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Robot Impurity Photography @robotimpurity.com · 30/08/2026

I'll just leave at this: The best way to make money at photography is to sell all your gear.

Dave @techguydave.com · 02/06/2026

The June 1st Cleveland City Council meeting is off to a great start! 40 minutes late so far and still no sign of starting. 🧵

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

"How I used AI so I didn't have to think" is a weird flex. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

Every year, thousands of people in the Twin Cities hunt for a medallion that’s been hidden in the snow somewhere in a public park.

And every night, the Pioneer Press, a local newspaper, publishes a cryptic clue, leading hunters closer and closer to the medallion’s exact location. Staying up late to digest each day’s new clue is a tradition in my household, and we dream of what we’d do with the thousands of dollars in winnings.

Usually that brainstorming carries into the next day. My husband and I text each other about whatever harebrained rabbit hole we’ve fallen into as we try to find the medallion. But this year, I used AI — specifically, an AI-powered web browser — to help me solve the mystery.

AI browsers put an AI chatbot right in your browser window; you don’t need to switch to another tab. When you start chatting, AI scans the browser window for context.

It sounds simple, yet it has fundamentally changed how I interact with AI.

For this task, instead of peppering my husband with theories, I queried a web browser with built-in AI. I asked it to make lists of parks with certain features, to find records related to the history of the county, and to poke holes in my wildest theories. And, of course, I asked it to give me its own theories on where the medallion might be hidden.

In the process, I found that AI was often better at treasure hunting, and I also found that having the chatbot right there helped me engage with the internet in a deeper way. The AI browsers often pulled from sources that I wouldn’t have thought to search, and they tailored their answers to my questions in a way that a source on Google might not. There was also no need to get distracted in other tabs and wander into distant corners of the internet.

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Dave @techguydave.com · 24/05/2026

Hey, how's everyone doing? 👋🏽 Make sure to check in on each other every once in a while.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Adulthood is just cycling between "If I don't say yes to every opportunity, no new opportunities will ever be offered to me" and "Oh no, I have said yes to too many things" over and over until you die.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Thanks @bikenewyork.bsky.social for a great Five Boro Bike Tour. It's another way to help people imagine Life After Cars.

black, white, and yellow sticker for life after cars held up by black glove beneath highway signs as cyclists are seen in background.

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Dave @techguydave.com · 29/04/2026

I asked someone if they have time later this week, thinking it was Tuesday. What are we doing, chat

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Solarpunk Auntie @solarpunk-auntie.myatproto.social · 22/04/2026

I voted for Harris, and I get scolded because I have sympathy for people who have given up on the current process.

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Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Big "oil" could have stayed in the energy business forever by using their scandalous profits to lavishly fund the kind of renewable energy research the Chinese politburo invested in. They could have sold essential technology all over the world. Instead, they bought bigger boats. Idiots.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I love scraping the ice off my windshield on (checks notes) April 20th.

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Miles Brown @solidarity420.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Science literacy rates are at an all time low

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Kelly “always on her bullshit”💅🏽 @kellymc4.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is why the term “cognitive surrender” needs to start being used QUICKLY. It actually clearly defines what these fools want.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Sick and tired of grift posters who point out government happenings and tell us "this should terrify us all". No, fuck you, it should piss us off. Being scared of these electeds shouldn't be the default reaction. In a proper democracy, they should be terrified of going against the people.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

same Overton Window-shattering tactic he’s always used: Even if worst doesn’t happen tonight - rhetorically he’s opened up possibility of the unimaginable, making lesser (but still horrible) actions seem moderate by comparison… all increasing likelihood that one day the worst really will happen

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I don’t think it’s possible to be a human with empathy and actually process the words “a whole civilization will die tonight” coming from someone with so much power.

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Dave @techguydave.com · 07/04/2026

35%. He's threatening to perform a massive war crime, quite possibly even pressing the big red button. And his approval rating is still at thirty-five motherfucking percent. Reconstruction 2.0 can't ever possibly go far enough but we sure should try.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 06/04/2026

Transportation politics is about dragging people kicking and screaming into change that results fairly quickly in a widespread consensus that we can't imagine going back to the way it was before.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

And most of it starts in America for the North never holding the South responsible from the Civil war

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Dave @techguydave.com · 05/04/2026

The most impressive part is that absolutely nothing will shake off the absurdly high 30% approval rating baseline. Not even this.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you're concerned about Bluesky being better, then I'd encourage you to Repost things you like and want others to see. Hitting Like doesn't do much here. Low effort PSA.

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QT 🔞 @forbiddenqt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This one still fuckin kills me

Tweet from Sean Leahy @thepunningman

"The bond's Name. James Name"
Pleased to... what?
"Bond Name's the james"
Are you alright?
"Bames Nond's having a strong, call a Bondulance"

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fema 🚲 @fema.monster · 01/04/2026

THIS IS NOT A JOKE. Feed platforms need your help today. Server costs are high and prices are rising. If you enjoy custom feeds like Urbanism+ then please donate. These services are what powers your favorite feeds and their futures are being threatened. Or donate because you hate Attie 🔥

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

probably completely obvious but the reason Project Hail Mary is doing so well (apart from being very well made) is that it is all about problem-solving, cooperation, self-sacrifice, and forming deep relationships with those from far away. All values that people feel a desperate need for right now.

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We need to develop and build affordable housing in our city, just not… in anyone’s backyard, laneway, front yard, along a corridor, never on an avenue, heritage supersede housing and we all understand that under utilized parking lots are the heart of the neighbourhood.

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Emmett Initiative @emmett.click · 26/03/2026

we’re not going to get anywhere until we stop letting companies pay millions in settlements instead of putting their leadership in fucking jail

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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

yeah im bummed about sora. bummed i sora bunch of stupid fake videos

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Dave @techguydave.com · 25/03/2026

The leading cities in Europe for alternative transportation still has cars yah dummies, lmao. I safely rode bikes in Paris and Amsterdam and still saw plenty of cars. Yet Paris has seen a huge decrease in air pollution and much less traffic. I'm so tired of this talking point, no one is banning.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

No big conspiracy.

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It’s really good we live so close to the store to get snacks – 10-year-old we all want walkable neighbourhoods

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

This regime is visibilizing its own crisis here!!! What an opportunity!!! Democratic politicians should be going to airports and explaining how everyone has to wait in long lines & everyone is less safe only because the president wants to kidnap more people!!!

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

If you think about it, why WOULD it be the responsibility of cities to provide free parking for everyone’s cars? #UrbanTruth

“It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them.” — Miguel Anxo Fernandez Lores, Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain

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Denver is too damn high 🚲 @yodelinghippie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco.

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This story is infuriating. The piece goes to great lengths to establish empathy for the women who negligently killed an entire family. The idea that it's unreasonable to permanently revoke her driving privileges and make her plead guilty to a crime is fucking outrageous.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Something I really encourage people to do is conduct a walk audit in their community and really look at infrastructure through the lens of someone disabled, especially if they're using a wheelchair or other mobility aid. Things are often far less accessible than nondisabled people think.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I think I was pretty visible today when a woman pulled out of a driveway without looking and nearly hit me. I had a blinking front light too. High-viz will never be a solution for poor infrastructure and dangerous drivers.

A photo from behind showing me wearing a bright orange vest and bright orange helmet

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Defending street parking for commerce ignores that a 2-meter tall SUV completely hides the business behind it. Car bloat creates physical barriers. Human-scale transit keeps sightlines clear and storefronts inviting.

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Sorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

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Dave @techguydave.com · 12/03/2026

Aight, it's time to plan out my 2026 road bike season events! This year I want to do at least 1 multiday and 3 out-of-state events (already have one booked). I'm open to suggestions within a day's drive of Cleveland. Prefer 60-100 mile options for single-day.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 13/03/2026

if the tech bros were a little less delusional, they would be making so much money right now by offering to let us pay for the AI-free version of their programs

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Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

“wELL AI iS iNeViTablE noW. So We hAVe tO fIGurE oUT hoW tO mAkE iT sAfEr” That’s a garbage take. This shit is not inevitable. Nothing is. Don’t use it. Turn it off. Say no. Sabotage shit. Be the voice of dissent in every room pitching AI “solutions”. Even the humans behind it know it’s trash.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 10/03/2026

I think most people are pretty okay if you own a house. maybe it's when you own all the houses that we start to raise some mild objections

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Zohran also has been outspoken supporter of single stair reform (and utility relocation streamlining for transit projects). Voters seem to like people who want to solve cost/delivery issues for housing and infrastructure.

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