Should we privatize our energy grids?
Posts by Nick Felker
I'd say they would agree with the points that valorize public service and call out the decadence of the elites who don't care about the public.
I think the left would broadly agree with half of the points.
Here's a short sci-fi story for your weekend. In the future, what if people are paid to create new images for AI training?
open.substack.com/pub/fleker/p...
I hope your blood is working well
There are 36 new homes in Dublin and over 200 applicants. The US is not the only country struggling to build enough homes.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
I also don't like the association of immigration enforcement with slavery. The US has a large immigration population and is more inclusive than most countries.
While I do support expanding immigration, I don't like how it's often framed in terms of anti-racism. The average person is not convinced by that. NYC spent billions on a small migration flux, so simply redirecting ICE funding isn't enough. Our immigration policies can't be just laissez-faire.
The NY-12 candidates can be summarized by a Q on infrastructure projects:
Schlossberg: We should have free busses
Lasher: I will push for Nadler's freight rail
Conway: trump won't build anything so there's no point
Bores: here's many esoteric ideas including Roosevelt Island
Speak of the devil
This doesn't seem like a "new feature" since news articles have long existed. It seems like Polymarket is being incorrectly labeled as news. But I don't think that's related to vibe coding or an intentional release.
Is Polymarket showing up an intentional thing or something due to some other algorithm which looks for news? I don't think this was meant to happen in any sense.
Buttigieg looks good with a beard.
I too have managed to get a lot of them, which is odd. It seems like the RNG is not in our favor.
Are you sure this is caused by vibes?
After visiting Iceland I was inspired to write a fictional Pokemon game based on the country with 78 new Pokemon.
fleker.medium.com/pok%C3%A9mon...
A milestone in March: for the first time ever, renewables provided more power on the US grid than natural gas.
MTA announcement: it is prohibited to smoke on the subway
Okay but they probably should remind people not to bring machetes in the subway instead
Artemis II arrived safely, a genuinely impressive mission from beginning to end
Why don't we just blow up a volcano?
A bank in Mexico was recently hacked by North Korea using malware co-written by Claude. It's long been clear we need much better cyber security.
It was really cool to attend the @planetmoney.bsky.social book launch on Monday. I even got a bunch of signatures.
It's neat you got a female Popplio. Pretty lucky.
"I need to be fed every day or I get hungry."
I wonder if a military coup would provide more stability right now.
There's only been negative outcomes of the war for everyone
You can build a fort with TVs. That's a domicile. Rats chew on wires so they're probably edible too.
A new photo of the planet from the Artemis II rocket
I enjoy writing, though maybe that's because it's a hobby for me and not a full time job.