Globe99

You know a TV / movie trope that I literally never get tired of? The "bureaucratic afterlife." Beetlejuice, The Good Place, Preacher... now American Gods S3. It's like pizza, it's always good.

Went to a "Nerd Nite" recently... Overall had a pretty good time, but it was an illuminating experience to see first-hand how what was, say 10 years ago, a relatively apolitical "nerd" culture has now leaned pretty hard into the "woke." I don't necessarily have a problem existing in that space any more than the generally "anti-woke" sentiment of Nostr and the Bitcoin in the 2020's, but both can get real cringe when you're in a room with everyone clapping. There's something lost, for sure, by the fissure of these communities... Bitcoiners used to be nerdy weirdos, now it seems you have to get Swole and Make Babies to be taken seriously.

Might be relevant for some of you freaks! nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqqd2xtxmyj4u292n0wzx8dul5zcuhr3l3cvxvmnd5fgn2na5zjndqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyz36gftcdcyxmhcuzy55wm7s828zg87lus6ksgkz4et48lchc7lxg8ppxhd

Noooo! Save us, McRib! You were supposed to be the chosen one!!! nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq0ymvcqrslusdfx8kuf6a88kqwmcp4e2zswvdnvcudcqcp4wl7tsqqsgnsvaegrh8j83rsgelp00380ee7qywfw8e764qfasweyt2hhvwsc35s86y

Waymos on the highway soon... Which brings up the question, as Americans we tolerate ~40k traffic deaths a year. So how will we react when a Waymo is involved in its first highway traffic fatality? https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/waymo-says-self-driving-taxis-will-drive-customers-freeways-rcna242426

Interesting article on the decline of (visible) #sanfrancisco homeless population: was it housing prices all along? #urbanism https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/what-happened-to-sf-homelessness