When my son was young at places that smell like popcorn and feet I'd urge him to hold out for real ice cream. It's a lesson they all have to learn.

Trump - yes Biden - obviously, but harder than Trump Harris - no, she practices some martial art I've never heard of Newsom - no, same weird martial art, I bet Patel - probably Jerry Brown - maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it

If you were looking at the economics of a nuclear plant right now, would you even bother? Batteries + wind & solar might well destroy your value by the time you get it built.

I'm never unhappy to see Wallace Shawn in a movie or TV show.

My experience with the democratic party is: - Voters complain - Party changes course - Good things happen So, like, let's enjoy this!

Absolutely extraordinary. The Democrats conceded *nothing* and got everything they demanded. They said no ICE/CBP funding, and that's precisely what happened. In other words, they did not cave. At all. But the GOP did—completely.

I mean, fair given who she's representing. But it's gonna happen. Just a matter of when.

<waits for no one to be around> I don't think fusion is going to be any use by the time they finally figure it out. Wind and solar is just getting too damn cheap.

True, true. But I'd like to thank Meta for going full gonzo so when someone says "I dunno, there might be something here" I can just say "Metaverse" and they'll look slightly ill.

My strategy in SF when I see this happen is to make it incredibly unpleasant for everyone involved.

AI slop causes me physical pain sometimes.

This is why you don't rely on charities to do the basic work of government. Rich people get bored.

I hate that the fascists have turned Don Fucking Lemon into a legit hero.

Looking forward to our navy intercepting a ship being escorted by our own navy.

"Rage Against the Machine performs with Bruce Springsteen" is something that would have confused my younger self.

Genuinely happy with the party throwing Swalwell under the bus and backing over him a couple times. Fuck these guys.

AI just isn't that big a deal outside the SF Bay bubble. It's kind of nice.

Don't wanna get yelled at and trying to destroy the Forest Service is bad... but that service is also called out in legislation. To destroy it would be illegal. When they've tried to destroy other things and congress hasn't backed them up, they've lost in court.

If you find yourself typing "capitalist liberalism" maybe.... find another way to say what you're saying.

It's disturbing to see posts about the volume of code people are generating. Thousands of lines of code (klocs) have never been a good measure of work output.

It gets bigger every time.

Cursive is utterly pointless. But this is also not that important. So 🤷

Spotify keeps glomming on to a neighbor's Tesla... which I don't even know how that's possible... but everyone likes Chappell Roan. Loud. Right?

Going to print this review out on the heaviest card stock I can find and then start hitting people with it.

So the president wants to draw down the ICE slush fund by running TSA at airports. I mean... sure!

My teenager searching the Epstein Files: "18 and up? Didn't matter then, why does it matter now?"

"Self driving cars are the future!" Meanwhile, my feed seems to be filled with the most alarming dash cam videos.

Well that's unambiguous.

When dealing with the government things are often not that bad. I forgot jury duty this week, so I call in and they give me a new week in April. No sweat.

I have a CIA mug where all the writing has worn off. Which makes it even more of a CIA mug in my estimation.

I think 3D printing is kind of cool and amazing for prototyping or small runs of bespoke parts. But I never got how it could possibly compete with injection molding or a dozen other more straightforward processes. At scale, anyway. Wish we could admit when tech is niche. Cool, but niche.

I don't need my payroll company to send me cutesy animations. You have one job payroll company. Do that job.

The way nuclear power has allied itself with fossil fuels and against solar and wind has gotta be the weirdest goddamn twist.

Should be legal to punch anyone wearing Meta glasses. Just until they fall off, of course.

The actor, known for his roles in “Transformers” and “Megalopolis,” Ow. That's a low blow.

Clinton was right. We should have intervened in Syria.

Do Waymo's do a calibration run @aniccia.bsky.social? We see a lot of them on a particular residential street in the middle of the day, always empty.

Missed Call

Look driver-parked-in-the-bike lane, you can't out passive aggressive me. I have all day for you. You will get very angry. You will drive off mad. But you will drive off. Maybe next time you'll think "Do I really want an argument with Fat Gandalf again?" And maybe won't park in the bike lane.

Finally! This is the last stop before SF on Bart and it's right off a couple highways. There should be multi-story housing as far as the eye can see. Secretly I just want this to keep a damn coffee shop open across from The Crucible.

Oo that's good.

Blah, blah won't pass. But it does get all those republicans on record making prices higher for YOU.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

I don't wanna write a review for your generic AirBnB. I don't wanna give your quickie mart 4 stars. I don't wanna rate the service at my doctor's office. If I had a problem, I'd let you know. Otherwise just do your thing and I'll do mine.

Hey, the self driving stans want to weigh in on this one? Is this somehow better than the average doctor?

Hey do the self driving stans want to dive into this one? "Well AI is better than a drunk surgeon who's not paying attention, so what are you complaining about?"

It's almost as if we should never have let Discord take over the random community server business.

I am now bored with half the blue sky discourse on a game day. Good. This is good.

How's the guy who couldn't cancel congestion pricing in Manhattan gonna cancel the elections?

Sad to say I hadn't been on the new @caltrain.com until today. Goddamn it's good. So fast getting into and out of stations. So quiet.