Neil Durbin
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
If I were in charge of Downtown LA I would make every single street a single lane if it's one way and one lane each way if it's two way. The rest would be tree protected bike lanes and whatever's left for pop out parks and a little parking.
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If I were in charge of Downtown LA I would make every single street a single lane if it's one way and one lane each way if it's two way. The rest would be tree protected bike lanes and whatever's left for pop out parks and a little parking.
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Car-free streets are care-free streets!
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Car-free streets are care-free streets!
If FDR were alive today Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jefferies and all Dem leadership would despise him and never speak his name.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If FDR were alive today Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jefferies and all Dem leadership would despise him and never speak his name.
The biggest problem with not owning a car is that I have no where to store the clothes I want to give to Goodwill.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The biggest problem with not owning a car is that I have no where to store the clothes I want to give to Goodwill.
Elon Musk calling someone else a swindler is the funniest thing I've seen in months. He is the swindler from The Simpsons monorail episode brought to life. Ask AI the definition of swindler and it will give you a photo of Elon.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Elon Musk calling someone else a swindler is the funniest thing I've seen in months. He is the swindler from The Simpsons monorail episode brought to life. Ask AI the definition of swindler and it will give you a photo of Elon.
Grateful to the people that are so scared of Downtown LA that they allow me to hop on the subway for one stop and have no line for Michelin Star tacos.
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Grateful to the people that are so scared of Downtown LA that they allow me to hop on the subway for one stop and have no line for Michelin Star tacos.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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"Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer a city where everyday residents have to work three jobs and are under constant threat of eviction. Anything short of an excruciating existence for the working class just doesn’t cut it for me."
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer a city where everyday residents have to work three jobs and are under constant threat of eviction. Anything short of an excruciating existence for the working class just doesn’t cut it for me."
Hot take from 2016 Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 - Ryan logged into the MacMillan Utilities ftp server with HIS user id. You don't need the FBI to catch him.
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Hot take from 2016 Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 - Ryan logged into the MacMillan Utilities ftp server with HIS user id. You don't need the FBI to catch him.
Hot take from 2016 Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 - Cameron Howe is not a great coder.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Hot take from 2016 Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 - Cameron Howe is not a great coder.
The fight is just beginning in NYC. The ruling class is going to do EVERYTHING imaginable to make sure free buses and rent freezes fail. They have overthrown with violence every hint of socialism in the world for the last 80 years, they don't give a fuck if it's US citizens now.
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The fight is just beginning in NYC. The ruling class is going to do EVERYTHING imaginable to make sure free buses and rent freezes fail. They have overthrown with violence every hint of socialism in the world for the last 80 years, they don't give a fuck if it's US citizens now.
It does crack me up that they rebranded "part-time" jobs to "fractional" because part-time is looked down upon.
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It does crack me up that they rebranded "part-time" jobs to "fractional" because part-time is looked down upon.
When I was in elementary school I did a summer school class programming BASIC. I took a computer class in high school in the mid 90s, along with drafting and graphic design classes that didn't have a single computer in the room. Not once did I have access to the Internet until college. I wish I had.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
When I was in elementary school I did a summer school class programming BASIC. I took a computer class in high school in the mid 90s, along with drafting and graphic design classes that didn't have a single computer in the room. Not once did I have access to the Internet until college. I wish I had.
A decade, over 20% of my life, having to watch the dumbest people on earth destroy the country with no end in sight.
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A decade, over 20% of my life, having to watch the dumbest people on earth destroy the country with no end in sight.
America, and California specifically, should let every single person on earth in. If all of the California coast from SD to SF has the same density as Manhattan we could house everyone on earth that wanted to live here.
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
America, and California specifically, should let every single person on earth in. If all of the California coast from SD to SF has the same density as Manhattan we could house everyone on earth that wanted to live here.
Cars are "freedom" in the same way that cigarettes are "freedom torches" for woman's suffrage. Americans were/are brainwashed by Edward Bernays using his uncle Freud's theories.
By car, we have given up all facets of freedom.
- We frame dependence on cars as *freedom*
- We spend a lot of money monthly on this very individual form of mobility – without questioning it.
- Since ‘everyone’ now drives a car, all the former advantages of driving have been lost for years.
Agree?
- We frame dependence on cars as *freedom*
- We spend a lot of money monthly on this very individual form of mobility – without questioning it.
- Since ‘everyone’ now drives a car, all the former advantages of driving have been lost for years.
Agree?
a man is driving a yellow vehicle that says taylor built
ALT: a man is driving a yellow vehicle that says taylor built
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Cars are "freedom" in the same way that cigarettes are "freedom torches" for woman's suffrage. Americans were/are brainwashed by Edward Bernays using his uncle Freud's theories.
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Living a car-free or car-light lifestyle is a trend that continues to grow for a variety of reasons: health, economics, environment to name just three.
#EndCarDependency #MobilityIsEquity
momentummag.com/new-report-h...
#EndCarDependency #MobilityIsEquity
momentummag.com/new-report-h...
New Report Highlights the Best Cities to go Car Free in the United States
Car-light and car-free city living is real and it is sensational. But, some cities just make it so much easier.
momentummag.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Living a car-free or car-light lifestyle is a trend that continues to grow for a variety of reasons: health, economics, environment to name just three.
#EndCarDependency #MobilityIsEquity
momentummag.com/new-report-h...
#EndCarDependency #MobilityIsEquity
momentummag.com/new-report-h...
Not to brag but I just got word that I'm one of Forbes 10 Billion under 10 Billion.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Not to brag but I just got word that I'm one of Forbes 10 Billion under 10 Billion.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
I've found myself watching YouTube videos about old computers and the early Internet and reminiscing about how enamored and hopeful I was.
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I've found myself watching YouTube videos about old computers and the early Internet and reminiscing about how enamored and hopeful I was.
77 million people in the US saw a black family in the White House and decided it needed to be torn down. 😄 Nothing has changed from the time we were cementing up public pools.
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
77 million people in the US saw a black family in the White House and decided it needed to be torn down. 😄 Nothing has changed from the time we were cementing up public pools.
Not even one year into his second term and he has destroyed a third of the White House. 😂
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Not even one year into his second term and he has destroyed a third of the White House. 😂
Trump is starving people by removing SNAP benefits so that innocent people need to fight for food to live and then he can declare martial law because of the unrest.
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Trump is starving people by removing SNAP benefits so that innocent people need to fight for food to live and then he can declare martial law because of the unrest.
"she's undercover as a beautiful woman" is a hilarious line.
October 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"she's undercover as a beautiful woman" is a hilarious line.