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Jacob May

@jacobmay.bsky.social

edits at Ars Technica. pedant in Portland

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Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be. Opinion: It’s time for public resistance.
17.04.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9
a hand flipping through a dictionary

a hand flipping through a dictionary

Games writing words I hate
aftermath.site/games-writing-...

08.04.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 65

Nothing like a walk-off HBP. College pitching is brutal

03.04.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canzano: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge may help foot bill for Portland MLB stadium Steph Curry is paying Oregonians, why not them?

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge may help pay for MLB stadium in PDX... but only if Oregonians understand how the "jock tax" works.

Column:

21.03.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trek FX+ 7S e-bike is a premium city commuter The FX+ 7S improves just about everything from the FX+ 2, but doubles its price tag.

Finally wrote a review for @arstechnica.com because if I'm a subject-matter expert in anything, it's biking around a city
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01...

17.01.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yep, the alma mater was his inspiration

02.01.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (2024) Full Album HQ
YouTube video by REALISTIK Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (2024) Full Album HQ

You won't find it among the most-listened-to lists today because it doesn't exist on streaming services, but I arrived to this album late this year and have listened to it almost exclusively for the past month

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJi...

04.12.2024 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Q&A between Larry David and a Portland crowd last night was possibly more cringe-inducing than anything that happened during Curb's run.

22.11.2024 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, the members of Ars Technica Union are spending our lunch break supporting our coworkers at CondΓ© Union who have walked out to urge the company to stop breaking the law, stop union busting, and stop layoffs. (1/2)

23.01.2024 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Another late Friday, another piece by @bethmariem.bsky.social that haunts my weekend

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/rare-case-of-green-hairy-tongue-is-pure-nightmare-fuel/

07.07.2023 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another summer, another time for me to avoid most bodies of water thanks to @bethmariem.bsky.social:

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/06/its-summer-and-that-means-disturbing-swim-advisories-heres-our-top-5/

23.06.2023 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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