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Roger Filmyer

@synolect.com

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Boston-Based Beep Booper. BA & MS New College of Florida. If your reference # starts with "18.", it's (probably) not my fault.

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 06/05/2026

That would explain why this map appears uncorrelated with winter temps

From energy.gov's transatlas: Electric vehicles registered in 2024. The west appears darkest, then the Northeast.
https://afdc.energy.gov/transatlas#/?view=percent

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 23/03/2026

"do we think there's going to be an oil crisis"

Crying Michael Jordan, photoshopped onto a clown costume

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 20/03/2026

H/t @arpitrage.bsky.social for the callback. Was it all priced in, this whole time?

A quote tweet by Arpit Gupta (@arpitrage):
Original tweet - "Investors are now betting overall US inflation over the next 12 months will surge above 5%. Implied inflation rate from 1 year breakeven, per Bloomberg" by Mike Dorning, with a Bloomberg graph showing US inflation swaps showing a sharp rise to over 5% inflation by March 2027.
Quoted tweet - "You may not like it, but this is unbelievable forecasting performance" from Arpit Gupta, including a screenshot of a Larry Summers tweet from August of 2023 juxtaposing a graph of inflation from 1966 to 1982 (with 2 inflation peaks, the first around 1974, a return to stability, and then a sharp rise in 1978 to a huge peak around 1980), with a graph of inflation from 2013-2023, showing a large peak in 2021 coinciding with the post-COVID economic recovery. The implication is clear, that inflation should somehow spike again starting in early 2026... Pure fantasy.

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 23/02/2026

"I can't see out my window right now, but the last time I could, the weather was fine, so I'm assuming it hasn't snowed and the weather is fine right now"

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 26/01/2026

Lots going on in Perry Park (Somerville)!

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 14/10/2025

Vito Corleone says, "Look how they massacred my boy."

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 03/07/2025

It's so transparent when guys like this are working on a map that only shows the US (and then Canada stuff gets filled in later), because how is a connection to Europe higher-priority than a connection between Buffalo and Toronto?

An attempt to map out GGW/David Alpert's sci-fi rail map connections between the US and Canada in the northeast, highlighting several gaps in the map - between Buffalo and Toronto, between Albany and Burlington/Montreal, and between Maine and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 18/06/2025

Common in the tropics, especially in places without consistent AC. The last place I lived in in Florida had ones with insulation on the edge.

The back side of the old CARE office in Petionville, Haiti, showing windows made of little strips of glass

A house in Florida with windows made of slats that opened up

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 06/06/2025

Another @carlosmucha.bsky.social banger theory on Twitter/X: The White House has the authority to force any federal agency to detail their 1811s (Special Agents) to ICE. Agencies don't want their agents to be seen participating, so no jackets and yes face coverings. x.com/mucha_carlos...

Tweet from Carlos Mucha (@mucha_carlos):

It’s odd no one in ICE busts wears raid jacket. I reckon they are all federal agents (1811 criminal investigator is job category) but only a minority are ICE agents. WH has seconded 1811s from all over govt to ICE but parent agencies don’t want their names or agents’ faces on TV.

From the CATO institute: "ICE Agents Routinely Mask Up When Seizing People—That’s Wrong" by Walter Olson

I had missed the story from two weeks ago about what happened after (apparent) agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), one wearing a balaclava to hide his face, seized two men at the Charlottesville, VA, courthouse. The sequel, as reported by the local paper, the Daily Progress, was that an *unnamed* (!) ICE spokesperson threatened to prosecute two persons at the scene who challenged the action and asked the agents to identify themselves or show a warrant. The headline read: “ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted.”

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 26/05/2025

The US has more permissive eminent domain laws than a lot of other developed countries (esp. Japan or France). China doesn't have a cohesive system and therefore has huge issues with holdouts... www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blo...

A nail house in Chongqing around an excavated pit (Dan Wei)

Another nail house in the middle of a highway in Henan province (AP)

A nail house in Shanghai, photo by triplefivedrew on Flickr

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 26/04/2025

Pero tiene opiniones muy fuertes en RuPaul's Drag Race

3 tuits entre George Santos y Trixie Mattel:

"I have now been enshrined in late night TV history with all these impersonations, but they are all TERRIBLE so far. Jon Lovitz is supposed to be one of the greatest comedians of all time and that was embarrassing- for him not me! These comedians need to step their game up."

"Maybe the source material was weak"

"Clearly you know all about weak acting skills @trixiemattel"

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 23/04/2025

Oh yeah, this is horrifying but not uncommon. Starch-based coating is one reason but if the devices are outside and slightly warm, ants will form a nest there. If you're not too ant-phobic, search /r/Electricians for "ants"

A screenshot of a reddit search for "ants" on /r/electronics showing several posts with "Ants" as the title, and a few other gems, "Didn't know ants could be used as an alternative to wires for conductors.", "When you need some "Ant Fault Protection"".
The screenshot is cropped to not show pics of outlets with a bunch of ants in them.

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 10/04/2025

I only remember because my parents had one. We used to call her "Big Red".

A picture of a 1991 Mercury Sable station wagon, painted red, from a car auction site

A picture of the dashboard view of a 1991 Mercury Sable

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 28/02/2025

soy gaming

"Tofu mascot hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy"

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 16/02/2025

He's doing this voluntarily. As a TX resident he benefits from severe caps on child support (this is what happens when family court guys run your government)

Screenshots from Carlos Mucha's Twitter account, showing Texas's child support caps at $1840 per month for one child, including one flowery tweet "You idiots need to Google the words Texas Child Support Caps.
She would make more money if she’d gotten knocked up by a dentist in Fresno." and "Grimes knows the deal in Texas (belatedly)." - Grimes says she was 'going bankrupt' during custody battle with Elon Musk Nov 21, 2024 - Texas, however, caps child-support payments at $2,760 for three children, while California has no cap. That means if the case included child...

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 15/12/2024

Leaving us guessing

Search results:
Tuffy's tire & auto service center in Springfield, IL
Tuffy's tire & auto service center in Springfield, OH

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 06/11/2024

Well, it's good for the preds

2024 presidential election winner?
$126.00 Investment
$70.00 Gain
$192.60 Max payout

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 08/10/2024

FL actually has very strict building codes, especially post-Andrew. It's the only state where it's effectively illegal to build light wood frame SFH. New build stuff has to withstand at least 150MPH winds, which is the latest in a series of ratchets over the past 30 years.

Wind speed design requirements in Florida according to the 2023 edition of the Florida Building Code. The entire state is at 120mph or higher, Orlando is at 140, Tampa at 150, Miami at 180, and Key West at 200mph.

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 15/09/2024

It's so strong in Iceland, I saw this at 10PM on the street in downtown Reykjavik last night.

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Roger Filmyer @synolect.com · 21/09/2023

Good morning!

"Me commenting on JIRA tickets at 1AM"
Vs
"My Indian coworkers at 10:30 AM"

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