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... >SpaceX is now tied to Xai which is losing a shitton of money >Xai is tied to Nvidia >Nvidia is tangled into every AI company in existence and we're already seeing cracks And on top of all of this we have the dumbest administration of all time that's going to do a rug pull with the whole thing.

NYT lede: Nineteen months ago, Donald J. Trump thundered back to the presidency after pledging to voters that he would “make America affordable again” and start “no new wars.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

Where am I?

Put together five (5) Ikea items within 24 hours of buying them, planned out the next month of travel and did and folded all the laundry this morning. (Please clap, even if it is 1:20 now)

The New York Times, in a national editorial, endorses Massachusetts housing policy. Hub of the Universe, indeed. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...

And there are plenty of skills we can lose without much regret (shoeing horses, *folding road maps*). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/m...

…system load entirely without gas generation, but for needing gas’s ramping capability. And here’s where it gets interesting. Looking at the chart below you can see Saturday’s exports to NYISO were diurnal, matching BTM solar production. ISO-NE couldn’t curtail BTM solar, so it exported the…

…shared across state and international boundaries. It’s time to fully consider whether a Western Interconnection-style Extended Day-Ahead Market shouldn’t be implemented across the entire Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) footprint. Customer savings, increased reliability, and enhanced…

This, like crypto, is going to be solely used for drugs and crime.

More from PVD restaurant owner, Bob Burke, in the Journal. He makes some strong points! Full piece: www.providencejournal.com/story/opinio...

"The enduring curiosity is why so many self-professed progressives remain wedded to a platform with an algorithm that results in misrepresentation and suppression, drowning out their creativity in an open sewer of disinformation, scams, bots and falsehoods."

Pedestrian Observations: Quick Note: Cars and Suburbs Commoditize Location pedestrianobservations.com/2026/05/30/q...

Caught it on the least likely cam: https://bsky.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3mn45asttbc2k

Uber turned into the busway. T drivers were not amused.

So close to getting it all over with.

The only guy from Maine I want to know this much about is Maine's Finest Athlete.

I should not have to know this much about any man from Maine

Oh gosh now all the millionaires will have to flee to Connecticut instead

This is Hershey erasure

Your rates are going up because cars are getting bigger and therefore crashes are more expensive. More people die every year to cars, and one of the many ways we all pay the cost of that in the US is through insurance. Insurance companies are just responding to increase costs and risk.

Oh no! He's got a hot vegan girlfriend. Scandal! nypost.com/2026/05/29/u...

Well my spam filter isn't working today.

So this past week I figured out a somewhat complicated travel situation for my wife to go from Boston to NYC. She needs to be in Boston on Tuesday at 1400, and NY by 0830 Wednesday morning, with a dinner ending in NY (Flatiron Dist) at 1930, preferring to come back Tuesday night.

One more week until the herb chambers Toyota moves to new digs next to 93 in Medford. One week left to appreciate one of the OG car dealerships on the OG automile, complete with the service department up a steep ramp on the second floor. @universalhub.com

Holy shit guys! In their infinite wisdom, the city of Cambridge has replaced a HAWK signal with an honest-to-goodness TRAFFIC LIGHT that people will understand. Good things can still happen.

This is everything wrong with American railroads in one rendering. Just build high levels platforms once and order cheaper, normal single level coaches with double the seating capacity. But no, we get whatever the hell this is.

That car completely stuffed with power and batteries tells me they're missing an opportunity to raise the two low-platform Fairmount Line stations and go single-level, which would be much better for passenger experience, accessibility, and dwell time.

If you squint just right, you can begin to see a pattern.

How is started … How it's going.

BREAKING: Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up at Launch Complex-36 while attempting to static fire.

Bass (center-NIMBY) is puffing up Pratt (right-NIMBY) as a way to lock Raman (left-YIMBY) out of the race, meanwhile Huang (left-NIMBY) is acting as a spoiler to divide the left vote. 3/4 candidates functionally collaborating to shut out the only one who would do something about LA's housing crisis.

The lede from this globe piece goes back to “snuck up behind him and took his Koran” IYKYK … and you’re old! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/27/o... m.youtube.com/watch?v=4HX5...

Rare mileage these days for a driver swap in Bennett alley. Maybe more buses should take this shortcut!

The rarely seen 258 bus!

A friend of mine is in Florida (under moderate duress) for a conference but at least is staying near enough to Brightline and TriRail to be sending train videos.

Harvard is going to have to sue the regime … again. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @universalhub.com

Look at the high level of conservative discussion we're missing out on in our liberal bluesky bubble

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

Last warm sunset for a while. Taking advantage. @universalhub.com

Psst, @masspirates.bsky.social:

Make it 110%

Italy needs to get rid of its stub end terminal stations for reasons of life expectancy. Every time an intercity train stops to reverse direction in one it's a 10 minute smoke break for a lot of people.

Widest US rivers adjacent to major (million-plus metro) cities: Hudson (3700’ NYC) East (2400’ NYC) Columbia (2400’ Portland) Ohio (2100’ Louisville) Detroit (2100’) Delaware (2100’ Philly) Mississippi (2100’ NOLA, 2000’ Memphis, 1800’ St Louis) Bonus: Montreal: 2900’+ plus the seaway

the linens in my amtrak roomette have united airlines branding

They’re calling it the battle of the hyphens

This is unbelievably stupid. “If a fourth grader comes across a phrase they don’t understand, it can stop them in their tracks,” said David Levithan, the editorial director at Scholastic. “You still want to challenge readers, but you don’t want to have unnecessary hurdles.”

Not only is this, before tip, a $30 order … but Dairenese apparently forgot about it because it was still sitting there 4 hours later.

Crimes like Trump but rizz like Jeb.