James Scott

@jlscx
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#Bikes, #tech, #politics, and whatever else strikes my fancy in #FortCollins, #Colorado
About meStill unscrewing the inscrutable
James ScottJul 20, 2023

I love it when pro #cycling gets mass media coverage for the right reasons. I’m also sure that yesterday’s result made Wout’s decision easier! #TDF2023 #TourDeFrance

Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert leaves Tour De France to be with pregnant wife - https://www.npr.org/2023/07/20/1188905775/wout-van-aert-tour-de-france-pregnant-wife

James ScottJul 10, 2023

I dunno, folks, maybe we should get together and figure out how we can drive less #BikeTooter

Why tires — not tailpipes — are spewing more pollution from your cars https://wapo.st/3rgZtQB

Why tires — not tailpipes — are spewing more pollution from your cars

Planning a summer road trip? What to know about two major sources of pollution coming from your car: tires and brakes.

The Washington Post
James ScottJul 6, 2023
Got another Bluesky invitation code up for grabs.
James ScottJul 6, 2023
@CARROT knows what’s up
James ScottJul 4, 2023
Jasper avoids disaster #TourdeFrance #TDF2023
Show threadJames ScottJun 29, 2023
@cosmocatalano I'm old enough to remember when we thought XML was a good idea.
James ScottJun 28, 2023
This Week In The 90sJun 28, 2023

Found something remarkable (and also quite sad).

In 1997, Wired published "The Long Boom", a hyper-optimistic article about how we'd achieve Utopia by 2020.

The authors included notes on some "scenario spoilers"—negative events that might send is in a worse direction.

...and those spoilers turned out to be almost spookily accurate.

https://www.wired.com/1997/07/longboom/

Show threadJames ScottJun 23, 2023
@toddrowell @GeWilli I’m also an Ivory user and I like it! You’re right that Bsky is in theory federated, but clearly they’re not as ideologically motivated by that as is the Masto project. Or at least they’re not giving braindead advice like “you should join a small server [that might disappear at any time and where you’re doing to miss a good chunk of replies from other servers].”
Show threadJames ScottJun 23, 2023
@GeWilli @toddrowell Masto is OK but its federated structure limits its appeal for me. It will never achieve the breadth and depth of discussion that Twitter had. I miss Twitter (circa 2009-2016) but I ain't going back. Maybe Bsky will capture some of that magic.
Show threadJames ScottJun 23, 2023
@toddrowell a month or two? I don’t remember exactly when I signed up.