Robert Szasz 𓅆

@rszasz.saxonco.com

Now in the PNW near Salem. General IT tech, ham, tinkerer and bodger. Signal handle ends: .54 @rszasz.saxonco.com https://www.last.fm/user/DrCron/

“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.

When you close a museum.. it’s not just the artifacts that go to auction or into a warehouse. You lose ❌the subsidized field trips for kids who might not be able to afford it ❌the seniors outreach ❌the world class research and conservation ❌the architecture YOU LOSE HUMANITY.

NEW(ish) COMIC: Food Court (remastered) I've always thought this one was not that relatable outside of our house, but I saw a page repost it recently and it did really well; so it inspired me to give it the remaster treatment! Updated BONUS panel below! 👇

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There's actually a very easy explanation for this: During COVID, severe supply constraints meant that manufacturers couldn't build enough cars to satisfy demand. They focused on the most expensive, highest-margin cars. The market ate it up. Manufacturers realized they could just make those cars.

CNN@cnn.com · 23h ago

Just over a decade ago, most new American cars were sold for less than $30,000, according to data from auto research firm Edmunds. During the first six months of this year, only 4% of US car sales were under $25,000, and only 10% were in the $25,000 to $30,000 range. https://cnn.it/3V4WEkm

CW: rape, incest A 14 year old is a child. She was raped and impregnated by her own father who forced her to give birth. He’s allegedly in hiding and they’re charging the child with a crime. They’re further victimizing the victim instead of getting her the help & support she needs.

Man, 14-year-old sought after newborn found dead along road

Detectives are searching for a man accused of impregnating his 14-year-old daughter, who authorities believe left the newborn to die along a Monterey County, California road.

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Them even putting this out there is a form of voter suppression. If you think your mail in ballot may simply be thrown away, are you really going to take that chance? So now you have to go out and vote, which if your state doesn’t have early voting, or has long lines, maybe you can’t make the time.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h ago

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

As @brianbeutler.bsky.social keeps warning us: They are not going to prioritize fighting Trump. They’re trying to pretend things are normal and do normal things in an abnormal time. Trump’s actions will stand. And Jeffries is leading that. He has to go

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · yesterday

What @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social told me the House agenda will be next year if Democrats win —Reverse Trump’s Medicaid cuts —Extend expired ACA tax credits —Restore Congress’s authority on tariffs —“Decisively” end the Iran war Beyond that: “We’ve established five working groups on affordability”

I am not sorry to be sharing this thing so much because getting it done was a massive victory over my disability and I feel very good about that, but also, I really do need glasses and to pay the bills. If you like, please help me out.

doc@docseuss.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE! Emotions are the basic and most important part of human function, as essential as protein. So why is it that so many game designers don't design for emotion? featuring Dark Cloud and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! docseuss.medium.com/its-not-enou...

Very good piece on how the shit is about to hit the fan as the AI companies have to start paying for data centers when they come online in a big way, starting next year www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-teaser... Hopefully, even brain-dead billionaires can see this coming.

The Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset Wall

Trillions in compute commitments come due in 2027–2028. The Reset Wall reveals how the AI boom breaks, and when.

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