Laurie Shook
@laurieshook.bsky.social
Love to travel, read, walk, and silently correct you’re* grammar. Tech pro, NTX. LWCC.
Sad to read about the bankruptcy of iRobot as I watch my Roomba speedily doing housework I used to do. What did them in? Wall Street? Tariffs? Antitrust? How can you lead in technology and US marketshare and fail? www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-wall-s...
How Wall Street Ruined the Roomba and Then Blamed Lina Khan
This week's bankruptcy of iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum, is about more than a robot cleaner. It's about monopolies, Wall Street, and economists leading America on a path of destruction.
www.thebignewsletter.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sad to read about the bankruptcy of iRobot as I watch my Roomba speedily doing housework I used to do. What did them in? Wall Street? Tariffs? Antitrust? How can you lead in technology and US marketshare and fail? www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-wall-s...
Just finished watching The Beast in Me. WOW. So good. Pacing, plot twists, fantastic acting by Clare Dane and Matthew Rhys.
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Just finished watching The Beast in Me. WOW. So good. Pacing, plot twists, fantastic acting by Clare Dane and Matthew Rhys.
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My spare electronic cords look like a nest of rattlesnakes. Anybody have a surefire way to organize and get rid of useless ones?
October 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My spare electronic cords look like a nest of rattlesnakes. Anybody have a surefire way to organize and get rid of useless ones?
How cool is this? @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social sent a lapel pin for the new @joycewhitevance.bsky.social book “Giving Up is Unforgivable!
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
How cool is this? @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social sent a lapel pin for the new @joycewhitevance.bsky.social book “Giving Up is Unforgivable!
Ladies, let’s normalize “turf tape” to hide under arm dingle dangle. It would be nice to go sleeveless again.
September 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ladies, let’s normalize “turf tape” to hide under arm dingle dangle. It would be nice to go sleeveless again.
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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
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We need to make it illegal for AI models to offer advertising. And, we need to really examine referral fees as well.
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
July 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We need to make it illegal for AI models to offer advertising. And, we need to really examine referral fees as well.
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
What to do with all those yummy figs?
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What to do with all those yummy figs?
Irrational things that annoy you? I’ll start…mismatched light bulbs.
July 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Irrational things that annoy you? I’ll start…mismatched light bulbs.
Please read me a bedtime story.
July 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Please read me a bedtime story.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social does the creation of “Alligator Alley” conflict with the American prohibition against “cruel and unusual” punishment? For that matter, what about all the unairconditioned Texas prisons? 🥵
July 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social does the creation of “Alligator Alley” conflict with the American prohibition against “cruel and unusual” punishment? For that matter, what about all the unairconditioned Texas prisons? 🥵
Not celebrating Jeff Bezos’ wedding in Venice? You can still celebrate the good things that have resulted from his divorce. Thank you Makenzie!
June 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Not celebrating Jeff Bezos’ wedding in Venice? You can still celebrate the good things that have resulted from his divorce. Thank you Makenzie!
Finally! After moving the hummingbird feeder closer to hibiscus and refreshing the sugar water, it’s been an overnight success.
June 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Finally! After moving the hummingbird feeder closer to hibiscus and refreshing the sugar water, it’s been an overnight success.
Called both Senators today to tell them to simmer down on Iran.
June 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Called both Senators today to tell them to simmer down on Iran.
Big crowd of citizens expecting more (and less) from their government. #nokings #mckinneytx
June 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Big crowd of citizens expecting more (and less) from their government. #nokings #mckinneytx
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seems like a military response in search of a riot
Passed the Federal Building Plaza. A few dozen protesters, all peaceful, rallying with signs. LAPD helos circling
June 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
seems like a military response in search of a riot
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🚨…WE ARE BEING TOLD THE FRONT LINE OF THE INSURRECTION HAS MOVED TO THE HOME DEPOT PAINT AISLE. MARINES SUBDUED ONE DIY HOMEOWNER WHO WAS BROWSING CEILING PRIMERS AND TWO SUSPECTED CRAFTERS CARRYING A SUSPICIOUSLY LARGE NUMBER OF BEHR PAINT SWATCHES…SUPPORT DRONES REMAIN STUCK IN THE GARDEN SECTION…
June 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🚨…WE ARE BEING TOLD THE FRONT LINE OF THE INSURRECTION HAS MOVED TO THE HOME DEPOT PAINT AISLE. MARINES SUBDUED ONE DIY HOMEOWNER WHO WAS BROWSING CEILING PRIMERS AND TWO SUSPECTED CRAFTERS CARRYING A SUSPICIOUSLY LARGE NUMBER OF BEHR PAINT SWATCHES…SUPPORT DRONES REMAIN STUCK IN THE GARDEN SECTION…
It’s been 37 years since the invention of the inkjet printer for a PC. Why do they still suck?
May 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s been 37 years since the invention of the inkjet printer for a PC. Why do they still suck?
#friendsandneighbors had the best written ending of any series in recent memory. What a perfect role for Jon Hamm. Recommend!
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#friendsandneighbors had the best written ending of any series in recent memory. What a perfect role for Jon Hamm. Recommend!
Awww…
May 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Awww…
May 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In a few minutes, we’ll know the answer to “is the pope STILL Catholic”
May 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In a few minutes, we’ll know the answer to “is the pope STILL Catholic”