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misc, to random
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Ok, I took a ride on a Bluebike e-bike and I'm a convert. Can anyone recommend a good guide to choosing an e-bike?

itamarst,
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@misc https://camberville.ebikelibrary.org/ lets you try a bunch.

I got a Tern HSD, it's wonderful, vastly more comfortable than previous bike I owned, the ergonomics I have set up are very much like a classic BlueBike in terms of posture but it's very adjustable. Also has a Bosch drive which I find gives a pretty natural-feeling response to pedaling. And I find the cargo carrying aspect very useful, not using a trailer anymore for weekly groceries. Not cheap though!

MCDuncanLab,
@MCDuncanLab@mstdn.social avatar

@misc

I have a Cannondale Tesoro pedal-assist e-bike. My commute is about 5 miles with one long steep hill at the end. I'm ~5'8' with long legs; the medium-sized bike is a bit too small for me, so I'd recommend trying before you buy or get it from someplace like REI where you can return it.

With panniers, I can do a big grocery run (Turkey, etc, for Thanksgiving).

It's a comfortable ride (front suspension). I get 3-4 commutes out of a charge. It came with a rack and built-in F/R lights.

kimu,
@kimu@wandering.shop avatar

@misc this is a pretty good guide on questions to be considering as you look at different e-bikes: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/electric-bikes/buying-guide/

fj, to random
@fj@mastodon.social avatar

Bitcoin, less efficient than ever per block.
Consuming a broader percentage of USA electricity every year.

> “we estimate electricity usage from Bitcoin mining based in the United States to range from 25 TWh to 91 TWh. That estimate represents 0.6% to 2.3% of all United States electricity demand in 2023”

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61364

jsit, to random
@jsit@social.coop avatar

Remember Richard Lewis by watching these BōKū commercials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLKbjzlf1qff3Xu2tq6GxBlkRrvxtXR3g

phaysis, to random
@phaysis@mastodon.coffee avatar

"Fight Club", but from the point of view of a follower watching his leader talk to himself.

inquiline, to random
@inquiline@union.place avatar

May I just say how much it irks me that the USPS's URL ends in dot COM

This obscures its value & origin as public infrastructure that is not meant to run at a profit

matokie, to random
@matokie@mastodon.social avatar

2/28/1958
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament begins in London. Origin of peace symbol

fraying, to random
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The irony of Wordpress, the self-described guardian of the open web, causing anyone who gives a shit to pull down their old Tumblrs and blogs to avoid getting sucked into the AI bullshit machine, is really something.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

So, who should play the Beatles in the Biopics?

YakyuNightOwl,
@YakyuNightOwl@mastodon.world avatar

@RickiTarr Scarlett Johansson should play all four Beatles. She talked big about being able to play anyone. Let's see how she does. If she's good in those screentests, maybe she can play Brian Epstein and George Martin too.

fraying, to random
@fraying@xoxo.zone avatar

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I believe that if you self-host Wordpress, and you have the Jetpack plugin installed, Wordpress dot com gets a full copy of everything you post. Wonder if that content is also gonna get sold to AI shit generators.

guncelawits, to random
@guncelawits@mastodon.social avatar

This article name-checks the Ramallah Friends School, the school for Palestinian children my mom’s dad ran— and my mom attended— for a year in the 1950s. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/magazine/vermont-shooting-palestinian.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

guncelawits,
@guncelawits@mastodon.social avatar

Down with all warmongers. May they pass from the earth.

evan, to random
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I watched the Seven Fishes episode of The Bear tonight and holy guacamole that is a great piece of television.

bikepedantic, to random
@bikepedantic@transportation.social avatar

Good morning only to the judge who just sided with the City in the second lawsuit against Cambridge MA bike lanes https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/02/27/city-prevails-again-in-second-suit-on-bike-lanes-ruled-as-markings-not-regulations-by-a-judge/

KimPerales, to random
@KimPerales@toad.social avatar

Good news for unionization:

"After years of organizing, the Starbucks workers union has agreement from Starbucks to begin discussions toward achievement of collective bargaining agreements.

This includes immediate concessions to unionized workers 👇." -Nick Knudsen

bhalpin, to random
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I think my electricity provider's new marketing slogan could use some work

adrianhon, to random
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One of them destroys the commons in favour of an environmentally unfriendly, isolating, private interaction and the other is https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai

kitoconnell, (edited ) to random
@kitoconnell@kolektiva.social avatar

I've been laid off at the @TexasObserver today. The publication no longer has a digital editor or social media manager (I was both), and has also fired its editor-in-chief and laid off another member of the editor team.

If you have leads please send them my way. And please consider joining my Patreon to support my continued writing. https://patreon.com/kitoconnell

themarkup, to random
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There’s been a lot of talk about companies’ power as users post support for and report subsequent shadowbans.

We looked into it on Instagram—and found the platform:
⚠️ suppressed hashtags
⚠️ demoted photos of soldiers, tanks, and city ruins
⚠️ deleted captions without warning
⚠️ categorized comments criticizing Israel + supporting Palestine as “spam”
⚠️ limited users’ ability to appeal moderation decisions
⚠️ more.

Read the story and our methodology:
https://mrkup.org/demoted-main-mastodon

thisismissem, to tumblr
@thisismissem@hachyderm.io avatar

Just spent 40 minutes writing a response to staff regarding Matt Mullenweg's recent behaviour, and how Tumblr overall fails the LGBTQ+ community that is so essential to their continued existence.

https://www.tumblr.com/thisismissem/743308689733222400/so-mr-mullenwegs-response-to-this-isnt-just?source=share

bikepedantic, to random
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Oh hello, apparently that fucking robot police dog is in Assembly Square. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/PQAdWSGs7TXfSeXP/?mibextid=Rz46X9

pluralistic, to random
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Vice died the way it lived: being suckered in by smarter predators, even as it trained its own predatory instincts on those more credulous than its own supremely gullible leadership. RIP, we hardly knew ye.

--

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/24/anti-posse/#when-you-absolutely-positively-dont-give-a-solitary-single-fuck

1/

jasonkoebler,
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@pluralistic which brings me back to your thread and your point. We had a loyal audience and literally had a subscription magazine. We were making documentaries that were winning awards and making money at a ridiculously low cost. What if instead of launching a tv channel at the most obviously stupid time they launched their own streaming network? Starting with their already existing base of paying subscribers! or if they simply decided to NOT light hundreds of millions of $$ on fire?

sehaas, to random
@sehaas@chaos.social avatar

Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th.
Entering the town of Twin Peaks.

misc, to random
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Who wants to start a venture to advance the fediverse, say it's "AI based" to get a lot of investment, and then "pivot"

franktaber,
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@misc Spatial AI for smart contracts.

"Pivot" to fediverse promotion and making mastodon servers cheap and easy to run.

Sherifazuhur, to egypt
@Sherifazuhur@sfba.social avatar

Egypt Clinches Biggest Deal Ever With UAE Investing $35 Billion (a cynic might think this is related to the “logistical zone” at the Rafah border) @egypt @uae

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-23/egypt-clinches-biggest-deal-ever-with-uae-investing-35-billion

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