Stephen Judkins

You are aware Lindsey Graham is a Republican and noted Trump toadie and the people here would strenuously argue that Graham, Trump, and Republicans are the real bad ones here?

man,,,,,

I don't know what kind of point you think you're trying to make here

Just saw someone say, basically, "this is your party, shitlib Democrats" with a quoted post by Lindsey Graham and it really makes me think a lot of the "both parties are the same" stuff comes from a place of even more profound ignorance than we suspect

Lindsey Graham is.... our party? Who do you think you are speaking to?

The fact that no turbines are involved makes it, *in some ways*, a lot less complex than a combined-cycle gas plant.

100%, high income people will spend $2M on a flipped 1-story tract home because it is illegal to build anything denser and nicer for them

a classic

I think TNG sidesteps a lot of difficult questions because no one can create billions of identical, obedient data-like androids. And even then his creator seems like kind of a bad and reckless guy, who released both a generous, noble android and a dangerous, sociopathic one on the galaxy

i'm just providing some social pressure to help you be a better writer and communicator. for you, for us, for everone

Society is not literally burning down. "Society" is an abstract concept that cannot literally burn. Is it figuratively burning down? Maybe, maybe not. Let's have that discussion

The U.S. and Europe have to someday realize that what the Israeli government envisions for Iran is the largest humanitarian catastrophe of the century so far

Is Spotify Enabling Massive Impersonation of Famous Jazz Musicians? How did trumpet legend Nat Adderley become a white guy playing with a three-handed bassist?

@tedgioia.bsky.social: Hordes of scammers are impersonating famous jazz musicians on Spotify. Spotify not only doesn't try to stop them, it actually is promoting some of the scams.

Ripping off jazz musicians--not exactly well-known for rolling in dough--somehow seems extra awful.

indeed, Bluesky's inherent overall hostility to AI means that the AI enthusiasts still willing to hang out here are usually far smarter and more thoughtful than the absolute dribbling freakshow AI cultists who dominate Twitter/X

I miss virtue

Home batteries, installed today, are some very large multiple of how much they should probably cost. Ultimately I think they will be a lot more affordable. DIYers have hit < $100/kWh already with imported LFPs

It's weird how many non-YIMBYs have no YIMBY theory of mind. Many people think YIMBY activists have ideological motivations beyond "build more housing of any sort" and when they've pivoted to supporting different policies to achieve that goal they're accused of hypocrisy or inconsistency

Oh man. My friend owned a rental house and had a leak on their water supply line. They hired someone to come dig it up and replace it and the folks *dug up the neighbor's lawn*

Like, even if you make every PGE investor take a 99% haircut on their investment it's *still* going to be effectively underwater in the long run. And political pressures will make it more so if it's state-owned. Rough!

Man...I think it has to end with PGE forced into bankruptcy and then condemned by the state. But that's also a horrible situation because it leaves the state on the hook for some pretty insane liabilities. Ugh!

SQLite is amazing technology. It's an interesting data point showing what level of discipline is necessary to build something so rock-solid in C!

Yeah, I think this is a phenomenon similar to what's going on in Pakistan (to a much lesser degree). "Grid death spiral" is a real tough challenge

the best analysis money can buy and they’re all getting circles run around them by “orange man bad”

at least everyone around him is miserable

When something is unavoidable, people underrate how bad it is as a coping mechanism. Because of how contagious measles is, it used to be unavoidable. That gives people false memories of how bad it was.

Well, those marginal Chinese solar panel factories aren't getting shut down

months and months of hammering anyone who disagreed

It's fair to say that fellow ebike dads™ feel pretty cool that Bouie is pretty clearly one of us

No, having lived through 2001-2003 *carefully* watching the news, it is extremely different. They had people on every news show, talk show, everything relevant, pushing polished bullshit talking points that ultimately convinced people. They did not do this at all this time.

0% they actually do a draft! But she was asked about a draft and Leavitt, being a fucking dumbass, said the president "wisely does not remove options off of the table"