Jeff Fecke

@jkfecke
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/dʒɛf 'fɛk.iː/ - (he/him/his)

Occasional purveyor of mildly interesting thoughts.

SexCis Male
PartyDemocratic
TeamsCubs, Vikings, Lynx
Snark Level11
Jeff FeckeMay 9, 2023
Bluesky is succeeding because it has search and quote tweeting. If the Fediverse doesn't add those features, it will ultimately lose users to Bluesky. It's not a conspiracy, or people willing to give in to corporate greed; people like things that work the way they want them to work.
Jeff FeckeMay 9, 2023
Aure Free Press May 9, 2023

TANK LESS

The only Russian tank at the Russian Victory Day parade was an ancient T-34 tank.

For some reason, it appears Russia is running out of tanks!
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Russian #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey #Finland

Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
I approve this message. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/08/pickleball-hate-reasons/
Pickleball is the worst

Any game you can take up after breakfast and be pretty good at by lunch is not a sport. And it isn't even great exercise.

The Washington Post
Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
kottke.orgMay 8, 2023
Introducing 'Total Crap', the First Magazine Written Entirely by AI. "We are proud to bring the written word into the future with revolutionary technology that delivers the one thing readers are most passionate about: efficiency." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/introducing-total-crap-the-first-magazine-written-entirely-by-ai
Introducing Total Crap, the First Magazine Written Entirely by AI

Amid doomsaying pronouncements that the publishing industry is dead, we are proud to bring the written word into the future with revolutionary tech...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
Show threadJudd LegumMay 8, 2023

@[email protected] 2. Duval County has banned "House and Homes" by Ann Morris as porn.

The book is a series of photographs illustrating different kids of homes around the world

It was named "one of the best books of the year" by Parents Magazine

Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
Show threadDan SeitzMay 8, 2023

The nightmare scenario here is these clowns go all in on hog anus futures or some other "can't miss" bet that even a five year old would tell you will miss, and lose such a staggering amount of cash they have to start selling off assets.

Imagine 1% of your city's housing stock going on the market for like 5% of its value.

Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
Show threadDan SeitzMay 8, 2023
Letting PE firms buy homes is inviting disaster because financial firms are surprisingly fragile even when well regulated, which PE firms are most certainly NOT, but pair this with what amounts to firing up the clock on a guaranteed "out of nowhere" crash and that's your next 2008 right there.
Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
Dan SeitzMay 8, 2023
Me: PE companies buying up homes is going to end in disaster, I'm just not sure what the trigger will be.
Money Stuff: Hey all those guys buying houses are starting to issue loans, but unlike banks they're basically unregulated.
Me: Annnnnnd there it is.
Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
I heard this same story about Clarence Thomas. https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-holmes-six-months-rv-sleeping-in-walmart-parking-lots-2023-5
Elizabeth Holmes spent 6 months in RV sleeping in Walmart parking lots

The disgraced Theranos founder gave a series of sometimes-bizarre pre-prison interviews to The New York Times, hoping to change her public image.

Insider
Jeff FeckeMay 8, 2023
Josh SternbergMay 8, 2023
Companies come and go. But it's still genuinely shocking/impressive to watch Twitter go from a must-visit/must-use to a barely functional website in such a short period of time.