Mike Wasson
@mikewasson.net
Pittsburgher in London. Tired. Software developer looking for work. he/him
Looked for it, found this; it must be a previous reading list since it has 11 books and I suspect someone had the sense to remove the first one
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Looked for it, found this; it must be a previous reading list since it has 11 books and I suspect someone had the sense to remove the first one
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fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
That's absurd. A fence won't be arranged optimally for energy production, but if it's cheaper than the alternative, why not? Amazing.
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
That's absurd. A fence won't be arranged optimally for energy production, but if it's cheaper than the alternative, why not? Amazing.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Looking over a British birth certificate and it's entitled "Certified Copy of an Entry."
Yes, "entry" is one way to put it.
Yes, "entry" is one way to put it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Looking over a British birth certificate and it's entitled "Certified Copy of an Entry."
Yes, "entry" is one way to put it.
Yes, "entry" is one way to put it.
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If I were a senator's spouse/parent/child I would inform my senator spouse/child/parent that they can come home for the holidays with their shield or on it
It, uh, seems much more likely they fly a lot and don't want their holiday travel fucked up.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If I were a senator's spouse/parent/child I would inform my senator spouse/child/parent that they can come home for the holidays with their shield or on it
The person-hours lost, seconds at a time, because "United States Minor Outlying Islands" sorts before "United States of America"
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The person-hours lost, seconds at a time, because "United States Minor Outlying Islands" sorts before "United States of America"
put a gun to my head and force me to say something nice about the current federal executive:
did you see they got rid of pennies
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
put a gun to my head and force me to say something nice about the current federal executive:
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This seems an excessive overreaction for a Director General to resign over that. The BBC is held to *much* higher standards than every other media outlet, on accuracy and inaccuracy, yet inconsistently and arbitrarily in the detail
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This seems an excessive overreaction for a Director General to resign over that. The BBC is held to *much* higher standards than every other media outlet, on accuracy and inaccuracy, yet inconsistently and arbitrarily in the detail
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Reflecting on this, I think another sticking point on some eleven+ figure valuations is that a lot of people don’t know or can’t admit to themselves that they are satisfied with superficially plausible nonsense.
I am just waiting for the day the masses realize you can download smaller LLMs and run them on your own machine, you don’t have to be very technical at all, you pay only for the cost of electricity, and they work just as well if all you want is superficially plausible nonsense.
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reflecting on this, I think another sticking point on some eleven+ figure valuations is that a lot of people don’t know or can’t admit to themselves that they are satisfied with superficially plausible nonsense.
Between the current shutdown and the one in Trump's first term, the majority of the time the federal government has been shut down has been under him.
Government shutdowns in the United States - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Between the current shutdown and the one in Trump's first term, the majority of the time the federal government has been shut down has been under him.
"High profile migrant sex offender accidentally released from prison re-arrested after they wander to the Finsbury Park area" is a weirdly specific thing to have happen twice.
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"High profile migrant sex offender accidentally released from prison re-arrested after they wander to the Finsbury Park area" is a weirdly specific thing to have happen twice.
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saw a quote post which said "we ought to talk about wages, including the fact that many dependants might actually earn *less* than UK-born residents." and I mean *why* would we want to talk about that? they don't *have* to work. it's not a requirement! if they do, and many do, it's a bonus isn't it
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
saw a quote post which said "we ought to talk about wages, including the fact that many dependants might actually earn *less* than UK-born residents." and I mean *why* would we want to talk about that? they don't *have* to work. it's not a requirement! if they do, and many do, it's a bonus isn't it
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ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
On the one hand, they tore down a cultural artifact, probably exposed their workers to asbestos, and surely will be blacklisted from working with any non-Republican group in the future.
On the other hand, they got predictably stiffed.
On the other hand, they got predictably stiffed.
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
On the one hand, they tore down a cultural artifact, probably exposed their workers to asbestos, and surely will be blacklisted from working with any non-Republican group in the future.
On the other hand, they got predictably stiffed.
On the other hand, they got predictably stiffed.
Great article. This is why none of this ever made sense.
A single 800m long module of the Line will be the world’s largest occupied structure. This is what the three modules of the first phase would look like if they were dropped into London. The finished Line would stretch from the capital to Birmingham.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Great article. This is why none of this ever made sense.
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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Reminder to pro-business Americans: Canada has something like twice as many self-employed people and small businesses per capita as you because even self-employed Canadians can get unemployment insurance and healthcare. It's great for our local economies.
sort of funny how people don't get how utterly ruthless the campaign was focused on the everyday affordability angle, even from people aligned with Mamdani!
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reminder to pro-business Americans: Canada has something like twice as many self-employed people and small businesses per capita as you because even self-employed Canadians can get unemployment insurance and healthcare. It's great for our local economies.
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The headline about Spanberger's blowout victory in VA--along with the Dems romping in the House of Delegates--is that transphobia really doesn't work as an electoral secret weapon. And this fact needs to set in, despite the dearest wishes of the most ossified members of the commentariat.
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The headline about Spanberger's blowout victory in VA--along with the Dems romping in the House of Delegates--is that transphobia really doesn't work as an electoral secret weapon. And this fact needs to set in, despite the dearest wishes of the most ossified members of the commentariat.
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-the 100 miles is bad
-applying it to coasts is worse
-applying it to functionally an interior waterway is the worst
-applying it to coasts is worse
-applying it to functionally an interior waterway is the worst
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
-the 100 miles is bad
-applying it to coasts is worse
-applying it to functionally an interior waterway is the worst
-applying it to coasts is worse
-applying it to functionally an interior waterway is the worst
Filling out a government form and my answer depends on whether the Home Office knows about vacuous truth
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Filling out a government form and my answer depends on whether the Home Office knows about vacuous truth