Engineer who cycles
@bikeengineer.bsky.social
Engineer is credit to team. An engineer who cycles, enjoys cycling, building robots, and doing fun things. Environmentalist, enjoyer of plants, tinkering, 3D printing, welding, machining, and building cool stuff.
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Hi everyone,
I’m back on here after a hiatus. I’m an engineer who likes to cycle, tinker, work on robotics, machining, make things, and solve problems. I also like to talk about cutting edge science.
I’m back on here after a hiatus. I’m an engineer who likes to cycle, tinker, work on robotics, machining, make things, and solve problems. I also like to talk about cutting edge science.
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NEW: The Department of Justice and Texas software-maker RealPage announced this week that they have reached a settlement in a case involving price-fixing allegations in some of the nation’s largest rental markets.
DOJ and RealPage Agree to Settle Rental Price-Fixing Case
The settlement is the latest development following a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed RealPage was helping landlords set rents in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like beh...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW: The Department of Justice and Texas software-maker RealPage announced this week that they have reached a settlement in a case involving price-fixing allegations in some of the nation’s largest rental markets.
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Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
Post Malone has gone to the incest side and sucked off the dumbest state in the country while infesting his songs with byproducts of centuries of incest.
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Post Malone has gone to the incest side and sucked off the dumbest state in the country while infesting his songs with byproducts of centuries of incest.
The head HR officer of one of the worst labor law violators in the country second only to Amazon, that relies on SNAP to underpay their workers a non livable wage just so their workers don’t starve so they can pay their billionaire owners absurd amounts of $ doesn’t think fair wages are “realistic”
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The head HR officer of one of the worst labor law violators in the country second only to Amazon, that relies on SNAP to underpay their workers a non livable wage just so their workers don’t starve so they can pay their billionaire owners absurd amounts of $ doesn’t think fair wages are “realistic”
No one should give two shits about how fast an EV minivan can go 0-60 mph. They’re overpriced and far overweight +6000lb pedestrian obliterators that don’t belong on any road. One is funded by Saudi blood money and the other is an absolute shit show of manufacturing.
Both electric three-row SUVs weigh over 6,000 pounds, but they can sure put on a show.
insideevs.com/news/780105/...
insideevs.com/news/780105/...
This Track Test Proves the Lucid Gravity Is No Joke—Rivian R1S Left Behind
The 2026 Lucid Gravity Grand Touring and 2025 Rivian R1S were tested on the track by Edmunds. The question is: Which one is fastest on the asphalt?
insideevs.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
No one should give two shits about how fast an EV minivan can go 0-60 mph. They’re overpriced and far overweight +6000lb pedestrian obliterators that don’t belong on any road. One is funded by Saudi blood money and the other is an absolute shit show of manufacturing.
New York Magazine should retract every single Nuzzi story. She personally acted as a political operative for him and killed an expose on his absolute garbage ethics and condemned millions to die of get disabled by vaccine preventable illness. No one should ever take her seriously again.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
New York Magazine should retract every single Nuzzi story. She personally acted as a political operative for him and killed an expose on his absolute garbage ethics and condemned millions to die of get disabled by vaccine preventable illness. No one should ever take her seriously again.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Wow this one angers me. This is an emergency light PCB from Ready-Lite. The resistor was never soldered in, manufacturing messup. They WOULD NOT take warranty on it. This was years ago, so if your from them don't beg for forgiveness.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Wow this one angers me. This is an emergency light PCB from Ready-Lite. The resistor was never soldered in, manufacturing messup. They WOULD NOT take warranty on it. This was years ago, so if your from them don't beg for forgiveness.
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Hot dog meme guy x1000.
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hot dog meme guy x1000.
There are too many country singers in the parade. Too much horrible music by racist chuds.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There are too many country singers in the parade. Too much horrible music by racist chuds.
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If this does turn into a pandemic, don’t worry, Jay Bhattacharya has a plan!
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If this does turn into a pandemic, don’t worry, Jay Bhattacharya has a plan!
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
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So, of course, we’re cutting research into mRNA vaccines.
This cancer survivor says “f**k you very much, Mr. President.”
This cancer survivor says “f**k you very much, Mr. President.”
"Usually when you see this, you say, 'Oh, this is too good to be true.' But you know what? I think it’s true, and we should take advantage of it." New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments. To vaccine expert @erictopol.bsky.social, it's big news.
Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment
New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments and help patients live longer.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So, of course, we’re cutting research into mRNA vaccines.
This cancer survivor says “f**k you very much, Mr. President.”
This cancer survivor says “f**k you very much, Mr. President.”
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
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GOP hack SamAlito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats. We don't have a Supreme Court. We have a corrupt GOP machine designed to deliver for the GOP.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
GOP hack SamAlito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats. We don't have a Supreme Court. We have a corrupt GOP machine designed to deliver for the GOP.
Speaker dick when his his phone lights up with his son’s Christian vegetable viewing history alert app.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Speaker dick when his his phone lights up with his son’s Christian vegetable viewing history alert app.
Google is so embedded in the LLM grift it got rid of basic features that haven’t needed LLMs for many years, unless users agree to have their private emails fed into their bs generator to spit out on anyone’s output.
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Google is so embedded in the LLM grift it got rid of basic features that haven’t needed LLMs for many years, unless users agree to have their private emails fed into their bs generator to spit out on anyone’s output.
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Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models.
The dumbest billionaire who doesn’t even know what batteries are is also pushing scams to help his nepo baby failure offspring continue the family tradition of robbing people of the benefits their tax dollars paid for.
What most people would call corruption, grifting, graft, and criminality gets branded as "blurring of lines "
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The dumbest billionaire who doesn’t even know what batteries are is also pushing scams to help his nepo baby failure offspring continue the family tradition of robbing people of the benefits their tax dollars paid for.
*puts on garbage tech journalist/ai hype marketing goblin hat*
I asked ai a question about <insert trending topic here>. here’s what it said:
“The nazi genital implant guy is the piss guzzling world champion 5 years running, and current 5 minute 9 litre piss guzzling world record holder.”
I asked ai a question about <insert trending topic here>. here’s what it said:
“The nazi genital implant guy is the piss guzzling world champion 5 years running, and current 5 minute 9 litre piss guzzling world record holder.”
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
*puts on garbage tech journalist/ai hype marketing goblin hat*
I asked ai a question about <insert trending topic here>. here’s what it said:
“The nazi genital implant guy is the piss guzzling world champion 5 years running, and current 5 minute 9 litre piss guzzling world record holder.”
I asked ai a question about <insert trending topic here>. here’s what it said:
“The nazi genital implant guy is the piss guzzling world champion 5 years running, and current 5 minute 9 litre piss guzzling world record holder.”
The richest man in the world bought the last election, spent months depriving millions of lifesaving food, medicine,while gutting enforcement agencies that were about to crack down on his corruption w/ govt contracts. Spends billions on a nazi bs generator, to declare himself
#1 piss drinking champ
#1 piss drinking champ
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The richest man in the world bought the last election, spent months depriving millions of lifesaving food, medicine,while gutting enforcement agencies that were about to crack down on his corruption w/ govt contracts. Spends billions on a nazi bs generator, to declare himself
#1 piss drinking champ
#1 piss drinking champ
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Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.