So glad the onion is back on form

How could he have known about the pottery?

No matter how stupid you expect this answer to be, there is no way you are prepared for how stupid it actually is.

Sloptopolis

Google should let you make a subscription-only notebooklm, turn it into a new type of blogging/newsletter platform. Could mix text written by authors with sources they recommend on a particular topic. That would be 1000x better than me trying to roll my own.

Thomas Jefferson compared the institution of slavery to having caught a wolf by the ears, and say what you will about the analogy but it's clearly not a desirable state of affairs.

If Waymo is doing 250k rides per week with only 2k vehicles on the road, call it 125 per vehicle week, if a ride is ten bucks (conservative) and a car costs 120k to build (probably conservative), the payback period for that car is ~2 years. If cost comes down to 60k, you're talking one year. 💰 🤑 💸

JB is my kind of guy

Turned on The Sum of All Fears from 2002 last night, fully expecting it to fall flat, and actually the degree to which it still holds up is frightening.

The flipside of this is also true: if we stay on a fossil-based energy system, we need to continually mine, refine, and burn fossil fuels FOREVER. Either the cost of that is infinite or we run out and have to transition anyway. In the very long run it's transparent nonsense.

tHe UsD iS lOsInG iTs ReSeRvE sTaTuS

They finally made the milk from that hotel

My flaming hot take is that making geothermal projects eligible for Master Limited Partnerships is 10-100x more consequential for clean energy than early sunsets on solar and wind subsidies.

Humans have practiced many different kinds of magic throughout history. The ones the work get relabled "science".

Spanish government report on the causes of the unprecedented blackout of the Iberian peninsula points to failure of thermal power plants to respond as required, and a possible planning failure by the grid operator, as the causes. elpais.com/economia/202...

Sounds familiar.

@hankgreen.bsky.social did a 10 minute video about next gen battery technology and actually managed to mention almost about every single relevant detail and only made one mistake I could identify. It's...it's beautiful. youtu.be/BL-1FjBkvKY?...

I know we're not supposed to go "twas ever thus" these days but I can't think of a more consistent throughline of American history. Like, did you think Ronald Reagan worked for a think tank?

The Yahoo finance story on Biden's cancer shows the ticker symbol for the New York Times.

The last couple years were a little nondescript so I'm pleased to report that Eurovision 2025 is bugfuck insane.

True crime is military history for women.

Take this Malort, it is my blood

The political value of ignorance is that it lets you tell lies while still appearing earnest.

It's Spargelzeit again, an event that combines Germany's two great passions: bland vegetables and unnecessarily complicated machinery.

Movies you've watched more than six times using gifs. (Hard mode, no Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR)

We stan www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

6.3%

Today I learned that a federal judge can appoint a prosecutor if the government doesn't. And apparently, so did the administration.

"Using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym."

Dear carmakers:

The lettuce wins again.

Reposting this for no particular reason.

Bsky so juicy

4.2%

The fact that John Fetterman had a stroke and basically became a Republican kinda says it all.

I have entered my canned meat era.

Lots has been said about how 60s counterculture became the Leitkultur of the 90s but very little has been said about how 90s counterculture has essentially become the Leitkultur of the 2020s. Noam Chomsky, Black Bloc, Fox Mulder...they have become salonfähig and neoliberalism has gone underground.

Wir sind sowas von zurück

As counterproductive as Trump's Ukraine policy is, Ukrainians didn't die in Maidan square waving the American flag. Ukraine is fighting to join Europe and Europe must do what needs to be done to help.

If you enjoyed the vibecession, you're going to love the vibepression.

For as much as the administration insists they want peace, their behavior is guaranteeing the war in Ukraine will carry on more or less indefinitely, for the next four years at a minimum.

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

1️⃣ Ukraine has been left to fight without USA aid. We must rally behind it now more than ever. Please share this message and donate, it is critical. 🇺🇦 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...

Chinese automaker don't launch a totally new brand for no reason challenge: impossible

Surprisingly poor showing in the German elections for my favorite lunatic fringe party, the "life extension research to live forever party", no I am not even slightly kidding

Anyone who wants to gush about how Chinese automakers like BYD are leaving Western EVs in the dust, you need to watch an actual review of a BYD vehicle as it struggles to perform basic tasks. youtu.be/vnxwRRXVA8E?...

2.08%

People all know that Donald Trump is a narcissist, but I don't think they've really understood what that means.

A big problem with the concept of mens rea is that as long as you seem delusional enough, you can never actually be convicted of a crime.