Jonathan Gitlin
@drgitlin.bsky.social
Sigh.
PFP: my racing helmet, which is British racing green with a safety orange arrow design, inspired by the Porsche 908/3 gulf cars
PFP: my racing helmet, which is British racing green with a safety orange arrow design, inspired by the Porsche 908/3 gulf cars
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The new Nissan Leaf is @drgitlin.bsky.social and company's top choice! How about that! Should definitely test-drive one.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
The 10 best vehicles Ars Technica drove in 2025
Of all the cars we've driven and reviewed this year, these are our picks.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The new Nissan Leaf is @drgitlin.bsky.social and company's top choice! How about that! Should definitely test-drive one.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Everyone who sat on their hands to allow a second Trump term because they thought Biden was being mean to Gaza should be very proud of themselves.
RE Gaza, there is every reason to be pessimistic. Millions will continue to live in tent cities, not just this winter (3rd winter) but also for the next five years - who knows?
As far as Israel is concerned, Gaza will be kept in perpetual limbo, in hope for its complete destruction and depopulation.
As far as Israel is concerned, Gaza will be kept in perpetual limbo, in hope for its complete destruction and depopulation.
December 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Everyone who sat on their hands to allow a second Trump term because they thought Biden was being mean to Gaza should be very proud of themselves.
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As we close out 2025, we can honestly say it was a pretty shitty year for DC. Unprecedented attacks on Home Rule took place, exposing the fallacy of the term Home Rule. Never forget that #DCStatehood is the ultimate goal of DC residents who seek an equal footing & place in our democracy.
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As we close out 2025, we can honestly say it was a pretty shitty year for DC. Unprecedented attacks on Home Rule took place, exposing the fallacy of the term Home Rule. Never forget that #DCStatehood is the ultimate goal of DC residents who seek an equal footing & place in our democracy.
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A question every country needs to start asking is "on balance, is mass social media making our society better or worse". List the ways it's benefiting society, then list the ways it's harming it. If the latter list is longer, ask why you would sit back and let that situation continue
December 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A question every country needs to start asking is "on balance, is mass social media making our society better or worse". List the ways it's benefiting society, then list the ways it's harming it. If the latter list is longer, ask why you would sit back and let that situation continue
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Oral history of ‘Knowing Me, Knowing Yule…with Alan Partridge,’ now 30!My contribution is me saying I can’t remember very much from then because I had a terrible head cold at the time and just wanted to go to bed. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Knowing Me, Knowing Yule at 30: ‘You can trace a lot of it back to Noel Edmonds’
To mark the special Alan Partridge episode turning 30, Simon Bland chats to Armando Iannucci, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front and more about the making of a Christmas classic
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Oral history of ‘Knowing Me, Knowing Yule…with Alan Partridge,’ now 30!My contribution is me saying I can’t remember very much from then because I had a terrible head cold at the time and just wanted to go to bed. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
LOL fans of a particular singer did not take well to my suggestion that you shouldn’t eulogize someone if you don’t know anything about them (like the fact they were a fascist) and now I have a label 🏷️ 😂
December 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
LOL fans of a particular singer did not take well to my suggestion that you shouldn’t eulogize someone if you don’t know anything about them (like the fact they were a fascist) and now I have a label 🏷️ 😂
Loupis is a pro-Russian disinformation agent and a massive idiot, but this highlights Elon Musk’s hypocrisy:
Free speech for him and his supporters, none for those who disagree with him
Free speech for him and his supporters, none for those who disagree with him
December 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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And, you know, it's a legitimate military target.
😵💫 India, UAE and Pakistan condemned the "attack by Ukraine on Putin's residence" in Valdai.
And this despite the fact that even Russian journalists went to Valdai and talked to locals who say they did not see or hear any explosions or drones that day.
And this despite the fact that even Russian journalists went to Valdai and talked to locals who say they did not see or hear any explosions or drones that day.
December 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
And, you know, it's a legitimate military target.
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Just want to be sure that all the people who screamed about "Genocide Joe" and "Holocaust Harris" see this.
"But Democra--". Look, what Trump says her is nothing new: he has never cared.
And with your ongoing silence, it's really sad to see that neither did you.
"But Democra--". Look, what Trump says her is nothing new: he has never cared.
And with your ongoing silence, it's really sad to see that neither did you.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Just want to be sure that all the people who screamed about "Genocide Joe" and "Holocaust Harris" see this.
"But Democra--". Look, what Trump says her is nothing new: he has never cared.
And with your ongoing silence, it's really sad to see that neither did you.
"But Democra--". Look, what Trump says her is nothing new: he has never cared.
And with your ongoing silence, it's really sad to see that neither did you.
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look.at.the.nails
achtually this gay little outfit and my daily estrogen dose is about extending life
December 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
look.at.the.nails
Ugh I thought we landed ~4 pm tomorrow, but actually it’s more like 8 pm. :(
December 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ugh I thought we landed ~4 pm tomorrow, but actually it’s more like 8 pm. :(
I’m starting to get the impression that the posters who all say bullying has been eradicated aren’t actually telling the truth.
there have been multiple stories of middle school girls getting harassed with generated CP of themselves over the past few years and somehow the only AI fear that seems to stick is the fucking water
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
It’s the most powerful online sexual harassment tool ever invented and it’s driving people insane with parasocial relationships but the most prominent critics lie about water use.
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I’m starting to get the impression that the posters who all say bullying has been eradicated aren’t actually telling the truth.
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it takes a lot to be the less moral actor in Yemen than KSA but by god the Emirates are on it
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
it takes a lot to be the less moral actor in Yemen than KSA but by god the Emirates are on it
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Bit risky, I must say.
December 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Bit risky, I must say.
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<whispering>
No, but tax them very differently when pledged as collateral.
No, but tax them very differently when pledged as collateral.
No my man, the answer absolutely involves taxing those gains.
December 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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No, but tax them very differently when pledged as collateral.
No, but tax them very differently when pledged as collateral.
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We made an 18 minute video about Tesla and the doors, featuring a lot of footage that I obtained via public records. Now on YouTube: youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
The Dangerous Feature in Tesla's Doors
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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December 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We made an 18 minute video about Tesla and the doors, featuring a lot of footage that I obtained via public records. Now on YouTube: youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
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It’s always funny how taxing unrealized gains is a no-no but borrowing against it is fine.
How about we make borrowing against any and all unrealized gains an immediately taxable event.
How about we make borrowing against any and all unrealized gains an immediately taxable event.
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
It’s always funny how taxing unrealized gains is a no-no but borrowing against it is fine.
How about we make borrowing against any and all unrealized gains an immediately taxable event.
How about we make borrowing against any and all unrealized gains an immediately taxable event.
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Have they thought about reaching out to the performers who did the Riyadh Comedy Festival?
Kennedy Center New Year's Eve concerts canceled after addition of Trump's name reut.rs/4pf6E3S
Kennedy Center New Year's Eve concerts canceled after addition of Trump's name
A veteran jazz ensemble announced on Monday it was canceling its New Year's Eve performances at the Kennedy Center, the latest group to withdraw from the Washington arts institution after it was renamed to include U.S. President Donald Trump.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Have they thought about reaching out to the performers who did the Riyadh Comedy Festival?
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All the money and power in the world can’t give conservatives what they want the most: to be liked by normal people
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
All the money and power in the world can’t give conservatives what they want the most: to be liked by normal people
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This mfer said touching the interior is “damage” 🙄🙄🙈 oh no not smudges on the plasticy carbon in my burble tuned M3 I only use to do 85mph in school zones
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This mfer said touching the interior is “damage” 🙄🙄🙈 oh no not smudges on the plasticy carbon in my burble tuned M3 I only use to do 85mph in school zones
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Sure, sure... we can not tax unrealized gains... cool... cool... instead we should tax any loans taken out that collatalorize those unrealized gains. While we are at it, we can close the estate/unrealized gains loophole and book them at value at time of death, not purchase for the inheritor. Heh.
December 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sure, sure... we can not tax unrealized gains... cool... cool... instead we should tax any loans taken out that collatalorize those unrealized gains. While we are at it, we can close the estate/unrealized gains loophole and book them at value at time of death, not purchase for the inheritor. Heh.
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American centrists are just used to calling anything this side of Gilded Age tax policy "socialist" ... and having it work
December 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
American centrists are just used to calling anything this side of Gilded Age tax policy "socialist" ... and having it work
No my man, the answer absolutely involves taxing those gains.
December 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
No my man, the answer absolutely involves taxing those gains.
As anyone who watches Morse (or Endeavour, but maybe not Lewis) would know.
Freemasonry was a real and powerful force in the 19th century, when multiple semi-secret societies were ways of bonding for powerful men and aspiring powerful men. By the second half of the 20th century it was in steep decline in the UK *except* in the police, where lodge membership remained …
Can someone explain why the London police (“coppers”) and the Masons (???) are fighting? And also what century it is over there?
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
As anyone who watches Morse (or Endeavour, but maybe not Lewis) would know.
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Matty dresses up pro-establishment trolling as intellectualism and gets endlessly rewarded for it by everyone, including people who think he's insufferable
it's such a successful model the NYT and WAPO prioritized it over journalism
it's such a successful model the NYT and WAPO prioritized it over journalism
The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Matty dresses up pro-establishment trolling as intellectualism and gets endlessly rewarded for it by everyone, including people who think he's insufferable
it's such a successful model the NYT and WAPO prioritized it over journalism
it's such a successful model the NYT and WAPO prioritized it over journalism