Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"this is sort of like a trade imbalance with the hospital" 000
Reposted by Rick SteinSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768202248
Reposted by Rick SteinBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail 371667358
Reposted by Rick SteinElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A lot of Dems could take a lesson from this and openly acknowledge that their opponents are bigots. The resistance (mostly from establishment centrists) to stating plainly what's happening instead of using weasel words for the sake of civility is what makes voters think we're spineless. 633034635
Reposted by Rick SteinNick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Gambler So, a guy who has bankrupted four casinos is the one gambling on humanity’s future. Does anyone like these odds? For @rawstory.com 512853
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Today I googled "how to tell the difference between ground horse or ground beef." So basically...tax cuts to pay for horse meat! We are so grateful to dear leader for opportunity to consume exotic meats!!! 000
Reposted by Rick SteinJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Why should we fund transit when we see empty buses? Lots of people need this explainer. Pass it on. humantransit.org/2020/04/what...humantransit.orgWhat's Wrong with an Empty Bus? — Human TransitWhen people want to imply that public transit is irrelevant or failing or wasteful, they always point to relatively empty buses or trains. To the layman it certainly seems as though buses with few pa... 27230
Reposted by Rick SteinAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins 927297456436
Reposted by Rick Steinawkword @awkword.bsky.social · 06/08/2026You can now search your local police for the surveillance tech they’re using — thanks to a new project from @eff.org atlasofsurveillance.org 361316816
Reposted by Rick SteinTube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us · 06/08/2026this is a fallacy as many coders are finding it takes just as long to fix the problems LLMs cause also companies are just now finding out the true cost of LLMs after the introductory low cost trial runs they've had and it turns out that it is not even nearly as efficient as just hiring good coders 34910
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I'm sure if we build more datacenters they'll eventually be able to make a map of Africa. How exciting our future is!!! 010
Reposted by Rick SteinSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"Israel, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, the US and more are merging into a mega-war run by robots. They used to call these World Wars. They used to call people on the phone. The most common call I get today is from someone named 'Scam Likely.'" sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksandsarahkendzior.substack.comQuicksandGen X was right after all. 19293112
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Can't believe I have to say this but we should prioritize training human brains. 000
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Have to admit, I am shocked Central Ohio isn't listed. They are running natural gas lines from Appalachia straight to these data centers to power them now. 000
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Keanu Reeves is basically the best of GenX... which is perfectly fine 000
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Capacity glut. Who could see this coming except anyone that lives among them. 000
Reposted by Rick SteinDrew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Letting the Saudis have their own nukes is gonna create so many jobs you won’t believe it, it’s gonna create even more jobs than 9/11 did 926615
Reposted by Rick SteinWIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone. 9499172987
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I'm a consultant and this is a real problem. I take pride in my work and the last thing I want to be accused of is AI slop 000
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Westerville Music & Arts Festival attn @thegaragepeople.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Rick SteinInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 03/07/2026ICYMI: Alex Jones popped like a balloon. Get the real story at www.theonion.info. 16277491481
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Can I ask a practical question? Are we going to do Stonehenge tonight? 010
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026If you have served as the president's personal attorney in the past, that is more than a whiff, that is a fart 000
Rick Stein @urband1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026"Strong" in the same way that flesh eating bacteria are strong 000
Reposted by Rick SteinJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 03/06/2026New from 404 Media: companies are using Reddit manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search. The strategy is to systematically manipulate answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material those chatbots scrape—in this case, a popular subreddit www.404media.co/companies-ar... 28504221
