wildsoda
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One sign of a bubble is when the major players do gimmicks to hide the cost of the bubble.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One sign of a bubble is when the major players do gimmicks to hide the cost of the bubble.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
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i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
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To give you an idea about just how eventful the end of COP30 was, I wrote and rewrote this entire 2000 story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social three times over a period of about six hours as it was all happening.
COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
drilled.media
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
To give you an idea about just how eventful the end of COP30 was, I wrote and rewrote this entire 2000 story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social three times over a period of about six hours as it was all happening.
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The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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"Oh shit. They spotted us. Everyone be cool."
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Oh shit. They spotted us. Everyone be cool."
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“Ridership has surpassed prepandemic levels by 18 per cent. Bus drivers say they’re navigating less congested streets. People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets, according to government calculations, and emissions dropped by 24,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Ridership has surpassed prepandemic levels by 18 per cent. Bus drivers say they’re navigating less congested streets. People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets, according to government calculations, and emissions dropped by 24,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.”
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Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
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Authoritarians are openly buying up major social networks (X, TikTok), and what's left of our broken mainstream media (CBS, CNN), then tasking Carr with bullying any stragglers into being feckless echoes of serious journalism.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Authoritarians are openly buying up major social networks (X, TikTok), and what's left of our broken mainstream media (CBS, CNN), then tasking Carr with bullying any stragglers into being feckless echoes of serious journalism.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
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Give this person an Oscar
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Give this person an Oscar
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We all need to reflect on the lives lost to transphobia and violence. Consider supporting organizations that are making things better for people.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We all need to reflect on the lives lost to transphobia and violence. Consider supporting organizations that are making things better for people.
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wake up babe new nazi punching video just dropped
J6er Jake Lang got punched yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan during his anti-Muslim march.
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
wake up babe new nazi punching video just dropped
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What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Amazing, no notes, I do not desire to learn anything else about this story, for it would only detract from the perfection on this headline.
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Amazing, no notes, I do not desire to learn anything else about this story, for it would only detract from the perfection on this headline.
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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate has been steady around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-948.
That implies a 3% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
The risk estimate has been steady around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-948.
That implies a 3% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate has been steady around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-948.
That implies a 3% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
The risk estimate has been steady around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-948.
That implies a 3% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
🧵
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i look forward to DDOT supporting speed limiters on cars
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
i look forward to DDOT supporting speed limiters on cars
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We fundamentally misunderstand these things about streets:
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We fundamentally misunderstand these things about streets:
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
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All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
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Dear MAHA—you’ve been conned by Trump and RFK Jr… food safety laws now decimated by industry lobbyists for their profits and your future diarrhea. Fun fact— food borne illness already surging since EFK Jr slashed CDC tracking system for food borne outbreaks. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Dear MAHA—you’ve been conned by Trump and RFK Jr… food safety laws now decimated by industry lobbyists for their profits and your future diarrhea. Fun fact— food borne illness already surging since EFK Jr slashed CDC tracking system for food borne outbreaks. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
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Who needs university-trained economists when you have DoorDash data?
Sadly, this outcome is not surprising. Under fascist regimes (and, more broadly, under authoritarian systems), data about a country often becomes more scarce, less reliable, or tightly controlled.
Sadly, this outcome is not surprising. Under fascist regimes (and, more broadly, under authoritarian systems), data about a country often becomes more scarce, less reliable, or tightly controlled.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Who needs university-trained economists when you have DoorDash data?
Sadly, this outcome is not surprising. Under fascist regimes (and, more broadly, under authoritarian systems), data about a country often becomes more scarce, less reliable, or tightly controlled.
Sadly, this outcome is not surprising. Under fascist regimes (and, more broadly, under authoritarian systems), data about a country often becomes more scarce, less reliable, or tightly controlled.