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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 7h

By all accounts, Marini is one of the genuine "good ones" in the paddock, so it would be good to see real progress from HRC, but it seems like they would need another significant step to get on a level with Aprilia and Ducati.

Hopefully, Gigi and his crew don't miss two seasons in a row!

Marini: Honda 2026 MotoGP bike already better than 2025 version

Honda can become regular victory contenders next year if development continues at current pace, reckons Marini

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 10h

As someone who would love to abandon Windows once and for all, it's a use case and convenience problem. If you use your machine for programs like Rebelle, Clip Studio Paint, or Corel Painter, you either run it through Wine and hope for the best re: performance, go Krita-only, or you run Windows. 🫤

Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 11h

They are being encouraged and they will comply. AI is a poison people drink willingly.

AI:Intellect::Cigarettes:Breath

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 11h

Cory has been at this for decades. Funny that enshittificatiin caught fire, but there are few words that so fittingly describe the end stage capitalism we are all experiencing in the “West” today.

"Enshittification": Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 1d

Was disappointed to see this yesterday. Dude's "curious", but I bet most of his fans could not be less curious.

‘Mad Max’ Director George Miller Reveals “Intense Curiosity” About How AI Will Disrupt Filmmaking: “Art Has To Evolve”

George Miller, the feted Australian director behind the Mad Max franchise, has said that he welcomes the disruption AI will bring to the movie business. In an interview with The Guardian, Miller said ...

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 1d

I imagined that the Trump administration would be capable of just about anything, but allowing a foreign country to build a military base on US soil was absolutely not something I would have imagined possible!

We're transitioning to a depth of Idiocracy heretofore unknown to humankind.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 1d

Going to engage in an overt act of rebellion and ensure that I find myself on a watch list, possibly even disappeared into a gulag.

We're going to get our kids their annual flu vaccines this afternoon. If we're never heard from again, please keep our family in your thoughts and stay brave!

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 1d

"With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go!" 😆

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 1d

I still believe the Aprilia is second to the GP24, but I understand the argument that the RS-GP is the superior bike. That said, I do not think Alex Marquez is a double winner and running a strong second in points on an RS-GP. Fermin Aldeguer is likely not a rookie MotoGP race winner on an RS-GP.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 2d

How someone could become so detached from reality and their own humanity is stupefying. Andreessen and his ilk are profoundly disturbed. They hate and fear humans so comprehensively because they see us all as something other or less than themselves.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 2d

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 2d

Eggs, basket, etc. Nuclear deficit explosion and hyperinflation incoming from the inevitable bailout of MAGA-friendly tech companies. The rest of us should start stockpiling dry goods and powdered milk.

Claudio Pozas — Commissions Open @claudiopozas.bsky.social · 2d

"(Gen) AI now accounts for roughly 40 percent of US GDP. If the AI spending boom falls apart, it could take down the entire economy with it."

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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 2d

The markets are deluded, but there is evidence of the uber capital class battening down the hatches by moving to cash, gold, and other traditional hedges.

An authoritarian America cannot sustain a consumption economy and no one can either predict or control what happens when the bottom falls out.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 2d

The Federal government invading major cities will accelerate the chaos crippling the economy, scare off meaningful international investment, and paralyze capital. We’re living on inertia atm, but things are grinding down. Layoffs are accelerating. Consumer confidence is collapsing. People feel it.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 2d

I’m scared as hell and I know I’m not alone. We’re in extremely deep trouble folks.

Economist Richard Wolff WARNS ECONOMIC APOCALYPSE is Near

YouTube video by Status Coup News

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for this! Surprised that there is this much variability between bikes in the same garage, never mind the satellite! Must drive their engineers nuts, if/when sharing notes. No wonder bike variables+physical rider variables+riding style variables=wildly variable results. 😆

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

“Sir, there’s a puddle of…something…forming under your chair, sir.”

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

These are fantastic, thanks for posting! Mohawk storm will always be the best storm!

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

Great content! My content!

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

I think the White House press corp, and the corporate media in general, are hoping for the worst. I genuinely believe they are yearning for relevance and the traffic calamity brings.

"A Boston Massacre situation in Portland would really bring the f*#king ratings up!" - Bari Weiss, probably

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

I remember all too well! I remember being cautiously optimistic at the beginning, but we probably all knew deep down inside that it was a cynical ploy. Decades on, they're just as evil as Microsoft, facebook, twitter, Palantir, etc, etc.

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

Wow this game looks gorgeous. Seems to be becoming the consensus that this is the best-looking game yet for the PS5/Pro. Can't afford it right now but can't wait to pick this one up after price drops/sales!

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

404 Media has coverage and a pod out on this as well. Google made the same choice. These companies will not save us. They will happily feed as many of us into the chipper shredder as is necessary to keep themselves in the good graces of the regime.

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome to the era of “Kavanaugh Raids.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

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Erik Frechette @erikfrechette.bsky.social · 3d

Irredeemable. There is no path to redemption for the people behind these acts of evil en masse.

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