Stephen Judkins

Yeah, I think total penetration isn't high enough to make a huge difference, and to the degree it does the culture war polarization on EVs means that only people who are cushioned by them were already going to vote D. Whoops!

If they want me back they have to go fully Woke 2, sorry. Whole hog. I gotta be able to get an abortion there

One of the biggest and most persistent gaps in mutual comprehension when it comes to conversations about 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 is that a lot of Liberal Zionists see "there is no public support in Israel for ending the Occupation" as exculpatory, rather than condemnatory.

Just a reminder that Trump didn't just bumble us into an unnecessary war -- he deliberately created the conditions that he's now screaming about

This is right. He's great. But it's also an indictment of most other political columnists, who for the most part apply none of the rigor or historical context they should

Some incredibly alarming shit is happening

I suppose the question here is if this will be the event that reminds the American voter that they are electing people with the awesome power to end lives and destroy countries, rather than voting for the funniest doof on a reality TV show.

let's try it again

Pinion competitors? I'm interested...

I commute on a belt+pinion acoustic bike, which is very nice but doesn't appear to come super cheap

I have a front wheel hub motor on my Bullitt. It has worked quite well, if you want to save $, doing that and having an internal rear hub + belt drive might be the way to go.

It is a genuine bummer that front-loading cargo bikes cost about as much than a used Nissan Leaf, but I also feel it could be an opportunity for a someone to undercut them

i didn't know it wasn't contiguous

(some) drivers really seem to think "I didn't see you" is exculpatory!! absolutely baffling

[shudders and suppresses nausea]

yeah, >300W sustained on an exercise bike is pretty hard work. Humans can produce a tiny fraction of the energy we use (and using energy to produce calories to fuel us is *enormously* inefficient vs using it directly)

Renewable Energy Defies Trump’s Attacks, Reaching a New Record Wind, solar and other green sources generated more than a quarter of all US energy last year.

Despite Trump's frantic efforts to stop it, the renewable energy revolution rolls on:

"93% of new generation capacity expected to be added to the grid this year will come from wind, solar and batteries"

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Sure, yeah, there are plenty of cideries, but almost every type of alcohol production is in steep decline right now. Things will probably level out in a few years but I expect majority of extant breweries will be out of business soon

YouTube video by Syn Gates Tesla model 3 2025 FSD 13.2.8 crash front view

Right. The worst-case examples I've seen from Tesla FSD are just super dangerous and extreme. I have never seen any videos of Waymos doing anything approaching this, fundamentally I suspect they've taken a different approach

Was prohibition America's dry january?

Probably to some degree, but people drank a *lot* of distilled liquor

It's not a defense of Prohibition which of course failed spectacularly, but an important thing to contextualize historically for why the temperance movement was such a big deal was that people used to drink *insane* amounts of booze compared to what we'd regard as normal today.

I actually think the Burnside Bridge replacement -> Eastbank Esplanade bike ramp in Portland is insane and stupid. Just build a dang elevator!

Starmer is an idiot but more of the blundering than evil sort IMO

i think ukraine + gaza

And, of course, since you are being a brave critic of the only political party with agency, you can do all this while *effectively* being a loyal footsoldier for the evil party in the messaging war. Clever!

When it comes to this very smart boy political punditry there's this weird perversion of the is/ought distinction. You can know something is false but is also a politically effective attack, but then twist it into a critique of the people telling the truth because they're losing the messaging war

A screenshot of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, with Luke defiantly standing against the Emperor. The 90s-style captions read: "You've failed, your highness. I'm forklift certified, like my father before me."

i have had all of these multiple times in America? Very weird stuff

I’d maybe sit this one out buddy

www.salon.com/2016/04/29/a...