Tim Trautmann
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Tim Trautmann
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· Mar 29
We got one hell of a sales pitch at today's #TeslaTakedown in Portland.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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"Came outside to touch grass and instead I’m questioning my sanity"
OP: tiktok.haute_potato
There may be a person in the back (or the trunk). Waymo rear windows are darkly tinted.
I only know of one confirmed dog solo in a Waymo robot and it was unintentional, per the dog owner's video I posted.
OP: tiktok.haute_potato
There may be a person in the back (or the trunk). Waymo rear windows are darkly tinted.
I only know of one confirmed dog solo in a Waymo robot and it was unintentional, per the dog owner's video I posted.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"Came outside to touch grass and instead I’m questioning my sanity"
OP: tiktok.haute_potato
There may be a person in the back (or the trunk). Waymo rear windows are darkly tinted.
I only know of one confirmed dog solo in a Waymo robot and it was unintentional, per the dog owner's video I posted.
OP: tiktok.haute_potato
There may be a person in the back (or the trunk). Waymo rear windows are darkly tinted.
I only know of one confirmed dog solo in a Waymo robot and it was unintentional, per the dog owner's video I posted.
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This feels like a new one.
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
COLLINS: Do you disagree with Trump's pardon of the former Honduran leader who was also indicted and convicted?
RICK SCOTT: I don't -- I never -- I never met the guy and I don't know anything about it
COLLINS: But do you approve of that pardon?
SCOTT: I don't know much about it
COLLINS: Ok
RICK SCOTT: I don't -- I never -- I never met the guy and I don't know anything about it
COLLINS: But do you approve of that pardon?
SCOTT: I don't know much about it
COLLINS: Ok
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This feels like a new one.
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
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For years, this dude has believed that stealth planes are literally invisible.
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
For years, this dude has believed that stealth planes are literally invisible.
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A group of 16 states and the District of Columbia filed suit against the Trump administration for suspending two bipartisan grant programs for electric vehicle charging infrastructure reut.rs/44skjxd
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A group of 16 states and the District of Columbia filed suit against the Trump administration for suspending two bipartisan grant programs for electric vehicle charging infrastructure reut.rs/44skjxd
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“.. The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
- Lutnick, April 6, 2025
- Lutnick, April 6, 2025
December 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“.. The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
- Lutnick, April 6, 2025
- Lutnick, April 6, 2025
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‘Consulting firm BCG found that only 5% of 1,250 executives surveyed between May and mid-July saw widespread value from AI. Forrester predicts that in 2026 companies will delay about 25% of their planned AI spending by a year.‘ www.reuters.com/business/bus...
AI promised a revolution. Companies are still waiting.
Last spring, CellarTracker, a wine-collection app, built an AI-powered sommelier to make unvarnished wine recommendations based on a person’s palate. The problem was the chatbot was too nice.
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
‘Consulting firm BCG found that only 5% of 1,250 executives surveyed between May and mid-July saw widespread value from AI. Forrester predicts that in 2026 companies will delay about 25% of their planned AI spending by a year.‘ www.reuters.com/business/bus...
Maybe Musk can install “camera / eye lids” and then it’s perfect. 😂
“The cameras need some kind of ability to be cleaned. This is not good for winter time driving!”
Watch Tesla FSD v14 fail because its cameras can’t see in snowy conditions.
FSD is a defective prototype with a serious hardware problem. It should be banned from public roads.
Watch Tesla FSD v14 fail because its cameras can’t see in snowy conditions.
FSD is a defective prototype with a serious hardware problem. It should be banned from public roads.
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Maybe Musk can install “camera / eye lids” and then it’s perfect. 😂
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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This resonates so much with me
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This resonates so much with me
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I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
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I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
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More gambling
It's official: Three casinos will get licenses to operate in the five boroughs.
All Three Casino Proposals Hit Jackpot
The state Gaming Commission unanimously approved the proposals and said each new casino will be overseen by an independent monitor for at least five years to ensure community-benefit promises are…
www.thecity.nyc
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
More gambling
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My friend @zamafir.bsky.social sent this series of posts my way and my jaw hit the ground. I appreciate this person's willingness to be transparent in public. This is pretty wild. I really thought the future would be cooler than this. #ai #aibubble
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My friend @zamafir.bsky.social sent this series of posts my way and my jaw hit the ground. I appreciate this person's willingness to be transparent in public. This is pretty wild. I really thought the future would be cooler than this. #ai #aibubble
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🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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today, I Decide to Win by going back on X, the Everything App, so I can post replies to Noah Smith that get 3 likes and then Elon will give my personal data to pedo terrorist criminals
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
today, I Decide to Win by going back on X, the Everything App, so I can post replies to Noah Smith that get 3 likes and then Elon will give my personal data to pedo terrorist criminals
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GRANT: Could we put a badge on it? Something like “Awarded Game of the Year.”
SMITH: Yes. We need medals. We need royal crests. We need to reassure the buyer that they are purchasing status. I want the box to feel like it won a war.
SMITH: Yes. We need medals. We need royal crests. We need to reassure the buyer that they are purchasing status. I want the box to feel like it won a war.
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
GRANT: Could we put a badge on it? Something like “Awarded Game of the Year.”
SMITH: Yes. We need medals. We need royal crests. We need to reassure the buyer that they are purchasing status. I want the box to feel like it won a war.
SMITH: Yes. We need medals. We need royal crests. We need to reassure the buyer that they are purchasing status. I want the box to feel like it won a war.
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"less than 48 hours since the product was released, people within the Post have flagged what four sources described as multiple mistakes in personalized podcasts. The errors have ranged from relatively minor pronunciation gaffes to significant changes to story content"
Exclusive: Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes
Errors in the Post’s new AI-generated podcasts have frustrated the paper’s journalists.
www.semafor.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"less than 48 hours since the product was released, people within the Post have flagged what four sources described as multiple mistakes in personalized podcasts. The errors have ranged from relatively minor pronunciation gaffes to significant changes to story content"
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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Kiel, Germany, 1931
December 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Kiel, Germany, 1931
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I just want things to get better, for once
I am so fucking tired
I am so fucking tired
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I just want things to get better, for once
I am so fucking tired
I am so fucking tired
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Rob Reiner was a true patriot, a champion of democracy who understood the risks we face and strove to ensure that future generations of Americans would live in a free country. May his memory be a blessing.
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Rob Reiner was a true patriot, a champion of democracy who understood the risks we face and strove to ensure that future generations of Americans would live in a free country. May his memory be a blessing.