Brian

It’s my primary mode of transportation. This is a Specialized Globe Haul LT, with the cargo rails and running boards added. I’ve put about 2,500 miles on it and love it.

A cargo bike loaded down with boxes in front of CostCo

People don’t always believe me when I tell them I ride my bike to CostCo

Screenshot from 1960s Japanese movie Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. A serious-looking man in a suit is explaining his latest idea. Subtitle reads 'It may sound primitive and unscientific, but through the fairies, we could ask Mothra to help.'

The latest White House thinking on the Strait of Hormuz.

it's deeply embarrassing that team usa is treating the wbc like a military operation while every other team is just having a lot of fun

BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

BuzzFeed dying after chasing profits into a sinkhole vs. Gawker getting killed for challenging entrenched power is the perfect conclusion to the 2010s content philosophy wars.

my glass coffin company “remains to be seen” is not doing as well as i thought it would.

But how does she feel about bike lanes?

This is the Shakespeare in Love of pop music

@mrpresident1776.bsky.social is working on scheduling these!

I just keep coming back around to, "there is a reason that no previous president did this foolish thing and it was not because they were weak, woke cowards, but because they could read a cost-benefit analysis."

Came here to make a comma comment — but yours is better!

I am close to what I think is a good flier design. I’d love feedback but don’t want to post it publicly so if you’re interested DM me your email and I’ll send it around tomorrow.

I’ve been keeping all my notes, research, news clippings, etc for this project in NotebookLM, so Gemini is helping with the visual. Even then this is eating up my entire night.

Sleepaway camp has never sounded so good.

In the 20 minutes since I sat down to try this:
- Child 1 came down terrified that he’s going to jail for accidentally bringing his classmate’s backpack home today.
- Child 2 came downstairs to tell me that Child 1 is annoying.
- I’ve received 8 Slack messages.

Maybe I should own a restaurant.

I also have 3 young kids and a busy job, I can only dream of having the free time these people have!

I had this exact thought earlier today! I might mock something up.

Thank you for this! So by installing a battery system without solar I’m essentially capturing the arbitrage between peak and off-peak prices, while also blackout-proofing?

I’d love to hear more as well. I tried desperately to go solar last year, but couldn’t even get someone to come out and do an estimate due to tree cover.

This got a literal laugh out loud

I’m printing this out for the promised Braddock Rd. Parking Funeral

A wider shot of a melting snow pile on the side of a paved road. The surrounding landscape looks dry and spring-like, emphasizing how unnatural this dense chunk of January ice looks in the current climate.

A photograph showing a larger, retreating mound of soot-covered snow beside an asphalt road. Long, dramatic tree shadows stretch across the pavement, creeping toward the stubborn snowcrete as it slowly succumbs to the warmth.

*DAVID ATTENBOROUGH VOICE*
The snowcrete glaciers of Alexandria. Once ubiquitous but now rapidly receding, these remnants of an ancient ice age have no place in our warming world.

Next Friday is the 13th day of the 13th month (since last February)

A snowy night on a wooden deck. Two mushroom-shaped cordless table lamps — one burgundy, one dark gray — stand on a snow-covered table, each with a dome of fresh snow on top. A small glass candle lantern sits between them. Snow-dusted trees and a wooden railing are visible in the background, lit by warm ambient light.

A 10-day weather forecast displayed on a dark background, showing temperatures ranging from a Tuesday low of 27°F to highs in the low 80s by the following weekend. The week begins with rain (91% and 84% precipitation chances Tuesday and Wednesday), transitioning to partly cloudy conditions mid-week with highs in the mid-70s, then a stormy Sunday before clearing into sunshine. Each day shows high and low temperatures as colored gradient bars from green (cool) to orange/red (warm).​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

It was 70 last weekend and will be 80 next weekend. Today we had 1” of beautiful powdery snow. That’s Smarch weather for you!

Satellite photo of the Namib Desert. The top two-thirds are covered in red, undulated sand dunes, leading down to a dry river bed, seen in bands of blue and white. Along the river bed, black dots of vegetation curl around the pointed tips of dunes.

#PPOD: Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite captured this image over the sand seas of the Namib Desert on 7 January 2012. The blue-and-white area is the dry riverbed of the Tsauchab. Black dots of vegetation are concentrated close to the river’s main route, while salt deposits appear bright white. 🧪

🚨🚨Major League Baseball games will be played this month we almost made it!!!!

“Abliterate” = blocking it at the model level, vs blocking it in a terms of service which can be violated.

This is the big distinction between Anthropic and OpenAI.

“if you won’t let us use your product to spy on Americans and kill without supervision we will single-handedly destroy your business by fiat” is the single most authoritarian anti-business action I can ever remember any administration taking