@brettbim.bsky.social
The Internet used to be fun. Twitter used to be fun. I'm here hoping something is fun again but I'm pessimistic.
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"While the seemingly endless suburban growth has traditionally offered the city the veneer of affordability, the sprawl has also spiked transportation costs, so much so that the city’s combined transportation and living costs now place it on par with New York City..."
Houston Is Now Less Affordable Than New York City
A new report finds that, when transportation costs are factored in, Texas’s biggest metros aren’t the bargain they often claim to be.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM
"While the seemingly endless suburban growth has traditionally offered the city the veneer of affordability, the sprawl has also spiked transportation costs, so much so that the city’s combined transportation and living costs now place it on par with New York City..."
November 24, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Just find 90 minutes a week and thank me later
October 25, 2023 at 11:36 PM
Just find 90 minutes a week and thank me later
Given that there are close to a million users on here, it seems awfully hard to not keep running into the same 5-10 accounts.
October 18, 2023 at 2:42 AM
Given that there are close to a million users on here, it seems awfully hard to not keep running into the same 5-10 accounts.
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Pluto tv rules, it's like free cable and I'm fully reliving my youth. Not having to make decisions about what to watch. What's on is what's on. Oh what's this, a commercial break? Perfect time to grab a snack
October 17, 2023 at 2:59 AM
Pluto tv rules, it's like free cable and I'm fully reliving my youth. Not having to make decisions about what to watch. What's on is what's on. Oh what's this, a commercial break? Perfect time to grab a snack
Cherokee Trace
October 16, 2023 at 12:27 AM
Cherokee Trace
No better feeling than a campfire and hot coffee on a crisp fall morning
October 14, 2023 at 12:50 PM
No better feeling than a campfire and hot coffee on a crisp fall morning
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It’s challenging to share a website with cretins like this on normal days but it’s significantly more difficult for me whenever Israel/Palestine occupies mainstream attention
October 8, 2023 at 3:39 AM
It’s challenging to share a website with cretins like this on normal days but it’s significantly more difficult for me whenever Israel/Palestine occupies mainstream attention
October 8, 2023 at 12:57 PM
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I wish folks would simply pause & ask themselves if "The Democrats should totally abandon incumbency advantage, have a contentious open primary, & drop the candidate by far the most popular with the Black voters who will decide the whole election in 4 states" is really what they mean to be arguing.
Unless Joe Biden stands aside, the world must prepare for President Trump 2.0 | Timothy Garton Ash
The Democrats must choose a younger candidate if Donald Trump is to be kept out of the White House, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2023 at 9:04 AM
I wish folks would simply pause & ask themselves if "The Democrats should totally abandon incumbency advantage, have a contentious open primary, & drop the candidate by far the most popular with the Black voters who will decide the whole election in 4 states" is really what they mean to be arguing.
It's interesting to me how many people on this site seem to make a living posting hot takes on screenshots from the bird app. Like what is the literal point?
September 29, 2023 at 2:25 AM
It's interesting to me how many people on this site seem to make a living posting hot takes on screenshots from the bird app. Like what is the literal point?
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September 28, 2023 at 7:39 PM
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Our new story:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events – a breach of judicial norms that one federal judge said “takes my breath away.”
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events – a breach of judicial norms that one federal judge said “takes my breath away.”
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2023 at 9:14 AM
Our new story:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events – a breach of judicial norms that one federal judge said “takes my breath away.”
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events – a breach of judicial norms that one federal judge said “takes my breath away.”
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Moon Pie really wants to play with Picasso and his mouse
September 20, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Moon Pie really wants to play with Picasso and his mouse
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I'm finally 100% on BLUESKY. Help me find... I'm gonna guess 4,000 friends
You won't regret following me on this platform
You will be rewarded with pleasures beyond description if you should do me the honor of reskeeting this
I will spend the rest of my life trying to describe them for you.
You won't regret following me on this platform
You will be rewarded with pleasures beyond description if you should do me the honor of reskeeting this
I will spend the rest of my life trying to describe them for you.
September 19, 2023 at 10:28 PM
I'm finally 100% on BLUESKY. Help me find... I'm gonna guess 4,000 friends
You won't regret following me on this platform
You will be rewarded with pleasures beyond description if you should do me the honor of reskeeting this
I will spend the rest of my life trying to describe them for you.
You won't regret following me on this platform
You will be rewarded with pleasures beyond description if you should do me the honor of reskeeting this
I will spend the rest of my life trying to describe them for you.
If your preprod environment is a poorly funded, half implementation of your prod environment, no amount of "preprod testing" should ever make you feel safe.
September 19, 2023 at 8:41 PM
If your preprod environment is a poorly funded, half implementation of your prod environment, no amount of "preprod testing" should ever make you feel safe.
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A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after reading an illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth-grade class chron.com/news/houston...
chron.com
September 19, 2023 at 8:18 PM
A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after reading an illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth-grade class chron.com/news/houston...
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Buzbee opens: "If this can happen to [Ken Paxton]. It can happen to anyone."
Think about THAT the next time you get elected to Texas Attorney General and use the power of your office to grease the skids for your favorite coke buddy
could be ANY OF US
Think about THAT the next time you get elected to Texas Attorney General and use the power of your office to grease the skids for your favorite coke buddy
could be ANY OF US
September 15, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Buzbee opens: "If this can happen to [Ken Paxton]. It can happen to anyone."
Think about THAT the next time you get elected to Texas Attorney General and use the power of your office to grease the skids for your favorite coke buddy
could be ANY OF US
Think about THAT the next time you get elected to Texas Attorney General and use the power of your office to grease the skids for your favorite coke buddy
could be ANY OF US
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Doomsday Prosperity gospel for atheists
"Effective Altruism", aka long-termism, aka TESCREAL, is Scientology for tech-people.
I've met several young, intelligent but v. naive people who've completely fallen for it.
Every article on EA is anonymously sourced because the EA person doesn't want to deal with 'consequences'.
IT'S A CULT
I've met several young, intelligent but v. naive people who've completely fallen for it.
Every article on EA is anonymously sourced because the EA person doesn't want to deal with 'consequences'.
IT'S A CULT
The Silicon Valley doomers behind Rishi Sunak’s AI pivot
‘If it’s not utopia, it’s annihilation’: How existential AI fears shot up Rishi Sunak’s agenda.
www.politico.eu
September 15, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Doomsday Prosperity gospel for atheists
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Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000
Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25
Three words: tax the rich.
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000
Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25
Three words: tax the rich.
September 4, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000
Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25
Three words: tax the rich.
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000
Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25
Three words: tax the rich.
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Everyone is aware of "freedom fries" and similar, but the next 5ish years were more consistently absurd than the trump administration, and most people forgot
September 11, 2023 at 7:31 AM
Everyone is aware of "freedom fries" and similar, but the next 5ish years were more consistently absurd than the trump administration, and most people forgot
September 9, 2023 at 8:29 PM