Nick Funk
@nickfunk.com
Senior Engineer @vox.com.
Building community tools for coralproject.net.
Previously, redgiant.com.
Canadian 🇨🇦
Building community tools for coralproject.net.
Previously, redgiant.com.
Canadian 🇨🇦
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Hey Europe if we don't act with our purchases against our best enemies and existential threats , don't come back and cry. We have enough pb trying to figure out Tech alternatives, but for cars, come on.
I’m wondering about the logic of this — Tesla sales are “Down Dramatically in UK, Norway, Netherlands & Switzerland.” But they’re up in Italy, Spain, Sweden & Finland.
Anyone have plausible explanations, given Musk’s actions?
Via @cleantechnica.bsky.social
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/11/t...
Anyone have plausible explanations, given Musk’s actions?
Via @cleantechnica.bsky.social
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/11/t...
Tesla Down Dramatically in UK, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Meanwhile, its sales rose significantly in Spain, Italy, Sweden, and Finland. I hadn’t s...
cleantechnica.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Hey Europe if we don't act with our purchases against our best enemies and existential threats , don't come back and cry. We have enough pb trying to figure out Tech alternatives, but for cars, come on.
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This is just like UBI. Every study shows it works and is more cost effective but societies‘ hatred of poor people means we‘d rather pay more to make them suffer.
Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This is just like UBI. Every study shows it works and is more cost effective but societies‘ hatred of poor people means we‘d rather pay more to make them suffer.
I’m really tired of hearing affluent people using the excuse, “I don’t waste time on things I can’t control”
Then they go pay for AI subscriptions, buy Starbucks on the regular, and decline to participate in local politics.
If not you, then who? This is just cowardice and laziness.
Then they go pay for AI subscriptions, buy Starbucks on the regular, and decline to participate in local politics.
If not you, then who? This is just cowardice and laziness.
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I’m really tired of hearing affluent people using the excuse, “I don’t waste time on things I can’t control”
Then they go pay for AI subscriptions, buy Starbucks on the regular, and decline to participate in local politics.
If not you, then who? This is just cowardice and laziness.
Then they go pay for AI subscriptions, buy Starbucks on the regular, and decline to participate in local politics.
If not you, then who? This is just cowardice and laziness.
I’m sure this will be entirely fine and will be completely unbiased and result in lots of legally and morally correct actions by the people using it…
Just kidding! They’ll likely horribly misuse it to target innocent people and escalate the damage they’re already doing to communities across the US.
Just kidding! They’ll likely horribly misuse it to target innocent people and escalate the damage they’re already doing to communities across the US.
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I’m sure this will be entirely fine and will be completely unbiased and result in lots of legally and morally correct actions by the people using it…
Just kidding! They’ll likely horribly misuse it to target innocent people and escalate the damage they’re already doing to communities across the US.
Just kidding! They’ll likely horribly misuse it to target innocent people and escalate the damage they’re already doing to communities across the US.
In an era where people are being monitored closely and fired, deported, or detained for their private views… there seems to be a bipartisan push to remove anonymity online…
Something, something “but what about the children?!” Simpson’s quote.
Gift link 🎁
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Something, something “but what about the children?!” Simpson’s quote.
Gift link 🎁
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
www.theverge.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
In an era where people are being monitored closely and fired, deported, or detained for their private views… there seems to be a bipartisan push to remove anonymity online…
Something, something “but what about the children?!” Simpson’s quote.
Gift link 🎁
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Something, something “but what about the children?!” Simpson’s quote.
Gift link 🎁
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
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Team Canada Values.
This is apparently on the wall at Team Canada’s workout room.
Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)
Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Team Canada Values.
If you have access to AI, you are probably richer than most of humanity.
Actual poor people are not sitting on their phone prompting ChatGPT… they’re working in sweat shops for fast fashion.
People always be looking for justifications for their bad behaviour.
Actual poor people are not sitting on their phone prompting ChatGPT… they’re working in sweat shops for fast fashion.
People always be looking for justifications for their bad behaviour.
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
If you have access to AI, you are probably richer than most of humanity.
Actual poor people are not sitting on their phone prompting ChatGPT… they’re working in sweat shops for fast fashion.
People always be looking for justifications for their bad behaviour.
Actual poor people are not sitting on their phone prompting ChatGPT… they’re working in sweat shops for fast fashion.
People always be looking for justifications for their bad behaviour.
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Islamic Republic security forces in Iran run over protestors.
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Islamic Republic security forces in Iran run over protestors.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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The overwhelming majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, while Trump has increased his net worth by $4 billion since taking office—according to a new report from The New Yorker.
February 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The overwhelming majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, while Trump has increased his net worth by $4 billion since taking office—according to a new report from The New Yorker.
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JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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California seems to be building a massive amount of renewable energy and storage while not building a massive volume of new data centres.
That seems to be having the effect of actual drops in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as batteries cut deep into gas
That seems to be having the effect of actual drops in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as batteries cut deep into gas
Solar and Batteries Are Squeezing Out Natural Gas in California
The state's power emissions fell 8% last year, even as they rose almost everywhere else.
www.distilled.earth
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
California seems to be building a massive amount of renewable energy and storage while not building a massive volume of new data centres.
That seems to be having the effect of actual drops in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as batteries cut deep into gas
That seems to be having the effect of actual drops in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as batteries cut deep into gas
Cool, we have an inside source near the top of the corruption saying this was all Trump and Miller’s idea.
When you’re done with Noem and she’s in jail for her crimes, can we move onto putting the felon in chief and his human thumb “Minion Miller” there too?
When you’re done with Noem and she’s in jail for her crimes, can we move onto putting the felon in chief and his human thumb “Minion Miller” there too?
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Cool, we have an inside source near the top of the corruption saying this was all Trump and Miller’s idea.
When you’re done with Noem and she’s in jail for her crimes, can we move onto putting the felon in chief and his human thumb “Minion Miller” there too?
When you’re done with Noem and she’s in jail for her crimes, can we move onto putting the felon in chief and his human thumb “Minion Miller” there too?
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New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.
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Minneapolis, when the whistles blew.
January 27, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Minneapolis, when the whistles blew.
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ICE appear to have murdered another person in Minneapolis; after half a dozen regime thugs jumped and beat a man who tried to defend himself they shot him, an agent can be seen shooting him after his body laid motionless on the sidewalk. #3E #GoodvsEvil
January 24, 2026 at 4:11 PM
ICE appear to have murdered another person in Minneapolis; after half a dozen regime thugs jumped and beat a man who tried to defend himself they shot him, an agent can be seen shooting him after his body laid motionless on the sidewalk. #3E #GoodvsEvil
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Swalwell: "My Republican colleagues are a joke. History will harshly judge them ... these guys are so lucky they're not under oath, because they would have to tell you what they really think of Trump. They call him crooked, they call him cruel, they call him a scumbag ... you're tiny, small."
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Swalwell: "My Republican colleagues are a joke. History will harshly judge them ... these guys are so lucky they're not under oath, because they would have to tell you what they really think of Trump. They call him crooked, they call him cruel, they call him a scumbag ... you're tiny, small."
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Mark Carney gave a very good speech yesterday -- so naturally, Trump is now threatening Canada.
"Canada lives because of the United States," Trump warned.
"Remember that, Mark."
Carney's speech showed backbone. Could it signal a shift in Canada's approach to the United States?
Let's discuss:
"Remember that, Mark."
Carney's speech showed backbone. Could it signal a shift in Canada's approach to the United States?
Let's discuss:
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Mark Carney gave a very good speech yesterday -- so naturally, Trump is now threatening Canada.
"Canada lives because of the United States," Trump warned.
"Remember that, Mark."
Carney's speech showed backbone. Could it signal a shift in Canada's approach to the United States?
Let's discuss:
"Remember that, Mark."
Carney's speech showed backbone. Could it signal a shift in Canada's approach to the United States?
Let's discuss:
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the "americans will be pariahs when they travel!!" discourse is so funny. 1) we deserve it, 2) people in other countries (excluding, say, large parts of Iraq) are in reality pretty chill about americans, great satan or no
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
the "americans will be pariahs when they travel!!" discourse is so funny. 1) we deserve it, 2) people in other countries (excluding, say, large parts of Iraq) are in reality pretty chill about americans, great satan or no