Jed Davis ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐บ๐ธ๐ฑ
@xlerb.bsky.social
[he/him] [๐ San Francisco] [sad about computer, sad about politics, FIXME more topics go here]
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#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic โGateway to the Southโ (1
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic โGateway to the Southโ (1
There are absolute sickos (complimentary, mostly) in the Eurovision fandom who not only do full rankings for the songs in the main contest but also national finals, or historical contests before they started watching, etc. To me it just sounds like so much work, but it's a whole thing.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There are absolute sickos (complimentary, mostly) in the Eurovision fandom who not only do full rankings for the songs in the main contest but also national finals, or historical contests before they started watching, etc. To me it just sounds like so much work, but it's a whole thing.
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Texas has been aiming to have zero deaths on its roadways for as long as I remember.
I wondered if we'd ever gotten close.
Nope turns out it's 10 or so people a day like clockwork.
We haven't had a death free day since before George W Bush got elected president.
I wondered if we'd ever gotten close.
Nope turns out it's 10 or so people a day like clockwork.
We haven't had a death free day since before George W Bush got elected president.
It's a classically American thing to say, "But can we really afford to make cars safer?"
Again, many Americans have decided that 40,000 roadway deaths a year is fine and dandy.
Again, many Americans have decided that 40,000 roadway deaths a year is fine and dandy.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Texas has been aiming to have zero deaths on its roadways for as long as I remember.
I wondered if we'd ever gotten close.
Nope turns out it's 10 or so people a day like clockwork.
We haven't had a death free day since before George W Bush got elected president.
I wondered if we'd ever gotten close.
Nope turns out it's 10 or so people a day like clockwork.
We haven't had a death free day since before George W Bush got elected president.
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Still the greatest rule in any wargame in history.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Still the greatest rule in any wargame in history.
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At 10 over 75? Non-zero chance his 'trial' is a note read aloud next to a burn pit.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
At 10 over 75? Non-zero chance his 'trial' is a note read aloud next to a burn pit.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
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NEW: AI โrecipe slopโ is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Googleโs AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes โ collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI โrecipe slopโ is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Googleโs AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes โ collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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In this alternate universe, Japan attacks USA in Dec 1940 instead of 1941. The death of the Red trains and the H (Sacramento St), K (College Ave) and G (Westbrae) Key train does not happen in 1941 and serves out the war. AC Transit buys the train lines before their death in 1958
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
In this alternate universe, Japan attacks USA in Dec 1940 instead of 1941. The death of the Red trains and the H (Sacramento St), K (College Ave) and G (Westbrae) Key train does not happen in 1941 and serves out the war. AC Transit buys the train lines before their death in 1958
You, foolish: playing EU5, staring at maps, worrying about tax base
Me, enlightened: staring at a tax base map for IRL
(The difference between the Main Line and, say, Upper Darby will not be surprising.)
Me, enlightened: staring at a tax base map for IRL
(The difference between the Main Line and, say, Upper Darby will not be surprising.)
๐ We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the USโcheck it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
Tax Base Fragmentation | Discover Fiscal Insights โ Explore Now
Explore data on tax base fragmentation and fiscal capacity across municipalities with interactive maps and analysis tools.
www.taxbasefragmentation.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You, foolish: playing EU5, staring at maps, worrying about tax base
Me, enlightened: staring at a tax base map for IRL
(The difference between the Main Line and, say, Upper Darby will not be surprising.)
Me, enlightened: staring at a tax base map for IRL
(The difference between the Main Line and, say, Upper Darby will not be surprising.)
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Holy shit we're Phillip K. Dick'ing folks en masse
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Holy shit we're Phillip K. Dick'ing folks en masse
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If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
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Living in the US in 2025: The government that hates green tech says your e-bike battery might explode if it gets wet, but the company says, nuh uh, only if it gets REALLY wet. And now you, a person who needs their e-bike and also doesn't want their house to burn down, has to figure out what to do.
Not trying to stan Rad here, but should we be a little skeptical of a CPSC that was gutted this year by an administration that hates green tech?
www.13abc.com/2025/05/14/d...
www.13abc.com/2025/05/14/d...
DOGE dismantles Consumer Product Safety Commission
When a product turns out to be dangerous, or even deadly, itโs recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Itโs a watchdog group thatโs now being dismantled by DOGE.
www.13abc.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Living in the US in 2025: The government that hates green tech says your e-bike battery might explode if it gets wet, but the company says, nuh uh, only if it gets REALLY wet. And now you, a person who needs their e-bike and also doesn't want their house to burn down, has to figure out what to do.
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Our full story, including Rad's statement in response: www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/11/24/c...
CPSC issues safety warning for Rad Power batteries, beleaguered company refuses to issue a recall or offer refunds
Photo of an affected battery label, from the CPSC. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (โCPSCโ) has issued a โproduct safety warningโ urging anyone with a Rad Power โฆ
www.seattlebikeblog.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Our full story, including Rad's statement in response: www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/11/24/c...
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one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
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San Francisco has over 1,100 EV charging ports, but zero electric wheelchair charging stations, a 2024 report found.
Advocates are frustrated by the contrast, and say the cityโs slow progress has left many wheelchair users behind.
by @junyaoyang.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-w...
Advocates are frustrated by the contrast, and say the cityโs slow progress has left many wheelchair users behind.
by @junyaoyang.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-w...
S.F. has zero electric-wheelchair charging stations. Users are frustrated.
Electric wheelchair users are used to keeping a mental map of where to charge their chairs. The city hasn't done enough to help, they say.
missionlocal.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
San Francisco has over 1,100 EV charging ports, but zero electric wheelchair charging stations, a 2024 report found.
Advocates are frustrated by the contrast, and say the cityโs slow progress has left many wheelchair users behind.
by @junyaoyang.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-w...
Advocates are frustrated by the contrast, and say the cityโs slow progress has left many wheelchair users behind.
by @junyaoyang.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-w...
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FFS ๐ก
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
FFS ๐ก
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
Seems to be only some battery models? But: โGiven its financial situation, Rad Power Bikes has indicated to CPSC that it is unable to offer replacement batteries or refunds to all consumers.โ
Thatโฆ does not sound good.
Thatโฆ does not sound good.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Seems to be only some battery models? But: โGiven its financial situation, Rad Power Bikes has indicated to CPSC that it is unable to offer replacement batteries or refunds to all consumers.โ
Thatโฆ does not sound good.
Thatโฆ does not sound good.
usb 5-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 5-1: Device not responding to setup address.
usb 5-1: device not accepting address 115, error -71
usb 5-1: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
This is fine.
usb 5-1: Device not responding to setup address.
usb 5-1: device not accepting address 115, error -71
usb 5-1: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
This is fine.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
usb 5-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 5-1: Device not responding to setup address.
usb 5-1: device not accepting address 115, error -71
usb 5-1: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
This is fine.
usb 5-1: Device not responding to setup address.
usb 5-1: device not accepting address 115, error -71
usb 5-1: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
This is fine.
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wolves have no coffee in the wild
July 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wolves have no coffee in the wild
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๐บ๐ฆ Suspilne has released the 15-act longlist for Vidbir 2026.
The list includes former Eurovision representatives Jerry Heil (2024) and Monokate, the solo project of Go_A soloist Kateryna Pavlenko (2021), as well as former Vidbir runners-up MOLODI (2025) and KHAYAT (2020).
The list includes former Eurovision representatives Jerry Heil (2024) and Monokate, the solo project of Go_A soloist Kateryna Pavlenko (2021), as well as former Vidbir runners-up MOLODI (2025) and KHAYAT (2020).
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
๐บ๐ฆ Suspilne has released the 15-act longlist for Vidbir 2026.
The list includes former Eurovision representatives Jerry Heil (2024) and Monokate, the solo project of Go_A soloist Kateryna Pavlenko (2021), as well as former Vidbir runners-up MOLODI (2025) and KHAYAT (2020).
The list includes former Eurovision representatives Jerry Heil (2024) and Monokate, the solo project of Go_A soloist Kateryna Pavlenko (2021), as well as former Vidbir runners-up MOLODI (2025) and KHAYAT (2020).
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This was such a fun photo to set up, taken by Thomas Reiter through a sleep station window on Mir. The sun was so bright we were all squinting like crazy. But I love how it shows the texture of the Shuttle's rough, protective hide, and the glimpse of humanity (and my moustache) against the universe.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This was such a fun photo to set up, taken by Thomas Reiter through a sleep station window on Mir. The sun was so bright we were all squinting like crazy. But I love how it shows the texture of the Shuttle's rough, protective hide, and the glimpse of humanity (and my moustache) against the universe.
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Oh DOGE is gone? We should forget it ever existed? Let bygones be bygones?
Guess what motherfuckers. We're never going to forget. Did you work there? Did you do crimes? We'll find out, and we'll put you in prison. Do you think you covered your tracks? A hundred thousand technerds say otherwise.
Guess what motherfuckers. We're never going to forget. Did you work there? Did you do crimes? We'll find out, and we'll put you in prison. Do you think you covered your tracks? A hundred thousand technerds say otherwise.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Oh DOGE is gone? We should forget it ever existed? Let bygones be bygones?
Guess what motherfuckers. We're never going to forget. Did you work there? Did you do crimes? We'll find out, and we'll put you in prison. Do you think you covered your tracks? A hundred thousand technerds say otherwise.
Guess what motherfuckers. We're never going to forget. Did you work there? Did you do crimes? We'll find out, and we'll put you in prison. Do you think you covered your tracks? A hundred thousand technerds say otherwise.