Dungeon Master Tim
@tstaub.bsky.social
Planner in Indiana. ND '12, RU '23
Resident of the Jersey Shore, Key West, and Philly
Resident of the Jersey Shore, Key West, and Philly
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Crowdsourcing here: a house I'm hopefully closing on has a huge detached garage. My goal is to subdivide the garage into two bars:
One will be an Irish Tiki speakeasy with Celtic symbology instead of purely Polynesian. The other will be a tailgate bar with TVs, but I need help picking a theme.
One will be an Irish Tiki speakeasy with Celtic symbology instead of purely Polynesian. The other will be a tailgate bar with TVs, but I need help picking a theme.
Something to think about: Elon's peons had unfettered access to a lot of data. I wonder if they fed it to Grok.
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Something to think about: Elon's peons had unfettered access to a lot of data. I wonder if they fed it to Grok.
Anyone that gets caught by a speed camera shouldn't be driving because it's clear they're not watching the road
People complained so much about the speed cameras in Ontario, but not only were their numerous signs, but any car made in like the last decade would also TELL YOU were they were.
Cars these days warn you about police so speeders can avoid getting caught!?
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Anyone that gets caught by a speed camera shouldn't be driving because it's clear they're not watching the road
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Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
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Just heard Meta ad on sports radio begging people not to oppose AI data monoliths in their communities
Sure seems horribly unpopular! Weird how The Popularists aren’t writing NYT op-eds telling Dems to campaign against it!
Sure seems horribly unpopular! Weird how The Popularists aren’t writing NYT op-eds telling Dems to campaign against it!
Will Democrats continue siding with their megadonors as pro-AI, or do they want to win & hold tons of Congressional seats 🤔
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AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
A few days ago, I was looking at one of the many...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just heard Meta ad on sports radio begging people not to oppose AI data monoliths in their communities
Sure seems horribly unpopular! Weird how The Popularists aren’t writing NYT op-eds telling Dems to campaign against it!
Sure seems horribly unpopular! Weird how The Popularists aren’t writing NYT op-eds telling Dems to campaign against it!
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Invent a guy: Guy who appears to be deeply unfamiliar with Chicago transit writes article about Chicago transit with multiple factual errors and misleading statements
Sharp critic of the Illinois transit funding bill: “[A] transit fiscal cliff is a rare opportunity for customer-oriented reform. But the CTA and other systems would rather burn through more taxpayer funds to provide services that customers don’t want.” www.city-journal.org/article/chic...
Chicago Transit Doesn’t Need Another Bailout
Declining ridership shouldn’t be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars.
www.city-journal.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Invent a guy: Guy who appears to be deeply unfamiliar with Chicago transit writes article about Chicago transit with multiple factual errors and misleading statements
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I reject the premise of this question.
I spoke with 2026 World Cup organizers about the *biggest*, silliest, thorniest question of this grand ⚽ tournament...
"soccer" or "football"? (or "fútbol"? or other?)
"soccer" or "football"? (or "fútbol"? or other?)
The World Cup is coming to North America: So in 2026, is it ‘football’ or ‘soccer’?
As the world descends on the USA, Canada and Mexico, it's time to fire up the age-old debate of what to call the beautiful game
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I reject the premise of this question.
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Fantasizing about quitting my job to work for a presidential candidate who pledges to put every tech CEO in a zoo
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Fantasizing about quitting my job to work for a presidential candidate who pledges to put every tech CEO in a zoo
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Listening to the appendices of Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast and Hoo boy the thinky thoughts.
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Listening to the appendices of Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast and Hoo boy the thinky thoughts.
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It's 2025 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 2020 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 2011 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 1978 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It's 2020 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 2011 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 1978 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Climate Services: The Business of Physical Risk
A growing number of investors, insurers, financial services providers, and nonprofits rely on information about localized physical climate risks, like floods, h
papers.ssrn.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's 2025 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 2020 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 2011 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 1978 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It's 2020 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 2011 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
It's 1978 and people are calling for a National Climate Service
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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A lesson of *hand waves* everything is that voters are extremely lenient with ideological projects as long as the fiscal house is in order.
Pollster: You know the Administration is basically the moral equivalent of Apartheid South Africa
Swing Voter: Meh
Pollster: Peanut oil prices for frying your turkey are up 13%
Swing Voter: BLUE WAVE BABY
Swing Voter: Meh
Pollster: Peanut oil prices for frying your turkey are up 13%
Swing Voter: BLUE WAVE BABY
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A lesson of *hand waves* everything is that voters are extremely lenient with ideological projects as long as the fiscal house is in order.
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While Iran is talking about abandoning Tehran, we are banning books that sound the alarm at home. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
While Iran is talking about abandoning Tehran, we are banning books that sound the alarm at home. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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Run this motherfucker out of town.
A Little Village chamber leader thanked Border Patrol agents as they arrested neighbors, new video shows. blockclubchi.co/4iFYuQM
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Run this motherfucker out of town.
I just discovered another dumb property tax law, this time in Massachusetts:
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just discovered another dumb property tax law, this time in Massachusetts:
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The forced bus transfers are an underrated part of REM's success rather than inconvenience, and it's instructive to compare to PATCO: although they share similarities in land use and orientation, NJ Transit was never forced to divert its buses going direct to Philly; PATCO ridership never broke 40k
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The forced bus transfers are an underrated part of REM's success rather than inconvenience, and it's instructive to compare to PATCO: although they share similarities in land use and orientation, NJ Transit was never forced to divert its buses going direct to Philly; PATCO ridership never broke 40k
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In 1900 a popular rationale for excluding concession food and drink in SF's Golden Gate Park was animus against immigrants - specifically Germans
> where beer shall foam... while pretzels shall tangle the teeth with thirst, where the mettwurst, the sauerkraut and the sausage lay claim.
> where beer shall foam... while pretzels shall tangle the teeth with thirst, where the mettwurst, the sauerkraut and the sausage lay claim.
August 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In 1900 a popular rationale for excluding concession food and drink in SF's Golden Gate Park was animus against immigrants - specifically Germans
> where beer shall foam... while pretzels shall tangle the teeth with thirst, where the mettwurst, the sauerkraut and the sausage lay claim.
> where beer shall foam... while pretzels shall tangle the teeth with thirst, where the mettwurst, the sauerkraut and the sausage lay claim.
A 14 point swing flips one of Indiana's redistricts and puts 3-5 in play rather than having 7/9 solid R districts.
i have seen a vision of the future
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A 14 point swing flips one of Indiana's redistricts and puts 3-5 in play rather than having 7/9 solid R districts.
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I hope the next mayor listens to high quality civil servants like Barkha and Tanya, takes their advice, and gives them the leeway to work freely.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope the next mayor listens to high quality civil servants like Barkha and Tanya, takes their advice, and gives them the leeway to work freely.
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The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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idk if this is why he lost in his specific race like he claims, but Will is 110% right here on the broader point.
I would argue pretty strenuously that overreliance on nonprofits for social services is, in fact, a centrist position at best. NGO world cloaks itself in progressivism by adhering to cultural signifiers of social justice. Endless land acknowledgements as they take public jobs from union workers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
idk if this is why he lost in his specific race like he claims, but Will is 110% right here on the broader point.
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it's class solidarity and the class is 'gangster'
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it's class solidarity and the class is 'gangster'
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GANDALF: Can you see anything?
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
GANDALF: Can you see anything?
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
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ANTONIO BANDERAS, angrily, over the phone: "I don't WANT to be a Latin sex symbol. I WANT to be a little adorable kitty cat, who is really good at swordplay and derring-do"
His AGENT, on the other end, holding a draft copy of the script for Shrek 2: "Bud, you're not gonna believe this,"
His AGENT, on the other end, holding a draft copy of the script for Shrek 2: "Bud, you're not gonna believe this,"
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ANTONIO BANDERAS, angrily, over the phone: "I don't WANT to be a Latin sex symbol. I WANT to be a little adorable kitty cat, who is really good at swordplay and derring-do"
His AGENT, on the other end, holding a draft copy of the script for Shrek 2: "Bud, you're not gonna believe this,"
His AGENT, on the other end, holding a draft copy of the script for Shrek 2: "Bud, you're not gonna believe this,"