Peter Merholz
@peterme.com
Boxing Day In-N-Out madness in Kettleman City.
December 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Boxing Day In-N-Out madness in Kettleman City.
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CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT
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this just reminded me how playlist stories are my favorite things
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
this just reminded me how playlist stories are my favorite things
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🚨NEW WORDS🚨
The NBA released its new "gravity" metric and...
Surprise, surprise, Steph Curry leads the league in it.
On Curry's gravity in full display against the Mavericks (link to article in reply).
The NBA released its new "gravity" metric and...
Surprise, surprise, Steph Curry leads the league in it.
On Curry's gravity in full display against the Mavericks (link to article in reply).
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
🚨NEW WORDS🚨
The NBA released its new "gravity" metric and...
Surprise, surprise, Steph Curry leads the league in it.
On Curry's gravity in full display against the Mavericks (link to article in reply).
The NBA released its new "gravity" metric and...
Surprise, surprise, Steph Curry leads the league in it.
On Curry's gravity in full display against the Mavericks (link to article in reply).
"You will be visited by three spirits"
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits"
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Lulu and the mistletoe on Christmas Eve. Louise in Pandora’s Box (1929):
December 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Lulu and the mistletoe on Christmas Eve. Louise in Pandora’s Box (1929):
Search your first name and then “glamour shot” And post a photo.
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Search your first name and then “glamour shot” And post a photo.
It’s clear that for all the hewing and crying against algorithms, many (most?) don’t want to do even the minimal work to tune their feed, and when it doesn’t show them what they like, they just bail.
For all their faults, the Meta platforms seem to give most people what they want most of the time.
For all their faults, the Meta platforms seem to give most people what they want most of the time.
Just a general reminder that your experience on any social media app depends a lot on what *you* make of it. It is easy to find some annoying people on any platform. But platforms like Bluesky also give *you* way more power to control your own experience and to fix whatever annoys you.
December 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It’s clear that for all the hewing and crying against algorithms, many (most?) don’t want to do even the minimal work to tune their feed, and when it doesn’t show them what they like, they just bail.
For all their faults, the Meta platforms seem to give most people what they want most of the time.
For all their faults, the Meta platforms seem to give most people what they want most of the time.
still no whamageddon, and I’ve been out in public and stuff
December 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
still no whamageddon, and I’ve been out in public and stuff
Private equity needs to be regulated
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Private equity needs to be regulated
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Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.
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Does this ark happen to have telephone sanitisers, account executives, hairdressers, tired TV producers, insurance salesmen, public relations executives, and management consultants?
The eagerly awaited follow-up to @aptshadow.bsky.social's bestselling Children of Time series, Children of Strife follows our MC as she tries to determine what has happened to her crewmates who left the ship to explore an interstellar ark.
Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
💙📚🪐
Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
💙📚🪐
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Does this ark happen to have telephone sanitisers, account executives, hairdressers, tired TV producers, insurance salesmen, public relations executives, and management consultants?
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Merry Christmas from Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Merry Christmas from Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet
Does this ark happen to have telephone sanitisers, account executives, hairdressers, tired TV producers, insurance salesmen, public relations executives, and management consultants?
The eagerly awaited follow-up to @aptshadow.bsky.social's bestselling Children of Time series, Children of Strife follows our MC as she tries to determine what has happened to her crewmates who left the ship to explore an interstellar ark.
Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
💙📚🪐
Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
💙📚🪐
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Does this ark happen to have telephone sanitisers, account executives, hairdressers, tired TV producers, insurance salesmen, public relations executives, and management consultants?
#NBA
OKC is 2-3 in their last 5 games.
All those pundits who thought they'd match (or even blow past) the Warriors' 73-9 season, didn't acknowledge just how difficult it is.
OKC is 2-3 in their last 5 games.
All those pundits who thought they'd match (or even blow past) the Warriors' 73-9 season, didn't acknowledge just how difficult it is.
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
#NBA
OKC is 2-3 in their last 5 games.
All those pundits who thought they'd match (or even blow past) the Warriors' 73-9 season, didn't acknowledge just how difficult it is.
OKC is 2-3 in their last 5 games.
All those pundits who thought they'd match (or even blow past) the Warriors' 73-9 season, didn't acknowledge just how difficult it is.
PayPal is, well, evil.
(They acquired Honey, and continue to run it as a data harvesting scam service.)
youtu.be/wwB3FmbcC88?...
(They acquired Honey, and continue to run it as a data harvesting scam service.)
youtu.be/wwB3FmbcC88?...
Exposing Honey's Evil Business Model
YouTube video by MegaLag
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
PayPal is, well, evil.
(They acquired Honey, and continue to run it as a data harvesting scam service.)
youtu.be/wwB3FmbcC88?...
(They acquired Honey, and continue to run it as a data harvesting scam service.)
youtu.be/wwB3FmbcC88?...
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Just in time for NBA Christmas, I'm soft-launching heatcheck.site. Heatcheck tells you if an NBA game was good without spoiling the result.
To do so, I've built the Heat Index, a system that accounts for final score margin, lead changes, and back-and-forth drama.
Would love your feedback!
To do so, I've built the Heat Index, a system that accounts for final score margin, lead changes, and back-and-forth drama.
Would love your feedback!
Heatcheck — Find the Best NBA Games
Know which NBA games are worth your time — without spoilers.
heatcheck.site
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just in time for NBA Christmas, I'm soft-launching heatcheck.site. Heatcheck tells you if an NBA game was good without spoiling the result.
To do so, I've built the Heat Index, a system that accounts for final score margin, lead changes, and back-and-forth drama.
Would love your feedback!
To do so, I've built the Heat Index, a system that accounts for final score margin, lead changes, and back-and-forth drama.
Would love your feedback!
For me, in WAKE UP DEAD MAN, this scene is the *heart* of the movie.
I still think about it two weeks later.
It has no role in the plot nor mystery.
Rian simply reminds us all to have grace, and find time, to be there for one another.
I still think about it two weeks later.
It has no role in the plot nor mystery.
Rian simply reminds us all to have grace, and find time, to be there for one another.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For me, in WAKE UP DEAD MAN, this scene is the *heart* of the movie.
I still think about it two weeks later.
It has no role in the plot nor mystery.
Rian simply reminds us all to have grace, and find time, to be there for one another.
I still think about it two weeks later.
It has no role in the plot nor mystery.
Rian simply reminds us all to have grace, and find time, to be there for one another.
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I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.
December 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.
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WINTER SOLSTICE
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
WINTER SOLSTICE
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
🧵 1 of 9
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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LOW EXPECTATIONS ARE GOOD PROTECTION
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
LOW EXPECTATIONS ARE GOOD PROTECTION
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Tell me you don't see it
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Tell me you don't see it