futzo
@futzo.bsky.social
It's pronounced like putz with an -o
There's a shocking amount of whining/Mamdani bashing in NYC Facebook regarding unmelted snow. Everywhere I've been in the city since the storm has been fine, or at least in line with expectations.
Is this entirely an effort to manufacture outrage? Very unclear to me what people are mad about.
Is this entirely an effort to manufacture outrage? Very unclear to me what people are mad about.
February 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
There's a shocking amount of whining/Mamdani bashing in NYC Facebook regarding unmelted snow. Everywhere I've been in the city since the storm has been fine, or at least in line with expectations.
Is this entirely an effort to manufacture outrage? Very unclear to me what people are mad about.
Is this entirely an effort to manufacture outrage? Very unclear to me what people are mad about.
Most people don't want to hear it but Dungeness crab is really the only crab worth getting excited about. (I am in Washington).
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Most people don't want to hear it but Dungeness crab is really the only crab worth getting excited about. (I am in Washington).
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deposing a foreign ruler and spending tens of billions of dollars on oil subsidies so we can put American frackers out of business, just in time for EVs to permanently collapse oil demand. that's the Trump business touch alright
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
deposing a foreign ruler and spending tens of billions of dollars on oil subsidies so we can put American frackers out of business, just in time for EVs to permanently collapse oil demand. that's the Trump business touch alright
All you need to know about this NYT puff piece about a startup trying to "optimize love" is this guy in the purple cape standing in the background of the image at the top.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/s...
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
All you need to know about this NYT puff piece about a startup trying to "optimize love" is this guy in the purple cape standing in the background of the image at the top.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/s...
On the plus side, by covering their foreign policy adventurism with the veneer of a "law and order" approach, the administration opens themselves to the very real chance they'll fail to get convictions in court. Thus far their lawfare revenge tour hasn't resulted in much success.
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
On the plus side, by covering their foreign policy adventurism with the veneer of a "law and order" approach, the administration opens themselves to the very real chance they'll fail to get convictions in court. Thus far their lawfare revenge tour hasn't resulted in much success.
already getting tired. will i stay up past 10? only the cats will know
January 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
already getting tired. will i stay up past 10? only the cats will know
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One of these cult leaders had predicted that the "singularity" was gonna be in 2025. I think we all made it right? Barring anything happening in the next few days.
They'll update their so-called "calculations" (I.e. numbers out of asses) for the next "prediction."
Who STILL platforms these people?
They'll update their so-called "calculations" (I.e. numbers out of asses) for the next "prediction."
Who STILL platforms these people?
Happy holidays! @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and I spoke with Ben Goertzel of SingularityNET on AI Inside about open source AI, regulation, and AGI’s messy middle. He argues “open” often stops at code. Two moments stood out.
Full episode: aiinside.show/episode/ben-...
Full episode: aiinside.show/episode/ben-...
Ben Goertzel: What AGI Means Now, Open Source AI, and Compute Constraints | AI Inside podcast
This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Ben Goertzel, founder and CEO of SingularityNET,...
aiinside.show
December 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
One of these cult leaders had predicted that the "singularity" was gonna be in 2025. I think we all made it right? Barring anything happening in the next few days.
They'll update their so-called "calculations" (I.e. numbers out of asses) for the next "prediction."
Who STILL platforms these people?
They'll update their so-called "calculations" (I.e. numbers out of asses) for the next "prediction."
Who STILL platforms these people?
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O holy night
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
O holy night
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and where NYC does meter parking, they give it away for free on Sunday. Free parking on Sunday is such an asinine thing for NYC to do, yet nobody ever questions it.
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
and where NYC does meter parking, they give it away for free on Sunday. Free parking on Sunday is such an asinine thing for NYC to do, yet nobody ever questions it.
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Manhattan aside it’s pretty insane that the rest of the country - from relatively small towns to big cities - has residential permit parking and NYC has no such thing.
December 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Manhattan aside it’s pretty insane that the rest of the country - from relatively small towns to big cities - has residential permit parking and NYC has no such thing.
Why did 2 new Japanese grocery stores open in Cobble Hill this month within 1/4 mile of an already existing Japanese grocery store? Don't get me wrong, this is great, but I worry that none of them will survive this much competition.
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Why did 2 new Japanese grocery stores open in Cobble Hill this month within 1/4 mile of an already existing Japanese grocery store? Don't get me wrong, this is great, but I worry that none of them will survive this much competition.
[low whistling noise]
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
[low whistling noise]
Something cool I just realized is that most people assume that if you're using a CLI you must be doing some kind of super difficult and technical work. So I just installed Rogue on my work computer for the first time in decades.
December 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Something cool I just realized is that most people assume that if you're using a CLI you must be doing some kind of super difficult and technical work. So I just installed Rogue on my work computer for the first time in decades.
I would like @cityandstateny.bsky.social to include Eric Adams on the annual losers list every year from now on. Can we just make that a tradition? www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
2025 Winners & Losers of the Year
Hello Zohran Mamdani and Julie Menin. Goodbye Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams.
www.cityandstateny.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I would like @cityandstateny.bsky.social to include Eric Adams on the annual losers list every year from now on. Can we just make that a tradition? www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
I love Coney Island but how is this going to cost $1 billion? What in the actual fuck. www.brooklynpaper.com/coney-island...
Coney Island boardwalk to undergo full rebuild after city secures $1B • Brooklyn Paper
The city has secured $1 billion to fully reconstruct the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, replacing its structure and modernizing access.
www.brooklynpaper.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I love Coney Island but how is this going to cost $1 billion? What in the actual fuck. www.brooklynpaper.com/coney-island...
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"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
zeteo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
If you're looking for a low budget and kind of cringe livestream of the NYC election results, this is the stream for you. (And me)
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you're looking for a low budget and kind of cringe livestream of the NYC election results, this is the stream for you. (And me)
Is there a tl;dr on how Ray Dalio came to be viewed as a sort of macroeconomic oracle? He seems to have replaced Buffet as the one investor whose views are regularly all over the media. Did he get some predictions right that everyone else got wrong?
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Is there a tl;dr on how Ray Dalio came to be viewed as a sort of macroeconomic oracle? He seems to have replaced Buffet as the one investor whose views are regularly all over the media. Did he get some predictions right that everyone else got wrong?
I know the No Kings movement, such as it is, lacks any critique or program more nuanced than "Orange Man Bad," and the optics of the new rococo East Wing play right into their narrative, but I still have found the reaction to this series of events profoundly depressing.
October 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I know the No Kings movement, such as it is, lacks any critique or program more nuanced than "Orange Man Bad," and the optics of the new rococo East Wing play right into their narrative, but I still have found the reaction to this series of events profoundly depressing.
In a cab for the first time in about a year and it's got Newsmax on the little shitty tv. Is this new? Wtf
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
In a cab for the first time in about a year and it's got Newsmax on the little shitty tv. Is this new? Wtf
The only reasonable policy response to this is to make all of downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights into a pedestrian/bike/bus only zone. No cars north of Atlantic and west of Flatbush unless on the BQE or an approach to one of the bridges. static1.squarespace.com/static/61f01...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The only reasonable policy response to this is to make all of downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights into a pedestrian/bike/bus only zone. No cars north of Atlantic and west of Flatbush unless on the BQE or an approach to one of the bridges. static1.squarespace.com/static/61f01...
It occurs to me that there's a type of internet guy who puts out a steady stream of content, say on youtube, despite regularly getting view counts in the dozens or hundreds.
October 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It occurs to me that there's a type of internet guy who puts out a steady stream of content, say on youtube, despite regularly getting view counts in the dozens or hundreds.