Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 14hNailed it: “The reason founders like Zuckerberg set up a dual-class structure is that they want all the benefits of being publicly traded with none of the drawbacks for them personally.” 000
Reposted by GregglesDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14hOne way tech oligarchs retain power is through dual-class shares, allowing them to cash in on public stock markets without giving up power over their companies. @ryanlcooper.com thinks this needs to end: Dual-class shares should be banned, or taxed in proportion to founder control over the company.prospect.orgHere’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market. 115645
Reposted by Gregglessouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Making fundamental due process rights a nullity with the emergency docket (again) 13750197
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 29/09/2026Ok only gonna post about this the one time but holy fucking shit I won a cyclocross race this weekend! 🏆 5240
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 24/09/2026The beautiful thing about America is that a child of any race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, political party or astrological sign has the freedom to grow up to be a complete dipshit adult. 🇺🇸🥹 010
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 24/09/2026Oh wow, if you reinstall the bladder/gasket thingie improperly when replacing a SRAM HydroR hose and then bleed the brake, you are definitely going to learn that you fucked up. 010
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 23/09/2026Maybe it’s petty but I genuinely hate the thing lately where some people will use F1 jargon to decribe their placing in bike races. No, you weren’t “P5.” You were 5th. 210
Reposted by GregglesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is a common lie from DHS press flacks. They claim that people who came through CBP One — who registered for an appointment through a government app, went to a port of entry, and were issued a grant of humanitarian parole by a CBP officer letting them enter — "entered illegally." Total nonsense. 131308392
Reposted by GregglesScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982233344
Reposted by GregglesJohn Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ok, this "there are two separate brains" thing appears to be making the rounds, and I want to be absolutely clear: this is a press office overhyping some perfectly reasonable science that won't come as a surprise to most developmental biologists. 32754238
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 22/09/2026Trying to deduce from first principles the proper assembly of Trek’s bizarre little spiral galaxy bottom bracket cable guide. Made more difficult by the fact that it doesn’t seem to actually secure the cables that well. 100
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 21/09/2026It’s the weakest of the original trilogy by a fairly long way; and very noticeably discontinuous with them. (This is also why it is many people’s favorite). 010
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 20/09/2026This is hilarious, because yes, it’s objectively true that gas is a very marginal component of the total cost to own a car, but people nonetheless care a lot about it and all the sweaty arguments from Republicans that actually it’s not a big deal aren’t going to work at all. 210
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 20/09/2026Child: Daddy, what’s the scariest kind of tree? Me (wondering if I heard correctly): ???? Uuhhh…. ???? I don’t any trees are scary, so I guess- Child: A BOO-ternut! 130
Reposted by GregglesJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 6355122
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 16/09/2026There’s a persistent urban legend going around on the Internet of Cyclocross, mostly r/cyclocross, that “some events/regions” enforce a 33mm max tire size outside of UCI races. I’ve started asking for receipts on this because I’m pretty confident this is misinformation and it’s time to push back. 241
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 15/09/2026Is now a good time to point out that the word here is “bestiality,” not “beastiality?” 000
Reposted by GregglesGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’” 1731701737
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 14/09/2026It seems kind of suboptimal that there’s not a highly vocal pedestrianism subculture to match the highly vocal cycling subculture, plus cycling infrastructure is highly visible to to drivers in a way the pedestrian infrastructure. Not much to be done about it, though. 210
Reposted by GregglesJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. othermeans.substack.com/p/the-wheels...othermeans.substack.comThe Wheels Are Coming OffIt Can Only Good Happen 41803149
Reposted by GregglesRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In not impeaching someone who floats this idea, you the Congress are betraying the constitutional order yourself 119923
Reposted by GregglesJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026And (wearying as it is to keep saying this day after day, issue after issue, but it's the only constitutional language we have for it) it is an impeachable offense to attempt such a circumvention of Congress. I think it would be fair to impeache just for trial-ballooning it. 6/6 291252199
Reposted by GregglesJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026And the constitutional settlement of it is absolutely part of the inherited structure of the U.S. constitution, which whatever else it was, was *not* an attempt to turn back the constitutional clock to the Stuart side in the English Civil War. It's one unified federal purse. 5/ 61040114
Reposted by GregglesJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The king says "ah, but I'm creative and can extract revenue that isn't called a tax. And, neat trick, now I can spend it on creating my own personal army that Parliament didn't authorize." This was fought out, 350 years ago. 4/ 121329187
Reposted by GregglesJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is genuinely one of the oldest and most fundamental points about legislative authority to constrain would-be absolute kings. The king wants to govern without parliamentary oversight. Parliament says "you need us to authorize taxes and military spending." 3/ 21309185
Reposted by GregglesJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Money that comes into the United States government is government revenue. It is part of the public fisc. There's not "taxpayer money" and then "extra bonus money outside the rules." It's all taxpayer money. And spending *any* of it requires Congressional authorization. 2/ 121885384
Reposted by GregglesJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...nbcnews.comLutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer fundsA top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues. 1773207927
Reposted by Greggles"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11/09/2026So obviously this is just racism, when he says 'dirtier' he means 'less white.' But, like, also anyone paying any attention at all - America is richer and cleaner than it was in the 1980s when I was born. Like, come the fuck on. Y'all remember the smoking section at a McDonalds? Gross. 301292194
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 10/09/2026This is sorta like me charting out scenarios where my FTP grows by 10-15% a year. “As you can see, with only two consecutive years of an 11% yoy increase I’ll be making 308 watts by fall 2027.” 000
Reposted by GregglesChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The boat-strike murders and third-country removals are among the constant reminders of our nation's global lawlessness under the Trump administration. 10410150
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 09/09/2026There’s been a new wave of press for Quabbin towns and an org called the Quabbin Watershed Stewards this year. It seems plausible more compensation is needed for caretaking and public safety costs but the claims of generational unfairness ring hollow for me these days. www.wamc.org/news/2026-07...wamc.orgQuabbin communities make direct ‘regional equity’ pitch to stateFor years, one of the largest, unfiltered water supplies in the country has been keeping much of the Boston area wet – a 412 billion gallon reservoir found in western Massachusetts.But, while one side... 100
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 09/09/2026I sold my kid’s old mountain bike today. Dad pulled up and got his 4 yo daughter out of the car as I was taking the bike off the rack. She spotted the bike and went WILD with excitement. “Can I ride it can I ride it can I ride it??? Right now??” Just the best freaking thing ever. 865426
Reposted by GregglesDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/09/2026as someone who has read far too much military history i think this is as wrong as can be. america did not send warriors to win world war two. we sent shopkeepers, and farmers, and accountants, and millions of ordinary people who did not dream of glory and death. and we won. 281052136
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 09/09/2026The latest generation of gravel bikes have become almost absurdly specialized, niche products that almost no one actually has a bone fide use case for. 230
Reposted by Gregglesjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2026the other strange thing about this is that the 2024 election result was exceptionally narrow and yet commentators left and right talk about it like it was 1984 361443127
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 28/08/2026I was trying to remove a cassette last night and it was a bit stuck so I ended up pulling just a little too hard and the entire freehub assembly came out. And that’s how I ended up spending my evening rebuilding a hub. But hey it needed to happen anyway. 110
Reposted by GregglesRobert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The Boat Strikes Are Murder www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...lawfaremedia.orgThe Boat Strikes Aren’t Part of a War. They’re Murder.By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions. 7739202
Reposted by GregglesA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans. 5129851157
Reposted by Greggleslastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I actually do not get, at all, the instinct that dolls are not worth studying. It does actually strike me as pretty interesting that we have so consistently throughout history made little people and used them as make belief aides. Why would that be even prima facie contemptible or absurd to study? 681182122
Reposted by GregglesDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 26/08/2026For whatever reason, this is very much an era of ppl having an extremely hard time understanding that other ppl also have agency & can react to their actions and in that regard—as others have noted—the logical answer to "AI will be an employment apocalypse" is "no it wont bc ppl wont let it" 324322
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 26/08/2026This is a good primer thread on bike helmet arguments that mostly lays things in a non-polemical way. I do want to note though that today’s BlueSky helmet furor wasn’t launched by an argument for helmet mandates but by an article about how mayor of NYC shouldn’t have publicly promoted helmet use. 130
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 26/08/2026Oh COME ON. Tim Curry, now? What the fuck! We don’t get a week to cope with Dolly Parton passing first? Man. 😭 030
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 26/08/2026Even if Flynn were supporting real alternate routes, people who travel by bike should be able to take safely take a direct route to their destination, just as they would reasonably expect to be able to do in a car. 110
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 26/08/2026Oh, is this website going to spend the day arguing about bike helmets? Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool. 100
Reposted by GregglesKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago. 220239495926
Reposted by GregglesMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 25/08/2026Everyone who has been riding their bicycle on American streets for more than a couple of years has had a motorist try to kill them. 2231744
Greggles @grolby.standarddouble.com · 25/08/2026I find it genuinely appalling and offensive that people would describe what Dr. Deveraux is saying as “dangerous” or is “normalizing fascism,” whether or not you agree or not with his interpretation of the historical and archaeological record. 3180