%.
We're being sold 10% but it's really 1%.
That use is explicitly disclaimed and they deserve what they’re going to get
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
This is the real-time AI is good for 1% of cases or 10% of cases.
We're being sold 10% but it's really 1%.
We're being sold 10% but it's really 1%.
Cool thing about these is they use swappable batteries in container sized units. Since all of shipping is logistics and planning you know when a ship is arriving and can have batteries ready to be swapped off with the cargo. Charge them up for the next ship.
Large electric powered container ships are already a reality.
When posting about this 2 years ago the so-called “experts” said it is impossible.
Can people stop listening to oil and gas “experts” soon?
When posting about this 2 years ago the so-called “experts” said it is impossible.
Can people stop listening to oil and gas “experts” soon?
China Starts Sea Trials for Largest Electric-Powered Containership
China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further bre...
maritime-executive.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Cool thing about these is they use swappable batteries in container sized units. Since all of shipping is logistics and planning you know when a ship is arriving and can have batteries ready to be swapped off with the cargo. Charge them up for the next ship.
Software as a Service (SaaS) should be a crime on large vehicles or equipment.
Ukrainian farmers know how to solve this problem.
Look at how Ukrainian farmers circumvented the John Deere walled garden enshittification.
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
Look at how Ukrainian farmers circumvented the John Deere walled garden enshittification.
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking.
www.vice.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Software as a Service (SaaS) should be a crime on large vehicles or equipment.
Home car drivers aren't making "business decisions" they are making value decisions. Just because American car buyers are misinformed about the usefulness and quality of EVs shouldn't stop a smart buyer. A 4 year old car with 22k miles for 47% of it's new value is a great deal.
Most people keep their cars 13 years. Buying a vehicle with a 10 year warranty on the battery, no oil changes or exposure to volatile fast prices, results in a cheaper TCO. Even more savings if purchased used, allowing folks to buy newer vehicles with less miles.
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Home car drivers aren't making "business decisions" they are making value decisions. Just because American car buyers are misinformed about the usefulness and quality of EVs shouldn't stop a smart buyer. A 4 year old car with 22k miles for 47% of it's new value is a great deal.
There has to be a German word for desiring tacky, yet strangely appealing objects.
I’m down a rabbit hole on the swarovski website now please send help
February 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
There has to be a German word for desiring tacky, yet strangely appealing objects.
Where is my crystal Spongebob? I will not stand this affront.
I was out of town when crystal shrek hit the towers (Peter’s brain) and was powerless to intervene
February 14, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Where is my crystal Spongebob? I will not stand this affront.
In retrospect, a crystal Grogu is no more tacky than a bejeweled egg.
I am an extremely tacky heiress at heart
February 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
In retrospect, a crystal Grogu is no more tacky than a bejeweled egg.
I guarantee he's been preaching this to all the CTOs of the Fortune 500. Whether they believe them doesn't matter. Quarterly goals for bonuses are being treated to align with this statement.
every time some tech guy says something stupid like this it reminds me that tech executives sincerely appear to believe that other industries do not exist
February 14, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I guarantee he's been preaching this to all the CTOs of the Fortune 500. Whether they believe them doesn't matter. Quarterly goals for bonuses are being treated to align with this statement.
So if we draw this to it's logical conclusion. Imagine President AOC winning in 2028 in a landslide on a platform of Medicare for all, UBI paid for by taxing the rich and AI tech bros.
not for nothing, but this is in direct contradiction to what microsoft's own research team says. once again, the hypebeasts are the problem.
Microsoft AI CEO: 'Most, if not all' white-collar tasks can be replaced by AI within 12-18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:34 AM
So if we draw this to it's logical conclusion. Imagine President AOC winning in 2028 in a landslide on a platform of Medicare for all, UBI paid for by taxing the rich and AI tech bros.
My Lego Enterprise seems cheap in comparison.
It really makes Shrek seem reasonably priced
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
My Lego Enterprise seems cheap in comparison.
Somewhere a crystal artisan is locked away driven mad by the immersion in Shrek lore it took to perfect this masterpiece.
February 14, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Somewhere a crystal artisan is locked away driven mad by the immersion in Shrek lore it took to perfect this masterpiece.
It does want to explain why plenty of stupid parents have stupid kids, but I suspect other factors are involved.
A sizeable chunk of this place implicitly believes knowledge is passed genetically
Which ends with random grifters asserting they understand protest and organizing better than the people who built a nationwide movement because the former had a grandma who marched with Dr King or some shit
February 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It does want to explain why plenty of stupid parents have stupid kids, but I suspect other factors are involved.
This would make more sense as a @theonion.com article. Typing this with any semblance of good faith would be impossible.
Trump's Genesis Mission gets its first set of 26 sure-to-succeed objectives
Trump's Genesis Mission gets its first set of 26 sure-to-succeed objectives
DoE bets AI can speed fusion, unlock decades of nuclear data, and probe fundamental physics
The Trump administration has outlined the first 26 goals for its project to inject AI into the government's scientific research, and everything from securing critical minerals to discovering a unified theory of physics is on the table. …
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This would make more sense as a @theonion.com article. Typing this with any semblance of good faith would be impossible.
I would like us to run someone not 70+ years old. GenX and below please.
What if you are 80 percent sure he is just a big doofus (as if that would somehow be ok for a senate candidate)? 90 percent sure? A seat in the senate is not a human right...we can do reasonable risk assessment here.
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I would like us to run someone not 70+ years old. GenX and below please.
Plus do we want another possible Fetterman?
What if you are 80 percent sure he is just a big doofus (as if that would somehow be ok for a senate candidate)? 90 percent sure? A seat in the senate is not a human right...we can do reasonable risk assessment here.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Plus do we want another possible Fetterman?