Wilhanzen Li

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...

Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

“it’s 2025, surely nobody could still be using ‘password’ as their password”

the louvre: hold our baguette

Staged photo of two armed bandits confronting two men with bicycles.

Staged photo of a man holding a bicycle upright to defend against another man.

Photo of a man ducking behind a bicycle while another man throws a punch at him.

Photo of two bandits fighting two men who are using their bicycles to attack the bandits.

The art of defending oneself with a bicycle
1904 guide

The ChatGPT subreddit is absolutely hilarious. LLMs just output statistically likely responses, and a statistically likely response to being asked to do some work is "I'll have that done by...". So apparently in some cases ChatGPT had just been telling users it'll get back to them later.
1/2

"The utmost refined ugliness has become the beauty ideal"

Adolf Ziegler, President of the Third Reich Chamber for Fine Arts and plenipotentiary for ‘Degenerate Art’ 1936.

Nazis blamed the "weak" Weimar leaders for promoting "so-called modern art," "so-called" so much they called it Entartete

in case you’re wondering, this is what happened last summer. Cars Ruin Everything

Status pages everywhere show green, because Statuspage.io is ALSO down: customers cannot log in to update their status page and indicate the outage their eng teams know about!!

So a fail for Statuspage to depend on an AWS region... or DynamoDB (that seems to depend one AWS region?)

Chinese coast guard rams and damages a Philippine vessel off an island in the South China Sea A Chinese coast guard ship has used a powerful water cannon and rammed a Philippine government vessel near Thitu Island in the South China Sea.

A Chinese coast guard ship used a powerful water cannon on Sunday then rammed and slightly damaged an anchored Philippine government vessel off an island inhabited by Filipinos in the disputed South China Sea, said the Philippine coast guard.

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Nation Schedules Recurring Monthly Benefit Concert To Streamline Tragedy Response Process

Nation Schedules Recurring Monthly Benefit Concert To Streamline Tragedy Response Process https://theonion.com/nation-schedules-recurring-monthly-benefit-concert-to-s-1819580392/

Maybe something we should do as well…

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

Jake's made a great synopsis of DHH. I first met DHH almost 25 years ago, spoke at his office, helped promote his products, hosted him at events. DHH thinks you can tell by *looking* whether someone is a "native". Because he thinks people who look like me can never belong to our countries. Fuck him.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Breaking | Contact has been lost with Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent after she confirmed that Israeli forces have intercepted her ship within the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Rowling and Emma Watson's argument is painful to watch😢

Good-hearted transgender people never intend to hurt anyone else.
They just want to love who they want to love and live according to their soul's direction.
Chiitan stands by the hearts of good-hearted transgender people.
I love everyone

🫠🥲

Linear has a 30-minute weekly meeting called "Quality Wednesdays." I sat through one and WOW

Devs show a quality or perf-related fix they did last week. It can be big, or small. We went through 17 issues, from massive backend performance wins, to this tiny one. Can you see it?

whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.

Woman with colourful dress on a bike

The Netherlands is known worldwide as a cycling nation.

Our new report explores how Dutch embassies and consulates worldwide use cycling diplomacy to build trust, strengthen relationships, and inspire change.

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Leave the driving of your bicycle to us.

自転車の運転ならお任せくださいっ☆

Dutch late night TV has its take

“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable

“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest

Bicycle catalogue featuring a photo of a woman, Lauren Bacall, standing with a bicycle. A text box has the following: "There's a wonderful companionship in cycling," says Lauren Bacall, lovely Warner Bros star. "And cycling on a Schwinn-built bicycle is cycling at its best. It's loads of fun, and wonderful exercise, pedaling along with your husband or members of your family. A whole new world of outdoor enjoyment."

"There's a wonderful companionship in cycling."
-actress Lauren Bacall in the 1946 Schwinn catalog

#BicycleBirthday Lauren Bacall
September 16 (1924-2014)

EASIEST High Protein Cajun Steak Alfredo 🔥🥩 57g Protein & Perfect for Meal Prep! #gymfood

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

Great day at Volunteer Point..got followed by young King penguin..