Rudely Van Gelder
@rudelyvangelder.bsky.social
Entertainment Coordinator for Antifa, LLC
Columbus, Ohio / USA / C-53
“The product is thoroughly pizzled.” - Philip K. Dick
"Ain't no such things as halfway crooks." - Mobb Deep
“Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.” - Ani DiFranco
Columbus, Ohio / USA / C-53
“The product is thoroughly pizzled.” - Philip K. Dick
"Ain't no such things as halfway crooks." - Mobb Deep
“Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.” - Ani DiFranco
I found again today that the way a search request is phrased can return opposing results. I'd remembered a price fixing scheme a few years back involving aluminum cans and a warehouse, but couldn’t recall the specifics. So I asked (1) but no go, so had to tweak a bit (2) to finally get the answer:
![Searched Google with the phrase: aluminum cans hidden in warehouse to create shortage
Google’s “AI” replied:
There is no evidence or reporting of aluminum cans being hidden in a warehouse to deliberately create a shortage.
The aluminum can shortages that have occurred, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the years since, have been due to legitimate, complex, and widely reported supply chain and market factors, including:
• Massive Shift in Consumer Behavior: With the closure of bars and restaurants during the pandemic, at-home consumption of beverages in cans surged unexpectedly. Beer and soda that would have been sold in kegs or fountain... [Show More]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ctk7tn6rumlwooqvbjwxaotq/bafkreifef6kr7qiboudtqyxutaltnbwgcb3vrzinhhhzpx6ahvd3evpw3q@jpeg)
![Searched Google with the phrase: aluminum cans hidden in warehouse to increase prices
Google’s AI replied:
Hiding aluminum cans or other commodities in warehouses to manipulate market prices is a real-world tactic that led to a major price-fixing conspiracy between 2010 and 2013.
The Aluminum Price-Fixing Conspiracy
The most prominent example involved several major financial institutions and their associated warehouse companies, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Glencore. [Show More]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ctk7tn6rumlwooqvbjwxaotq/bafkreievnznbqfkozxny4v3fn6d7ucpmcvgdt7z57jma6za4ywvmtfq7ee@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I found again today that the way a search request is phrased can return opposing results. I'd remembered a price fixing scheme a few years back involving aluminum cans and a warehouse, but couldn’t recall the specifics. So I asked (1) but no go, so had to tweak a bit (2) to finally get the answer:
Indeed. And...
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Indeed. And...
I can’t remember where I snagged this from, but it seems fitting...
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I can’t remember where I snagged this from, but it seems fitting...
Need to do some warranty-voiding on some gear this week so was looking for some fresh “glue the rubber feet back on” goop... and I honestly can’t figure out if this is just another randomly-generated Chinese knock-off name or if they were really trying to fool people into thinking it was Loctite:
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Need to do some warranty-voiding on some gear this week so was looking for some fresh “glue the rubber feet back on” goop... and I honestly can’t figure out if this is just another randomly-generated Chinese knock-off name or if they were really trying to fool people into thinking it was Loctite:
Delivered nothing. Took everything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Delivered nothing. Took everything.
Just fire up the Scully and cut an acetate one-off.
Now *that’s* devotion!
Now *that’s* devotion!
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Just fire up the Scully and cut an acetate one-off.
Now *that’s* devotion!
Now *that’s* devotion!
Well then who do... oh, wait. Nevermind.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Well then who do... oh, wait. Nevermind.
"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops!"
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops!"
[ding, ding, ding, ding, ding...]
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
[ding, ding, ding, ding, ding...]
Cross-checking some search results over on Teh Googles, and before I remembered to turn off the AI results I noticed this bit down at the bottom and thought yeah, that’s really no different that any other search – sources matter – but I really think this should be posted up top in bright neon:
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Cross-checking some search results over on Teh Googles, and before I remembered to turn off the AI results I noticed this bit down at the bottom and thought yeah, that’s really no different that any other search – sources matter – but I really think this should be posted up top in bright neon:
I *love* Skyline. That said...
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I *love* Skyline. That said...
Time to start the Authentic Frontier “Ni-[CLANG]” countdown clock.
![Blazing Saddles’ Gabby Johnson on the rooftop telling the assembled townsfolk “No, dagnabbit... I said that reporter is a ni-“ [CLANG]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ctk7tn6rumlwooqvbjwxaotq/bafkreidwk4zy7iiestl5wdomfb2p5zcet7xc3jvh3wntf5caqxeu2oklxy@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Time to start the Authentic Frontier “Ni-[CLANG]” countdown clock.
“What would you say it was you *did* there?"
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“What would you say it was you *did* there?"
See also:
New Provo Front
Liberte de Quebec
Asian Dawn
New Provo Front
Liberte de Quebec
Asian Dawn
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
See also:
New Provo Front
Liberte de Quebec
Asian Dawn
New Provo Front
Liberte de Quebec
Asian Dawn
It would look exactly like it looked like right before the shutdown, the year before the shutdown, and every year before that going back almost a decade:
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It would look exactly like it looked like right before the shutdown, the year before the shutdown, and every year before that going back almost a decade: