Tyler

This piece cuts to the heart of a massive problem. I spent much of the last year battling scammy fundraising texts on my elderly mom's phone and honestly haven't contributed anything to any politician this year because I've lost so much trust due to this fundraising machine.

God I love how predictable Sam Altman and Elon Musk are. They trot out exactly the same BS claims every couple of years. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I wonder if it's possible to successfully argue that models with GPL code in training data have to be released with open weights under the GPL. That would be fun.

The number of people who almost hit me on my bike and who apologize by effectively saying, "sorry, I wasn't looking where I was driving" is stunning.

Trash day is budget bollard day in Kirkland, WA, where the city lazily drew bike lanes onto a shoulder nearly ten years ago with zero planning for conflicting uses.

"Untied States" sounds correct to me!

Also loved the EV roadtrip shout-out. And I love how different the takeaways are here: bsky.app/profile/chri... And "charging infrastructure is a public policy issue so run for something". Classic!

The ICE agent charged with shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and lying about the circumstances has been arrested in Texas after Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents tracked him there.

10/10 #musking www.reddit.com/r/TeslaLoung...

Hard to write a better soap than this!

Can someone please convince Trump that "America First" means banning oil and gas export from the US?

Another Senegalese great: youtu.be/wxumKErHl50?...

This still stands as one of the funniest public examples of "don't meet your heroes". www.theverge.com/2022/12/20/2...

Maybe someday the US can aspire to have scandals like this. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

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It's hard to imagine a better hero for these times: ✅ pissing off musky Tesla owners ✅ presumably on the way to do trucky truck things with an electric truck ✅ pissing off MAGA given the above ✅ not actually blocking anyone from charging

It's really cruel that Python's re.IGNORECASE is case-sensitive. I'm just trying to follow directions here man.

Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...

Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record. And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once. The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...

NEW: Rad Power Bikes has a buyer -- a company called Life Electric Vehicles Holdings, which appears to be traded on the OTC markets 👀 techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/r...

CNN put together a clip of JD Vance claiming ICE agents have "absolute immunity" followed by him two weeks later claiming "I didn't say that officers who engage in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity"

The “different type of warrant”:

We just hit four years since we picked up our Ioniq 5. I posted a little writeup here: www.ioniqforum.com/threads/four...

When you're short on cash so you rob your neighbor's house.

getting awful sick of hearing liberals use domestic abuser logic to chide protestors for property damage as the state murders people

Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges. Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.

"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval." www.ms.now/opinion/minn...

The EPA closed a loophole that xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its data center in Memphis. The updated rule means companies need to get air pollution permits before installing & using methane-burning turbines for off grid power at their facilities... www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/m...

If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.

Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Zillow Adds Segregation Score https://theonion.com/zillow-adds-segregation-score/

This is a spectacular historical bird's-eye view of what this administration is doing in Venezuela. www.wired.com/story/3-keys...

Not exactly where I expected this story to go. Clearly I still don't understand the mind of a Tesla owner. Cc @vantazach.bsky.social

Saw tons of Waymos out today in downtown Kenmore (Seattle suburbs). 3 were charging at the new EVgo station. All with drivers. I imagine they're not far from opening in the Seattle area.

Priceless. apnews.com/article/us-s...

I'd love to see some scam crossovers. "Dear sir, I am on my deathbed and prepared to remit $6 million to your bank account. All I need from you is fun and sexual company. Kindly click here to confirm delivery of a package containing the key to my house. Yours dearly, Mrs. Ann White"

Some people in Washington: "Why would we limit when police can pursue? Criminals can just get away!" Florida cops: youtu.be/lj-BHdbmm5E?...

"[M]y son and I stopped at this place where they had a bunch of bears. It was almost infested with bears; it was kind of gross. This person literally drove through the grass, through the bears, and cut off the other cars and was behind me following me out." What? www.wired.com/story/owning...

It's imperative to maintain a physical CD and DVD collection, or at least ripped copies on multiple drives. Media streaming has jumped the shark. You're going to forget the music you loved in the last ten years if you rely on Spotify to remember for you.