Run the Joules
@wattasecond.bsky.social
Life is a journey
To live is to worry
To love is to lose your damn mind
Crow manual fundamentalist
Avid motorist
To live is to worry
To love is to lose your damn mind
Crow manual fundamentalist
Avid motorist
Pinned
I’m at the coffee house, I’m at the opium den, I’m at the combination coffee house and opium den
Reposted by Run the Joules
This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
The crazy thing is interlocks are already the compromise. In other places they just suspend your license
Earlier this year, the director of CalTrans presented this chart to members of the state Senate’s Transportation Committee, showing a dramatic rise in deaths on California's roads.
No lawmakers asked about the chart. Or what CalTrans was doing about it.
1/9
No lawmakers asked about the chart. Or what CalTrans was doing about it.
1/9
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The crazy thing is interlocks are already the compromise. In other places they just suspend your license
So far every time I let Claude do anything in the file system this is my impression
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So far every time I let Claude do anything in the file system this is my impression
Reposted by Run the Joules
Earlier this year, the director of CalTrans presented this chart to members of the state Senate’s Transportation Committee, showing a dramatic rise in deaths on California's roads.
No lawmakers asked about the chart. Or what CalTrans was doing about it.
1/9
No lawmakers asked about the chart. Or what CalTrans was doing about it.
1/9
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Earlier this year, the director of CalTrans presented this chart to members of the state Senate’s Transportation Committee, showing a dramatic rise in deaths on California's roads.
No lawmakers asked about the chart. Or what CalTrans was doing about it.
1/9
No lawmakers asked about the chart. Or what CalTrans was doing about it.
1/9
Reposted by Run the Joules
“Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th.”
California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the nation. Here, DUI-related deaths have been rising more than twice as fast as the rest of the country.
But this fall, a state bill to strengthen DUI penalties was gutted at the last minute. calmatters.org/investigatio...
8/9
But this fall, a state bill to strengthen DUI penalties was gutted at the last minute. calmatters.org/investigatio...
8/9
15 DUIs, still driving: California's failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road
As alcohol-related roadway deaths spike across the state, a CalMatters investigation finds California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country.
calmatters.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th.”
Reposted by Run the Joules
Waterfronts should be designed for people, not for cars!
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Waterfronts should be designed for people, not for cars!
That google made more money by making search worse seems like a slam dunk case to break them up.
What’s going to happen? Search will get even worse?
What’s going to happen? Search will get even worse?
December 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
That google made more money by making search worse seems like a slam dunk case to break them up.
What’s going to happen? Search will get even worse?
What’s going to happen? Search will get even worse?
Real images that look AI
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Real images that look AI
Ending Prop 13 for surface parking lots would be a good start but the realtors would still pour all the money into anything that might someday lead to ending prop 13
There's a good chance this is the single most expensive per-spot surface parking lot ever built by human civilization
I hope someone gets some pleasure out of it but this feels like one of the most why bother freeway caps possible
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ending Prop 13 for surface parking lots would be a good start but the realtors would still pour all the money into anything that might someday lead to ending prop 13
Independent voters are amazing
Every time I see a poll Theyre like 80% aligned with the democrats and then half of those people will vote republican as a prank
Every time I see a poll Theyre like 80% aligned with the democrats and then half of those people will vote republican as a prank
54 points underwater with independents, good lord.
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Independent voters are amazing
Every time I see a poll Theyre like 80% aligned with the democrats and then half of those people will vote republican as a prank
Every time I see a poll Theyre like 80% aligned with the democrats and then half of those people will vote republican as a prank
It seems kind of fitting that Gen X politics has degenerated into a Dennis Leary rant
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It seems kind of fitting that Gen X politics has degenerated into a Dennis Leary rant
I haven’t heard much about Ice in Miami, I wonder if that will change now
Democrat wins Miami's mayoral race for the first time in almost 30 years
“Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio González, NBC News projects.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
“Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio González, NBC News projects.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Democrat wins Miami's mayoral race for the first time in almost 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio González, NBC News projects.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I haven’t heard much about Ice in Miami, I wonder if that will change now
Canada is getting the EV9 GT and we arent?!
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Canada is getting the EV9 GT and we arent?!
Reposted by Run the Joules
If every Muslim voter in Dearborn voted for Harris, she still would have lost Michigan.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If every Muslim voter in Dearborn voted for Harris, she still would have lost Michigan.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
Reposted by Run the Joules
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
How Chiropractors Became the Backbone of MAHA
Why they love Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and he loves them.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Clacky keyboards should be banned from open offices
December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Clacky keyboards should be banned from open offices
My most NIMBY opinion is that San Diego shouldn’t be permitting car washes on land that is walkable to 2 trolley stations while we’re also making massive investments to secure our water supply
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My most NIMBY opinion is that San Diego shouldn’t be permitting car washes on land that is walkable to 2 trolley stations while we’re also making massive investments to secure our water supply
Reposted by Run the Joules
When you show up to the community meeting about new protected bike lanes and immediately spot the "avid cyclist" who came to vote against them:
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
When you show up to the community meeting about new protected bike lanes and immediately spot the "avid cyclist" who came to vote against them:
That actually seems reasonable
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
That actually seems reasonable
On the one hand this feels like it highlights the limitations of short term reviews to say whether or not someone buying the car will have a good or bad time
Otoh it’s not exactly a secret that Lucid hasn’t worked all the bugs out yet
youtu.be/1WiQAOmESH0?...
Otoh it’s not exactly a secret that Lucid hasn’t worked all the bugs out yet
youtu.be/1WiQAOmESH0?...
Owning A Lucid Has Been Super Disappointing
YouTube video by Engineering Explained
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On the one hand this feels like it highlights the limitations of short term reviews to say whether or not someone buying the car will have a good or bad time
Otoh it’s not exactly a secret that Lucid hasn’t worked all the bugs out yet
youtu.be/1WiQAOmESH0?...
Otoh it’s not exactly a secret that Lucid hasn’t worked all the bugs out yet
youtu.be/1WiQAOmESH0?...
Reposted by Run the Joules
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
One big downside of favoring ride share over public transit is that when there’s inclement weather the ride share drivers don’t want to risk it (for understandable reasons) and you can’t get to the airport
December 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
One big downside of favoring ride share over public transit is that when there’s inclement weather the ride share drivers don’t want to risk it (for understandable reasons) and you can’t get to the airport