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I love cool buildings, good food, the cosmos, and all things Chicago ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ Bulls 🏀 F1🏁
I've been in Michigan for most of this primary campaign and let me tell you, it is hard to describe what 60 million in negative ads *feels* like... Just a rancid, putrid stench that permeates every corner of your media environment without relief 🥴 Now for the General. Condolences to my MI peeps 🫠
Ah. A good debunking thread to go with my morning coffee... ☕ 🚂🧵
Jake Berman@lostsubways.com · 3d agothis is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?
Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”
Google appears to be in an active race to destroy all remaining goodwill the company once had. They've almost entirely destroyed search and now they're screwing with Google Maps.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 6d agoI used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
If you buy ricotta from someone committing three separate grammatical errors on the word jalapeño, you deserve what you get.
Sbooks@bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · last wk.The most recent listeria recall I can find.
Before y'all kick ya feet up! Wink wink, nudge nudge!
there's 5 main reasons they want you to think AI is now self-aware and "goes rogue" 1. product marketing misrepresentation 2. props up insane valuations for a sector not making money 3. scares lawmakers into trash legislation 4. distracts from technofascism 5. distances execs from accountability
do not anthropomorphize software, episode 7,000
AI Doomsday Bullshit Is Getting Tired
The "rogue AI" narrative continues to help obscure very ugly and avoidable human failures.
karlbode.com
Absolutely loving this Blacksky app experience... Hello World! 👋🏾☺️
UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup and the Club World Cup Because the non-profit FIFA wants to hand over influence to private investors There are 55 members in UEFA
UEFA Considering Boycott of FIFA Tournaments in Brewing Feud
UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.
bloomberg.com
CDS explainers? We're cooked lol
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.Hey where have I seen this one before.
Woah, this is huge news: most ovarian cancer begins in the fallopian tubes, which can be removed (if patient desires) during other abdominal surgeries. Ovarian cancer has vague symptoms and often isn’t diagnosed until late stage with low survival rates. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
nytimes.com
Currently in W Michigan for work and the political ads on TV *24-7* are so VILE wtf
LeBron is apparently going to live in NYC, at least much of the time, and commute to Philly. Wilt Chamberlain did the same thing while running a Gotham blues club, Big Wilt's Smalls Paradise, in the early-60s. Now, if LBJ helos to Philly ... that would be new. Wilt drove. Usually at 100 mph.
“.. a nine-month process that $META used to cut deals behind the scenes, avoid local opposition and offload financial risk, according to interviews with more than 40 people and a review of corporate filings, tax records, property records ..” Incredible reporting. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...
Ugh
Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2w agoFresh evidence the private equity firms pouring money into the AI bubble could lead to the insolvency of companies behind life insurance for millions -- in which case we'll all end up paying for the bailout, as we did in 2008: paulkedrosky.com/socializing-...
Cannot stress enough that tabletop fire pits like the kind that hurt this child are dangerous garbage and should be thrown away. If you see an ad for one of these things, tag us or send us the link to the listing. www.12onyourside.com/2026/07/23/8...
8-year-old caught on fire after tabletop fire pit exploded on vacation, family says
A family vacation turned into a nightmare when a tabletop fire pit reportedly exploded, catching an 8-year-old boy and another child on fire.
12onyourside.com
Cilantro?!
Novela
ALT: Novela
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paris martineau@paris.nyc · 2w agoNew: State health officials say parsley and cilantro appear to be linked to surging cyclospora cases in North Carolina The disclosure comes as the FDA says it’s investigating a new outbreak linked to an unidentified source. Unclear if the two are related www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w agoBloomberg terminal allows users to see “oil tanker captains sending messages to the Houthis .. basically signaling ‘don't shoot, we're not a target.’” .. Right now two VLCCs are broadcasting that they have Chinese crews and owners.” 👀 @bloomberg.com
Excellent explainer on a thing you’re going to see breathlessly hyped for a few days as major media outlets write OpenAI’s advertising content for them.
Well said. Very in line with the whole "vibes" culture where experience, experts, and expertise are denigrated 🧵👇🏾
Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · 2w agoIn sportsball talk, everyone is allowed to take shots at everyone else, for any reason. Especially anchors and analysts taking shots at players. But players turned anchors cannot cross an invisible line: you must never point out that some analysts never played anything.🤷🏿♂️ Ryan Clark. Let go.
So in addition to figuring out how much Saudi oil can exit via the Red Sea, now we may have to figure out how much can transit/bypass Suez (Suemax tankers can, VLCC cannot while laden)
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w agouh oh. * TWO OIL TANKERS LADEN WITH SAUDI CRUDE MAKE U-TURNS IN RED SEA, HEAD FOR SUEZ -- DATA @reuters.com