Red Herring
@nobadcoffee.bsky.social
economics and energy and bikes and stuff. Self-described comedy hero. Calgary.
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HISTORY! 🇨🇦
Hamilton, ON native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the second player in NBA history to score 20+ points in 100 consecutive games! 👏
Hamilton, ON native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the second player in NBA history to score 20+ points in 100 consecutive games! 👏
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
HISTORY! 🇨🇦
Hamilton, ON native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the second player in NBA history to score 20+ points in 100 consecutive games! 👏
Hamilton, ON native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the second player in NBA history to score 20+ points in 100 consecutive games! 👏
"Focus on being decisive rather than right" is the well-trod ground upon which average, yet mysteriously overconfident men have surpassed their more-capable, humbler peers.
Terrible advice and article
Terrible advice and article
"Start communicating like someone who deserves to be taken seriously and others will follow suit," says executive coach Melody Wilding, author of "Managing Up."
The ability to package your ideas and communicate decisively changes how people perceive and respond to you in every setting.
The ability to package your ideas and communicate decisively changes how people perceive and respond to you in every setting.
To be taken seriously, do 6 simple things: '99% of people' don’t, says executive coach
"Start communicating like someone who deserves to be taken seriously and others will follow suit," says executive coach Melody Wilding, author of "Managing Up."
cnb.cx
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Focus on being decisive rather than right" is the well-trod ground upon which average, yet mysteriously overconfident men have surpassed their more-capable, humbler peers.
Terrible advice and article
Terrible advice and article
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There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
When the city announced a speed limit in June, haters rejoiced. But the plan had some holes.
www.wsj.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
This would be great
Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
Punk Legend Jello Biafra's 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible
Owned and driven by music legend Jello Biafra since 1995, this 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible has impeccable punk rock credentials. As Jello’s daily driver for decades, this T160-generation...
www.hemmings.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This would be great
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I hate to make you hate Canada more but our Costco dogs are $1.50 and that’s $1.06 USD.
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I hate to make you hate Canada more but our Costco dogs are $1.50 and that’s $1.06 USD.
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Kay Boomer
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Kay Boomer
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926
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Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
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November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Me updating my LinkedIn profile
Asked about his intellect, appearance and accomplishments, Grok consistently hailed Elon Musk as “strikingly handsome,” raved about his “genius-level intellect” and ranked him as the No. 1 human, ahead of Leonardo da Vinci.
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot ranks him as world history’s greatest human
Users on X shared examples of the “truth-seeking” AI chatbot praising its owner as “strikingly handsome,” a “genius,” and fitter than LeBron James.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Me updating my LinkedIn profile
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My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
Sad but true
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sad but true
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Not @theonion.com or @thebeaverton.com, it must be @thewaroncars.bsky.social ? What is the best car for sitting traffic? 😂
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not @theonion.com or @thebeaverton.com, it must be @thewaroncars.bsky.social ? What is the best car for sitting traffic? 😂
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The Cleveland Dealer, 1860:
October 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Cleveland Dealer, 1860:
Amazing
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amazing
I love Wikipedia
for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I love Wikipedia
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Over here in the real world, parents are buying electric cargo bikes not because they are a status symbol. Instead, they're buying them because they've done the math on car ownership and decided owning more than one car is stupidly expensive.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
Why E-cargo bikes are the new status symbol for middle-class London parents
Got the pencil cases? Fresh uniforms for the kids? What about your electric cargo bike? It’s the new must-have for middle-class mums and dads, says Jessica Salter. Here’s how to choose yours...
www.standard.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Over here in the real world, parents are buying electric cargo bikes not because they are a status symbol. Instead, they're buying them because they've done the math on car ownership and decided owning more than one car is stupidly expensive.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...
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This is exactly why road safety advocates want physically protected wheeling lanes. #roadsafety
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
Entre todas las cosas que me dan terror de este video es pensar que la única solución parece ser es que el celular estalle cuando se acerque a un auto.
Imaginate una persona que no tiene otra opción que caminar por esa ruta o moverse en bici. Luego rompen las pelotas por cada cosa.
Imaginate una persona que no tiene otra opción que caminar por esa ruta o moverse en bici. Luego rompen las pelotas por cada cosa.
August 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is exactly why road safety advocates want physically protected wheeling lanes. #roadsafety
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
I was reminded of this classic. 25 years old and holds up.
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze
Did you ever know a "chocoholic"? One of those folks who just can’t get enough chocolate? I bet there’s at least one in your home or workplace. At my house, it’s my wife Emily. She’s got to have her l...
theonion.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I was reminded of this classic. 25 years old and holds up.
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
I'm Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze — theonion.com/im-like-a-ch...
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If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
We Are All Lisa Cook
Nobody is safe from weaponized government
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
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He's promising to protect the integrity of the data by firing statisticians who follow established methods of data collection and processing whenever those methods yield numbers that don't please the boss.
Kevin Hassett: "The data can't be propaganda. The data has to be something you can trust, bc decision-makers throughout the economy trust that these are the data that they can build a factory because they believe, or cut interest rates. If the data aren't that good, it's a real problem for the US."
August 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
He's promising to protect the integrity of the data by firing statisticians who follow established methods of data collection and processing whenever those methods yield numbers that don't please the boss.
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal