Daniel Howard

Got this from Gemini.

2025-07

Silicon Valley is lighting hundreds of billions of dollars on fire to generate this slop.

:D

The current tech bubble is bursting.

Ultimately, I chuckled.

It is true. Some people are comfortable giving their money to a Nazi.

Trumpists live everywhere. Deplorability is a Big Tent.

Progressives also believe in progressive income taxation. It's kind of in the label. "Equal" taxation implies a flat income tax, which is a right-wing concept.

Though these days, even the idea that wealthy people should pay a tax rate that is equivalent to the working class is radical Lefty talk.

And Republicans believe Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are broken and need to be replaced with inherited privileges.

Republicans are Trumpists

Tesla slashes prices in Canada despite tariffs as sales basically go to 0 Tesla has slashed prices on the Model Y in Canada despite tariffs as sales in the country have virtually gone...

electrek.co/2025/07/11/t...

"Nobody in Canada wants to buy a Tesla. There are any number of reasons for this, but no way are we going to mention the CEO giving a Nazi salute."

The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.

So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?

Daddy: The waitress likes you. She brought you extra ice!

8yo son: At least its the kind of ice I like.

Daddy: Is there a kind of ice you don't like?

* 8yo son stares back at Daddy, knowingly.

Daddy: ... ohhhh!!! High five, my woke son!

. @eltragon.bsky.social takes @metrolosangeles.bsky.social to one of San Fernando Valley’s most beautiful gems. Welcome to Lake Balboa.

ooooh!

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

Got all my Amazon Prime shopping done already.

I hear it's Amazon Prime day?

My recommendation: don't.

Your money goes to the fascist government.

Rediscover the local stores in your community and spend your money there.

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

Omg there’s more

And now to help ease you out of the rest of Monday, here is over one minute of listening pleasure of JD Vance leaving a sushi restaurant in San Diego.

Sound all the way up.

If billionaires were a country, they would be the third largest economy in the world. -KPFA

And that's how you ended up eating in.

I hate when I agree with Donald Trump but Elon Musk IS a Train Wreck and if anyone understands a billionaire train wreck it is Donnie.

AI is dangerous?

Narcissist Tech Billionaires are the real danger.

2c

(I avoid both.)

Phasing isn't really his style.

If we are lucky the explosion will take out the GOP launching pad as well.

Welcome to the part of Summer that doesn't involve whining about fireworks!

Mr. Abrego’s Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government’s actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.

Kilmar Ábrego García says he was tortured in El Salvadorian prison. Hundreds of people are still there, sent there from the US by the Trump administration to be tortured, all sanctioned by the Supreme Court and Congress. [muellershewrote.com]