with apologies to the young man who left his extremely well-curated spotify account logged in on the hotel tv: if my daughter didn’t hear elmo’s alphabet rap we were all going to die
Shock: Oh no, they shipped DHL Denial: I got a USPS code so maybe it's not with DHL? Anger: DHL is gonna lose my shit again Bargaining: Does the DHL website seem better? Guilt: Buying local would have avoided DHL Depression: It's gone. It's gone. It's gone Acceptance: DHL app says Thursday now
There are simply no words for how fucking cooked we are.
Gambling becomes America's favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined | Fortune
Americans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.
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Count Binface put him up to this, I'd bet money
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5d agoNow this is the kind of trash talk we can get behind. We’re containerizing neighborhoods by taking trash off our sidewalks and allowing mid-size buildings to trade in their wheelie bins for a bigger, better, cleaner alternative: Empire Bins. It’s time to put a lid on it, New York.
Every dollar spent on social services is, in some sense, a theft from the weapons industry
America's highest profile gutter racist to spend $100 million supporting the party of racism.
Musk’s super PAC to pour at least $100M backing Republicans in 8 states
Elon Musk is jumping back into the political spending arena ahead of the 2026 midterms with a new field program to help elect Republicans in at least eight states. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO authoriz…
thehill.com
Today on Volts: in lithium-ion batteries, the cathode has been evolving for 30 years, but the anode has remained stubbornly graphite. Now silicon anodes, which promise 5X the energy density & charging speeds, are finally reaching commercial viability. I talk with a silicon-anode pioneer.
Silicon anodes for batteries unlock greater energy density and faster charging times
A conversation with Rick Costantino of Group14.
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Technology is cool, too bad they made it evil
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
Programming tip: never type out a 10-character command when you could instead press the up arrow for 5 minutes until you find that command in your history
Coyote vs Acme. Not Coyote vs Roadrunner. If they can put aside their differences and join forces to destroy a soulless corporation, then so can we.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · last wk.New poster for ‘COYOTE VS ACME’ In theaters on August 28.
"U.S. Can Cost-Effectively Supply One Third of Industrial Heat Demand Using Off-Grid Electric Thermal Storage and Heat Pumps"
gspp.berkeley.edu
Thanks to @gregsargent.bsky.social for making the point clearly: when Musk says "zero died" from DOGE cuts, what he means is nobody who *matters* died.
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
newrepublic.com
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions
Meta has officially abandoned all pretense of giving a shit about clean energy or decarbonization. Truly an evil company. If you work there, you should quit. If you use their products, you should stop.
Meta drops out of a major clean energy pact as its natural gas buildout accelerates | TechCrunch
Meta has made significant investments in natural gas over the past year. Now it's dropping out of an industry renewable energy group.
techcrunch.com
The screen comes up in the first scene of Avengers Doomsday. Thor lays bloodied and beaten. Camera pans up and it’s Robert Downey as Dr. Doom. “It’s doomin’ time.”
I miss when technology was exciting. Google was cool, search worked, information felt wildly, wonderfully accessible. Amazon was a wonderland of book discovery. The Kindle is a marvel! And now it's all the rancid sadism of dull men.
Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
You have been legally briefed, Caped Crusader.
Sean Kelly@storyslug.bsky.social · 3w agoAs a private citizen, Batman isn't bound by certain laws governing evidence, so he can break the law and turn evidence over to the cops they can't legally obtain themselves. But if he's seen to be *collaborating* with the police, if they're in any way directing his actions, that becomes null.
"Prominent voice on foreign policy" as a euphemism for "warmonger" is an interesting choice, PBS.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3w agoSouth Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham served more than 30 years in Congress, becoming one of the nation's most prominent voices on foreign policy and later one of President Trump's top allies. https://to.pbs.org/4bJ8W7x