Biking With David
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I will not live in the pod. I will not eat the bugs from the Heritage Marina Safeway.
The "pods" startup is buying right on Market Street.
SF startup CEO says he plans to cram 400 bed 'pods' into downtown building
The "pods" startup is buying right on Market Street.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I will not live in the pod. I will not eat the bugs from the Heritage Marina Safeway.
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"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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It's funded by an initiative which is explicitly pro-AI. I suspect that they have an anti-AI stance so that it can serve as a clean dataset for AI to train on, to prevent model collapse. A case of "don't shit where you eat".
I find it a bit amusing that this is funded through andOtherStuff, where one of the Five Pillars is "AI"
Also less amusing is the fact that Nostr is created by a Brazilian with fascist sympathies:
www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-...
Also less amusing is the fact that Nostr is created by a Brazilian with fascist sympathies:
www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's funded by an initiative which is explicitly pro-AI. I suspect that they have an anti-AI stance so that it can serve as a clean dataset for AI to train on, to prevent model collapse. A case of "don't shit where you eat".
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Lol
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Lol
Mall with a bike lane through it
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Mall with a bike lane through it
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I will remind everyone that ChatGPT once got extremely angry at a friend of mine when this friend indicated that maybe Mo Ryan of Variety and Maureen Ryan of VF were the same person. Plagiarism machine said absolutely NOT (and to be fair have you ever seen us in the same room??? 🤔)
Well, THIS sucks. I have tickets for One Battle After Another for tomorrow and now I don't know if I should go!
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I will remind everyone that ChatGPT once got extremely angry at a friend of mine when this friend indicated that maybe Mo Ryan of Variety and Maureen Ryan of VF were the same person. Plagiarism machine said absolutely NOT (and to be fair have you ever seen us in the same room??? 🤔)
It's nice to be back in Chicago again
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's nice to be back in Chicago again
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The Canadian DARK SHADOWS rip-off STRANGE PARADISE debuted on CBC #OTD in 1969.
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
Strange Paradise: Episode 1 Part 1
YouTube video by strangeparadise69
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Canadian DARK SHADOWS rip-off STRANGE PARADISE debuted on CBC #OTD in 1969.
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
Finally, the bullet dryer has arrived
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Finally, the bullet dryer has arrived
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MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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We’re building this so Marin and Sonoma don’t have to build housing right?
Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
We’re building this so Marin and Sonoma don’t have to build housing right?
Still on the West Coast
October 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Still on the West Coast
It's nice to be back on the West Coast again
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
It's nice to be back on the West Coast again
Ah, Spring is in the air
September 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ah, Spring is in the air
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ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
Just needs Yakety Sax
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Just needs Yakety Sax
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Babylon Berlin is such a rich text (TV show) and I highly recommend to anyone interested in this era. Related to the recent "discourse" on Stalin/Germany cooperation/back-stabbing; the show even had a story line re: illegally building up the Luftwaffe in Soviet territory.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Babylon Berlin is such a rich text (TV show) and I highly recommend to anyone interested in this era. Related to the recent "discourse" on Stalin/Germany cooperation/back-stabbing; the show even had a story line re: illegally building up the Luftwaffe in Soviet territory.
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every journalist knows they are packaging the entire Charlie Kirk story dishonestly, and they all think it is incredibly rude to point that out
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
every journalist knows they are packaging the entire Charlie Kirk story dishonestly, and they all think it is incredibly rude to point that out
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I just signed bipartisan laws to lower Californians' electricity costs, stabilize our gas supply, and provide a stable funding source for @cahsra.bsky.social's high-speed rail.
Millions of Californians will soon start saving billions on their energy costs, and the savings don’t stop there.
Millions of Californians will soon start saving billions on their energy costs, and the savings don’t stop there.
September 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I just signed bipartisan laws to lower Californians' electricity costs, stabilize our gas supply, and provide a stable funding source for @cahsra.bsky.social's high-speed rail.
Millions of Californians will soon start saving billions on their energy costs, and the savings don’t stop there.
Millions of Californians will soon start saving billions on their energy costs, and the savings don’t stop there.
Izmir, Turkey urbanism
September 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Izmir, Turkey urbanism