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Finally home.
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Not sure what to make of this since it's less about cars and more about wolves of Wall St stuff. Liquidated Tesla stock but told everyone else to hold?
electrek.co/2025/11/17/p...
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Peter Thiel slashes Tesla (TSLA) stake as Elon Musk warns shorts
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel’s fund, Thiel Macro LLC, has significantly cut its position in Tesla (TSLA), according to a new...
https://electrek.co/2025/11/17/peter-thiel-slashes-tesla-tsla-stake-as-elon-musk-warns-shorts/
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@ibogost.com
Alamo ad from last week
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@alamodrafthouse.bsky.social
did they not invite you to this?
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Pope Leo XIV warns Hollywood on cinema's decline | The Jerusalem Post
"Cinemas are experiencing a troubling decline," warned Pope Leo XIV, who also urged cinematic institutions "not to give up."
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-874013
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Prop bets in sports are rampant but pale in comparison to "prop bets" in politics. Exhibit A 👇
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As some who doesn't follow sports this was helpful. Explains what a "prop bet" is and why they are the bets that have poisoned every NFL, MLB and NBA game. Recommended for fellow non-sportsball people.
www.wsj.com/sports/prop-...
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Prop Bets Are Scandal Magnets for Sports Leagues. They’re Also Serious Moneymakers.
America’s major sports leagues have started to try to limit action on the sorts of bets most vulnerable to manipulation. That’s trickier than it may seem.
https://www.wsj.com/sports/prop-bets-gambling-scandal-4f52a654
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Kubrick was somewhat obsessed with process, sure, but it never ever contaminated the storytelling. He and others discuss this exact point in this documentary which has my highest possible recommendation - schedule the time for it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSXq...
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
YouTube video by Stanley Kubrick
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSXqIXyGqBM
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I have a concern Nolan is falling down the same rabbit hole that swallowed James Cameron. Innovations in filmmaking *process* do not appeal to the majority of people who just want to go to the movies and be entertained.
movieweb.com/christopher-...
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Christopher Nolan Hypes Up 'The Odyssey' as an Action Epic That Has Never "Been Done Before"
"It's pretty primal!"
https://movieweb.com/christopher-nolan-odyssey-never-done-before-action-fantasy/
4 days ago
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Three martini lunch says no one has asked for an affordable EV until now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
5 days ago
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A stylish shelter we built over Roman ruins for our archeological inquiry. An archeological inquiry into the ruins of a civilization that thought it was invincible and eternal.
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Shelter for Roman Ruins I Peter Zumthor
YouTube video by Arcdog
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbrQunAWTs
5 days ago
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The climate president is waiting
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The climate president in waiting
The world wants an American climate leader, and Gavin Newsom is happy to play the part — even if the country he represents isn’t quite ready to follow.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/12/were-at-peak-influence-gavin-newsom-struts-on-a-global-stage-00647166
6 days ago
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Drive Electric With Domenick
6 days ago
Great thread here on why this IEA projection is absolute garbage.
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An excellent thread you should read 🏆
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6 days ago
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I thought Obamacare didn't punish terminal old people jfc
7 days ago
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Great job, Democrats
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A.R. Moxon
7 days ago
BREAKING: Scorpion Bites Frog Immediately and Repeatedly
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Brad Johnson
7 days ago
Short version: Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies, and destroying the planet. Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care Trump: No Schumer: Okay
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How Chuck Schumer Planned the Shutdown Capitulation to Trump
In brief. And then in excruciating detail
https://hillheat.news/p/how-chuck-schumer-planned-the-shutdown-capitulation-to-trump
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Ian Bogost
7 days ago
The McRib is back, so I am required to link my (now-ancient) McRib story:
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The McRib: Enjoy Your Symptom
How McDonald’s strange, seasonal sandwich explains the rest of its menu
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/the-mcrib-enjoy-your-symptom/281413/?gift=xg-ooB7bz_Y1iPLiLEmPNpPMNav0UAteWpQaywXp_Bg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Max Patten
7 days ago
Oof.
insideevs.com/news/778529/...
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The Tesla Cybertruck And Model Y Bosses Both Just Quit
Tesla has lost several top executives across divisions in recent months. They seem to be leaving on good terms, but the rate of executive turnover seems high.
https://insideevs.com/news/778529/tesla-cybertruck-model-y-executives-exit/
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If/when you have five minutes, please take this Harvard university science survey as your input will be very helpful. It is built for your anonymous, subjective opinion, honestly makes the data better. Thank you in advance.
idc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
https://idc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_elf3G9qfDpfG3bw
7 days ago
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Hello from the far, far Left. This 👇
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8 days ago
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Patricia Zengerle
8 days ago
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-shutdown-of-usaid-has-already-killed-hundreds-of-thousands
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Radley Balko
8 days ago
Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/giuilani-pardon-trump-john-eastman-sidney-powell.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Ian Bogost
8 days ago
Here's bit more about The Small Stuff, how it came about, and why it totally makes sense and adds up that I would write a self-help book, in a Bogosty way, about a flavor of contentment I call *gratification*.
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The Small Stuff
How you got disconnected from the physical world—and how to reclaim that lost joy in everyday life. Out summer 2026.
https://bogost.com/books/small-stuff/
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Recommended viewing
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yXn2...
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Inside the Breuer Building: Sotheby’s Reopens the New York Brutalist Landmark
YouTube video by Sotheby's
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yXn2212v_j8
8 days ago
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Stay classy, sportsball
www.mediaite.com/media/sports...
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Tricia Romano
9 days ago
I love French people
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In the same way Toyota only got it right that once with the LFA, Maybach got it right just this one time.
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Here's What Happened To The 8-Million Maybach Exelero
Once the most expensive car in the world, the one-off Maybach Exelero has finally turned up after years of dodging the spotlight.
https://www.hotcars.com/heres-what-happened-to-8-million-maybach-exelero/
9 days ago
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$200k electric Maybach cute UTE lol I'm sure the sultan of Brunei and the other eight people on earth in that demographic will appreciate the discount...
electrek.co/2025/11/08/m...
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Mercedes is offering a massive, $50,000 discount on THIS luxury SUV
Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 buyers may not have to ask what it costs, but they do need to know what number to write on the check.
https://electrek.co/2025/11/08/mercedes-is-offering-a-massive-50000-discount-on-this-luxury-suv/
9 days ago
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A "sporty EV" from the people who brought you a super GT racecar based on a front wheel drive, four door economy car.
www.jalopnik.com/2018400/hond...
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Honda Isn't Ruling Out An Electric Sports Car After Building 'Many Prototypes' - Jalopnik
It sure sounds like CEO Toshihiro Mibe wants to make a sporty EV at some point in the hopefully near future.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2018400/honda-isnt-ruling-out-electric-sports-car/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-Jalopnik&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1762544673
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It me. Ja boi. In a dark room, listening to gloomy synthesizer music, using a highly technical process to exacting standards.
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Dream Bike, Dream Build | The All-New Cervélo S5
YouTube video by Cervélo
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xD1Dnm9jqik
11 days ago
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Well, need a masterclass from Zohran and Gavin, both, but yeah the octogenarian "don't rock the boat," "center-Left" bullshit has got to go.
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11 days ago
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derek guy
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)
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This, in particular, is spectacularly hideous. It's like something you'd see on the wall of a car dealership where they put pictures of their top salespeople every month
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My first gallery showing, System M, Long Beach 1988. Part of a group with one piece each but mine was "censored" and placed in the hallway next to the bathroom because the curator said it promoted drug use 😂
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ART REVIEW : Sharpening the Focus in 'Long Beach'
"Focus: Long Beach" aims to draw attention to one relatively small area of Southern California's vast art scene, but the multipart show has a sprawl of its own across a town that has long since become...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-27-ca-3663-story.html
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Georges Guingouin ✔️ Che Guevara ✔️ Sean Dunn ✔️
www.mediaite.com/crime/footlo...
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FOOTLONG AND FANCY FREE: D.C. Jury Finds Protester Who Lobbed Sandwich at ICE Agent NOT GUILTY
The man who became a viral meme after flinging a subway sandwich at an ICE agent has been found not guilty by a D.C. jury.
https://www.mediaite.com/crime/footlong-and-fancy-free-d-c-jury-acquits-protester-who-lobbed-sandwich-at-ice-agent/
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Mediaite
12 days ago
FOOTLONG AND FANCY FREE: D.C. Jury Acquits Protester Who Lobbed Sandwich at ICE Agent
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FOOTLONG AND FANCY FREE: D.C. Jury Acquits Protester Who Lobbed Sandwich at ICE Agent
The man who became a viral meme after flinging a subway sandwich at an ICE agent has been found not guilty by a D.C. jury. The post FOOTLONG AND FANCY FREE: D.C. Jury Acquits Protester Who Lobbed Sandwich at ICE Agent first appeared on Mediaite.
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Mark Lemley
12 days ago
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
https://electrek.co/2025/11/04/australia-has-so-much-solar-that-its-offering-everyone-free-electricity-3h-day/
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Q: Why are traditionally made Go game sets so outrageously expensive?! A:
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国宝永子,棋中圣品。Rare Chinese Go pieces, Yongzi#china #production #countryside
YouTube video by 山白Shanbai
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vr22snWFgQ
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Lion is a) pretty chill and b) is like "This my house, humans. gtfo." That time I rolled up on a giant black vulture and a kitty cat fighting over some roadkill in the bike lane was way more intense than this.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Gp...
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Bicyclists come face-to-face with mountain lion in frightening trail encounter
YouTube video by ABC7
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GpP14WZus
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IFLScience
14 days ago
Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Changed Color Again, And Shows Signs Of Non-Gravitational Acceleration
www.iflscience.com/interstellar...
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Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Changed Color Again, And Shows Signs Of Non-Gravitational Acceleration
Behind the Sun, the comet appears to show signs of acceleration beyond what is expected by gravity. And for reasons not yet clear, it appears to have changed color.
https://www.iflscience.com/interstellar-object-3iatlas-changed-color-again-and-shows-signs-of-non-gravitational-acceleration-81415
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Thank you to everyone who helped make 50 happen. Rest. Reflect. Have a drink. But make no mistake this will not be an easy path going forward. They are not going to let our legislative achievement be a deterrent.
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"Can you smelllllllllllllllllll the opinions and mustard..."
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*TV evening news 1977* "Some say the mysterious WOW signal could be from extraterrestrials" Teenager Todd: Is it really aliens, Dad? My dad: Yes. My mom: Don't tell him that he'll repeat it and people will think he's weird. My dad: He is weird. 😂
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Paul Ford
15 days ago
As a NYer, ”real” “small town” America now looks like a sexual freak zoo run by genital-obsessive xenophobes who make women into living dolls and shoot each other. Mamdani’s NYC (and mine) is a safe, wholesome place where neighbors help each other, do scavenger hunts, ride bikes, and birdwatch.
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Your judicial system at work, brought to you by Subway® Eat Fresh!™
apnews.com/article/sean...
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Trial starts for assault case against DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video
A trial has begun for a former government attorney charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.
https://apnews.com/article/sean-dunn-subway-sandwich-trump-surge-98021a81f0a4587e3ecbc8f920bdb83e
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Neat! 👍
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/3...
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3D solar tower increases capacity factor 50%, triples solar surface area
Janta Power closed $5.5 million in seed funding to develop its vertical solar tower, with pilot programs already underway in major global airports like Dallas-Fort Worth and Munich International Airpo...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/3d-solar-tower-increases-capacity-factor-50-triples-solar-surface-area/
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Silly, fun framing with a grain of plausibility. Not mentioned, it's less about it being an object of artificial construction and more about our arrogant, puny human minds inability to imagine there are things beyond our current understanding.
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Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized Alien Spacecraft
Astronomer Avi Loeb outlines nine "anomalies" that he says support his hypothesis that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an alien artefact.
https://futurism.com/space/nine-reasons-avi-loeb-3i-atlas
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