Reposted by ABRMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. Someone should tell Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, so they can write a book on it. 216733
Reposted by ABRChris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”houstonchronicle.comTexas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable. 352246763
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don’t know how people can watch these repeated incidents of flat out lawlessness and also question the level of general support for a military coup. The judiciary has completely forfeited its duties, so what check is left? 000
Reposted by ABRBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The "state" that made this "error" is run by Greg Abbott and Republicans 116629
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think one of the most underappreciated bits of accidental absurdist humor is the refrain of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses At Night," which goes as follows: "I turn to her and say: <26 seconds of enthusiastic unintelligible gibberish>" 050
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Well, well, well. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...yahoo.comDC Police Union Challenges Flock Camera Use by Internal AffairsDC Police Union challenges MPD's use of Flock camera data to monitor officers, sparking arbitration and a D.C. Council oversight push. 010
Reposted by ABRThe Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation 273655744
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Having had the misfortune of watching Paxton for a very long time, I can virtually guarantee this is part of a scheme to launder campaign contributions into his own personal accounts and I’m not even kidding. 020
Reposted by ABRPhoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 09/09/2026I don't think we talk enough about how this straight up violence. Deregulation of a food supply, especially in a country where millions cannot adequately access Healthcare or take sick time off of work is fucking violent 37026
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There’s some confusing terminology going on: some folks are using “reasoning” to mean “taking a set of input facts, applying an arbitrarily complex set of lemmas, and deriving a set of output facts,” while some are using it to mean “that plus has a soul” and one just feels more intellectually honest 010
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Part of my normal bike route, nearly a mile of Houston street through downtown Dallas looks like some Cyberpunk 2077 police-state hellscape as they set up for the Trumpaloosa next week. 111
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And the most astonishing thing is how recent this all is: DURING MY LIFETIME, there was a period where banks refused to issue credit cards to women. Solely one rhe basis of gender, they simply refused to even consider it. 020
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Magnetically attached cameras are a wonderful idea until they aren’t. 010
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 29/08/2026You know the internal polling analysis inside the Texas GOP is pretty dire when they start backpedaling on policies they were turbocharging just months ago. www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...dallasnews.comTexas to cut off state funding for Flock cameras, Abbott's office saysGov. Greg Abbott’s office said state agencies will no longer fund Flock cameras, a shift that could affect Dallas and other Texas cities. 130
Reposted by ABRABR @abr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026You’ll get there! The trends are good. Here in Texas, I wish we’d double nuclear and take all the lignite offline. They’re both slow to spin up & down, but the nuclear plants cause zero deaths a year, which the lignite plants can’t claim. There’s room for at least one new reactor at both plants. 1193
Reposted by ABRChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.goelect.txelections.civixapps.comIvisMvpUi 7935182753
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026So let’s be clear: when people say that they don’t mind immigration as long as it’s done “the right way,” this is the process they’re taking about. 051
Reposted by ABRMicah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026that cities should be safer for bicycles does not in any way mean that you should not have to wear a helmet, unless bike lanes magically stop people from crashing in non car-related ways 492007172
Reposted by ABRABR @abr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Is it safe to eat lettuce yet? Is someone going to tell us when it’s safe? Or is this just one of those things I’ll be telling my grandkids about our trip to Shelbyville “and had a big salad, as back then they used to sell a food called ‘lettuce’ in the grocery store…” 121
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Is it safe to eat lettuce yet? Is someone going to tell us when it’s safe? Or is this just one of those things I’ll be telling my grandkids about our trip to Shelbyville “and had a big salad, as back then they used to sell a food called ‘lettuce’ in the grocery store…” 121
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Well, I was feeling tired and run down and then I ran two miles and feel much better except that I hate that this works. 010
Reposted by ABRDisney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Honey Nut Cheerios (2026) 10613119
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I had to deprogram my kids from this by having them do side-by-side taste tests of brand name food products (chips, cheese, etc) with store brand equivalents. When they *could* tell a difference, they preferred the store brand more often than not. 010
Reposted by ABRBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/08/2026How dare you impugn Secretary Johnny Bananas in this way 41163
Reposted by ABRElder Scrolls Items @tes-itemsbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Thrall Never-ending Pants 011
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Imagine barely getting 2x the votes of a dude with a trash can on his head. 150
Reposted by ABRABR @abr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Oh, man, do I have opinions here. Just re-read what I wrote on the topic a decade ago, and it’s depressing how little has changed: sporadicdispatches.blogspot.com/2015/11/bett...sporadicdispatches.blogspot.comBetter Living through Tracking ProtectionThere's been a bit of a hullabaloo in the press recently about blocking of ads in web browsers. Very little of the conversation is new, but ... 164
Reposted by ABRBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Poll results vs. how poll results are presented in the Wall Street Journal. 25189181760
Reposted by ABRMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/08/2026"Today, everyone sees the name Taylor Farms and suddenly becomes the Hercule Poirot of the commode. You had our guacamole at noon. You experienced what you describe as a bowel emergency of unprecedented violence at 12:07. Case closed, you say."mcsweeneys.netWhen You Really Think About It, Everything Makes You Poop (by Taylor Farms)“Today, everyone sees the name Taylor Farms and suddenly becomes the Hercule Poirot of the commode. You had our guacamole at noon. You experienced what you d... 011031
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Holy Christ the chutzpah to walk into a bar that you are famous for mocking, settle down among the regulars, slap your dick up on the table, and then get bent out of shape that no one laughed. 000
ABR @abr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026No one is forcing Texas classrooms to post verses from the Surah Al-An'am on the wall, so let's take a beat and figure out who the real threat to liberty is here. 010
Reposted by ABRJack B @cat-guy-jack.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Woke up to some home grown WWE today 1886
Reposted by ABRAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Michigan, it’s Election Day. If you haven’t voted yet, the polls are open now until 8PM. Make your voice heard. Find your polling location at abdulforsenate.com/vote! 52987324