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almondsquirrel.bsky.social
Almond
@almondsquirrel.bsky.social
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I know things and squeak a lot. Begrudgingly Seattle.
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Hull @musicjab.bsky.social · 8h
Updated version
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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 12h
Flipping open the safety cover before I slide my library card into the cockpit slot, the holographic display flashes a warning 'WARNING: DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM ACTIVATE' My radome glows with heat as the Inter-Library-Loan transfer begins, the legs recede and I blast off to my target...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h
Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
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[adult suede] @suedeinbrackets.bsky.social · 13h
Im tired of all the really sexy mech engineer pinups, it should already be sexy to be meticulous and immersed in your work.

gift for @junelalonde.bsky.social Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
an anthro donkey is focused and working on the lifted underchassis of a large mech in some capacity. Smoke pools in the tight spacing of the air, blurring the line between where the work meets the donkey. some kind of precision tool is held with focus and purpose
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15h
Isaac Stanley-Becker traveled to Portland and spent time at the demonstration that Donald Trump wants to crush. What he found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat:
Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online
There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at least for now.
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h
fucking WOOF
Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official
Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.
www.axios.com
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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 1d
This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM
Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents
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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 17h
Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 14h
When your mech works out at the library.
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James_R_Millar @jamesrmillar.bsky.social · 14h
Gonna try and do #Mechatober2025, Starting with "Recon."

I figure it has big Tharsis-style reverse-feet to stop it tipping backwards.
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Hans, Faffing 🐺🐕‍🦺 @hansfaffing.bsky.social · 17h
YES YES
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 20h
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18h
the discord hack is every user's worst nightmare www.404media.co/the-discord-...
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almondsquirrel.bsky.social
Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 17h
"Cloud breaker" was always such a great name for a Mech.
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A Mech A Day @dailymecha.bsky.social · 17h
Mode: A.R.K. Cloud Breaker 01 (“Vanguard”)
Debut: Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
Year: 2002
Designer: Takashi Aoyagi
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A Mech A Day @dailymecha.bsky.social · 17h
Mode: A.R.K. Cloud Breaker 01 (“Vanguard”)
Debut: Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
Year: 2002
Designer: Takashi Aoyagi
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 18h
(Both from no parking costs and no fuel costs)
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 18h
TBH this is why way more interested in an Electric motorcycle which can stay in my apartment and trickle charge 50 miles of range overnight from a 120v wall outlet, than an EV. if I didn't have a highway commute it would've paid for itself in a year.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 18h
Yeah. There's an implicit assumption that EV owners are also homeowners or have a lease agreement that allows installation of a charger.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 18h
That, and traditional automaker dealers were -abysmally- bad with selling skeptics on the purchase, just hanging them a charger and sending them on their way instead of showing them the charging speed on a test drive.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 18h
I think the Leaf ruined the 'cheap EV' market for a decade because it's range and charging was so bad, creating the assumption that only expensive EVs have good range and fast charging and built the illusion that EVs were primarily an inconvenient 'luxury' product as a result.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 19h
But if the market really was rational and worked that way, the Bolt would have massively outsold Tesla already - it's always been significantly cheaper to own due to much lower depreciation, repair, insurance, and interest rates are. Tesla depreciation and reliability hits like a luxury BMW.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 19h
Whoops, that got garbled in the edit.

I think there's a lot of irrationality in the car buying market due to how asymmetric the power structure is between uninformed consumers and informed dealers. Conventional wisdom on price-sensitivity might not hold, and reason years, really hasn't.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 19h
That being said, I would love nothing more for a /boring/ but well built EV to be wildly popular with adoption, because it would dispel much of the cult tech myths around the EV market, especially with how consumers 'don't like EVs' when really they just aren't buying Teslas.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 19h
I think people who are price-sensitive are also less educated on how cars operate, and are worried about long term reliability, and they see Teslas as High Tech but General Motors as sleezy american car junk. It's the "Poor person buys a new iPhone" situation, but with cars.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 19h
So a company like GM, which has the perception of a legacy automaker, trying to appeal on price and raw utility feels like a dangerous gamble. It assumes there's a bunch of people who -would- buy an EV but are just $10k short on funds. I don't think this is true.
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Almond @almondsquirrel.bsky.social · 19h
Tesla has thrived in the uncertainty by building perception and promises, encouraging people who would never spend $40-50k on a luxury car to spend $40-50k on new technology instead. Sometimes that perception is real (power) sometimes it's not (reliability, range).
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