brad262run

brad262run, 7 months ago to random

Meet the man 2nd in-line to the presidency

Mike Johnson, theocrat: the House speaker and a plot against America https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/04/mike-johnson-theocrat-house-speaker-christian-trump

The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mike-johnson-cnp-christian-nationalism/

Texas activist David Barton wants to end separation of church and state. He has the ear of the new U.S. House speaker https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/03/david-barton-mike-johnson-texas-church-state-christianity/

#SpeakeroftheHouse #GOP #Republicans #farright #rightwing #reactionary #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism #theocracy #extremism

brad262run, 6 months ago to goodyearwelt

“We don’t yet know all the effects of carbon-plated #supershoes, but coaches agree on some key principles when using them in #training”
“it’s important to remember that these #shoes weren’t designed as trainers. They were designed as a #racing shoe”
“The question, then, is how best to use them. The #shoes are a tool, like anything else”
“one #runner may love #supershoes and the #training partner doesn’t” https://www.outsideonline.com/running/gear/road-shoes/9-rules-for-training-in-super-shoes/ #running

brad262run, 3 months ago to technology

“V2X connects vehicles to everything, though, this #technology can do much more than just protect #drivers. Like a #digital seatbelt for the 21st century, V2X-enabled #bikes can provide critical protection for their riders by prompting V2X #cars to display a warning right in front of the driver when a #cyclist is about to cross their path”
“anonymized #data can be shared with #cities to help plan new #bike and #pedestrian #infrastructure”

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/02/21/opinion-how-letting-bikes-talk-to-cars-can-save-lives #cycling #bicycle #safety

brad262run, 8 months ago to EyeHealth

Think about how #police will use these #glasses

“often a tendency to focus on the primary user and #design just for them. Because these #technologies are so deeply embedded in social interactions and are used with others and around others, we often forget these ‘onlookers’ and we’re not designing with them in mind”
“involving non-users is especially key in developing more #equitable tech products and creating more #inclusive experiences”
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ar-glasses #AR #augmentedreality #power

brad262run, 5 months ago to random

#ClaudineGay #Harvard
#racist #libertarians #libertarian #racism

brad262run, 2 months ago to random

“ignore it at your peril. The massive tome is the latest iteration of a four-decade-long process of crafting #rightwing policies to dismantle the federal government, deregulate industry and eliminate consumer protections and public health measures, while installing a regime controlled by #fossilfuel interests and the #ReligiousRight”
“Voters should regard #Project2025 as a full-throated statement of intent” https://washingtonspectator.org/project-2025-the-latest-plot-against-america/
#reactionary #farright #Republicans #GOP

brad262run, 1 year ago to random

Former #Expedia CEO’s transformative vision for #Uber?
Turn it into #Expedia 🤷‍♂️#gowithwhatyouknow #strategery

#Uber launches flight bookings in UK #travel #superapp push
"The move is part of a long-term vision of chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who first talked about #Uber becoming a wider #travel platform in 2018” https://www.ft.com/content/0acdb9bd-2ec9-4050-891a-e5d6b60d1d94

brad262run, 6 months ago to tesla

“Even if you are one of the richest people in the world, you can’t just make your own rules,” said 3F Chairman Jan Villadsen in a statement Tuesday. “#Solidarity is the cornerstone of the trade #union movement and extends across national borders.” https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-stock-labor-dispute-denmark-sweden-c592ee9f #Tesla #labor #strike #workersrights #collectivebargaining #Sweden #Denmark

brad262run, 6 months ago to tech

This article barely scratches the surface of the threat from #SiliconValley’s #radical #anarchocapitalist #billionaires

#Rightwing titans of #tech helped create Donald Trump. Now they’re alienated from politics and searching for allies https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/12/silicon-valley-billionaire-donors-presidential-candidates/

Read these by @anildash for more

The #tech tycoon #martyrdom charade https://www.anildash.com/2023/02/27/tycoon-martyrdom-charade/

"#VC qanon" and the #radicalization of the #tech tycoons https://www.anildash.com/2023/07/07/vc-qanon/

#farright #libertarian #authoritarianism

brad262run, 6 months ago to Electricvehicles

“JD Power's advice sounds a lot like what we constantly hear in the comments: build smaller, cheaper #EVs #electricvehicles"
“Of all new vehicle sales,16.5 percent are compact #crossovers, but #EVs are heavily underrepresented in the mainstream compact #SUV segment, accounting for just 6 percent of sales”
"The sooner #EV stakeholders focus on consumer education and significant investment in #EV #charging #infrastructure, the sooner mass market consumers will follow” https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/12/automakers-must-build-cheaper-smaller-evs-to-spur-adoption-report-says/

brad262run, 15 days ago to running

#running #athletics #DiamondLeague

#Runners take your marks
Get set
🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️
We’re in For an Epic Summer of #TrackandField Showdowns, and It Starts This Weekend
In a preview of what’s to come on the track at the #Paris2024 #Olympics this summer, the spirit of #Prefontaine will be alive on Saturday at the #PrefontaineClassic in Eugene, #Oregon

https://run.outsideonline.com/news/were-in-for-an-epic-summer-of-track-showdowns-and-it-starts-this-weekend/

brad262run, 1 month ago to peloton

📈📉 #Peloton plummeted from a pandemic-high valuation of $50 billion to $2.1 billion as of December 2023”
“Loyal fans and a sticky product should equal piles and piles of money … But it’s not rolling in cash. Some of that might be because it’s not always clear what #Peloton views its product to be”
#Peloton doesn’t want to be a #media company — but a lot of its problems sure look like #media company problems”
https://www.theverge.com/c/24105625/peloton-bike-tread-plus-business-valuation-history #fitness #bike #treadmill #talentmanagement #licensing

brad262run, 5 months ago to running

“Many regular #runners apologize for their impressive #running habits because somewhere inside them is the belief that there is only one way to be a #runner, & that belief is often grounded in a stereotype”
“#Runners come in all shapes & sizes with all sorts of #running habits. Instead of ruminating on the image of a #runner you have in your mind, get out of your head & look around at what #runners really look like—it may both surprise & reassure you” https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a46250822/how-to-feel-like-a-runner/
🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

brad262run, 7 months ago to climate

1️⃣ #Fossilfuel firms spent millions on US lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest bills. Approximately 60% of #oilandgas operations are protected from protests due to money spent on lobbying https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/25/fossil-fuel-company-donate-lawmakers-anti-protest-exxon-koch

2️⃣ The #EPA promised to address environmental #racism, but then states pushed back. Communities of color bear the brunt of #pollution in the US, and #conservatives are targeting the #civilrights law that could bring about change https://publicintegrity.org/environment/pollution/environmental-justice-denied/environmental-justice-epa-civil-rights-story/

#climatechange #constitution

brad262run, 5 months ago to ai

by @hiltzikm
“If you’re a fan of techno-hype, 2023 was the year for you”
“if you believe anything Musk says on any topic, that’s your problem”
“There may be yet another #AI winter, and perhaps even a full scale #tech winter, just around the corner. And it is going to be cold” https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-01-05/leading-roboticist-douses-hype-ai-self-driving-cars #selfdriving #autonomousvehicles #electricvehicles #EV #artificialintelligence #AGI #ChatGPT #robotics

brad262run, 4 months ago to cycling

“In a word, I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.”—Marshall #MajorTaylor 🚴‍♂️

“Taylor not only won more than 20 #worldrecords on the track during his #cycling career, he also worked off the track as a pioneer who fought for greater social opportunities for African Americans in the heart of #JimCrow America” https://www.bicycling.com/news/a46662621/new-movie-about-major-taylor/ #racism #civilrights #history #documentary #legend #icon

brad262run, 6 months ago to Humor

#McSweeneys #humor #satire
“This thing is awesome, bro”
“Does your neighborhood have a #billionaire who throws rocks at your truck window? No? Good, #Cybertruck can’t handle that”
“#Cybertruck is the only truck that will keep #selfdriving itself into the side of the mountain until it makes a real tunnel. In fact, #Cybertruck could make a tunnel for a #hyperloop from LA to San Francisco”
“Please buy it” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/please-buy-teslas-cybertruck-which-is-cool-not-stupid

brad262run, 7 days ago to cycling

#cycling #gravelcycling #Kansas

What is #UnboundGravel, who's racing and where to watch the world's 'premier gravel event'
Thousands of amateurs join #WorldTour roadies, celebrated Olympians and off-road pros at the marquee #gravel race https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/what-is-unbound-whos-racing-it-and-how-to-watch-it

brad262run, 16 days ago to Electricvehicles

Look out! #victimblaming ahead
“The growing epidemic of #pedestrian distraction was outside the researchers’ purview, but Edwards said it’s likely a contributing factor: ‘I’m sure there would be an effect, because people are too busy looking at their iPhones as they step into the road’” 🙄
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-22/evs-and-hybrids-twice-as-likely-to-hit-pedestrians-study-shows
#electricvehicles #EV #safety #safestreets #walkability

brad262run, 6 months ago to running

“I see a whole lot of non-#runners walking around in $170 #running #shoes”
“a #shoe originally intended for athletic pursuits instead pop up on so many moms at #Starbucks in their running-errands clothes. “I guess you could call it the #athleisure crowd. The #Lululemon type of clientele”
“It’s like athletic virtue-signaling”
“Are #OnClouds #shoes for accountants? Well they aren’t for #running”
“Choosing to wear it suddenly means choosing to blend in” https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashion/2023/11/13/on-shoes-running-sneakers-allbirds/ #style #fashion

brad262run, 2 months ago to Sneakers

“You don’t want to consider your shoe something you’re going to throw away, and that’s a long-term change. It’s a mental model that needs to change for us to keep building all the products of the future”
“Products should really be made the same way plants grow: Build it so it’s regenerative, it’s circular”

The problem with your #sneakers? They’re built to last too long https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/04/01/plant-based-sole-sneaker/ #shoes #plastics #running #circulareconomy

brad262run, 5 months ago to science

“very high doses of #carbohydrates have become an emerging trend among elite #endurance #athletes. New #science suggests that it really is possible to consume as much as 120 grams of #carbohydrate per hour, and some pros are reportedly even higher than that. The unanswered question, for now, is whether it makes you faster”
“The limits of #endurance depend on far more than #carbohydrate supply” https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/endurance-athletes-high-carb-intake/ #cycling #running #marathon #glycogen

brad262run, 2 months ago to Wyze

“When paying, you are presented with the option of leaving a tip, no different than pretty much any other interaction with a point-of-sale payment system. But it poses an interesting question—and one we will increasingly be required to answer as the domain of #automation continues to expand:”

Should You Tip A #Robot #Barista? 🤖 ☕️
“there are humans that have to service the machine, restock it “ https://sprudge.com/should-you-tip-a-robot-barista-235949.html #coffee #tipping #AI #artificialintelligence

brad262run, 5 months ago to running

#running 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃
“You know the many benefits of #strength #training for #runners, including more power and injury protection. But fitting lifting sessions into your schedule might be another story” https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a27373504/run-before-or-after-weights/

#fitness 🏋️‍♀️ 🏋️‍♂️ 🏋️
#Cardio or weights first? A kinesiologist explains how to optimize the order of your #exercise routine https://theconversation.com/cardio-or-weights-first-a-kinesiologist-explains-how-to-optimize-the-order-of-your-exercise-routine-217431

brad262run, 7 months ago to random

#GM’s Cruise Suspends All #Driverless Car Operations. It’s a Setback https://www.barrons.com/articles/gm-cruise-driverless-car-stock-88b700dc #autonomousvehicles #AV #robotaxi #safety