Daniel Lane
@gomeral.net
Consultant, volunteer, engineer, pilot, loving dad & husband; inventor of the stuffing crouton, child chauffeur, cat servant, and mustachioed lefty. 30+ years in renewables. Dr/Lt/he/him
I love seeing tripods living long healthy lives! Xander 9 years ago after his surgery, 6 months later after adopting us, and this morning, lounging on my leg and purring at the top of his purrbox.
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I love seeing tripods living long healthy lives! Xander 9 years ago after his surgery, 6 months later after adopting us, and this morning, lounging on my leg and purring at the top of his purrbox.
Vote for me
It watches you
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Vote for me
What have you done for me lately, except I *know* you’re doing something against me
I think about this, also in terms of vaccines, and really struggle with how you have a free society that doesn’t fall into this trap in one way or another. solved problems become invisible and the solutions become the source of conspiracy theories.
This seems logical but Dems solved* the whole problem of old-age health care costs in the mid-1960s and then they lost five of the next six presidential elections because by 1968 it was a solved problem and no one cared about it.
*Yes oversimplifying here and the rest of course.
*Yes oversimplifying here and the rest of course.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
What have you done for me lately, except I *know* you’re doing something against me
Ahhhh….now the big AI push makes sense. This is perfect for the “dictator for life” concept! Autocrat dies? Keep them alive “forever” to “stay in charge” while the corrupt run everything behind the scenes! In fact, think of how awesome it would be if billionaires never “died”!
#EstateTaxWorkaround
#EstateTaxWorkaround
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ahhhh….now the big AI push makes sense. This is perfect for the “dictator for life” concept! Autocrat dies? Keep them alive “forever” to “stay in charge” while the corrupt run everything behind the scenes! In fact, think of how awesome it would be if billionaires never “died”!
#EstateTaxWorkaround
#EstateTaxWorkaround
What’s never clear is how the GHG comp is made; it’s cradle-to-grave for corn, but just “vs gasoline.” Does the latter include emissions from exploration, drilling, fracking, transporting, refining, transporting again, etc.? If nothing else, petro *adds* C to the atmosphere, corn EtOH recycles it.
For pretty much any critique you can level at any source of energy -- inefficient, too much pollution, takes too much land, has too many externalities, is propped up by subsidies, whatever -- it's worse for corn ethanol.
It's worse in all dimensions. It has zero redeeming features.
It's worse in all dimensions. It has zero redeeming features.
Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint
Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water.
floodlightnews.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What’s never clear is how the GHG comp is made; it’s cradle-to-grave for corn, but just “vs gasoline.” Does the latter include emissions from exploration, drilling, fracking, transporting, refining, transporting again, etc.? If nothing else, petro *adds* C to the atmosphere, corn EtOH recycles it.
3 episodes into season 5 (IYKYK) and headed to bed. Up early, I have two different duxelles to make, 5lb of potatoes to get through the mandoline, 1lb of Gruyère to shred, and more - long day, but looking forward to it!
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
3 episodes into season 5 (IYKYK) and headed to bed. Up early, I have two different duxelles to make, 5lb of potatoes to get through the mandoline, 1lb of Gruyère to shred, and more - long day, but looking forward to it!
Yet another reason to be happy that I’ve been using @fastmail.com for 25+ years!
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yet another reason to be happy that I’ve been using @fastmail.com for 25+ years!
Confucius supposedly said, “To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.” I think the more knowledge you have, the more imposter syndrome you have (at least, I do). The corollary here is that the ruling “elite” (quotes required) are a bunch of no-nothing clueless bastards
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Confucius supposedly said, “To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.” I think the more knowledge you have, the more imposter syndrome you have (at least, I do). The corollary here is that the ruling “elite” (quotes required) are a bunch of no-nothing clueless bastards
Gather around, kids, as our loremaster Tdot spins the annual yarn of The Foodraiser - and then donate and help feed 13 elementary schools over the holiday break! (Scroll up from the skeet below for links.)
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III. A REASONABLY-CONDENSED-ISH HISTORY
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This will sound repetitive to the OG's, but there are only so many different ways I can narrate the same shenanigans for 10 straight years!
Know that entire books could be written just on Foodraiser logistics drama 🤪
III. A REASONABLY-CONDENSED-ISH HISTORY
***
This will sound repetitive to the OG's, but there are only so many different ways I can narrate the same shenanigans for 10 straight years!
Know that entire books could be written just on Foodraiser logistics drama 🤪
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Gather around, kids, as our loremaster Tdot spins the annual yarn of The Foodraiser - and then donate and help feed 13 elementary schools over the holiday break! (Scroll up from the skeet below for links.)
This is “I’ve invented an engine that runs only on water” levels of quackery. A “solar continuous microwave pyrolysis reactor” - a word salad of epic proportions - that produces “gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, natural gas, and solid carbon” is as plausible as aviatory swine. Absolute hogwash.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is “I’ve invented an engine that runs only on water” levels of quackery. A “solar continuous microwave pyrolysis reactor” - a word salad of epic proportions - that produces “gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, natural gas, and solid carbon” is as plausible as aviatory swine. Absolute hogwash.
Googly eyes make everything better
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Googly eyes make everything better
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Twig
Twig
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Pounds
Pounds
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Twig
Twig
OH COME ON 💸💸💸
Tamiya's new 72nd scale "F-14D Tomcat" was previewed this week. We look at the built test kit & its features in our preview...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
OH COME ON 💸💸💸
Thanks to Erin, this post has prompted me to insist on plain bagel, plain cream cheese, red onion, capers, and (light) lox for Sunday breakfast. And much love to my wife, who said she’d go get it. Also, my brother who lives in Jackson Heights wouldn’t even vote for me, so political office be damned!
Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.
One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks to Erin, this post has prompted me to insist on plain bagel, plain cream cheese, red onion, capers, and (light) lox for Sunday breakfast. And much love to my wife, who said she’d go get it. Also, my brother who lives in Jackson Heights wouldn’t even vote for me, so political office be damned!
Fascinating. I’m 53 and Tron was such an influence that I can hear the soundtrack in my head without even trying. Tron wasn’t just cool with me and my friends, it was almost life changing - the idea of Flynn directed many of us toward computer-based careers. What a difference 3 years makes!
That sounds about right. Tron was kinda a flash in the pan that I barely remember from my childhood. And I'm 50.
I'm perplexed at watching pundits in the trades struggling to explain Tron Ares' disappointing opening.
Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.
The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.
Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.
The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fascinating. I’m 53 and Tron was such an influence that I can hear the soundtrack in my head without even trying. Tron wasn’t just cool with me and my friends, it was almost life changing - the idea of Flynn directed many of us toward computer-based careers. What a difference 3 years makes!
Spent last night and this morning scrolling BlueSky and reading skeets about the baseball game last night. It sounds like an amazing game, extra innings and all, but I *still* don’t know who won! The commentary was non-specific, love-of-the-game stuff, it’s a Schrödinger’s Team situation! ❤️⚾️
October 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Spent last night and this morning scrolling BlueSky and reading skeets about the baseball game last night. It sounds like an amazing game, extra innings and all, but I *still* don’t know who won! The commentary was non-specific, love-of-the-game stuff, it’s a Schrödinger’s Team situation! ❤️⚾️
Almost every morning, the tripod hops up onto the bed and curls up with me, making it difficult to get up and moving. Loving a #caturday long lie with my favorite tripod!
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Almost every morning, the tripod hops up onto the bed and curls up with me, making it difficult to get up and moving. Loving a #caturday long lie with my favorite tripod!
Reposted by Daniel Lane
ALSO: our friend @gomeral.net has agreed to kick in $5-per-donor for the next 30 donors!
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
ALSO: our friend @gomeral.net has agreed to kick in $5-per-donor for the next 30 donors!
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
Reposted by Daniel Lane
The reskeetable TL;DR:
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
Greg's C2C Fundraiser
Greg's C2C Fundraiser
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The reskeetable TL;DR:
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
If anyone following me is interested in hearing more from me, especially with regards to general aviation, plastic models, or renewable energy, I’d love to hear it. I avoid social media because of the toxicity, but if there’s value in adding otherwise, I’d love to offer my tiny contribution!
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If anyone following me is interested in hearing more from me, especially with regards to general aviation, plastic models, or renewable energy, I’d love to hear it. I avoid social media because of the toxicity, but if there’s value in adding otherwise, I’d love to offer my tiny contribution!
I’ve not been contributing to the latest group build, but I want to say that you all make me *want* to contribute and I’m so happy I follow #scalemodels #histscalemodels! I’ve loved the heavies build (so far) and y’all have given me hope when the world is on fire. Thank you!
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve not been contributing to the latest group build, but I want to say that you all make me *want* to contribute and I’m so happy I follow #scalemodels #histscalemodels! I’ve loved the heavies build (so far) and y’all have given me hope when the world is on fire. Thank you!