The nice thing about going for a drive just to get a cup of ice cream is that you get to drive back.
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Enjoyer
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Software quality and security person. Avid airplane and car enjoyer. Western Nevada. Goes camping in the desert at least twice a year. Loves his dogs and cats, has too many things on his plate. Lives in a shack in the woods.
Reminds me of last weekend when I got to see Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole -and- Amy Hānaiali’i, (who is such a diva). Someone I was there with was talking about this mead!
Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 3h agoManoa Mead and Honey, Lilikoi Sessions Mead made from local honey and passion fruit
"While Iran has fought the US to an effective military stalemate, it has defeated the US strategically. Trump wants the war to end + plenty of foreign heads of state in his ear want it to end even more than he does. "Iran wants the war to end too, but has the leverage to end it on favorable terms."
Trump Needs to Choose How to Lose the Iran War
No matter how Trump tries to spin the war, Iran has defeated the U.S. strategically — and it’s time accept that and find the least bad way out.
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I sat at the “Heat” table at Kate Mantolini and ate crispy Mac and cheese about 26 years ago. This experience has informed me on a variety of subjects. AMA.
A bunch of people are going to make a life-changing money in a few days, and I would not be surprised if Elon changes the game for their options, or at least tries.
Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 10h agoTomorrow (August 6) is the end of the first IPO lockout period for SpaceX, meaning that at market open over 900 million insider shares that could not legally be sold until now are free flood the market. 
$SNOOPY - CHARLIE BROWN PLANS INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 17h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
Boy, the grifting file must be getting thin. Moon factories!
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 17h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
correct are you serious about beating fascism or not? get in, we’re beating them in november you can be mad, you can be disappointed, but at the end of the day having someone with D in any and all seats is better than having someone with an R in them
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 18h agoI meant to post this last night but if you’re mad about any of the primary results you got 24 hours to bleed, try not to say anything you’ll regret in 48, and then it’s Blue No Matter Who.
I gotta say, "It fell off a truck," isn't exactly new. I knew an old man with some stories.
Organized cargo thieves target growing Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, sheriff says
STOREY COUNTY, Nev. — As new warehouses, factories and data centers rise along USA Parkway, the Storey County Sheriff’s Office says organized criminals are foll
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Can we please stop conspiracy theorizing about well-publicized US military exercises? Part 35 crashes happen a lot.
Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social · yesterdayWould the crash have occurred if it was sunny? Probably not, but the accident cause isn't the wx, or forecasting, or the manufacturer, or the FAA's training standards.......it's the dumbass who flew into known IMC without an instrument rating, picture unrelated
Very happy that the work I did on the bearings, brakes and running gear on this trailer ten years ago. Especially because it’s got as balls right now and it’s fine for another year.
“Why are people paying 26-year-old sticker prices for minimally-connected supersedans? Because significant portions of the product landscape resemble a fucking box of crackerjacks, is why. These are cars. They are meant for driving.
852dude@852dude.bsky.social · 2d agoThis sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.
Met a nice person last night with great legs.
Before the pandemic, it was easy to buy correct parts for Your old BMW without buying them from BMW; Lemforder, etc made those parts in Germany/Hungary. It’s all third world now. The parts are inferior and materials are sub par. Same for Toyota; even Denso parts have gotten…bad.
victoria scott@victoriascott.bsky.social · 3d agoThis theory doesn’t survive contact with car parts. I *always* buy the best stuff (OEM or equivalent because I want it to last for as long as humanly possible) and it has gotten noticeably shittier over the past ten years to the point new stuff is pretty regularly defective
I had a really interesting time in a lift last night that opened my eyes to how little trust and safety on these platforms actually does. The first clue was that the Xeroxed paper plates on the car were impossible.
Data centers being stood up as the central tent pole of the new American pretend economy are all capable of remote management. You’re welcome.
Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social · 4d agocyber actions against civilian infrastructure is an interesting one because a lot of DoD treats it as a black box with no significant impact expected from the US populace in any direction I tend to agree with that but only up to a point...and the breakover point will be sudden and sharp
I’m at a private event today, helping the band. There’s a hired photographer here. When you go to events like this, please sit the fuck down or at least stay cognizant of the person HIRED to take photos. You are -never- going to watch that 12-second video again, but you just ruined a shot.
Senior GOP staffer: "Everyone knows what the problem is: [we] have spent the last decade prioritizing blind ideological loyalty instead of competence or intelligence... We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”
it’s basically the same dynamic as cops, everyone who isn’t already a complete shithead is immediately hazed to the point that they either become one or quit
Foxbat?@foxbat.gay · 4d agoIt's also kinda a reverse nazi bar situation. Potential members who are just kids who've been raised conservative show up to a few meetings and any of them with remotely functioning senses of decency bounce because they were not prepared for shit like "marital rape isn't real" to openly talked about
The land where anybody can drive anything they want anytime.
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 5d agoYes, and this is why car bloat is caused by regulatory failure. If other cars on the road are bigger than yours, it's reasonable to want a bigger one. Rinse, wash, repeat—and you end up with America's enormous SUVs and pickups. Decades of inaction from NHTSA + Congress enabled this.
Hey man, I’m getting a lot of use out of these AI code assistants, but I’m OK if we just turn everything off for six months and figure out why the fuck the most highly valued companies can’t figure out how to test properly.
I’m technically not finished with this job, but the car is on the ground and everything is torqued and double checked. With new differential carrier bushings, as well as new rubber throughout the rear suspension (front is a year old) and new shocks all around, the car literally feels new. 204,456.
I believe that diehard Tesla investors can adjust to a world where their luck is worse, but I'm less sure they can adjust to a world where I was right all along
so I'm sorry, you were just saying how your Tesla is no big deal, just another purchase... do go on
George Pearkes@peark.es · 7d agoNYT: Musk preparing 9 figure spending campaign in support of Republicans in "swing" states like Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas.
Yeah, I can’t see anything wrong with adding an easy to miss toggle like this. I can’t escape the conclusion that the only reason Microsoft is so successful is that most CTOs are really stupid.
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 7d agoi do not know and cannot even imagine a single person who wants this
Yeah, either the fossil fuel industry is punching themselves in the balls to make Trump happy, or the analysts were wrong, and we can plausibly work in a near zero margin petroleum environment. Where’s the money, Lebowski?
Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰@urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 7d agoOkay but we’ve heard this since May is the thing. It’s really hard to take doom and gloom predictions at this point. I understand everyone is dipping into reserves more than was anticipated but even still, analysts predicted $6 per gallon by June.
Unfortunately, most of these journalists never bothered to actually learn about the things they’re trying to report on.
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 7d agojournalism is just repeating the things various high-level executives say without context, correction, or cues that the speaker might not be a competent or reliable narrator