Red Herring
@nobadcoffee.bsky.social
economics and energy and bikes and stuff. Self-described comedy hero. Calgary.
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Kay Boomer
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Kay Boomer
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
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Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
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November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Me updating my LinkedIn profile
Asked about his intellect, appearance and accomplishments, Grok consistently hailed Elon Musk as “strikingly handsome,” raved about his “genius-level intellect” and ranked him as the No. 1 human, ahead of Leonardo da Vinci.
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot ranks him as world history’s greatest human
Users on X shared examples of the “truth-seeking” AI chatbot praising its owner as “strikingly handsome,” a “genius,” and fitter than LeBron James.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Me updating my LinkedIn profile
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My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
Sad but true
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sad but true
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Not @theonion.com or @thebeaverton.com, it must be @thewaroncars.bsky.social ? What is the best car for sitting traffic? 😂
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not @theonion.com or @thebeaverton.com, it must be @thewaroncars.bsky.social ? What is the best car for sitting traffic? 😂
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The Cleveland Dealer, 1860:
October 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Cleveland Dealer, 1860:
Amazing
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amazing
I love Wikipedia
for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I love Wikipedia
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Over here in the real world, parents are buying electric cargo bikes not because they are a status symbol. Instead, they're buying them because they've done the math on car ownership and decided owning more than one car is stupidly expensive.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
Why E-cargo bikes are the new status symbol for middle-class London parents
Got the pencil cases? Fresh uniforms for the kids? What about your electric cargo bike? It’s the new must-have for middle-class mums and dads, says Jessica Salter. Here’s how to choose yours...
www.standard.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Over here in the real world, parents are buying electric cargo bikes not because they are a status symbol. Instead, they're buying them because they've done the math on car ownership and decided owning more than one car is stupidly expensive.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
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This is exactly why road safety advocates want physically protected wheeling lanes. #roadsafety
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
Entre todas las cosas que me dan terror de este video es pensar que la única solución parece ser es que el celular estalle cuando se acerque a un auto.
Imaginate una persona que no tiene otra opción que caminar por esa ruta o moverse en bici. Luego rompen las pelotas por cada cosa.
Imaginate una persona que no tiene otra opción que caminar por esa ruta o moverse en bici. Luego rompen las pelotas por cada cosa.
August 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is exactly why road safety advocates want physically protected wheeling lanes. #roadsafety
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
I was reminded of this classic. 25 years old and holds up.
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze
Did you ever know a "chocoholic"? One of those folks who just can’t get enough chocolate? I bet there’s at least one in your home or workplace. At my house, it’s my wife Emily. She’s got to have her l...
theonion.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I was reminded of this classic. 25 years old and holds up.
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
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If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
We Are All Lisa Cook
Nobody is safe from weaponized government
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
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He's promising to protect the integrity of the data by firing statisticians who follow established methods of data collection and processing whenever those methods yield numbers that don't please the boss.
Kevin Hassett: "The data can't be propaganda. The data has to be something you can trust, bc decision-makers throughout the economy trust that these are the data that they can build a factory because they believe, or cut interest rates. If the data aren't that good, it's a real problem for the US."
August 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
He's promising to protect the integrity of the data by firing statisticians who follow established methods of data collection and processing whenever those methods yield numbers that don't please the boss.
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
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July 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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For the first time in CFL history, an all-female support crew will be working tonight’s Stampeders vs. Alouettes game. 👏
(via CFL)
(via CFL)
July 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
For the first time in CFL history, an all-female support crew will be working tonight’s Stampeders vs. Alouettes game. 👏
(via CFL)
(via CFL)
Beautiful field flip ends with a TD and confused corner #stampeders
July 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Beautiful field flip ends with a TD and confused corner #stampeders
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Released 43 years ago today
TV Party, the fourth EP by the American punk rock band Black Flag
Black Flag - TV Party
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #tvparty #history #punkrockhistory #otd
TV Party, the fourth EP by the American punk rock band Black Flag
Black Flag - TV Party
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #tvparty #history #punkrockhistory #otd
July 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Released 43 years ago today
TV Party, the fourth EP by the American punk rock band Black Flag
Black Flag - TV Party
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #tvparty #history #punkrockhistory #otd
TV Party, the fourth EP by the American punk rock band Black Flag
Black Flag - TV Party
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #tvparty #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Inflammable and flammable: one of you must die
If YOU were in charge of the English language for a day, what is one thing you would absolutely change?
July 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Inflammable and flammable: one of you must die
Patrick Stewart in Macbeth, English class
July 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Patrick Stewart in Macbeth, English class
So far #stampeders not helping themselves
July 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
So far #stampeders not helping themselves
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Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?
July 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?