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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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i really don't know how to feel about
a headline reassuring everyone
"time is not broken"
appearing at the end of 2025.
a headline reassuring everyone
"time is not broken"
appearing at the end of 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
i really don't know how to feel about
a headline reassuring everyone
"time is not broken"
appearing at the end of 2025.
a headline reassuring everyone
"time is not broken"
appearing at the end of 2025.
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Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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What a waste of energy. This will be the third vote. The park is more popular than ever. Voters aren't going to convert the third most popular park in the city to a road.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
S.F. voters closer to weighing in — again — on fate of Great Highway
Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong said he’d back a ballot measure to reopen the city’s westernmost coastal boulevard to cars, closing Sunset Dunes park.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What a waste of energy. This will be the third vote. The park is more popular than ever. Voters aren't going to convert the third most popular park in the city to a road.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
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There was literally a citywide ballot measure about this 13 months ago?
Wtf are we doing? I'm sorry to everyone whose side lost. Losing sucks! I lose fights all the time. But you were clearly the losers and you need to move on.
Wtf are we doing? I'm sorry to everyone whose side lost. Losing sucks! I lose fights all the time. But you were clearly the losers and you need to move on.
It is actually insane that this is probably going to go up for another vote. Perfect example of why it's so hard to get anything done in San Francisco. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
S.F. voters closer to weighing in — again — on fate of Great Highway
Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong said he’d back a ballot measure to reopen the city’s westernmost coastal boulevard to cars, closing Sunset Dunes park.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There was literally a citywide ballot measure about this 13 months ago?
Wtf are we doing? I'm sorry to everyone whose side lost. Losing sucks! I lose fights all the time. But you were clearly the losers and you need to move on.
Wtf are we doing? I'm sorry to everyone whose side lost. Losing sucks! I lose fights all the time. But you were clearly the losers and you need to move on.
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This is a great article, end to end, and i'm glad to see public power actually mentioned.
"As it stands, energy consumers and investors appear to be competing in a zero-sum game. It’s worth wondering, then, what the system might look like without the profit motive." @nickbowlin.bsky.social
"As it stands, energy consumers and investors appear to be competing in a zero-sum game. It’s worth wondering, then, what the system might look like without the profit motive." @nickbowlin.bsky.social
Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
harpers.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is a great article, end to end, and i'm glad to see public power actually mentioned.
"As it stands, energy consumers and investors appear to be competing in a zero-sum game. It’s worth wondering, then, what the system might look like without the profit motive." @nickbowlin.bsky.social
"As it stands, energy consumers and investors appear to be competing in a zero-sum game. It’s worth wondering, then, what the system might look like without the profit motive." @nickbowlin.bsky.social
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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This is a speech by someone who knows he’s losing.
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is a speech by someone who knows he’s losing.
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Lord, I see what you've done for others. It’s real sick shit, frankly. You belong in jail.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Lord, I see what you've done for others. It’s real sick shit, frankly. You belong in jail.
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incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
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This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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Something I’ve come to understand is workers’ job market confidence isn’t necessarily about whether they have a good job, but their sense of their risk of being laid off and whether they could find a new job which is reflected more in hiring and quits rate.
Can’t remmeber the last time I saw an upbeat labor market headline www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Spooked by AI and Layoffs, White-Collar Workers See Their Security Slip Away
Tuesday’s jobs report was the latest ominous sign in an era of big corporate layoff announcements and CEOs warning that AI will replace workers.
www.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Something I’ve come to understand is workers’ job market confidence isn’t necessarily about whether they have a good job, but their sense of their risk of being laid off and whether they could find a new job which is reflected more in hiring and quits rate.
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Public Domain Day 2026: works from 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 open to everyone on January 1, including Betty Boop, Blondie and Dagwood, Animal Crackers, and so much more https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/...
Public Domain Day 2026
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US
web.law.duke.edu
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Public Domain Day 2026: works from 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 open to everyone on January 1, including Betty Boop, Blondie and Dagwood, Animal Crackers, and so much more https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/...
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Every new consumer technology since the invention of Facebook has been a trap for boomers and a warning to all subsequent generations -- it is sad but not surprising to see chatbots fit the pattern
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every new consumer technology since the invention of Facebook has been a trap for boomers and a warning to all subsequent generations -- it is sad but not surprising to see chatbots fit the pattern
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The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
December 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
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properly funding public schools and ensuring all kids have access to a counselor, a safe place to sleep at night and enough food to eat would do way more to "protect kids" than anything you could do related to Internet policy
but for some reason the "think of the children" crowd never wanna do that
but for some reason the "think of the children" crowd never wanna do that
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
properly funding public schools and ensuring all kids have access to a counselor, a safe place to sleep at night and enough food to eat would do way more to "protect kids" than anything you could do related to Internet policy
but for some reason the "think of the children" crowd never wanna do that
but for some reason the "think of the children" crowd never wanna do that
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NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
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This tracks with my experience. DHS made up stories like this in Chicago, too. Every story ICE told about being attacked by community members was debunked in court. To assume anything they say is even potentially credible is irresponsible and out of touch with reality.
Re: the ICE actions in south Minneapolis Monday. DHS said "rioters" attacked officers with rocks and pepper spray. Note: I received lots of evidence and didn't see any rocks, the only pepper spray I saw was ICE agents sometimes spraying each other. I did see snow and possibly ice being thrown. (1)
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This tracks with my experience. DHS made up stories like this in Chicago, too. Every story ICE told about being attacked by community members was debunked in court. To assume anything they say is even potentially credible is irresponsible and out of touch with reality.
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Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
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When mad drivers tell you that you, a cyclist, don't belong on roads because you don't pay registration and the gas tax, show them the Road Damage Calculator. Compare, for example, the damage made by a small SUV and a longtail cargo e-bike. Very different orders of magnitude roaddamagecalculator.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When mad drivers tell you that you, a cyclist, don't belong on roads because you don't pay registration and the gas tax, show them the Road Damage Calculator. Compare, for example, the damage made by a small SUV and a longtail cargo e-bike. Very different orders of magnitude roaddamagecalculator.com
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.