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Last Notes npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/116/016/004/495/717/971/original/adfda6daa8fc599b.jpg npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow ( @npub1fdr…lvhs ) npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete I agree with this, but only then, after getting both houses, US Dems have to move quickly and decisively to curtail executive over-reach while delivering on quality-of-life improvements for average Americans, or they will suffer losses in 2028. It's a tall order, and frankly, I'm not sure they are up to it. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete Sorry to hear that, friend. One more point in favor of old-fashioned group rides, I suppose. (I know it isn't always possible, I did my ride in the basement on a stationary bike today!) npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete @npub1dnd…hzjs was just shouting out LibreOffice. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete In honor of a long and good life, I get a chuckle out of the fact that Jane Goodall thought this Far Side strip was funny and refused to allow the institute that shared her name to take action, and later collaborated with Gary Larson. What a legend. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete Comic by Bill Bramhall in the NY Daily News. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete Very good point. I like bike touring, but it needs to be safe. When they just put some bike signs and call it a bike route, it feels like a trap. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete Fair criticisms, as far as I can tell. I think Lewis' strength is in making the reader care about something. I really can't stand baseball as a sport (boring, too many games, filthy amounts of money, undeserved special legal status, etc.) but he made me interested in it for as long as I was reading Moneyball. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete I still think Lewis has some sparkle left. His "Who is Government?" series in the Washington Post reclaimed some of the disappointment I had after reading The Fifth Risk. And I think his other works (Flashboys, The Big Short) hold up much better than anything Gladwell has put to paper, even if some of Lewis more recent stuff seems to have jumped the shark. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete I don't usually give Elon Musk any attention, but I think it's pretty clear that his Robovan in 2024 has the same purpose that his Hyperloop vaporware did in 2018: draw attention and resources away from transit methods that *actually work* so he can keep selling individual vehicles. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete I still think touchscreens should have never been permitted for basic automobile functionality. It's annoying that stoves and fridges and thermostats have touchscreens, but at least they don't risk injury or death like car touchscreen controls. NHTSA should have prohibited them years ago, it's a regulatory failure. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete I ditched FB/Insta maybe 8 years ago, and only after did I realize how many clubs and community organizations and local governments and school groups and sports teams did all their communication EXCLUSIVELY through FB or Insta. npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee Pete Cycles of Life, by Grant Snider
