Next door in Silicon Valley
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Always thinking about parking
Always thinking about parking
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This is how San Francisco and Silicon Valley's Economy actually works:
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Invoking "color revolutions" as a boogeyman like this really goes to show how much these guys have cooked their brains on Russian propaganda specifically.
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Invoking "color revolutions" as a boogeyman like this really goes to show how much these guys have cooked their brains on Russian propaganda specifically.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Rishi Kumar just runs for whatever role he thinks could get him a little power, whether or not he has any idea what the job requires
November 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Rishi Kumar just runs for whatever role he thinks could get him a little power, whether or not he has any idea what the job requires
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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Really great article about a city that decided to do things.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Really great article about a city that decided to do things.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
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There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
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Like I’m always telling the youth! Make good life choices!
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Like I’m always telling the youth! Make good life choices!
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
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Increasingly concerning times for higher education in red states. A conservative student claimed discrimination over an essay where she didn’t cite any source nor address the main question, and instead mentioned the Bible. As a result, the teaching assistant was put on administrative leave
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Increasingly concerning times for higher education in red states. A conservative student claimed discrimination over an essay where she didn’t cite any source nor address the main question, and instead mentioned the Bible. As a result, the teaching assistant was put on administrative leave
Like I’m always telling the youth! Make good life choices!
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Like I’m always telling the youth! Make good life choices!
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
1. Pick the right parents
2. Pick the right birth year
3. Pick the right spouse
Then you will be happy. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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The above is github.com/Raphire/Win1... script running removing bloatware.
GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve you...
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Win11D...
github.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The above is github.com/Raphire/Win1... script running removing bloatware.
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
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We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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It looks to me like this 90-year old driver drove 177 feet down University Ave in Los Gatos in one second, which comes out to about 120 miles per hour
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It looks to me like this 90-year old driver drove 177 feet down University Ave in Los Gatos in one second, which comes out to about 120 miles per hour
Notice the first sentence is about "college tuition". But the second sentence is about his own debt "after my education".
Is that just flowery language? Or is it to omit the fact that he went to Yale Law School?
Is that just flowery language? Or is it to omit the fact that he went to Yale Law School?
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Notice the first sentence is about "college tuition". But the second sentence is about his own debt "after my education".
Is that just flowery language? Or is it to omit the fact that he went to Yale Law School?
Is that just flowery language? Or is it to omit the fact that he went to Yale Law School?
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I’m sure this won’t have any negative consequences in 5 to 10 years.
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m sure this won’t have any negative consequences in 5 to 10 years.
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The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
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my book, Building For People, on how we plan and build housing and neighborhoods in the US is a complete anomaly - resulting in a low quality of life and poor public health outcomes v. peer countries
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
my book, Building For People, on how we plan and build housing and neighborhoods in the US is a complete anomaly - resulting in a low quality of life and poor public health outcomes v. peer countries
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
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I fixed it for you: The Dangers of Cars: Injuries and deaths are rising — but the law hasn’t kept up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/b...
The Dangers of E-bikes
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I fixed it for you: The Dangers of Cars: Injuries and deaths are rising — but the law hasn’t kept up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/b...
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A 26-year-old PwC consultant built AI agents to cut client headcount by 30%, only to get laid off himself.
This is the reality behind the hype. AI isn't fully replacing people yet, but it is downsizing teams, turning 10 workers into 7 who now need to spend their time reviewing LLM outputs.
This is the reality behind the hype. AI isn't fully replacing people yet, but it is downsizing teams, turning 10 workers into 7 who now need to spend their time reviewing LLM outputs.
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A 26-year-old PwC consultant built AI agents to cut client headcount by 30%, only to get laid off himself.
This is the reality behind the hype. AI isn't fully replacing people yet, but it is downsizing teams, turning 10 workers into 7 who now need to spend their time reviewing LLM outputs.
This is the reality behind the hype. AI isn't fully replacing people yet, but it is downsizing teams, turning 10 workers into 7 who now need to spend their time reviewing LLM outputs.
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Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
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New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
The Fire Department vs. Traffic Safety Advocates
Street safety advocates are butting heads with fire officials. Swift fire response does not have to come at the cost of lives on the roadway.
darrellowens.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
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I've been waiting for someone to write a deep dive on how US Fire Departments get in the way of denser housing and safer streets.
New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
The Fire Department vs. Traffic Safety Advocates
Street safety advocates are butting heads with fire officials. Swift fire response does not have to come at the cost of lives on the roadway.
darrellowens.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've been waiting for someone to write a deep dive on how US Fire Departments get in the way of denser housing and safer streets.
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Crazy that this article fails to mention Zillow is defending a lawsuit right now for displaying this data. I think it's what gave the CRMLS threat more teeth.
Also crazy how much space this article gives to quotes from people who oppose displaying the data.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Also crazy how much space this article gives to quotes from people who oppose displaying the data.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Zillow hit with lawsuit after major conflict with home sellers: 'Negative insights'
"The powerful real estate websites use these insights to empower their model."
www.yahoo.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Crazy that this article fails to mention Zillow is defending a lawsuit right now for displaying this data. I think it's what gave the CRMLS threat more teeth.
Also crazy how much space this article gives to quotes from people who oppose displaying the data.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Also crazy how much space this article gives to quotes from people who oppose displaying the data.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...