Dave The Magnificent
@davethemagnificent.bsky.social
Retired. Loves cats, White Castle, and good bourbon. Hates vague "it's time to..." posts with no suggested solutions.
Porn, clothed or not, gets blocked.
News sites that hide stuff they post behind paywalls get unfollowed.
Porn, clothed or not, gets blocked.
News sites that hide stuff they post behind paywalls get unfollowed.
Excuse me if this sits behind a pay wall, but I just had to comment that thin isn't always better. It costs more and actually offers less in terms of battery life and camera functionality. I like the heft of my $120 Consumer Cellular Android phone that, uh, works.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/t...
Apple Introduces New, Slimmer iPhone
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Excuse me if this sits behind a pay wall, but I just had to comment that thin isn't always better. It costs more and actually offers less in terms of battery life and camera functionality. I like the heft of my $120 Consumer Cellular Android phone that, uh, works.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/t...
How to not sound like a poorly educated red hatter, part 1:
flaunt: to brazenly show something off because you DGAF.
flout: to buck convention or go against something.
flauta: a delicious tightly rolled and deep-fried tortilla with a chicken or chorizo filling.
You can flaunt flautas at the movies, flouting the rules about bringing in your own food.
flout: to buck convention or go against something.
flauta: a delicious tightly rolled and deep-fried tortilla with a chicken or chorizo filling.
You can flaunt flautas at the movies, flouting the rules about bringing in your own food.
August 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
How to not sound like a poorly educated red hatter, part 1:
Just a thought - prople tend to move around over the course of a decade - a lot. People are born, people die, and this is why you do reappointment right after a census. Otherwise, how do you ensure approximately equal population from one district to the next? You can't.
August 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just a thought - prople tend to move around over the course of a decade - a lot. People are born, people die, and this is why you do reappointment right after a census. Otherwise, how do you ensure approximately equal population from one district to the next? You can't.
There are way too many bears here. Why do they assume we all want to see their bloat? Blocking them seems to do no good. Sigh.
August 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There are way too many bears here. Why do they assume we all want to see their bloat? Blocking them seems to do no good. Sigh.
A new development in male exhibitionism on BlueSky. Very fat and topless. Save your lecture about body shaming. I don't want to see it, and the mote of these people i block, the more of it i see. And they don't like criticism. I can't even reply and tell them how disgusting they look. What say you?
August 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A new development in male exhibitionism on BlueSky. Very fat and topless. Save your lecture about body shaming. I don't want to see it, and the mote of these people i block, the more of it i see. And they don't like criticism. I can't even reply and tell them how disgusting they look. What say you?
Reposted by Dave The Magnificent
I'm waiting for the recommendation that we pre-clean hotel rooms and rental cars prior to checkout.
The AI 'algorithmic audit' could be coming to hotel room checkout
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/03/a...
The AI 'algorithmic audit' could be coming to hotel room checkout
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/03/a...
The AI 'algorithmic audit' could be coming to hotel room checkout
AI is already influencing bills at the car rental counter. Your hotel room charges and dinner check could be next.
www.cnbc.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm waiting for the recommendation that we pre-clean hotel rooms and rental cars prior to checkout.
The AI 'algorithmic audit' could be coming to hotel room checkout
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/03/a...
The AI 'algorithmic audit' could be coming to hotel room checkout
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/03/a...
In my experience, if you signed on with a particular card, let's call out Delta here, you probably got ripped off. Here I am at the airport, pass in hand, and the lounge is closed to people with credit card passes. 🤬
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
Opinion | When Everybody Has Airport Lounge Access, Nobody Does
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In my experience, if you signed on with a particular card, let's call out Delta here, you probably got ripped off. Here I am at the airport, pass in hand, and the lounge is closed to people with credit card passes. 🤬
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
This is not only unnecessary but stupid and disrespectful. I tell you all this - my wife is a naturalized citizen. If she goes, or even experiences 1/100th of tiis kiind of BS, I'm going back to her home country with her. Fuck this shit.
www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
Swiss woman is denied entry at the US border and detained
«You have no right to be here.» A teacher wanted to celebrate her birthday in New York. Instead, she was jailed in New Jersey before being deported. A lawyer warns that something similar could happen ...
www.nzz.ch
August 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is not only unnecessary but stupid and disrespectful. I tell you all this - my wife is a naturalized citizen. If she goes, or even experiences 1/100th of tiis kiind of BS, I'm going back to her home country with her. Fuck this shit.
www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
Reposting this because it's so gross.
Don't offend the dear leader with job creation numbers!
August 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reposting this because it's so gross.
Donald Trump is a communist.
Under Trump, U.S. becoming active investor at scale not seen outside major crises
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/26/u...
Under Trump, U.S. becoming active investor at scale not seen outside major crises
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/26/u...
Under Trump, Uncle Sam is becoming an active investor at a scale not seen outside war or major crises
The Trump administration has shown that it's willing to buy up stakes in publicly traded companies, a level of intervention that some say is unprecedented.
www.cnbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Donald Trump is a communist.
Under Trump, U.S. becoming active investor at scale not seen outside major crises
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/26/u...
Under Trump, U.S. becoming active investor at scale not seen outside major crises
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/26/u...
I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you all re. Bill Maher. He's right more often than he is wrong and usually worth listening to, even if you disagree.
July 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you all re. Bill Maher. He's right more often than he is wrong and usually worth listening to, even if you disagree.
Orange and calico cats, explained.
www.snexplores.org/article/cats...
www.snexplores.org/article/cats...
Orange cats get their ginger color from a single gene ‘cutout’
The variant gene is found on the X chromosome. This sex-linked trait for orange fur is found only in domesticated cats.
www.snexplores.org
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Orange and calico cats, explained.
www.snexplores.org/article/cats...
www.snexplores.org/article/cats...
Ya think so, Captain Obvious?
The problem is, most of us cannot afford to subscribe to dozens of out-of-town newspapers to get to the news on offer from Google, Yahoo, or even BlueSky. It's the same as with streaming services, only worse.
www.deseret.com/business/202...
The problem is, most of us cannot afford to subscribe to dozens of out-of-town newspapers to get to the news on offer from Google, Yahoo, or even BlueSky. It's the same as with streaming services, only worse.
www.deseret.com/business/202...
The “vast majority” of Americans are not willing to pay for the news, according to Pew Research
Among many disruptions facing the news business, the most immediate may be that only 1% of people will pay when encountering a paywall.
www.deseret.com
July 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ya think so, Captain Obvious?
The problem is, most of us cannot afford to subscribe to dozens of out-of-town newspapers to get to the news on offer from Google, Yahoo, or even BlueSky. It's the same as with streaming services, only worse.
www.deseret.com/business/202...
The problem is, most of us cannot afford to subscribe to dozens of out-of-town newspapers to get to the news on offer from Google, Yahoo, or even BlueSky. It's the same as with streaming services, only worse.
www.deseret.com/business/202...
This hurts me, and i had no idea what a "dirt bowl" was until i eead this. Why do people need to be such assholes? I hope LMPD catches these guys and makes them famous.
www.wave3.com/2025/07/09/i...
www.wave3.com/2025/07/09/i...
‘It truthfully hurts’: Newly painted Dirt Bowl court damaged days before games
Louisville’s Dirt Bowl, a beloved tradition in the metro, has been a community staple for decades. But, organizers are reeling after their newly painted court was vandalized Wednesday.
www.wave3.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This hurts me, and i had no idea what a "dirt bowl" was until i eead this. Why do people need to be such assholes? I hope LMPD catches these guys and makes them famous.
www.wave3.com/2025/07/09/i...
www.wave3.com/2025/07/09/i...
So we're staying home for the Fourth. Aaaaand the internet is out. First, it was supposed to be fixed at 8 pm, then 11, and now 1 tomorrow morning. And I am guessing so many people got pushed to their 5G phones that it's been throttled down to 4G. So much fun.
July 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
So we're staying home for the Fourth. Aaaaand the internet is out. First, it was supposed to be fixed at 8 pm, then 11, and now 1 tomorrow morning. And I am guessing so many people got pushed to their 5G phones that it's been throttled down to 4G. So much fun.
So if I wanted to shift some assets from my traditional IRA to my Roth IRA, not only am I limited by the Medicare Part B rate bump (around $206K MAGI), but also the new 65+ tax deduction threshold, which is even lower. I guess I leave it alone and brace myself for the RMD consequences.
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So if I wanted to shift some assets from my traditional IRA to my Roth IRA, not only am I limited by the Medicare Part B rate bump (around $206K MAGI), but also the new 65+ tax deduction threshold, which is even lower. I guess I leave it alone and brace myself for the RMD consequences.
That was quick.
Just got an email from Social Security about the BBB and how nearly 90% of recipients will "no longer" pay taxes on their benefits. I am pretty sure the math doesn't jibe.
If you're on SS, you probably got this email, too.
Just got an email from Social Security about the BBB and how nearly 90% of recipients will "no longer" pay taxes on their benefits. I am pretty sure the math doesn't jibe.
If you're on SS, you probably got this email, too.
July 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
That was quick.
Just got an email from Social Security about the BBB and how nearly 90% of recipients will "no longer" pay taxes on their benefits. I am pretty sure the math doesn't jibe.
If you're on SS, you probably got this email, too.
Just got an email from Social Security about the BBB and how nearly 90% of recipients will "no longer" pay taxes on their benefits. I am pretty sure the math doesn't jibe.
If you're on SS, you probably got this email, too.
Spotted on Bardstown Road southbound, along with a black van. Be on the lookout.
June 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Spotted on Bardstown Road southbound, along with a black van. Be on the lookout.
Next thing, they'll lift the tobacco advertising ban.
June 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Next thing, they'll lift the tobacco advertising ban.
If this gets paywalled for you, I apologize in advance.
It's been awhile since I have been in a movie theater; how much is a ticket now, thirty bucks? And that isn't counting popcorn and soda. You could get Disney+ for a year for the cost of this family outing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/b...
It's been awhile since I have been in a movie theater; how much is a ticket now, thirty bucks? And that isn't counting popcorn and soda. You could get Disney+ for a year for the cost of this family outing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/b...
With ‘Elio,’ Pixar Has Its Worst Box Office Opening Ever
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
If this gets paywalled for you, I apologize in advance.
It's been awhile since I have been in a movie theater; how much is a ticket now, thirty bucks? And that isn't counting popcorn and soda. You could get Disney+ for a year for the cost of this family outing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/b...
It's been awhile since I have been in a movie theater; how much is a ticket now, thirty bucks? And that isn't counting popcorn and soda. You could get Disney+ for a year for the cost of this family outing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/b...
I just had a thought. The reason it was so easy to get rid of the ICE "agents" at Dodger Stadium was that if any of them get arrested, they would have to take off those stupid masks and show themselves. Fucking cowards.
June 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I just had a thought. The reason it was so easy to get rid of the ICE "agents" at Dodger Stadium was that if any of them get arrested, they would have to take off those stupid masks and show themselves. Fucking cowards.