Andy's right. People don't like puns in business names. None of those businesses in Bob's Burgers seem to last very long
21.02.2026 22:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@johnholden.bsky.social
ππ· πΊπΈ environmental policy analyst, political nerd/former campaigner, video game designer (Retro Bowl College, Australian Football Coach)
Andy's right. People don't like puns in business names. None of those businesses in Bob's Burgers seem to last very long
21.02.2026 22:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When we walked past the first one we saw in London, my friend sincerely doubled over in laughter just on seeing the name.
It's also just a classic overpriced chain restaurant. I've been there a couple times and wouldn't call it terrible, but it is absolutely inauthentic
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19.02.2026 22:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This has been the case for a long time - even with the valley's right turn, Dems have been Silicon Valley-adjacent since at least Obama, and possibly Kerry as well.
Playbook is simple. Work in politics when young, then parachute into an economically powerful place where you can make a lot of money
There's a Glimt of hope for an interesting round of 16
18.02.2026 21:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If only there were somewhere I could gamble on this not working out long term
18.02.2026 20:30 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Could this be about those miniature nuclear reactors which people have been talking about for years but never seem to make any progress?
18.02.2026 12:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Are you mostly just playing around with LLMs right now or have you been able to use them in production? I still haven't found a use case for me, but I also really enjoy the process of coding
18.02.2026 12:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes but there was an episode of Conan's podcast where someone didn't even know he had died so
17.02.2026 11:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Flemington?
16.02.2026 09:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hot chocolate is incredible if done correctly. You want the type you essentially need to eat with a spoon
15.02.2026 15:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If they pilot it, my money is on the guy who rewrites everything in assembler and then unplugs the AI
14.02.2026 18:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Polly's shaking her head because he's a bigger threat to her career than Reform even though their personal politics are probably very close to each other.
If your party isn't used to left wing coalitions or your voting system is first past the post, you don't want other left wing parties to succeed
They'll be fine, but I also trust them the least at the moment
11.02.2026 21:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Implied bookmaker odds for Hammers dropping are 57% right now which feels about right for one of them not managing it
It's just weird to me that Spurs should be the team in there which unquestionably survive and yet they feel like the team in there which is most likely to get caught
West Ham are on pace for only 35 points, meaning unless they catch fire (10 points from their last 5, but wins over Spurs/Sunderland/Burnley) the relegation battle won't be too spicy this year, but looking at the teams around them - Spurs are the team most in free-fall above them?
11.02.2026 20:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I turn my back for four minutes and Burnley are ahead
11.02.2026 20:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What's wrong with the Moda Center that it needs to be renovated?
11.02.2026 18:31 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0sigh
11.02.2026 13:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0please do a video podcast of this. please
09.02.2026 17:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm out in space. It's kind of fun
09.02.2026 13:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No Kings includes Draft Kings
08.02.2026 23:49 β π 26117 π 6107 π¬ 185 π 111It seems like the problem here has quickly become the definition of this 20%
07.02.2026 20:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One in out of every 10 of those are dead from too much salt
07.02.2026 20:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The two longer songs in my music library that have more than 1 million Youtube streams are Open and Close by Fela Kuti and Taj Mahal by Jorge Benjor and Gilberto Gil but it's tough to argue 20% on either of those
07.02.2026 20:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0...that album sold 30 million copies
07.02.2026 20:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
07.02.2026 20:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0He's been very effective at communicating problems which I believe he's correctly identified, but whether they can deliver on changing those problems will be integral to whether they can run an effective campaign, and this sows some doubt
06.02.2026 19:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yikes - easily the worst interview I've seen him give, with the caveat I haven't been following that closely
06.02.2026 19:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Was the timing of this call coincidental to the current market
06.02.2026 00:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0