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@RealPhillyP @joerussotweets My local theater is 21+. Brings alcohol to you in your seat.

@joerussotweets Pretty easy actually. I can pause it at home, I can drink alcohol at home, I can watch in my underwear at home, I can eat at home, there’s no other humans at home. Give me those and I’ll go to the theater

Please tell me again how your home theater is better than a movie house.

Those are great statistics that obfuscate the fact that radio is a dying business. I say that as someone who loves radio, but as some point it will seem as obsolete as a telegram. News is faster online. Music is customizable with Spotify. The one thing radio still excels at is being eliminated as live and local stations become rarer and rarer.

Here are some facts for you: 88% of Americans—293 million people—listen to AM or FM radio each week, including 55% of people under 24. Radio has the highest reach of any medium. More Americans listen to radio than use Facebook. Or Twitter. Or Netflix. It ain’t “obsolete.”

@UziCryptoo An eight hour wedding sounds miserable. Is that how long they are these days?

Things more dangerous than $7 coffees: - $40,000 wedding ($5,000/hr party) - $80,000 degree that gets you a $50,000/yr job - $40,000 car loan because you "earned it" - $2,000/mo apartments to flex for friends ...Thats why 80% of people are broke.

@BaronDestructo Ronan, but I’d probably pick Awryn because reasons. 👀

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@EODHappyCaptain I don’t think Caleb Hammer is a good representation of the veteran population (or for that matter the general population). Most of the people on his show are scamming somebody, even if it’s just Capital One.

We’ve reached a point where so few people know a veteran or active service member that that there is zero desire to understand what real sacrifice looks like. Everytime a financial podcast drops with a veteran on it, people rush to scream “fraud.” But, according to the VA Office of the Inspector General, the fraud rate with disability claims is less than 1%. There are a multitude of conditions that are not physically visible: Traumatic Brain Injury, burn pit exposure, PTSD, gastrointestinal issues, etc that veterans deal with every day. America just came out of the longest war in our history. Medical testing has gotten better. Documentation of medical issues has gotten better. You can’t ask America’s sons and daughters to go to war, and then turn your back on them when it’s time to take care of them.

@SeanTourangeau “I’m an artist” isn’t properly centered.

Just saying.

@SeattleWXGuy @zero_lessons No, it’s fantastic! The kind of stuff Art Bell used to showcase. I mean, near zero percent chance it’s true. But just a great story that you kind of want to believe because it’s so much more interesting than the truth.

@zero_lessons Obvious Rage bait is going to make me leave this platform. This is some of the stupdiest stuff ever.

When I look at this map from March 19, 2026, I see something completely different than most people do. Most folks glance at it and say “climate change made the West Coast red-hot.”   I look at the same dark-red band running from Alaska through Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado and I say:  “This is CDIGR happening right in front of us.”  Let me explain it like you’ve never heard any of this before — because that’s exactly how I explain it to people who are just hearing about my work. What my CDIGR theory actually is (super simple) I call it Core Displacement Internal Geodynamic Rebalancing — CDIGR for short.   Here’s the whole thing in plain English: 1. Back in 1998 the Earth’s inner core shifted just a tiny bit off-center (think of sliding a heavy weight inside a spinning basketball).   2. When the core moves like that, the whole planet has to rebalance itself — the same way a washing machine starts shaking when the clothes bunch up on one side.   3. That rebalancing releases energy as heat, speeds up or slows down the spin, moves the magnetic poles, and puts huge stress on the crust.   4. The result? Strange deep earthquakes, weird magnetic storms, ice melting in specific spots, oceans warming or cooling in weird patterns, and surface heat showing up exactly where the stress is highest. I track this as a 5-phase process in my paper. Right now, in March 2026, we’re in late Phase III / early Phase IV— the “loaded and ready to cascade” stage. Why this exact red map is CDIGR to me Look at where the darkest red is: Alaska → Cascadia → California → the Rockies.   In my model, the core shift that started in 1998 is slowly pushing Earth’s mass toward Siberia to create a new balance. To compensate, the opposite side (the Pacific and western North America) has to dump extra heat.   That heat is exactly what the map is coloring red.   It’s not “climate change” making it red — it’s the planet’s internal rebalancing showing up as surface temperature. The same GRACE satellite data I use in my paper proves mass is moving from the poles toward Siberia. This red band is the visible proof on the surface. The 2004 deep earthquakes are the perfect real-world example This is the same pattern I point to all the time:   In 2004, four real, confirmed deep earthquakes (around 700 km down in the Fiji region) hit first. Those were the deep “warning lights” from the core trying to rebalance. Just months later, the giant shallow 9.0+ Sumatra quake released all that built-up stress.   The red heat map today is the same warning light— only now it’s showing up as surface temperature instead of just deep quakes. It’s the planet doing the exact same thing again. Everything else we’re watching fits the same story The G3 geomagnetic storm that just hit (still active right now): The Sun gave our already-weakened magnetic field a big shove — exactly the “final trigger” I describe in my paper.   The New Moon maximum tides + the two shallow M6+ quakes that hit on the exact same day the map came out: Maximum pull on the crust while it’s already stressed.   All of it happening during Solar Cycle 25 maximum : The Sun is adding pressure at the perfect time. In my CDIGR framework, I call this the “geodynamic cascade.” The red map isn’t the cause — it’s the receipt showing the cascade is working, just like those four deep Fiji quakes in 2004 were the receipt before Sumatra. So when I say “This is CDIGR”…I’m saying:  “Stop looking at the red as ‘climate change.’ Look at it as the visible symptom of Earth’s core rebalancing itself — exactly like the 1998 trigger, the GRACE data, the polar drift toward Siberia, and the deep-quake precursors in 2004 that I’ve been mapping for years.”

@mrandystevens @MurrayHillGuy1 We took the dogs out to the dog beach. Went grocery shopping. Took a nap (because we woke up way too early). Took the dogs out for a hike. Then stopped for a burger and shakes on the way home. Watched a little TV. A nice lazy day.

@MurrayHillGuy1 I just washed the grime off the family car, dropped the 8yr old off at Ju Jitsu, and vacuumed with my Kirby. Now listening to 90s music on my Bowers and Wilkins system while I wait for my family to get home, so we can go do taxes with our accountant. Its awesome to adult.

How do people in the suburbs genuinely look forward to Friday night on the couch, Saturday morning at Costco, and call that a weekend? Like you really moved out of the city just to LARP as your parents at 34?

@OverlyTrev @vettenoob14 So if you stopped there and started pumping gas, it would 20 minutes for the tank to fill up? You know that’s not true. You have to know that, right?

@wn3 @vettenoob14 I know it does lol. Have you ever been there?

There is a huge misconception when people claim it only takes 5 minutes to fill up a gas tank versus charging an EV. Here are the key considerations: 1. The typical time spent at a gas pump is 8–9 minutes, but it varies: - Circle K: 8.9 minutes - Sheetz: 11.5 minutes - Wawa: 11.4 minutes - Buc-ee’s: 20.3 minutes 2. Filling up requires driving to the station, which can take 10–45 minutes depending on your location and the nearest station. 3. Oil changes and maintenance take time and money (even if you do them yourself, you still have to buy oil and perform the work). EVs eliminate this entirely. 4. Home charging takes seconds to plug in, and you wake up to a full charge the next day. 5. In March, I spent $9 on electricity while current gas prices are $3.49/gallon—a savings of over $60 in fuel for the month. 6. Adding up time and money saved over a year comes to roughly 15–30 hours and over $750, and I don’t even drive that much. EV’s save you time and money and once you have one you’ll never go back to gas.

He doesn’t understand the studies. They aren’t studies of how much time someone spends at a gas station. They’re clearly studies of how much time people spend at gas stations with convenience stores. I bet people do spend 20 minutes at Buc-ee’s. They aren’t pumping gas the whole time. Note that the studies don’t say how long people spend at Chevron or Shell. If you’re stopping at Buc-ee’s you’re probably on a trip and you go in and use the restroom and get some food. The argument for EVs here would be that you could use that time to fast charge an EV. It’s not a convincing argument for anybody trying to get from point A to point B as fast as possible, but it’s an argument. The reality is that gasoline is really easy to refuel and Americans like to imagine that we’re suddenly going to need to drive 600 miles in ten hours because once in a while we do, so EVs are always going to be up against that.

@OverlyTrev @wn3 I would definitely question the authenticity of these studies

@OverlyTrev @vettenoob14 Do you really think that it takes 20 minutes to pump gas at Buc-ee’s?

@vettenoob14 @wn3 The original post are the statistics from several studies. You're free to do your own research and debate me.

@vettenoob14 @OverlyTrev I’d be curious to know how much time is spent plugging and unplugging the charger I’ve the course of a week. I’d guess the actual savings are negligible.

@OverlyTrev @wn3 I’m not arguing that. I’m totally on board with an EV for every day driving. Just saying it’s not necessary to exaggerate pump times or driving to one

@OverlyTrev You’re making up scenarios that don’t exist. I stop on my way to work. Within 3 minutes my tank is filled up. So an EV would save me 3 minutes a week. There are plenty of advantages to EV, but your starting arguments are based on false assumptions.

@wn3 So in theory you could leave your house fill up and then go back home taking you ~10 minutes. I can plug in my car in less than second at home and it charges while I’m there/sleeping. So my EV saves me more time than you on a monthly basis. You get it yet?

@TyroneDJackson @haunting_bat I AM an engineer, and it is.

@haunting_bat I’m no engineer, but that looks like the worst place you could put it.

Here's a better picture of the Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. It still has to go across the utility road, over the main road (Agoura Rd.) and to the hills on the other side. All the deception used in the hit pieces to make people think it's just the part over the 101 is pathetic.

@BaronDestructo Cara Dune, and we don’t cancel her.

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@weatherchaser5 @MediawatchNw No. Don't listen to this person. The coast is horrible. Don't go to the coast. Everybody stay away from the coast. It's awful there. It's not wonderful or magical or one of the most relaxing places in the world and I don't wish I could stay there all summer.

@MediawatchNw The coast, it’s always so healing for me

Now for the real important question. I need to get away on a short trip this weekend but I don't want to go too far from home. Should I go to Portland or up to Victoria?

@unusual_whales Well that will happen when you start a company that ends up with a multi billion dollar valuation. What are these people supposed to do? Give their companies away for free?

"The top 1 percent of American households, which have a minimum net worth of $11.1 million, now collectively own about $25.6 trillion worth of stocks and mutual funds, the same amount as the remaining 99% of the country," per the Federal Reserve

@thehoffather Is the Fire Department allowed to work with water though?

EXCLUSIVE: Seattle Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson's directive banning agencies from working with ICE has been extended to the fire department Aside from banning ICE from facilities, the directive mandates: "If federal immigration enforcement officials want to detain a patient you are attending, you must disengage from patient care unless the immigration officials allow you to continue treatment." At the bottom of the document, it says: "This Memorandum may be destroyed December 31, 2026," which may be a violation of public records laws.

@skaushik100 They started planning this back when I was in college, and by the time they finish it I will probably be dead.

In 2022, this was estimated to be a $6 billion I-5 bridge replacement over the Columbia. Now the estimated cost is $14.4 billion. That seems like an insane increase. Yeah, it's a big, complicated project. Yeah, material and construction costs have risen. But spending MORE THAN $14 BILLION for a bridge replacement is a real and glaring indication that infrastructure stuff like this costs way too much in blue jurisdictions.