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submitted 68 days ago • 83 comments

Werner Herzog voice now, the Jingle Hop has begun

submitted 72 days ago • 15 comments

“Your slipper, sir.” “Where is the other one, Alfred?” “I’m afraid there’s been a mishap, sir.”

submitted 74 days ago • 21 comments

This is what's worse about our Gilded Age. Robber Barons actually had to work. Obviously, what Elon's ultimately against is democracy. Literally, no human on earth has benefited more from government spending. He just doesn't like the idea of government serving up anyone but him.

submitted 74 days ago • 14 comments

Just filled this in. by which I mean I wrote the same answer in each box. "Total copyright protection. It's not hard." Please join me if you're not a thief.

submitted 74 days ago • 29 comments

King of Hyrule Wishes Ganondorf Well, Promises Peaceful Transfer of Power hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...

submitted 89 days ago • 13 comments

Every time I hear one of the Labour frontbench say anything I can’t help but also hear future Adam Curtis saying “but this wasn’t true...”

submitted 92 days ago • 9 comments

Torching one of the last viable industries in the UK to be racist and also "save money". Real 4D chess stuff here from the grownups who are back in charge.

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

10% off and free shipping on all of my art this weekend, just add the checkout code: bluesky wefail.art

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You couldn't make Blazing Saddles today. You have never made a film before and it would take a long time to figure out.

submitted 103 days ago • 229 comments

Incredible duo—tune in folks!!

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

As I and others like to say, if your transportation plan relies on "Cyclists can just..." it's not a plan.

submitted 136 days ago • 1 comment

Elon Musk is doubling down on his Mars colonization vision. Instead of questioning its viability, the NYT engaged in some more SpaceX stenography. More in the Disconnect roundup, along with recommended reads and other tech news from the past week.

submitted 224 days ago • 2 comments

GOOD MORNING! News, nuggets and longreads is up, with some great balanced, nosy, inquisitive writing from @morrighani.bsky.social and @willhawkes.bsky.social, among others. 🍺🍻

submitted 288 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve been looking forward to talking about BYD on the show for a while. @paologerbaudo.bsky.social was the perfect guest for it. We dig into BYD’s vertically integrated production model and how the US campaign against Chinese automakers looks a lot like what it did with Japan in the 1980s.

submitted 290 days ago • 0 comments

It’s always great to chat with @niedermeyer.io, but this one’s essential. We not only dig into what’s been going on with Tesla recently, but structural factors in the auto industry that explain why it did so well in the past few years and why that success was so fleeting.

submitted 297 days ago • 6 comments

improved it

submitted 312 days ago • 18 comments

Le studio Ghibli recevra une Palme d’or d’honneur à Cannes

submitted 319 days ago • 0 comments

White Cross by Vasily Kandinsky, 1922 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137162

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The Rock Needle Seen through the Porte d'Aumont, 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10100

submitted 321 days ago • 1 comment

We did an episode in 2020 with University of Chicago researcher Ari Weil on the disturbing trend of drivers using their cars as weapons against protestors. Seeing this call to violence come from a sitting U.S. Senator is a major escalation. thewaroncars.org/2020/08/03/v...

submitted 319 days ago • 5 comments

Alexander Calder, Elephant Chair with Lamp, 1928 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136801

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New study shows that farmhouse yeast from Norway, Latvia, and Lithuania forms one big family of yeast titled European farmhouse yeast. Farmhouse yeast, it turns out, is a separate type of yeast. Big implications for the history of beer, too. www.garshol.priv.no/blog/436.html

submitted 329 days ago • 0 comments

Look at the picture with the designer for scale. Imagine the ergonomics of interacting with this "taxi." Absolute clown shit.

submitted 329 days ago • 19 comments

"One day, robots will do surgeries. We'll have to make sure we get it right. Until then, we've attached a circular saw to a Lego Technic toy and let it 'practice' on random citizens on the street."

submitted 336 days ago • 2 comments

Very thought provoking. Twitter was the one place for everything, and then it died and we went to many places. Now that AI is determined to kill the Internet, will many new networks emerge from its ashes?

submitted 359 days ago • 1 comment

BLOG POST: Some thoughts on underage drinkers in pubs, as part of our ongoing pondering about the state of UK beer culture. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2024/03/the-...

submitted 359 days ago • 5 comments

it's not often i say holy shit in response to a musk company thing these days but wow

submitted 361 days ago • 3 comments

"[it's estimated] the fuel duty freeze, which has been in place since it was introduced as a temporary measure in 2011, and the 5p cut to fuel duty, have cost the Treasury £100bn since 2011." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/06/uk-fuel-duty-cut-regressive-policy-benefits-wealthy-study

submitted 361 days ago • 1 comment

Gene Davis, Anthracite Minuet, 1966 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134797

submitted 368 days ago • 0 comments

classic Elon "Tesla appeared to mostly fix this problem with its 'cabin overheat protection' feature (which it sold as being to protect dogs and children, despite the fact that it held the temperature at +40C which is about the temperature where a child's organs will start shutting down)"

submitted 374 days ago • 1 comment