jack the nonabrasive
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John Karabaic. he/him. BLM.
NYC/BOS/USAF/CIN/PDX
USA/Croatia
Recovering engineer.
The gurney is the reward.
What is protest, if not rage persevering?
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
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NYC/BOS/USAF/CIN/PDX
USA/Croatia
Recovering engineer.
The gurney is the reward.
What is protest, if not rage persevering?
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
@bonbpdx @level4isgoinggreat
@karabaic@mastodon.social
https://brooklynbike.org
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How do you get through the dark times?? WITH BREAKFAST ON A BRIDGE. The November and December BONBs are combined into one. Join us on Friday, December 5th for a St Lucia BONB. Head candles optional. Rain gear encouraged. Plus, our newest bridge Sellwood is BACK AGAIN!
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
How do you get through the dark times?? WITH BREAKFAST ON A BRIDGE. The November and December BONBs are combined into one. Join us on Friday, December 5th for a St Lucia BONB. Head candles optional. Rain gear encouraged. Plus, our newest bridge Sellwood is BACK AGAIN!
If you see this, repost with your model of masculinity.
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of masculinity.
Noooooo
my cheap candy
my cheap candy
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Noooooo
my cheap candy
my cheap candy
Reminder: OpenAI promised this transparency when they were formed. They never did what they promised.
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reminder: OpenAI promised this transparency when they were formed. They never did what they promised.
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Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
occupation without representation
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
occupation without representation
This is why STEM without Arts has no STEAM.
The Arts matter.
The Arts matter.
This is a letter to the editor after the death of the great Tom Stoppard. From: www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This is why STEM without Arts has no STEAM.
The Arts matter.
The Arts matter.
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This is a letter to the editor after the death of the great Tom Stoppard. From: www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is a letter to the editor after the death of the great Tom Stoppard. From: www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
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Waymo reported an apparent phantom braking leading directly to being rear ended. Waymo and other mfg are supposed to report why their robots/ADS stop. When they don't it is presumed to be for no good reason, ie phantom braking, for which there have been NHTSA investigations and ADS recalls.
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Waymo reported an apparent phantom braking leading directly to being rear ended. Waymo and other mfg are supposed to report why their robots/ADS stop. When they don't it is presumed to be for no good reason, ie phantom braking, for which there have been NHTSA investigations and ADS recalls.
Read all the way to the last graf.
The young Tom Stoppard had applied for a job on the foreign desk of the London Times. Asked if he were interested in foreign affairs, Tom said, “Yes.” "He was then asked to name the foreign minister of Great Britain and he replied, 'I said I was interested, I didn’t say I was obsessed.'”
David Mamet: Tom Stoppard and Me
Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard was a Holocaust survivor and an immigrant, but he wrote the most English and Anglophile of works, writes David Mamet for The Free Press.
www.thefp.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Read all the way to the last graf.
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NEW episode with special guest @thejenna.bsky.social!!!!! wowwwww
SOOOO excited to have @thejenna.bsky.social on the latest episode of Temporal Culture War! The Enterprise episode we watched is terrible but we have a good time! www.patreon.com/posts/long-d...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW episode with special guest @thejenna.bsky.social!!!!! wowwwww
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If he was late to his shift at the Rite Aid the next morning as well then this racoon is literally me on a snowy night in 1997
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If he was late to his shift at the Rite Aid the next morning as well then this racoon is literally me on a snowy night in 1997
I want to make this clear: he's favorably comparing Paris with some of the most monstrous empires in history. He's not saying Paris invented anything new, only that it has achieved parity with history.
(He notes the Revolution, but omits the pivotal Women's March)
Did this guy not have an editor?
(He notes the Revolution, but omits the pivotal Women's March)
Did this guy not have an editor?
Victor Hugo is the worst.
He has one chapter where he compares Paris with historical, typically Roman and Ancient Greek, things in a very culturally appropriative way, and asks, in a rapture, "Is there anything Paris doesn't have?"
Well, you, mfer. You were in exile when you wrote that line.
smdh
He has one chapter where he compares Paris with historical, typically Roman and Ancient Greek, things in a very culturally appropriative way, and asks, in a rapture, "Is there anything Paris doesn't have?"
Well, you, mfer. You were in exile when you wrote that line.
smdh
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I want to make this clear: he's favorably comparing Paris with some of the most monstrous empires in history. He's not saying Paris invented anything new, only that it has achieved parity with history.
(He notes the Revolution, but omits the pivotal Women's March)
Did this guy not have an editor?
(He notes the Revolution, but omits the pivotal Women's March)
Did this guy not have an editor?
Victor Hugo is the worst.
He has one chapter where he compares Paris with historical, typically Roman and Ancient Greek, things in a very culturally appropriative way, and asks, in a rapture, "Is there anything Paris doesn't have?"
Well, you, mfer. You were in exile when you wrote that line.
smdh
He has one chapter where he compares Paris with historical, typically Roman and Ancient Greek, things in a very culturally appropriative way, and asks, in a rapture, "Is there anything Paris doesn't have?"
Well, you, mfer. You were in exile when you wrote that line.
smdh
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Victor Hugo is the worst.
He has one chapter where he compares Paris with historical, typically Roman and Ancient Greek, things in a very culturally appropriative way, and asks, in a rapture, "Is there anything Paris doesn't have?"
Well, you, mfer. You were in exile when you wrote that line.
smdh
He has one chapter where he compares Paris with historical, typically Roman and Ancient Greek, things in a very culturally appropriative way, and asks, in a rapture, "Is there anything Paris doesn't have?"
Well, you, mfer. You were in exile when you wrote that line.
smdh
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Waymo said “Unfortunately, a Waymo vehicle made contact with a small, unleashed dog in the roadway."
MADE CONTACT WITH A SMALL, _UNLEASHED_ DOG.
These companies have an absolute allergy to accountability.
MADE CONTACT WITH A SMALL, _UNLEASHED_ DOG.
These companies have an absolute allergy to accountability.
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Waymo said “Unfortunately, a Waymo vehicle made contact with a small, unleashed dog in the roadway."
MADE CONTACT WITH A SMALL, _UNLEASHED_ DOG.
These companies have an absolute allergy to accountability.
MADE CONTACT WITH A SMALL, _UNLEASHED_ DOG.
These companies have an absolute allergy to accountability.
The host of Fall of Civilizations took pains to talk about the transcription errors that led to English speakers mispronouncing Gengis Khan's name and then meticulously pronouncing it for all 7 hours of 2 eps and I'm thinking just fuck that guy, pronounce it "That fucking murdering asshole"
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The host of Fall of Civilizations took pains to talk about the transcription errors that led to English speakers mispronouncing Gengis Khan's name and then meticulously pronouncing it for all 7 hours of 2 eps and I'm thinking just fuck that guy, pronounce it "That fucking murdering asshole"
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Waymos have killed at least 7 cats and dogs since 2021. Humans kill 1 cat or dog per about 11M vehicle-miles in the USA. (300K dog/cat deaths vs 3.2T vehicle-miles). For us to be 95% confident that Waymo is safer than a human driver, you'd expect it to go 33M miles without a death. It has gone 22M.
A Waymo robot hit another dog, per passenger's report on reddit (attached):
Scott St, San Francisco
Waymo robots have killed at least one dog and hit a few.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly avail ~mid-January. FWIW, Waymo's Kitkat crash report should be avail in 2 weeks.
Scott St, San Francisco
Waymo robots have killed at least one dog and hit a few.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly avail ~mid-January. FWIW, Waymo's Kitkat crash report should be avail in 2 weeks.
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Waymos have killed at least 7 cats and dogs since 2021. Humans kill 1 cat or dog per about 11M vehicle-miles in the USA. (300K dog/cat deaths vs 3.2T vehicle-miles). For us to be 95% confident that Waymo is safer than a human driver, you'd expect it to go 33M miles without a death. It has gone 22M.
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This person left their wallet, with an AirTag, in a Waymo, allowing them to track it, and every other passenger, all night.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/i-lost-my-...
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/i-lost-my-...
I Lost My Wallet in a Waymo...and Tracked It All Night
Today’s post comes from Jackson Lester, an experienced mobility product manager who closely tracks AV operations and deployment data on AV Map.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This person left their wallet, with an AirTag, in a Waymo, allowing them to track it, and every other passenger, all night.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/i-lost-my-...
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/i-lost-my-...
This is further evidence that these robots are less safe than human drivers. Multiple animal deaths at less than 150M miles of operation, which is not what you'd expect for high confidence that they're safe.
A Waymo robot hit another dog, per passenger's report on reddit (attached):
Scott St, San Francisco
Waymo robots have killed at least one dog and hit a few.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly avail ~mid-January. FWIW, Waymo's Kitkat crash report should be avail in 2 weeks.
Scott St, San Francisco
Waymo robots have killed at least one dog and hit a few.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly avail ~mid-January. FWIW, Waymo's Kitkat crash report should be avail in 2 weeks.
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is further evidence that these robots are less safe than human drivers. Multiple animal deaths at less than 150M miles of operation, which is not what you'd expect for high confidence that they're safe.
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
asking for the painting, not creepy at all, inspector. want a box of tissues, too?
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
asking for the painting, not creepy at all, inspector. want a box of tissues, too?
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
I know I'm supposed to care about Allison Ford but I really don't. This thing is intricately plotted but none of the characters are humans.
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I know I'm supposed to care about Allison Ford but I really don't. This thing is intricately plotted but none of the characters are humans.
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
What is with this postwar obsession with diamond smuggling?
I wonder if people will someday regard our obsession with drug smuggling the same way?
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
I wonder if people will someday regard our obsession with drug smuggling the same way?
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What is with this postwar obsession with diamond smuggling?
I wonder if people will someday regard our obsession with drug smuggling the same way?
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
I wonder if people will someday regard our obsession with drug smuggling the same way?
#PostcardForDanger #TCMParty #NoirAlley
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM