For anyone reallocating their monthly media budget: your local PBS/NPR stations have lost ALL of their federal funding and would put your monthly Disney/ABC/Hulu money to really great use.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

Good ICE: glaciers, Antarctica, cocktails. Bad ICE: Trump's gestapo; internal combustion engines.

2025-07

Silicon Valley is lighting hundreds of billions of dollars on fire to generate this slop.

Ultimately, I chuckled.

electrek.co/2025/07/11/t... "Nobody in Canada wants to buy a Tesla. There are any number of reasons for this, but no way are we going to mention the CEO giving a Nazi salute."

The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets. So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?

Daddy: The waitress likes you. She brought you extra ice! 8yo son: At least its the kind of ice I like. Daddy: Is there a kind of ice you don't like? * 8yo son stares back at Daddy, knowingly. Daddy: ... ohhhh!!! High five, my woke son!

. @eltragon.bsky.social takes @metrolosangeles.bsky.social to one of San Fernando Valley’s most beautiful gems. Welcome to Lake Balboa.

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

Got all my Amazon Prime shopping done already.

I hear it's Amazon Prime day? My recommendation: don't. Your money goes to the fascist government. Rediscover the local stores in your community and spend your money there.

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

Omg there’s more

And now to help ease you out of the rest of Monday, here is over one minute of listening pleasure of JD Vance leaving a sushi restaurant in San Diego. Sound all the way up.

If billionaires were a country, they would be the third largest economy in the world. -KPFA

I hate when I agree with Donald Trump but Elon Musk IS a Train Wreck and if anyone understands a billionaire train wreck it is Donnie.

Welcome to the part of Summer that doesn't involve whining about fireworks!

Kilmar Ábrego García says he was tortured in El Salvadorian prison. Hundreds of people are still there, sent there from the US by the Trump administration to be tortured, all sanctioned by the Supreme Court and Congress. [muellershewrote.com]

"We used to drill up oil, which destroyed landscapes & communities, & then we'd refine it, which destroyed more landscapes & communities, then we'd burn it, which would poison everyone & heat up the whole earth, & then we'd stick the public w/ the cleanup bill." "Why?" "To drive to Walmart."

I know data science is a skill that usually requires a college degree and that im personally enthusiastic about the field, so work doesnt feel as stressful. But my god i worked 100x harder in retail and recieved fewer breaks and vacation than i ever did as a programmer for a tiny fraction of the pay

When human rights are under attack Stand up, Fight back

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”

Fucking hell.

I'd like to ask you to call it what it is: Alligator Auschwitz. Alcatraz was a regular prison, the prisoners there had due process, were convicted criminals by a regular judge. This abomination has no due process, no human rights, nothing.

TIP: Remind the user they’re working in production! This has now come up more than once in my career, so I thought I would share. A common practice is to have different instances of the same web-based software running in your dev, stage, test, and production environments. You test changes in dev,…

2025-06 I made a sign, then I wrote on the sign. Then I walked over ten miles carrying the sign around. I was granted flags along the way. And several blisters. I love my country. We have a lot of good people.

NPR mentioned that the old term Limousine Liberal has since been supplanted by Cargobike Progressive. (I laughed out loud because that's me!)

I know kitchen unitaskers can be a blight, but the best thing for pitting cherries is a cherry pitter.

H E _ _

The last statement, without context, provides mirth. The overall thread is also worthwhile.

Passenger Trains lead to Democratic Socialism. www.reddit.com/r/nycrail/s/...

A Democratic Socialist Muslim mayor of New York City. Democratic voters are not playing.

Today's budget deal blocked $1.1B in transit funding cuts AND won an additional $750M loan to Bay Area transit agencies to prevent drastic service cuts. Today’s victory keeps our communities moving and buys us time to secure long-lasting improvements to our transit system. 🧵

New custom emoji for the work Slack.

Our friends in Lima, Peru are looking to put our old Caltrains into service by the end of July. www.youtube.com/live/L0R0WeF...

🚨NHS has put out an urgent call for 200,000 donors to come forward Just 2% of the population - under 800,000 people sustained the whole of England's blood supply over past 12 months Giving blood is one of the most rewarding things you can do. Book an appointment or register today ❤️🙏👇 blood.co.uk

TFW when even the US doesn't buy your WMD rationale for a new Middle East war.

T-Mobile is partnering with Elon Musk’s non-union, job-killing Starlink service. Tell them it’s time to stop financing Musk’s anti-worker crusade: cwa.org/dumpstarlink #StarlinkTakedown #TmobileFundsMusk

If you're on Mastodon, please answer my poll. sfba.social/@dannyman/11...

Fox News on Crowd Size www.livenowfox.com/news/no-king...

Father's Day

I respect these American soldiers and their lack of dedication to promoting fascism.

Okay now what do I write? Ideas STAND 4 SENATOR PADILLA HANDS OFF NUESTRA GENTE

What the liberal media fails to report is that Kristi Noem could plainly tell that Senator Padilla had T A C O tattooed across his knuckles in a secret code.

It has been a long week for caption writers.