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I like cycling and US policy/public policy. It's great because there is zero overlap and makes for a very interesting feed. Great to see so many of you move here from Twitter! Keep Bluesky great.

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The entire point of cycling is to be a rolling advertisement for the sponsors. You'd think they'd want to be noticed at all times.

12.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I only text my wife (in Google Chat) and my D&D group. Before that it was my wife and my Navy co-workers (both in Google chat) and Navy people (on the classified network).

The nice thing about Chat is I can do it on my PC with a real keyboard.

Life would suck to constantly receive text messages.

11.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some of the films and TV shows that have featured "Relax" through the years, which ones have you seen?

10.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2

These are six of the best first names you'll ever see

10.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I made $52k last year and the federal income taxes on my gross income was about 6%. Six!

10.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My FIL has a farm but he's too old to farm it and gets paid by the state to not farm a portion and let it grow wild (which he does) and the rest is rented out as pasture for the neighbor's cows.

There isn't enough land (about 15 acres) to farm it if he wanted to.

10.03.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

London, Ontario, right?

I kid. I kid.

Seriously, though. May your endless possibilities be nothing but good possibilities.

10.03.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm guessing the "drastic results" you're referring to resulted in much reduced fare gate jumping?

I'm out of the loop on this.

10.03.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And, my god, close your eyes and just listen to those voices.

10.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sylvester Stallone radiates schlub throughout the movie. The movie needs Burgess Meredith to convince the audience that Rocky stands a chance.

10.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I adore the small 3-in-1 animal sets.

10.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lol

I just checked and he follows me. That's desperation.

09.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tell Gen Z they could live like it's 1985 but they'd hate it.

09.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

80% of the benefit of shelter and a car is just having one. It's not like I'm driving faster than other people on the road driving a $80,000 car vs. a $20,000 car.

09.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's even better when you add the two women in the background. So '80s

09.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My favorite movie reviewer was an Arabic teacher while I was in the Navy. He was Iraqi and was held in an Iranian prison for a number of years. He would watch movies without lots of violence (understandably) and then review them for the class in Arabic.

Wizard of Oz was his favorite.

09.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 11287 πŸ” 2531 πŸ’¬ 308 πŸ“Œ 126

The first time I voted I just signed my name. I did have to have ID to register.

09.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a red/white/blue deck back in the day and I would have put 4 Lightning Helixes in that deck in a heartbeat.

09.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The increase of the Reserve in 2024 was 39 million barrels. In 2025 it was only 20 million barrels despite the price being lower. It's just inexcusable that Trump cut the increase in half.

09.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And they'd all deserve it.

09.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've only been to one WT level race - Tour Down Under - but the riders look for kids like heat seeking missiles. Getting a bottle as an adult can be a problem if there's anyone under 15 nearby.

09.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Somehow my local service station has diesel for $3.30 and I drive by there all the time so I'm putting three whole gallons in the tank to fill it and it'll probably save me $3 compared to next week. Not much but it's an easy $3.

09.03.2026 06:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"In their calculations, the researchers assumed consistent and relatively circadian-friendly light habits, including a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. sleep schedule"

I don't think this is realistic.I can only speak for myself, but it getting dark at 5 pm is depressing. I don't care if it's dark in the morning.

08.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. It's about us because we're conscious and sentient and AI isn't. AI has nothing to say on these subjects.

08.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Studies have shown the transition from standard time to daylight saving time in the spring is associated with more cardiovascular morbidity.. triggers missed medical appointments and more emergency department and hospital return visits, but the reversion in the fall doesn’t."

It's the switching.

08.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And then the article never says anything about any benefit whatsoever. The only benefit they mention is about switching.

08.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing in that article says Standard Time is better. They only mention that switching to DST in the Spring is associated with negative health effects.

08.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No. They're right about permanent DST insofar as they want it to be lighter later in the day.

08.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"It is, by design, a slow burn."

Women's cycling has far more coverage than it used to but this is still a problem where the coverage is often too short to get a good sense of why things happened the way they did.

08.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0