#dontRideThatRuss
@rusto88.bsky.social
Photog, cyclist, tech dilletante, amateur expert. #Sourdough Noob. #dontridethatruss #1minmtb #photography #hiking #backpacking #cycling #mountainbikes #science #curiosity #humility #woodworking
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I'm always intrigued by what authors last after their deaths and which ones don't. Who the heck reads Updike these days? I'd predict that in twenty years or so, Philip Roth will be mostly forgotten. Conversely, in a century, I'm certain that Ursula K. Le Guin will still be read.
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'm always intrigued by what authors last after their deaths and which ones don't. Who the heck reads Updike these days? I'd predict that in twenty years or so, Philip Roth will be mostly forgotten. Conversely, in a century, I'm certain that Ursula K. Le Guin will still be read.
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seeing a lot of younger people on here wistfully talking about what it’d be like to live in the US under a good president and I have got some really bad news for them
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
seeing a lot of younger people on here wistfully talking about what it’d be like to live in the US under a good president and I have got some really bad news for them
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"So your plan is to destroy the biosphere in order to live forever in a supercomputer, do I have this right?"
"You simplify, but I would expect that from an NPC."
"I see, and when will the supercomputer be ready for your consciousness to be uploaded?"
"REAL SOON!!!"
"You simplify, but I would expect that from an NPC."
"I see, and when will the supercomputer be ready for your consciousness to be uploaded?"
"REAL SOON!!!"
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"So your plan is to destroy the biosphere in order to live forever in a supercomputer, do I have this right?"
"You simplify, but I would expect that from an NPC."
"I see, and when will the supercomputer be ready for your consciousness to be uploaded?"
"REAL SOON!!!"
"You simplify, but I would expect that from an NPC."
"I see, and when will the supercomputer be ready for your consciousness to be uploaded?"
"REAL SOON!!!"
I am "did I just scrape a deer tick off the back of my neck or was that a skin tag?" years old.
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I am "did I just scrape a deer tick off the back of my neck or was that a skin tag?" years old.
Having returned to hiking/backpacking, I realized yesterday that my idle (and boxed up) R8 body would make a lightweight companion. So, out of the box it came. This is me during a test of its built-in intervalometer, a feature I had previously ignored/overlooked.
#canonR8 #selfPortrait #cameraTest
#canonR8 #selfPortrait #cameraTest
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Having returned to hiking/backpacking, I realized yesterday that my idle (and boxed up) R8 body would make a lightweight companion. So, out of the box it came. This is me during a test of its built-in intervalometer, a feature I had previously ignored/overlooked.
#canonR8 #selfPortrait #cameraTest
#canonR8 #selfPortrait #cameraTest
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please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
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Trump Plan to End Free ‘Direct File’ Program and Rely on For-Profit Tax Preparers Is a Mistake www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-p...
Trump Plan to End Free ‘Direct File’ Program and Rely on For-Profit Tax Preparers Is a Mistake
The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent groups deemed it a success and users across the political spectrum rated...
www.cbpp.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Trump Plan to End Free ‘Direct File’ Program and Rely on For-Profit Tax Preparers Is a Mistake www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-p...
Hiked up Pack Monadnock, Petersborough, NH today. First winter hike in about 30 years. Looking forward to more…
#winterHiking #hiking #newHampshire #photography #blackAndWhite
#winterHiking #hiking #newHampshire #photography #blackAndWhite
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hiked up Pack Monadnock, Petersborough, NH today. First winter hike in about 30 years. Looking forward to more…
#winterHiking #hiking #newHampshire #photography #blackAndWhite
#winterHiking #hiking #newHampshire #photography #blackAndWhite
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Wow, the war on truth escalates... Seriously one of the issues we need to address after this crowd goes down is putting propaganda/lies outside the protections of free speech and making it illegal to produce fake/lying stories & call them news.
The US State Department is instructing its staff to deny visas to those engaged in activities like combatting misinformation, disinformation or false narratives, fact-checking, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Wow, the war on truth escalates... Seriously one of the issues we need to address after this crowd goes down is putting propaganda/lies outside the protections of free speech and making it illegal to produce fake/lying stories & call them news.
Jernblestring i Budalen - Brenning av jern fra myrmalm
YouTube video by Heliks
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Real-time experiment: what happens when the world’s leading economy reallocates its law enforcement resources to liquidation of its own labor force?
New numbers show ICE is devouring US law enforcement: 1 in 5 US marshals, 1 in 5 FBI agents, half of all DEA agents, and over two-thirds of all ATF agents are now assigned to ICE enforcement. These are agencies with critical jobs they're now NOT doing.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...
ICE is Eating the Soul of America
Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Real-time experiment: what happens when the world’s leading economy reallocates its law enforcement resources to liquidation of its own labor force?
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Current fave YT channel. #rabbitHole #networkTImeWasters #poopScrew #electricalControls
youtu.be/6O5Lpm2iE44?...
youtu.be/6O5Lpm2iE44?...
Fixing the Poop Screw
YouTube video by Cursed Controls
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Current fave YT channel. #rabbitHole #networkTImeWasters #poopScrew #electricalControls
youtu.be/6O5Lpm2iE44?...
youtu.be/6O5Lpm2iE44?...
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All decent human beings are ANTIFA.
December 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
All decent human beings are ANTIFA.
One of your best @monteiro.bsky.social , thank you.
This week’s newsletter is heavy, and in hindsight probably should’ve come with a content warning? I dunno. I'm on a flight to bury my father. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to bury your father
This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do you lovingly care for an aging parent who treated you like shit? This question has been sitting in my...
buttondown.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
One of your best @monteiro.bsky.social , thank you.
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#Massachusetts, other states sue to block $100,000 visa fee for skilled workers; say it would harm hospitals, colleges and public schools
www.universalhub.com/2025/massach...
#lawsuits #H1B
www.universalhub.com/2025/massach...
#lawsuits #H1B
December 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#Massachusetts, other states sue to block $100,000 visa fee for skilled workers; say it would harm hospitals, colleges and public schools
www.universalhub.com/2025/massach...
#lawsuits #H1B
www.universalhub.com/2025/massach...
#lawsuits #H1B
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I saved December 9th, 2027 in my calendar with a reminder to check on this btw.
Remember: A Tesla will drive fully autonomously across the continental United States by the end of 2016.
Remember: A Tesla will drive fully autonomously across the continental United States by the end of 2016.
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I saved December 9th, 2027 in my calendar with a reminder to check on this btw.
Remember: A Tesla will drive fully autonomously across the continental United States by the end of 2016.
Remember: A Tesla will drive fully autonomously across the continental United States by the end of 2016.
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The next financial crisis is coming and it’s going to be fucking insane.
US regulator grants crypto firms initial approval to launch trust banks reut.rs/4rV3e9b
US regulator grants crypto firms initial approval to launch trust banks
Crypto giants including Ripple and Circle on Friday received preliminary approval from a top U.S. banking regulator to establish national trust banks, in a major move that could further integrate digital assets into the banking system.
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The next financial crisis is coming and it’s going to be fucking insane.
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Brutalist Residence in Oosterzele, East-Flanders by ABS Bouwteam (2023) r/brutalism
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Brutalist Residence in Oosterzele, East-Flanders by ABS Bouwteam (2023) r/brutalism
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Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork