I bought a simple spin bike thirdhand. Guy who owned it before me got it from a gym. You twist a knob and it increases pressure on a leather brake. Its built like a tank.

Its great and like you say, if I wanted I could just look up spin videos on youtube for free.

Why would I bother with a Peloton?

I havent seen the Huffington Post website in years. Clicked on this to see the video. About 20 seconds of the video, 30 seconds of ads, another 20 second clip. More ads.

At least the article isnt paywalled. Ill give them that.

When you help a campaign based on a race to the bottom, always expect to be a casualty on the way down.

Atlantic Canada. I don’t mean like cling wrap stretchy. It just isn’t like the crinkly kind of plastic. It has some give if you try to stretch it.

It seems to stay more crinkly even after normalizing.

That’s how presliced bread comes in Canada. I’m talking the sandwich loaf stuff. Not nice handmade bread.

It dries it out a little but it’s fine for sandwiches.

Ive seen their government. I’ll pass. Annexation by Canada would be ok though.

I own an EV. Whats to ‘crawl back to’? The constant maintenance costs? The expensive fuel? The shittier driving experience? The worse noise and vibration?

Nah, bruh. Im good. I will never go back to ICE.

Libertarianism as a philosophy may not be. Libertarian as a modern political entity surely is.

Im not a fan of either, but you have to realize at this point the name has been hijacked by the far right chuds of the world.

How mildly opinionated of you.

I wasnt young when it came out. Joke’s on you.

Ah, I must have been thinking renewables was the majority. I used to live there but its been a while!

Maine is primarily hydro so half by wind is an odd goal for that state. Boosting wind production is good and theres lots of it there, but its not like theyre burning mostly coal or anything.

Im glad you pointed out the algorithm thing. Seems like people get fed up with social media platforms like X(?) and Reddit and then come to alternatives demanding the same features that, at least in part, led to them being fed up in the first place.

I actually disagree with OPs assertion that these federated platforms are ‘almost as good’. Theyre better. More features doesnt mean a better platform and in my opinion often makes them worse.

Ok

Nothing spices up the climate crisis like a little bit of possible world war and nuclear threats.

Spicy planet we have here lately.

Oh yeah…yeah yeah yeah…I know some of these words!

Looks green on my phone. Different displays show things slightly differently.

Can confirm. I had my CC skimmed at a gas pump before I bought my EV.

The thing is, I have only used public chargers maybe 10 times total. 99% of the time I plug it in at home where I know no one is gonna steal my CC number.