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Cubert Nine retweeted
My Jerry Lewis story made me question the BBC for the rest of my career.
As a student, I did work experience on a show investigating dodgy hypnotists. I travelled with two female BBC producers to Blackpool to interview a victim (you don’t want to know).
At the hotel, a man was walking out as I walked in. We both held the door and stared at each other.
“After you,” I said.
“No, after you, young man”, he replied.
I smiled, thanked him, and we passed.
I turned to the producers: “Do you know who that was?”
“Nope,” one said, in a tone suggesting I shouldn’t be making eye contact, let alone talking.
“That was Jerry Lewis.”
They stared. “Who?”
“Jerry Lewis. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis?”
More staring. “Never heard of him.”
“You’ve never heard of Jerry Lewis?” Internally, I was furious. Externally, I was still trying to get a job in TV.
“Is he someone we’re interviewing?” one asked.
“No.”
“Then I’m not interested,” she snapped. “Put the gear over there.”
What struck me wasn’t Jerry Lewis being in Blackpool (I found out later that he was filming Funny Bones). It was that these two women were producers with almost no knowledge of entertainment history, TV or film. I know this because I spent the rest of the week asking them very easy questions they couldn't or wouldn't answer. Yet they’re the people who decide what YOU should watch and what YOU’LL find interesting.
After 25 years of being stuck in tiny edit suites with people like this (and honestly, it’s the norm), I could write a book about idiotic TV decision-makers who think they’re the smartest in the room and make choices based on what they assume YOUR intelligence level is.
Cubert Nine retweeted
The audiobook for Godswar is finally here!
The sixth book in my comedic urban fantasy series, The Many Travails of John Smith, sees John investigating the death of a local demigod... only to find out that there's a whole lot more at stake.
Audible: audible.com/pd/Godswar-Audio…
Cubert Nine retweeted
OU fans, reminder that Thunder training camp is in less than two weeks! Football season is long over by then in Norman.
Cubert Nine retweeted
Let it sit and watch it beat the markets these next ten years. Money for over 5,000 years and now more relevant than ever for industry — high-end compute, solar energy and robotics.
Cubert Nine retweeted
I think everyone should have two time horizons.
first is forever, that’s IRA, Roth, your self fitected 401(k), etc., you hold either SPY or a couple of core positions like Google, NVDA , a couple of riskier plays like Tesla pltr, and a couple of smaller crazier positions like nbis, I guess you could do something more calm like Sofi, forget your password to these accounts,
and in your actively managed swing trading portfolio your time horizon should be whatever the market decides, you shouldn’t argue with the market, the stock stopped going up, tou sell, the stock has a breakout, you buy,
Cubert Nine retweeted
From now on, when the copy-and-paste robot sheeple cult repeats the phrase “Justice for Nolan,” ask them to define justice.
Normally, they can’t.
Because to them, “justice” means threatening the falsely accused until innocent people are harmed or defamed. Justice is not the same thing as getting the outcome you emotionally and irrationally want.
Justice follows the truth. It doesn’t require the truth to conform to the outcome someone wanted.
They will never, ever understand this.
And don’t let them retreat to “their truth,” either. There is only the truth. Everything else is narrative, opinion, speculation, or misinformation.
Do it. Challenge them. They’re not prepared for this conversation.
Cubert Nine retweeted
🚨🚨ALERT🚨🚨
‼️I NEED YOUR FULL ATTENTION‼️
The Senate is still in DC & will soon vote on a number of issues.
They may vote into the early morning.
👉The vote on whether or not to adjourn will be a VOICE VOTE👈
Remember the Senators that said they would remain in DC through August recess to pass the SAVE America Act?
You need to post on social media & remind them of their commitment RIGHT NOW.
We have a group of influencers on the ground in DC w/ cameras & will be able to tell you in real time which Senators stay for the voice vote
& which ones have already left town.
We will be able to tell you which Senators keep their promises & which ones have already left DC.
The Senate will vote on the continuing resolution, Todd Blanche, & the SAVE America Act.
It is imperative that you post to the following Senators right now to remind them of their promise:
✅ Senator Mike Lee
✅ Senator Rick Scott
✅ Senator Jim Banks
✅ Senator Ashley Moody
✅ Senator Darline Graham
✅ Senator Tommy Tuberville
✅ Senator Bill Hagerty
✅ Senator Katie Britt
✅ Senator Todd Young
✅ Senator Marsha Blackburn
✅ Senator Eric Schmitt
✅ Senator Dave McCormick
✅ Senator Roger Marshall
✅ Senator Jim Risch
✅ Senator Mike Crapo
✅ Senator Ted Cruz
✅ Senator Jon Husted
✅ Senator James Lankford
✅ Senator Ted Budd
✅ Senator John Kennedy
✅ Senator Josh Hawley
👉Yes, we are also monitoring the airports & will be able to tell you which Senators said, “YEA” or “NAY” on the motion to adjourn for August recess👈
Cubert Nine retweeted
With AT&T I get one or two bars at home. I would switch to Starlink for my phone in a heartbeat. Starlink internet has been awesome for everybody who lives in the country.
SpaceX President & COO Gwynne Shotwell on @Starlink Mobile and its impact on Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile:
"Roughly, between them, $600 billion a year. I anticipate us to be able to acquire quite a few of their customers. Our service will be better. We will eliminate dead zones leveraging the satellites in orbit. It will be better during any natural disaster. I'm quite excited about Starlink Mobile."
Cubert Nine retweeted
A few drives and over 100 miles in with the new FSD v14 lite update and here are my thoughts:
V14 lite was already quite good and this update brought some HUGE UI improvements which makes it feel so much better.
Tesla has added a great Start Self Driving from park change where you now don’t have to confirm by pressing the brake pedal to start FSD from park. Seems like a minor change but it’s a huge quality of life improvement.
Tesla has also added the same parking options tab as AI4 cars, when approaching your destination it pulls up the tab to show you your parking options at destination. It shows the blue P and you can press it mid drive as well. Something else to note is Curbside has now been changed to Pull Over just like AI4 FSD v14.3.
The Self Driving App has been added in this update just like AI4 cars, it tracks your overall percentage of FSD usage. Doing the math on my current usage/odometer it seems like the tracking started when I installed 2026.8.6. The Self Driving app shows you instructions on how to use FSD too as well as monthly stats.
This new update has also brought streaks! Just like AI4 cars it tracks your continuous streak of FSD usage. It also shows you how many days in a row you have used FSD. Got a 100 mile streak tonight and it showed confetti just like AI4.
Highway performance is SO good still. Keeps a consistent speed with no unnecessary lane changes and I saw zero left lane camping tonight. It handles high speed curves so perfectly and doesn’t ping pong and it feels so dialed in. Dare I say almost as good as AI4, almost all the way there- just wish it would accelerate stronger in hurry onto the highway when merging from the on ramp. Great lane choices and passing decisions. No traffic so it sat at 2mph slower than it used to when no cars around in standard and hurry but if a quicker car would come by it would speed up a bit. DMS might also be slightly more sensitive but it was dark out, will confirm with some more driving later today.
City streets: this update is similar than before but seems to be slightly more confident around city streets. Hurry was a bit quicker than before but I wish it would accelerate slightly stronger in hurry profile only. Really good yellow light performance on the three I encountered and had smooth braking and no overreactions. I did however see the weird turn signal bug for the second time ever tonight at a traffic light so this is still present with this update as well as the slight steering wheel wobble at around 40mph and still way improved over v12.6.4.
They definitely improved the way it leaves stop signs and lights though, slightly more linear and smooth acceleration from a stop. Obeyed both no right on red signs I encountered too. Dips and speed bump speed is perfect as it was before too. Most importantly, FSD v14 lite feels so much safer than v12.6.4.
Parking might be slightly improved in this build where it took a better approach angle like I mentioned it needs to in the previous build reviews. It still doesn’t straighten out wheel at the end which I would like to see changed. It also still “double stops” when almost done with a parking job backing up to a supercharger space. Speed might be a tad quicker than the last build as well but will get some more parking in later today to confirm my findings.
Overall, this update (2026.20.6.10) brought some massive UI changes, quality of life improvements, and really made this update feel like v14 even more. Absolutely incredible what they’ve accomplished with v14 lite on HW3 cars. Feels like I got a new car.
Thanks @teslasi and UI teams for all the hard work getting this out and I really hope it rolls wide soon!
Cubert Nine retweeted
This is a VERY informative podcast about this coming summer for OKC.
Give it a listen
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast:
🏀 OKC Shouldn't be reactionary
🏀 Getting Under the 2nd Apron
🏀 What to do with IHart/Dort/Kenrich
🏀 Cason Wallace's rookie scale extension
🏀 With the expert, @KeithSmithNBA
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
linktr.ee/LockedOnThunder
Cubert Nine retweeted
You all did it! The See These Bones dust jacket art is now unlocked as a print & added to every pledge that includes art print rewards!
At $10k, our next stretch goal is a Red Right Hand sticker, perfect for laptops and water bottles!
kickstarter.com/projects/gho…
Cubert Nine retweeted
Very hot Unpopular opinion:
Ai will create more jobs, not less.
I said what I said.
Cubert Nine retweeted
The Thunder announce that they will be refurbishing a local middle school soccer field in honor of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s wife, Hailey, who had a decorated collegiate soccer career to commemorate Gilgeous-Alexander’s second NBA MVP Award.
Cubert Nine retweeted
Big fan of @Smartnetworth1 @Budgetdog_ @JimChuong @LazaroInvestor’s content.
Just to name a few off the top of my head.