it wouldn't solve all of america's problems but legalizing non-dealer models of car sales would probably defang a lot of the GOP donor class
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 5d agolol
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Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 5d ago
starting to think the profit motive in news is just as damaging to society as the profit motive in health care or education or transportation or housing or food or... hmmm wait a minute
Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.
my favorite thing about the Hotmail purchase was how high the FreeBSD guys were flying for years on Microsoft's inability to transition off it.
Today in Tech History@techhistory.bsky.social · last mo.30 years ago today, Hotmail was introduced. It would later be acquired by Microsoft for around $400 million and rebranded as "MSN Hotmail".
you, a loutish plebeian: happy 4th of July! me, an evolved sophisticate: happy #Shoegaze Saturday
Wow you’re telling me capitalists colluded to raise prices on necessities? Fuck. I thought this system was inherently efficient
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · last mo.the egg price thing under biden was all fake lol
Idk, maybe it's just me slowly pupating into a beautiful old man butterfly, but when people say things feel "off" now, this is kinda what i'm talking about. this is just really shocking stuff, and if you said it even during the Bush II admin, you would be out of politics, out of a job, etc.
Anthony L. Fisher@anthonylfisher.bsky.social · last mo.Here’s the discourse we’re missing out on by not engaging on Elon Musk’s microblog
In honour of Joanna Page winning @taskmaster.tv, my husband imported Curlywurlys from the UK, many times eleven of them! Cat thinks it's Churu.
Thomas Pynchon Spotted For First Time In Years In Instagram Reels Comment Section
Has the UK considered just making the cat Prime Minister?
The claim that "Israel wants to kill its way out of every problem" is the sort of thing that tends to draw a DOJ investigation and the blocking of federal funds when made by campus actors.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo agoVance blasts Israel’s response to Iran deal: “You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”
You couldn’t make Caroline in the City these days due to the cities being too scary
Entertainment Weekly@ew.com · 2mo agoRainn Wilson is calling out a 'bias in the media' toward 'liberal policies' for his belief that 'The Office' could not be made today, saying it would be 'too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was.'
you guys i’m beginning to think american capitalism might have a dark underbelly
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo agoBREAKING: Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX opens for trading at $150 per share, giving the rocket maker a market value of $1.96 trillion.
The NBA Finals have been pretty great so far, and have given fans basically everything they could have hoped for, with one exception—the chance to think more about President Donald Trump. That ends now.
this was a very big deal to me. I had been using the milestone releases for months prior and the 1.0 was a big day.
WebDesignMuseum@webdesignmuseum.org · 2mo agoOn 5 June 2002 Mozilla (also known as Mozilla .org ) released the Mozilla 1.0 web browser. The basis for Mozilla 1.0 was Gecko, an open-source rendering engine. #InternetHistory
The American people don't want to hear about water fountains, or the "reflective lake." They want to know the latest on the ballroom.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump: "Water fountains -- think of this. These are foundations, beautiful fountains, that were sssssso horrible to look at, with the graffiti. The big one, the reflective lake, was built in 1922. This is called swimming pool on steroids. So it's great stuff."
I love how Honda just randomly pops off with some of the weirdest shit you've ever seen. Yes, it's 1984 and I need an 1100cc 90 degree V-4 with a shaft drive, thank you.
Bring a Trailer@bringatrailer.bsky.social · 2mo ago1984 Honda V65 Magna VF1100C at No Reserve
my hot take is if you slapped "celica" on the side of this and it cost 40 grand, people would be loving it
Road & Track@roadandtrack.bsky.social · 3mo agoFerrari's first all-electric car, the Luce, brings radical change to Maranello. www.roadandtrack.com/news/a713981...
What the Loony Left doesn’t understand is that the healthier and stronger you are, the more frequently you go to the doctor for mysterious exams.
the Kyle Busch news is sad and I feel bad for his wife and kids but also I look like a huge asshole because a friend and I have been greeting each other for years by yelling "fuck kyle busch!!" in a bad southern accent.
eccentric wealthy family dynasties were the backbone of local newspapers and sports teams for a hundred years in this country. were they remotely laudable as humanitarians or community leaders? no. were they better than the bloodless ultrarich freaks in charge now? kinda. what's my point? no idea
every single transportation conversation ever
the eCVT is so good that regular CVTs should be forced to be named something else. "Rubber Band Trash Transmission" or something
Technology Connections@techconnectify.bsky.social · 3mo agoi made this youtu.be/KnUFH5GX_fI