This is absolutely true, but I have a counterargument: high-speed turning is really fucking fun.
After 12 years of daily commuting, I agree completely with Michael Hobbes. Avoid a "road bike."
Their tires are too narrow for anything but perfect pavement and they're frames are designed for high speed turning -- too short to be safe or comfortable. You want to sit comfortably upright.
Their tires are too narrow for anything but perfect pavement and they're frames are designed for high speed turning -- too short to be safe or comfortable. You want to sit comfortably upright.
My advice is to ignore anyone telling you to get a road bike or anything that requires clip-on shoes or special equipment. Get something that doesn’t strain your back or shoulders and with fenders and a rack so you can get groceries. Prioritize comfort over speed.
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is absolutely true, but I have a counterargument: high-speed turning is really fucking fun.
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if humanity stopped caring about who the biological father is and performed child care completely cutting out gendered pride and self-worth, the world would be immensely better for it
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
if humanity stopped caring about who the biological father is and performed child care completely cutting out gendered pride and self-worth, the world would be immensely better for it
This "we need a village" type of shit is super common among polyamorous influencers on Instagram and it is, indeed, very cultish and predatory.
There's a version of that critique that easily falls into reactionary, "We used to have an entire village take care of children", bullshit. This is not the way.
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This "we need a village" type of shit is super common among polyamorous influencers on Instagram and it is, indeed, very cultish and predatory.
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Une jeune femme trans a besoin d'un hébergement en urgence en région parisienne cette semaine (une solution a été trouvée pour juillet/août).
Le RT ne coûte rien et peut sauver quelqu'un.
Le RT ne coûte rien et peut sauver quelqu'un.
June 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Une jeune femme trans a besoin d'un hébergement en urgence en région parisienne cette semaine (une solution a été trouvée pour juillet/août).
Le RT ne coûte rien et peut sauver quelqu'un.
Le RT ne coûte rien et peut sauver quelqu'un.
Seconde 1 le mec se frotte la tartine sur le nez au lieu de la bouffer... fabuleux.
Et c’est reparti pour un tour. Le gouvernement a posté sur ton TikTok une vidéo faite par IA sur le droit de vote des femmes. Mini-fil.
June 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Seconde 1 le mec se frotte la tartine sur le nez au lieu de la bouffer... fabuleux.
"Training" postdocs is a bit hyperbolic considering how badly most PIs I've met treat their postdocs.
But yeah, cheap foreign labor that is dependent on the whims of their bosses to get a visa is going away.
Hope faculty will rebuild things better when this is all over. Not holding my breath tho.
But yeah, cheap foreign labor that is dependent on the whims of their bosses to get a visa is going away.
Hope faculty will rebuild things better when this is all over. Not holding my breath tho.
One of the worst aspects of the detailed NSF budget request (emphasis on request) is that it eviscerates our ability to train future scientists. Funding for postdocs (PhD scientists doing research w/o permanent jobs) — some of the most productive scientists out there — would be down 91%. 🧪 [1/]
![NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAMS FY 2026 BUDGET REQUEST TO CONGRESS (Dollars in Millions)
FY 2024 Current Plan $472.52 63.00 284.52 58.00 [144.41] 67.00 $65.03 2.40 3.00 4.12 10.80 8.36 8.25 17.10 1.50 1.50 8.00 $537.55 FY 2025 (TBD) FY 2026 Request $167.22 21.71 127.29 - [112.851 18.22 $5.62 4.12 1.50 $172.84 Change over FY 2024 Current Plan Amount Percent -$305.30 -64.6% -41.29 -65.5% -157.23 -55.3% -58.00 -100.0% [-31.56] [-21.9%] -48.78 -72.8% -$59.41 -91.4% -2.40 -100.0% -3.00 -100.0% -10.80 -8.36 -8.25 -17.10 -1.50 -8.00 -$364.71 -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -67.8%
Fellowships and Scholarships CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) (H-1B)' Robert Noyce Scholarship (Noyce) Program Postdoctoral Programs Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships Engineering Postoctoral Fellowships (eFellows) Entreprenural Fellowships Geosciences Postdoctoral Fellowships Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships MPS ASCEND Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) SPRF-Broadening Participation SPRF-Fundamental Research STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Total 1 Totals exclude H-1B Visa funded programs (S-STEM).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yj436z2s2v37rvaw33lc4ryq/bafkreie4bjw5as6qj25eavxjxrplo74cik7x3beip4a73nerk3rfbfu37y@jpeg)
June 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Training" postdocs is a bit hyperbolic considering how badly most PIs I've met treat their postdocs.
But yeah, cheap foreign labor that is dependent on the whims of their bosses to get a visa is going away.
Hope faculty will rebuild things better when this is all over. Not holding my breath tho.
But yeah, cheap foreign labor that is dependent on the whims of their bosses to get a visa is going away.
Hope faculty will rebuild things better when this is all over. Not holding my breath tho.
And for what? Harvard bent the knee on so many things before they said stop, and they gained no concessions in the end
The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before: cnn.it/43GWlge
2025 MIT class president banned from graduation ceremony after pro-Palestinian speech | CNN
The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony on Friday after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before.
cnn.it
June 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And for what? Harvard bent the knee on so many things before they said stop, and they gained no concessions in the end
Please tell me this is a joke
OpenAI is featuring a "Looksmaxxing GPT" that provides "PSL ratings" for photos. It will rate people as "subhuman", and advise men to get invasive procedures like jaw surgery to "increase their sexual market value" among women, who it describes as "hypergamous by nature".
May 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Please tell me this is a joke
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Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
Old Netgear switches stacked using Ethernet over HDMI and I think it's beautiful
May 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Old Netgear switches stacked using Ethernet over HDMI and I think it's beautiful
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OMG, Erin! You mean to tell me that male homosociality is in part rooted in misogynistic rituals of degradation and violence, and men encourage each other to dehumanize women and bash queers?!
That can't be, that would mean the trannies and feminists who have been talking about this were right!
That can't be, that would mean the trannies and feminists who have been talking about this were right!
I think the male loneliness take is ultimately that incels are not, like, common! They are scary outliers!
The large demographic shift to the right isn’t driven by sad, wet nerds desperate for hugs, but by the would-be patriarchs of the world.
blog.waldrn.com/p/american-b...
The large demographic shift to the right isn’t driven by sad, wet nerds desperate for hugs, but by the would-be patriarchs of the world.
blog.waldrn.com/p/american-b...
May 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
OMG, Erin! You mean to tell me that male homosociality is in part rooted in misogynistic rituals of degradation and violence, and men encourage each other to dehumanize women and bash queers?!
That can't be, that would mean the trannies and feminists who have been talking about this were right!
That can't be, that would mean the trannies and feminists who have been talking about this were right!
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I 100% would have used ChatGPT for homework when I was in school, because homework sucked ass. However, if I hadn't been forced to bullshit a lot of essays 15 minutes before class I wouldn't have learned that I enjoy writing. The moral is to destroy both ChatGPT and homework.
May 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I 100% would have used ChatGPT for homework when I was in school, because homework sucked ass. However, if I hadn't been forced to bullshit a lot of essays 15 minutes before class I wouldn't have learned that I enjoy writing. The moral is to destroy both ChatGPT and homework.
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Nous assistons à un génocide en direct, le gouvernement israélien de Netanyahou assume haut et fort son ambition de rayer de la carte Gaza toute entière et voici donc comment France 2 ouvre son journal de 20h ce soir.
May 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nous assistons à un génocide en direct, le gouvernement israélien de Netanyahou assume haut et fort son ambition de rayer de la carte Gaza toute entière et voici donc comment France 2 ouvre son journal de 20h ce soir.
Would AI have created the TRaSH guide? No, because piracy is a complex issue.
May 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Would AI have created the TRaSH guide? No, because piracy is a complex issue.
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Absolutely not.
Every time someone tries this, I point out how it biases against Black speech. Every. Time. 🤷🏿♂️
Also from the launch of the Perspective API and its "toxicity" score.
Police don't kill too many Black kids."
Score: Not toxic.🤦🏿♂️
"Police kill too many Black kids.
Score: 80.28% toxic.😮
Every time someone tries this, I point out how it biases against Black speech. Every. Time. 🤷🏿♂️
Also from the launch of the Perspective API and its "toxicity" score.
Police don't kill too many Black kids."
Score: Not toxic.🤦🏿♂️
"Police kill too many Black kids.
Score: 80.28% toxic.😮
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Absolutely not.
Every time someone tries this, I point out how it biases against Black speech. Every. Time. 🤷🏿♂️
Also from the launch of the Perspective API and its "toxicity" score.
Police don't kill too many Black kids."
Score: Not toxic.🤦🏿♂️
"Police kill too many Black kids.
Score: 80.28% toxic.😮
Every time someone tries this, I point out how it biases against Black speech. Every. Time. 🤷🏿♂️
Also from the launch of the Perspective API and its "toxicity" score.
Police don't kill too many Black kids."
Score: Not toxic.🤦🏿♂️
"Police kill too many Black kids.
Score: 80.28% toxic.😮
Okay, the new PUP album is growing on me
May 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Okay, the new PUP album is growing on me
Looks like not rinsing the coffee maker after cleaning it with vineagar was not a good idea lmao
April 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Looks like not rinsing the coffee maker after cleaning it with vineagar was not a good idea lmao
Les LLM c'est vraiment nul aussi pour le code/l'informatique en générale, et c'est un énorme frein à l'apprentissage par rapport à d'autres solutions comme Stack Overflow, les blogs techniques, etc.
Les LLM, c'est pas des oracles, ce sont des outils d'écriture. Et pas des bons dès lors que l'on sort de l'écriture de code informative - et encore, je suis pas sûr.
April 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Les LLM c'est vraiment nul aussi pour le code/l'informatique en générale, et c'est un énorme frein à l'apprentissage par rapport à d'autres solutions comme Stack Overflow, les blogs techniques, etc.
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Je m'en fiche que ChatGPT ou que Grok ou que n'importe quelle autre IA générative ait dit du mal de mon pire ennemi, que tel conspi était un putain de conspi ou que Facho_Nazi88 était d'extrême droite, arrêtez de poster ça comme si c'était super drôle.
April 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Je m'en fiche que ChatGPT ou que Grok ou que n'importe quelle autre IA générative ait dit du mal de mon pire ennemi, que tel conspi était un putain de conspi ou que Facho_Nazi88 était d'extrême droite, arrêtez de poster ça comme si c'était super drôle.
Glad to see that Science™ agrees with me that this was just too much
April 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Glad to see that Science™ agrees with me that this was just too much
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oh you used ai to generate an action figure of yourself? fascinating. did you know that my blade thirsts for your blood
April 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
oh you used ai to generate an action figure of yourself? fascinating. did you know that my blade thirsts for your blood
Les mecs qui ont ont besoin d'étaler leurs épaules aussi. Tu n'as pas un physique de rugbyman Roger, tu es juste insupportable
Il ne porte aucun panneau "ne venez pas vous asseoir" et pourtant, c'est exactement comme ça qu'on comprend le message. Trois femmes autour, on s'est toutes comprises en soufflant un bon coup. Messieurs, rangez vos jambes bordel !
April 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Les mecs qui ont ont besoin d'étaler leurs épaules aussi. Tu n'as pas un physique de rugbyman Roger, tu es juste insupportable