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Remember when, in order to adopt or justify your hateful ideology, you had to read entire books, or at least one of those "long form" articles that would leave your fingers inky from the newsprint?

Thank God for the Internet.

After 100 Years of Use, Why is No One Riding Tubular Tires at The 2025 Tour de France?
bicycling.com/bikes-gear/a65289063/why-pros-ditched-tubulars/

"I’ve never understood the person who claims to have peeked behind the veil yet continues to send emails and worry about their checking account."

jamesreeves.co/ghosts-and-gods/

@johnzajac Adam Curtis says as much in this podcast I link/quote/excerpt here: daniel.industries/2025/07/06/what-i-might-be-seeing-was-the-retreat-of-people-into-themselves-because-they-were-anxious-and-alone/

I don't quote the back-and-forth about phones/tech, but his final response: "So if you really want to get rid of what you’ve been talking about [phone escapism, basically], you’ve got to change society"

daniel.industries/2025/07/06/what-i-might-be-seeing-was-the-retreat-of-people-into-themselves-because-they-were-anxious-and-alone/

In honor of the Oasis reunion tour, I'm listening to Teenage Fanclub.

A couple of good comments on this effusive video:

"What really blows my mind about Oasis is how phenomenal an Alex Lifeson interview would be."

"Of all the rock bands they are certainly one of them"

youtube.com/watch?v=LC2q6Acszew

It's amazing how many major websites' layouts break from a simple default browser font size change.

@koen_hufkens @lkngrrr I went down this rabbit hole for a few minutes and I'm having a hard time believing these are made in TX. The company address is a residence outside of Houston. The website says they are a young company but it looks like the site was designed in the mid-00s (no shade, I'm here for it if it is indeed a newer site). This looks like a great new source for various parts I just wish I could get the skinny on production.