Eric Eccleston
@ericeccleston.bsky.social
Metallurgist, musician, old car/motorcycle nut, Montana kid (still a kid) serving almost 25 years exile in Los Angeles.
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This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
Perfect day! I got to ride my English bike and walk my English dog. What more could I ask for?
#motorcycles #whippets
#motorcycles #whippets
December 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Perfect day! I got to ride my English bike and walk my English dog. What more could I ask for?
#motorcycles #whippets
#motorcycles #whippets
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Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
Instead of trying to create some weird dystopian fantasy world that will never work, why can’t these tech billionaires pump their excess money into the arts, healthcare and scientific research, education, and other things that actually benefit and enrich our society?
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Instead of trying to create some weird dystopian fantasy world that will never work, why can’t these tech billionaires pump their excess money into the arts, healthcare and scientific research, education, and other things that actually benefit and enrich our society?
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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This thing I'm mad about isn't real, but imagine if it were. Wouldn't that be terrible
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This thing I'm mad about isn't real, but imagine if it were. Wouldn't that be terrible
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I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
He says that with a smirk on his face, taking pleasure that new graduates have a gutted out job market waiting for them. These are the kinds of guys we have “leading” our economy!
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
He says that with a smirk on his face, taking pleasure that new graduates have a gutted out job market waiting for them. These are the kinds of guys we have “leading” our economy!
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It’s a hoax but we’re investigating Dems
Tariffs were working but we’re removing them
We’re super popular, the election results were about something else
We control all three houses of govt but the shut down was their fault
Immigrants don’t pay tax but were finding them through the IRS
Tariffs were working but we’re removing them
We’re super popular, the election results were about something else
We control all three houses of govt but the shut down was their fault
Immigrants don’t pay tax but were finding them through the IRS
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It’s a hoax but we’re investigating Dems
Tariffs were working but we’re removing them
We’re super popular, the election results were about something else
We control all three houses of govt but the shut down was their fault
Immigrants don’t pay tax but were finding them through the IRS
Tariffs were working but we’re removing them
We’re super popular, the election results were about something else
We control all three houses of govt but the shut down was their fault
Immigrants don’t pay tax but were finding them through the IRS
All it means! The clown supposedly went to “business” school and doesn’t know how loans and interest rates work. Also explains why he bankrupts everything he touches and routinely committed mortgage fraud throughout his life.
INGRAHAM: Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea?
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
All it means! The clown supposedly went to “business” school and doesn’t know how loans and interest rates work. Also explains why he bankrupts everything he touches and routinely committed mortgage fraud throughout his life.
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Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Domestic manufacturing rose sharply under Biden and is falling under Trump
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
The closest I’ll ever get to having a Vincent is parking my bike next to one!
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The closest I’ll ever get to having a Vincent is parking my bike next to one!
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
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Almost time for the 46th Annual Hansen Dam Rally.
It’s the “best ride by a dam site.”
Sponsored by the SoCal Norton Club.
Sunday, November 2, 8:00 AM
Hansen Dam Recreation Park
11770 West Foothill Blvd
Pacoima, CA 91331
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
It’s the “best ride by a dam site.”
Sponsored by the SoCal Norton Club.
Sunday, November 2, 8:00 AM
Hansen Dam Recreation Park
11770 West Foothill Blvd
Pacoima, CA 91331
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Almost time for the 46th Annual Hansen Dam Rally.
It’s the “best ride by a dam site.”
Sponsored by the SoCal Norton Club.
Sunday, November 2, 8:00 AM
Hansen Dam Recreation Park
11770 West Foothill Blvd
Pacoima, CA 91331
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
It’s the “best ride by a dam site.”
Sponsored by the SoCal Norton Club.
Sunday, November 2, 8:00 AM
Hansen Dam Recreation Park
11770 West Foothill Blvd
Pacoima, CA 91331
#vintagemotorcycles #motosky
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Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
September 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
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“Frayed collar workers in gold plated times.”
30 years ago I issued a stark warning about the health of America’s working class.
Watch and tell me what you think. https://youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw?feature=shared
30 years ago I issued a stark warning about the health of America’s working class.
Watch and tell me what you think. https://youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw?feature=shared
Did Robert Reich Predict the Future in 1995?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Frayed collar workers in gold plated times.”
30 years ago I issued a stark warning about the health of America’s working class.
Watch and tell me what you think. https://youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw?feature=shared
30 years ago I issued a stark warning about the health of America’s working class.
Watch and tell me what you think. https://youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw?feature=shared
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<<As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan “Fuck your feelings” are impossibly delicate souls.>>
MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It
Gavin Newsom’s parodies are riling people up—and they don’t quite seem to understand why.
www.theatlantic.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
<<As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan “Fuck your feelings” are impossibly delicate souls.>>
Juvenile Welsh Harlequins free ranging in the back yard. #bacyardducks
August 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Juvenile Welsh Harlequins free ranging in the back yard. #bacyardducks
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Trump's hopeless tariffs confusion, explained by a historian
“He wants the society of the 1950s with the policies of the 1890s. But you literally don’t get the society of the 1950s without a comprehensive rejection of the policies of the 1890s, even by Republicans."
“He wants the society of the 1950s with the policies of the 1890s. But you literally don’t get the society of the 1950s without a comprehensive rejection of the policies of the 1890s, even by Republicans."
Trump's hopeless tariffs confusion, explained by a historian
"The president seems to believe he can impose prohibitively high tariffs *and* collect revenue, which you can’t do."
www.publicnotice.co
August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump's hopeless tariffs confusion, explained by a historian
“He wants the society of the 1950s with the policies of the 1890s. But you literally don’t get the society of the 1950s without a comprehensive rejection of the policies of the 1890s, even by Republicans."
“He wants the society of the 1950s with the policies of the 1890s. But you literally don’t get the society of the 1950s without a comprehensive rejection of the policies of the 1890s, even by Republicans."
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📌NOTHING has saved more lives than vaccines the past two centuries.
So Trump and RFK Jr. announce they are pulling vaccine funding, and we treat it like it is just another day ...
This country has gone completely mad.
So Trump and RFK Jr. announce they are pulling vaccine funding, and we treat it like it is just another day ...
This country has gone completely mad.
THE MONSTERS
The dying Trump, and the grotesque people who work for him don’t value life, they get off on death ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📌NOTHING has saved more lives than vaccines the past two centuries.
So Trump and RFK Jr. announce they are pulling vaccine funding, and we treat it like it is just another day ...
This country has gone completely mad.
So Trump and RFK Jr. announce they are pulling vaccine funding, and we treat it like it is just another day ...
This country has gone completely mad.
Been a while since I posted a motorcycle pic. Sunday was a great day for a ride!
#vintagemotorcycles
#vintagemotorcycles
August 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Been a while since I posted a motorcycle pic. Sunday was a great day for a ride!
#vintagemotorcycles
#vintagemotorcycles