"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." - H. G. Wells
- I put together #cartoons!
- I think #ratrods are cool, but would like an #ev for daily transportation
- Music fan of #ramones #poppunk #punk #alternative
- I enjoy #mountainbiking #mtb and also #biking to work when I can
- I love physical #pinball machines, but #virtualpinball machines are also pretty cool.
Cover image is from Turbo Kid (2015)
TrekMovie.com: Patrick Stewart Reveals New Star Trek Movie Script Featuring Jean-Luc Picard Is In The Works (trekmovie.com)
Amazon Prime Video to include ads starting Jan 29
Received this email. Blech....
What is the square bracket just under the pivot next to the rear shock for?? (files.catbox.moe)
I thought it was an access hole to get to the cables inside the seat tube, but when I unscrewed the square black plastic plate, it’s just a flat bare metal surface, with a vertical slot cut in offset from the centre....
A Demographic Time Bomb Is About to Hit the Beef Industry (www.wired.com)
The early 1970s were the real heyday of beef in the US. It was the era of stroganoff, stews, and casseroles, steak lunches and 60-cent hamburgers. It was also the beginning of a long decline for the all-American meat. In 1975, Americans on average ate close to 90 pounds of beef each year. That has now dipped to around 57 pounds,...
Quentin Tarantino's 'Star Trek' Movie Would Have Been a "Balls-Out Hard R" Movie (collider.com)
Apple Ramps Up Vision Pro Production, Aiming for Launch by February (www.bloomberg.com)
Apple begins scheduling Vision Pro training for retail employees as launch nears - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
One in five young Americans think the Holocaust is a myth (www.economist.com)
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US Commerce Secretary Calls China the 'Biggest Threat We've Ever Had' (news.antiwar.com)
Donald Trump wants Jan. 6 police to be charged for fighting rioters (www.newsweek.com)
From the party of “Back the Blue!”...
Trump should not face trial in Georgia if he wins 2024 election, lawyer says (www.reuters.com)
The remarks by the lawyer, Steven Sadow, came as the judge overseeing the case wrestled with how to set a trial date given Trump’s other legal entanglements and the looming campaign next year. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election....
Elon Musk Is Crafting A Narrative For The Death Of Twitter (www.forbes.com)
Elon Musk has said and done a lot of weird and outrageous things during his tenure as the owner of Twitter (now X), but we may have just seen the weirdest and most outrageous.
Ajit Pai Elected To Public Television Board Of Trustees (indiawest.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/8980009...
Volkswagen says its core VW brand is ‘no longer competitive’ (edition.cnn.com)
“With many of our pre-existing structures, processes and high costs, we are no longer competitive as the Volkswagen brand,” Thomas Schaefer told staff during a meeting at the German carmaker’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, according to a post on the company’s intranet site seen by Reuters.’
Gavin Newsom is Not a Progressive (www.currentaffairs.org)
California’s governor is being touted as a successor to the Biden throne. Though he’s often imagined as a beacon of progress, his feckless record shows otherwise.
Why Do So Many People Hate Californians? (www.youtube.com)
not sure if this belongs here tbh. I posted a video on politics one time and got hate because apparently it wasn’t mature enough or something, so I figure maybe this should go here.
YouTube loads drastically slower if it thinks you are using Mozilla Firefox [Video] (9to5google.com)
Google appears to be intentionally slowing down YouTube on Mozilla Firefox, as a new video clearly demonstrates.
OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns - letter (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI's staff has threatened to quit the artificial intelligence startup and join former boss Sam Altman at Microsoft's new division unless the board resigns, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
Colorado judge rejects attempt to bar Trump from 2024 ballot under 'insurrection' clause (coloradonewsline.com)
A Colorado judge has ordered the state’s top elections official to place former President Donald Trump on the 2024 primary ballot, rejecting a lawsuit from a group of voters who argued the Republican frontrunner is constitutionally ineligible to hold office under a Civil War-era insurrection clause.
Meta Is Allowing Political Ads That Claim the 2020 U.S. Election Was Stolen (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5789283...
Artemis app broken - is the project still alive?
I've enjoyed using Artemis even though I can't login through it (I'm on kbin). It's been interesting to be a pure lurker instead of an avid commenter like I was on the former site. In the past couple of days, though, Artemis has failed to fetch any new content. Deleting the iOS app and reinstalling through Testflight does...
Paramount+ confirms series order for 'Starfleet Academy' (www.startrek.com)
While there was an announcement shortly before the WGA strike, and Alex Kurtzman confirmed the writers room is back up and at work during an NYCC panel, Paramount+ is moving forward on promotional information about the forthcoming new ‘Starfleet Academy’ show....
Jon Stewart’s Show on Apple Is Ending (www.nytimes.com)
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