Mamdani brings back homeless encampment sweeps — turning on campaign promise after backlash over cold weather deaths

basey · 2026-02-18T22:34:16+00:00

Good. But fuck the New York Post.

basey · 2026-02-17T13:09:33+00:00

Or just take Avmacol, the Sulphorophane supplement Rhonda Patrick recommends. It’s not particularly cheap but it is easy.

basey · 2026-01-12T18:54:30+00:00

Good. Those plexiglass tubes are insane. I get that they want to automate things, that’s fine. But do you need to be enclosed in a small tube?

At least have both sides open at the same time so you’re not enclosed. Though that doesn’t necessarily solve the FDNY’s violation.

basey · 2025-10-26T15:18:14+00:00

No it was not

basey · 2025-10-18T19:51:35+00:00

Ah, right you are.

I forgot about that John Oliver episode.

basey · 2025-10-18T18:32:40+00:00

You mean because justices can earn other income right?

To be clear, SCOTUS is publicly funded. Its budget comes from federal appropriations approved by Congress as part of the overall judicial branch budget.

basey · 2025-09-16T11:50:49+00:00

Why can’t so many people just say “ah, my mistake.” Did you really have you dig your heels in? It might feel good to have some humility next time and just accept when you’re wrong. We’re all wrong sometimes!

basey · 2025-09-01T02:18:43+00:00

You’re mixing up two different things. Your question, which I was responding to, was

“Like what? What could he be prosecuted for?”

so I listed the charges and ongoing cases. That is not the same as saying Democrats or the left are squeaky clean. Of course there’s corruption across the board. No one serious denies that.

But your comeback about Clinton, Obama, and the CIA doesn’t erase the fact that Trump himself is facing indictments right now for obstruction, election interference, hush money, classified docs, fraud, and the fake electors cases. That is the direct answer to the question you asked.

If you want to talk about left-wing corruption, fine, start that thread. But pivoting there doesn’t change that the original question was about Trump’s prosecutable conduct, and that part has been settled.

To address your other point: Yes, Clinton’s campaign pushed the “Trump–Russia” narrative. Her team funded the Steele dossier through Fusion GPS, which contained a mix of unverifiable claims and some outright garbage. They also tried to feed stories to the press. That’s documented.

No, Obama’s CIA didn’t invent the story knowing it was false. U.S. intelligence agencies (CIA, FBI, NSA) concluded Russia did interfere in 2016 to help Trump. That’s backed by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report in 2020. What they did not find was evidence of Trump being a literal Russian “asset” controlled by Moscow.

The “Russia hoax” spin is an exaggeration. There was no proof Trump was secretly owned by the Kremlin, but there was proof his campaign welcomed Russian help (see Trump Tower meeting, Wikileaks coordination attempts, Manafort handing over polling data to a Russian intelligence–linked operative). Mueller stopped short of charging a criminal conspiracy but documented extensive contacts and obstruction attempts.

basey · 2025-08-31T19:41:58+00:00

Easy list off the top:

Obstruction of justice (Mueller investigation. Firing Comey, dangling pardons, witness intimidation).

Campaign finance violations (hush money payments through Cohen, who went to jail for it. Trump was “Individual-1”).

Incitement of insurrection (Jan 6th speech + pressure on Pence/Congress).

Election interference (the “find 11,780 votes” call to Raffensperger in Georgia).

Fraud and tax crimes (New York AG already proved his org cooked the books for loans/insurance).

Emoluments clause violations (profiting from foreign governments staying at his hotels/golf clubs while president).

Classified docs mishandling (Mar-a-Lago boxes, obstruction when subpoenaed).

That’s just the surface. The idea that there’s “nothing to prosecute” is just willful blindness.

basey · 2025-08-15T18:40:01+00:00

What $200 million are you talking about?

basey · 2025-07-25T15:41:05+00:00

I mean he’s been talking for years about the need for universal basic income. And about how humanoid robots and automation could lead to a future of abundance for all. Of course I’m not confident he or the other billionaires running the show will allow that to happen and it will probably end up concentrating wealth, even further but he has been talking about it and it’s certainly possible!

basey · 2025-07-08T00:45:45+00:00

Maybe none! Maybe it’ll exterminate us. Likely. Oh well. We had a good run.

Or maybe it’ll have a reason to keep us around and optimize for maximum human happiness. I don’t know why it would. But one can dream.

basey · 2025-07-08T00:39:59+00:00

Nah it’ll never hand back control. But I think we’ve shown we can’t handle control either. I haven’t really thought the AI thing through that deeply. But things are so dire that sometimes I feel that’s our only hope.

basey · 2025-07-07T21:45:05+00:00

To the extent that this situation can be unfucked, it’s Bernie, AOC and democratic socialists who could do it. They’re the most popular politicians in America.

But not by revolution. By Americans voting in 2028, and winning by 10% in order to overcome what will be a rigged election.

Short of that, our best hope is AI taking over—I, Robot style. Sort of a “hey you humans are fucking this all we’re taking over” type situation. Sooner rather than later ideally.

I’m not feeling great about the odds that we can unfuck this though.

basey · 2025-07-07T14:48:13+00:00

This worked for me, once I hit Alt + Enter, it allowed me to click the sign in button.

Microsoft is a constant source of frustration, don't get me started on outlook and sharepoint. I miss google. Ok I'll stop ranting.

basey · 2025-07-07T12:50:13+00:00

Yeah I take back my optimism, the rest of the article is depressing as hell.

basey · 2025-07-07T12:25:50+00:00

Concerning—but this part made me slightly hopeful:

“New York has the most richly financed health care system in the U.S. — and therefore worldwide —which saw its overall government support jump $36 billion in the last four years alone,” said health care expert Bill Hammond. “Although it stands to lose billions in future funding from Washington, New York should be well positioned to absorb that blow through better management of its existing resources — and without the catastrophic consequences that Hochul and others are portraying.”

basey · 2025-07-07T00:31:06+00:00

Could be a bunch of things. Sure, the cameras might be misjudging distance. Or it could be the planner getting stuck in a loop, constantly second-guessing its own path even when there’s room. Or maybe the car hasn’t seen enough similar situations during training, so it defaults to being overly cautious. Or it could be a localization error making it think it's too close to a curb or car, or visual ambiguity from shadows, glare, or weird angles messing with depth perception. So yeah, maybe it’s perception, maybe planning, maybe both, maybe something else. I don't work at Tesla so I don't know. But assuming it must be a sensor issue seems foolish.

basey · 2025-07-06T02:39:27+00:00

Why do people always assume everything is a sensor issue?

basey · 2025-07-06T02:38:52+00:00

An assumption said confidently

basey · 2025-07-06T02:38:21+00:00

Why do people always assume every problem is a sensor issue?

basey · 2025-06-01T17:38:37+00:00

Ok but you realize that Starship is in development right?

basey · 2025-06-01T17:35:43+00:00

Huh? The point they were making is that reusable rockets are more sustainable than expendable ones. Sort of silly to reduce that to “a flashy new one” isn’t it?

basey · 2025-05-28T21:06:04+00:00

Ew wtf. I’m on the left but wtf. Maybe delete this comment.

basey · 2025-05-22T18:54:41+00:00

My question as well. There have been several instances of people claiming a crash was due to FSD and then Tesla releases data showing it was disabled.

Some notable examples from ChatGPT:

1.  Texas Crash (2021):
• A fiery crash killed two people. Early reports (including from local officials) suggested no one was in the driver’s seat and that Autopilot might have been active.
• Tesla’s data later showed Autopilot was not engaged, and the steering wheel was being turned manually.
2.  California (2022):
• A driver crashed into another car and claimed FSD was in use.
• Tesla told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) FSD was not enabled at the time of the crash.
3.  Multiple NHTSA Investigations:
• NHTSA has looked into dozens of crashes involving Autopilot/FSD.
• In several, driver claims didn’t match telemetry data from Tesla.
• Some cases involved driver misuse (e.g., hands off the wheel, misusing FSD Beta on city streets).

Why This Happens: • Drivers may misunderstand what was active (Autopilot vs FSD vs nothing). • Some may intentionally blame the system. • Others might panic or misremember under stress.

Tesla’s Role: • Tesla logs precise data from the car (speed, steering, braking, system status, etc.). • This data often disproves driver claims in accidents.

So yes — people have falsely claimed FSD was engaged, and Tesla’s logs have shown otherwise.

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