Biking With David
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Why are they inviting Dracula into their home
Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
Art Show - Comic-Con
2026 Comic-Con Art Show JULY 23 through JULY 26 The Comic-Con Art Show is open to the public—you do not need a badge to come in and enjoy or purchase artwork. However, everyone entering the Art Show i...
www.comic-con.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Why are they inviting Dracula into their home
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Early 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally shut down the CFPB, the newest member of the Federal Reserve system. Jay Powell says nothing.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Early 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally shut down the CFPB, the newest member of the Federal Reserve system. Jay Powell says nothing.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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To put this in perspective: the Sepulveda Pass is where, in 2011, when they closed the 405 for work over a weekend people predicted "carmageddon."
It didn't happen and, in fact, traffic has gotten worse despite adding more traffic lanes.
It didn't happen and, in fact, traffic has gotten worse despite adding more traffic lanes.
LA Metro is moving forward what @benschneider.bsky.social called in 2024 "America's most exciting transit project": a 13.8-mile fully automated Sepulveda Corridor metro from the Valley to UCLA and Wilshire. Travel times end-to-end would be 18 minutes or less.
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
To put this in perspective: the Sepulveda Pass is where, in 2011, when they closed the 405 for work over a weekend people predicted "carmageddon."
It didn't happen and, in fact, traffic has gotten worse despite adding more traffic lanes.
It didn't happen and, in fact, traffic has gotten worse despite adding more traffic lanes.
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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for VARIOUS REASONS the first newsletter of 2026 is a list of some shows i watch when i need to chill out a little
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type-click-type.ghost.io/some-shows-i...
Some Shows I Watch To Chill Out A Little
Give your poor mangled brain a break for 30-90 minutes.
type-click-type.ghost.io
January 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
for VARIOUS REASONS the first newsletter of 2026 is a list of some shows i watch when i need to chill out a little
type-click-type.ghost.io/some-shows-i...
type-click-type.ghost.io/some-shows-i...
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We've got 1 more Moe Tkacik banger in us before the end of the year.
It's about Marco Rubio, his scheme to appoint drug cartel bosses & their cronies atop the governments of every Latin American country in the name of fighting drug cartels, & his high school summer job working for a drug trafficker.
It's about Marco Rubio, his scheme to appoint drug cartel bosses & their cronies atop the governments of every Latin American country in the name of fighting drug cartels, & his high school summer job working for a drug trafficker.
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
prospect.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We've got 1 more Moe Tkacik banger in us before the end of the year.
It's about Marco Rubio, his scheme to appoint drug cartel bosses & their cronies atop the governments of every Latin American country in the name of fighting drug cartels, & his high school summer job working for a drug trafficker.
It's about Marco Rubio, his scheme to appoint drug cartel bosses & their cronies atop the governments of every Latin American country in the name of fighting drug cartels, & his high school summer job working for a drug trafficker.
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
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The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
I will not live in the pod. I will not eat the bugs from the Heritage Marina Safeway.
The "pods" startup is buying right on Market Street.
SF startup CEO says he plans to cram 400 bed 'pods' into downtown building
The "pods" startup is buying right on Market Street.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I will not live in the pod. I will not eat the bugs from the Heritage Marina Safeway.
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"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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It's funded by an initiative which is explicitly pro-AI. I suspect that they have an anti-AI stance so that it can serve as a clean dataset for AI to train on, to prevent model collapse. A case of "don't shit where you eat".
I find it a bit amusing that this is funded through andOtherStuff, where one of the Five Pillars is "AI"
Also less amusing is the fact that Nostr is created by a Brazilian with fascist sympathies:
www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-...
Also less amusing is the fact that Nostr is created by a Brazilian with fascist sympathies:
www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's funded by an initiative which is explicitly pro-AI. I suspect that they have an anti-AI stance so that it can serve as a clean dataset for AI to train on, to prevent model collapse. A case of "don't shit where you eat".
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Lol
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Lol
Mall with a bike lane through it
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Mall with a bike lane through it
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I will remind everyone that ChatGPT once got extremely angry at a friend of mine when this friend indicated that maybe Mo Ryan of Variety and Maureen Ryan of VF were the same person. Plagiarism machine said absolutely NOT (and to be fair have you ever seen us in the same room??? 🤔)
Well, THIS sucks. I have tickets for One Battle After Another for tomorrow and now I don't know if I should go!
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I will remind everyone that ChatGPT once got extremely angry at a friend of mine when this friend indicated that maybe Mo Ryan of Variety and Maureen Ryan of VF were the same person. Plagiarism machine said absolutely NOT (and to be fair have you ever seen us in the same room??? 🤔)
It's nice to be back in Chicago again
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's nice to be back in Chicago again
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The Canadian DARK SHADOWS rip-off STRANGE PARADISE debuted on CBC #OTD in 1969.
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
Strange Paradise: Episode 1 Part 1
YouTube video by strangeparadise69
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Canadian DARK SHADOWS rip-off STRANGE PARADISE debuted on CBC #OTD in 1969.
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
All the elements were there — including a #DarkShadows producer and a few of its writers — but a U.S. syndicated run failed and the ax fell in 1970.
All episodes are on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWO... #TVSky
Finally, the bullet dryer has arrived
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Finally, the bullet dryer has arrived
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MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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We’re building this so Marin and Sonoma don’t have to build housing right?
Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
We’re building this so Marin and Sonoma don’t have to build housing right?
Still on the West Coast
October 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Still on the West Coast
