Eric Einsame
@cyclingennui.bsky.social
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Refugee from X floating in the Blue.
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Tesla, selling overpriced and under-designed products to the next generation:
www.businessinsider.com/teslas-balan...
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Tesla's newest set of wheels is a $225 bike for toddlers
Tesla's $225 Balance Bike is the latest gear aimed at young customers. It's priced like other high-end two-wheelers.
https://www.businessinsider.com/teslas-balance-bike-toddlers-elon-musk-2026-7
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Lisa Craig - Proceed in working trot
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Washington, D.C. is a ball pit of spherical bastards.
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Open air insider trading?!?
thehill.com/policy/techn...
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Wall Street traders can soon pay for early looks at Truth Social posts
President Trump’s social media platform announced plans Thursday to sell Wall Street firms early access to its “most market-moving” posts. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent comp…
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5972998-trump-media-technology-group-launch-truth-api/
4 days ago
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Meta, at it again:
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14 days ago
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The real heroes:
#AISucks
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14 days ago
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Meta, hiring fake teenagers to stress test its AI:
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Steve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
Alt: Steve Buscemi, blending in perfectly at the high school lockers with skateboard, reversed baseball cap & tee shirt that reads “music ⚡️band”: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
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15 days ago
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My quote of the day this morning: "Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax." - Charles Kettering Tech bros: “On it!”
#AISucks
17 days ago
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Something poetical about evangelicals hanging out in virtual space. Perhaps that should be their mandated arena..
www.npr.org/2026/07/02/g...
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Christian missionaries have found a new (virtual) mission territory
The room may be virtual, but the prayer — and the evangelism — are not.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/02/g-s1-131124/christian-missionaries-have-found-a-new-virtual-mission-territory?utm_term=10845111
19 days ago
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People eating chick-fil-a in their car while on a phone call is why more people don’t ride bikes in the USA.
#BikeSky
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20 days ago
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Maybe it’s that we’re not that thrilled with our de-evolution, of late: Americans' pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find
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Americans' pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find
A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans have grown less proud of the country’s history or the way its democracy works over the past several years.
https://apnews.com/article/poll-america-identity-pride-proud-3f333d6db84c73ca7e78882b0a2a2070
22 days ago
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John Turturro in Severance: Praise Kier
Alt: John Turturro losing his cubicle divider in Severance: Praise Kier.
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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Marisa Kabas
about 1 month ago
NEW — I wanted to know if ICE’s newly uncovered plan to offload seven of the 11 concentration camp warehouses was actually a big deal, so I went straight to the expert: Michael Wriston of
@projectsaltbox.com
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ICE is offloading seven concentration camp warehouses. What does it really mean?
A Q+A with Michael Wriston of Project Salt Box
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-warehouses-offloading-project-salt-box-q-and-a
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Congestion pricing in Manhattan benefited the entire geographic region. And how many businesses packed up and left? Any of the whiners leave..?
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about 1 month ago
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But sure, let's throw more money at a dinosaur:
futurism.com/science-ener...
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Solar Just Produced More Electricity Than Coal for the First Time in the History of the United States
According to global energy think tank Ember, solar power generation overtook coal for the first time in US history last month.
https://futurism.com/science-energy/solar-produced-more-electricity-coal-united-states
about 1 month ago
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McSweeney's
about 1 month ago
I use obstacles to learn and grow. I am this house’s cleanest pet. I am filled with love, happiness, and cat hair.
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A Roomba’s Positive Affirmations
I am plugged in. I am fully charged. I am unstoppable. I am running into a chair. I am running into a chair. I am running into a chair. I am running into a c...
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Christopher Schmidt
about 1 month ago
"moving people slowly is moving people safely" is a core part of the presentation of every street safety project in Cambridge, and I stand by that perspective when looking to how we should design city streets.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
about 1 month ago
The Cure's Robert Smith perfectly sums up the difference between Americans and Brits.
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More than just video game developers:
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about 1 month ago
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The real shocker here is that you can purchase a cuddly invertebrate pet for less than $1.50!? Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust
apnews.com/article/ille...
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Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust
Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates.
https://apnews.com/article/illegal-cockroaches-seized-australia-madagascar-hissing-dubia-e35889bf7910169f6bd091e34b35e029
about 2 months ago
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Why are we like this?!
techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/c...
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Cash App launches a wand for tap-and-pay | TechCrunch
Digital wallet app Cash App is launching a new gadget on Thursday, seemingly inspired by the social media trend that involves paying for items in the real world with a tap of a homemade magic wand, wh...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/cash-app-launches-a-wand-for-tap-and-pay/
about 2 months ago
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While I appreciate the sentiment, I wouldn’t want to hitch public monies on that nag:
sherwood.news/power/sen-be...
#AISucks
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: US government should own half of big AI companies in an “American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund”
Senator Sanders’ proposal would use a one-time tax of 50% — paid in stock — for US taxpayers to own half of OpenAI, Anthropic, and others....
https://sherwood.news/power/sen-bernie-sanders-us-government-should-own-half-of-big-ai-companies-in-an-american-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/
about 2 months ago
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Joke’s on you: I assume any email from Microsoft is spam..
techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/s...
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Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links | TechCrunch
The loophole allows spammers and scammers to send emails from a legitimate Microsoft email address typically used for sending genuine account alerts.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/scammers-are-abusing-an-internal-microsoft-account-to-send-spam/
about 2 months ago
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Here’s hoping this has put a stop to damage at the Kennedy center, after his brummagem White House transformation.
about 2 months ago
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Robert Reich
about 2 months ago
Hourly wages are up 3% since 2019. Corporate profits are up 50%. Labor’s piece of the economic pie is the smallest it’s been in over 75 years, while corporate profits’ share is the *biggest* it’s been since 1950. This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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Dan McClellan
about 2 months ago
Does this comedian get the Bible right?
#maklelan3311
youtube.com/shorts/pvEtn...
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Does this comedian get the Bible right? #maklelan3311
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
https://youtube.com/shorts/pvEtnv4rEBI
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"Can humans survive and reproduce in space? I hope the answer is yes." I disagree. I hope not.
futurism.com/space/china-...
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China Launches Synthetic Human Embryos to Space Station
China sent a batch of synthetic human embryos to its Tiangong space station, in an experiment to explore human reproduction in space.
https://futurism.com/space/china-synthetic-human-embryos-space
about 2 months ago
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Rich Harwood
2 months ago
You can tell a product like AI is really great when the only way to get new users is to force feed it to them. Here my new restaurant is great, let's kidnap people off the streets and shove the food down their throats to prove it's great food
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Among the myriad of offenses we can attribute to the mobster-in-chief, he ushers in a new era of tacky ostentation:
www.businessinsider.com/quiet-luxury...
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Quiet luxury and millennial minimalism is out. Americans are embracing McMansions, trucker hats, and flashy bling.
From Lauren Sánchez to the gold-plated Oval Office to "Mar-a-Lago face," America's elite are embracing louder, flashier displays of wealth.
https://www.businessinsider.com/quiet-luxury-loud-tacky-wealth-america-2026-5
2 months ago
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Good Omens 3 : Why?! Maybe they couldn’t do the final episode in 2 that they had planned..? Also: Anybody else have crappy audio off and on through the whole thing?
2 months ago
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And how does this differ from our Kleptocracy leaders, exactly?
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Andrew Left's securities fraud trial will raise the question: 'What are short sellers allowed to say?'
Andrew Left heads to trial this week over charges of manipulating stock prices. The case raises big questions about what short sellers can do and say.
https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-left-trial-short-seller-doj-securities-fraud-citron-research-2026-4
2 months ago
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McSweeney's
2 months ago
"I supported the Emperor because I thought he’d learned from the Clone Wars. I thought this time would be different. But now there’s this constant vibration I can feel deep in my bones."
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“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System
“For this focus group, conducted shortly before a sustained green glow began emanating from the station’s superlaser array, we spoke with residents who said ...
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Wow. Just wow. Great job, whoever you are!
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2 months ago
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HMD, to those that celebrate..
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2 months ago
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I’m torn: I know it’s mayday strike day, but I had planned to vote..?
#mayday
#generalstrike
3 months ago
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$100 +$10/mo for an old fashioned princess phone that’s dependent on your WiFi? Maybe you shouldn’t have cut your landline…
tincan.kids
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Tin Can - The Landline, Reinvented for Kids
The super-magical Wi-Fi landline for kids. No screens, no texting, no strangers — just real conversation with Grandma, besties, and contacts you approve. Plug in, twirl that cord, and time-travel to p...
https://tincan.kids/
3 months ago
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Will Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax hit a certain Palm Beach resident where he lives, so to speak?
3 months ago
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Please fix this app. Not helping the Twitter to Bluesky ratio with this…
#fixBluesky
3 months ago
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The Onion
3 months ago
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto
https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/
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This is common sense, but bears repeating occasionally:
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3 months ago
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If this doesn’t break BYD into the US market, nothing will:
www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/b...
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Fast food, faster charging? BYD and KFC China collaborate to offer 9-minute refueling stations
BYD announced Wednesday a partnership with KFC China to develop a network of "nine-minute" drive-thrus across the mainland.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/byd-and-kfc-collaborate-to-offer-9-minute-refueling-stations-in-china.html
3 months ago
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end times bacon
4 months ago
President’s threats of genocide forces Iran to accept total victory.
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A remnant from the Iraq war
4 months ago
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McSweeneys always comes through. Happy Easter!
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4 months ago
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Justin Wolfers
4 months ago
You can see pretty clearly when the President decided to reassure a worried nation.
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4 months ago
“If they don’t agree with my ridiculous terms, we will commit multiple war crimes” - president Al Capone
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Okay, this has to be an April fools thing, right? Right? It’s exasperatingly too hard to tell… Trump shares presidential library renderings
www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...
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What to know about Trump's future presidential library, which he says may be a hotel
Trump posted the first architectural renderings of his future presidential library, planned for a prime plot of land donated by Miami Dade College. He later said it's "most likely to be a hotel."
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5768094/trump-presidential-library-renderings-miami?orgid=447
4 months ago
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In two weeks, they’ll be returning with his healthcare plan:
www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...
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Trump hints at an end to military action in Iran, saying U.S. will leave in 2-3 weeks
Trump's remarks came in response to a question about rising gas prices. He said they would fall once the U.S. leaves Iran, claiming that would happen in "maybe two weeks, maybe three."
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5766991/iran-war-lebanon-israel-dubai-trump-oil-europe?utm_source=npr_newsletter
4 months ago
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Good thing it wasn’t a teppanyaki robot…
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Dancing robot busts a move, and dishes, after going rogue at California hot pot restaurant
A dancing robot tore up the dance floor, and smashed some dishes, at a Haidilao Hot Pot restaurant in California.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dancing-robot-busts-move-dishes-going-rogue-california-hotpot-restaura-rcna264275
4 months ago
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Productivity? Sure.
#AISucks
www.cbsnews.com/news/is-ai-p...
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Is AI productivity prompting burnout? Study finds new pattern of "AI brain fry"
Artificial intelligence can give some workers "brain fry" if overused, according to a new study published in Harvard Business Review.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-ai-productivity-prompting-burnout-study-finds-new-pattern-of-ai-brain-fry/
4 months ago
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