We can do big things. We should do more big things.
more about the Shoreline Storage Tunnel, posted when we completed mining work last year. neorsd.medium.com/bored-mined-...
Bored, mined, and ours.
It took more than 600 days to bore, almost three miles to mine, and it’s all of ours — Shoreline Storage Tunnel reaches major milestone.
neorsd.medium.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We can do big things. We should do more big things.
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The experience of navigating the Google family UIs is shockingly bad. Every 3-4 pages I hit a “whoops something went wrong” error, most of the family pages in the app are web views you need to log into despite being logged into the app. Everything is confusing.
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The experience of navigating the Google family UIs is shockingly bad. Every 3-4 pages I hit a “whoops something went wrong” error, most of the family pages in the app are web views you need to log into despite being logged into the app. Everything is confusing.
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Fifteen Years
https://xkcd.com/3172/
"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3172
https://xkcd.com/3172/
"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3172
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Fifteen Years
https://xkcd.com/3172/
"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3172
https://xkcd.com/3172/
"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3172
How was that not a yellow?!
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
How was that not a yellow?!
I'm glad I'm not the only man with strong (correct) GG opinions.
Gilmore Girls MVP, starter production in a bench role
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only man with strong (correct) GG opinions.
We should not subsidize cars. Shoup was pretty explicit about it.
“Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions… The two-year pilot program proved so popular that the City Council voted this summer to extend it another year, paying for it with a 1% increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1”
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We should not subsidize cars. Shoup was pretty explicit about it.
I think this might be a top 5.
![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 12:15 AM
I think this might be a top 5.
Ramona forever.
finding joy despite the world in 2025 is like this lol
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ramona forever.
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My memory is not failing. It is molting.
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My memory is not failing. It is molting.
@ashleysloboda.bsky.social w/ the failed NACS ref, I'd love an explainer on funding/teacher pay after SB1.
NACS hasn't meaningfully boosted teach pay. 10-year MA teachers make ess. the same ($51k) as starting with a BA. This is not misinfo, it is a paystub. I hear "we need to pay teachers!" but...
NACS hasn't meaningfully boosted teach pay. 10-year MA teachers make ess. the same ($51k) as starting with a BA. This is not misinfo, it is a paystub. I hear "we need to pay teachers!" but...
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
@ashleysloboda.bsky.social w/ the failed NACS ref, I'd love an explainer on funding/teacher pay after SB1.
NACS hasn't meaningfully boosted teach pay. 10-year MA teachers make ess. the same ($51k) as starting with a BA. This is not misinfo, it is a paystub. I hear "we need to pay teachers!" but...
NACS hasn't meaningfully boosted teach pay. 10-year MA teachers make ess. the same ($51k) as starting with a BA. This is not misinfo, it is a paystub. I hear "we need to pay teachers!" but...
Boiler up.
Ah, the value of being part of a social network that is decentralized...from Techdirt's Karl Bode:
"Last week, Indiana University administrators fired the school newspaper’s (Indiana Daily Student) advisor and ordered students to stop printing the paper."
"The student journalists say that […]
"Last week, Indiana University administrators fired the school newspaper’s (Indiana Daily Student) advisor and ordered students to stop printing the paper."
"The student journalists say that […]
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infosec.exchange
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Boiler up.
The kids are alright. Not because of us, in spite of.
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The kids are alright. Not because of us, in spite of.
Old person clings to power, more news at 6.
Breaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins
A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.
nyti.ms
October 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Old person clings to power, more news at 6.
100% agree with this.
how much you connect with a book has as much to do with your station in life or mood or what you last ate as the book itself
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
100% agree with this.
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Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
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Soybean farmers should dump their beans on Capitol Hill…
October 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Soybean farmers should dump their beans on Capitol Hill…
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It should inspire those engaged in similar struggles around the world - and remind those of us lucky enough to live in America that we have a solemn responsibility to constantly preserve and defend our own hard-won democratic traditions.
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It should inspire those engaged in similar struggles around the world - and remind those of us lucky enough to live in America that we have a solemn responsibility to constantly preserve and defend our own hard-won democratic traditions.
Yeah, when it's good, it's really good. And it's only going to improve. The exploration of ideas becomes so much faster and easier the more and more these tools progress.
i’m less concerned about this now. i experienced deep flow vibecoding yesterday. in some ways it was actually deeper than manual coding because (when it worked well) i was able to explore ideas and directions that would normally take me days (due to lack of domain knowledge, boilerplate etc)
the thing i'm worried about is whether AI will decimate the "flow states" of knowledge work. i realize this is very selfish. i enjoy being in a flow state. i don't want to constantly be babysitting an unlearning intern who repeatedly violates instructions. even if they eventually produce good work
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Yeah, when it's good, it's really good. And it's only going to improve. The exploration of ideas becomes so much faster and easier the more and more these tools progress.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
aren't we all just on islands of various sizes
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
aren't we all just on islands of various sizes
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Would really like to see the NFL do something to make the onside kick viable again—like maybe back the receiving team up 5 more yards?
September 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Would really like to see the NFL do something to make the onside kick viable again—like maybe back the receiving team up 5 more yards?
This obviously sucks, but one thing that gives me hope is that my favorite tech and culture publications of yore are doing Good Work. Keep it up @wired.com and @arstechnica.com.
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This obviously sucks, but one thing that gives me hope is that my favorite tech and culture publications of yore are doing Good Work. Keep it up @wired.com and @arstechnica.com.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.