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What an e-bike can do. This 69 year old decided to find out yesterday. Turns out, quite a lot
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/what-an-e-bike-can-do.html
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How are the AI boom and the early Internet boom different? I was around for the latter, so I know
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/a-boomers-lessons-the-web-vs-ai.html
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https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/07/a-peter-grainger-appreciation.html What I did on my summer vacation
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The Coming AI Bust https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/the-coming-ai-bust.html It starts when they try to charge you to use it.
📊 Post engagement
5
Avg engagement / post
0.6%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: What an e-bike can do. This 69 year old decided to find out yest · 21 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.9 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 3 text · 9 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.9×
Follows 898 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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What an e-bike can do. This 69 year old decided to find out yesterday. Turns out, quite a lot
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/what-an-e-bike-can-do.html
Democrats are afraid Americans aren't capable of self government.
Republicans are certain of it and determined to make sure it never happens again
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/07/a-peter-grainger-appreciation.html What I did on my summer vacation
Imagine if Hearst and Rockefeller took the side of WJ Bryan and Tom Watson against McKinley-Roosevelt in 1900.
That's sort of what we're facing.
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/06/electricity-scales.html The fact that electric motors scale to any size, to push anything, doesn't get mentioned enough.
Nvidia has gone from being the Cloud's supplier to the Cloud's replacement. There are some good implications, but also many bad ones we need to reckon with. https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/06/end-of-the-cloud-era.html
People to People, Machine to Machine. Forget AGI. Build the machine Internet.
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/06/people-to-people-machine-to-machine.html
The biggest tech story of the week may have flown under the radar https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/fud-comes-before-a-fall-in-ai.html
How are the AI boom and the early Internet boom different? I was around for the latter, so I know
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/a-boomers-lessons-the-web-vs-ai.html
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/carmakers-must-die-and-flat-cars From Marc Fioretti. Cars are a dying industry.
The Coming AI Bust https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/the-coming-ai-bust.html It starts when they try to charge you to use it.
The 1876 Game https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/the-1876-game.html If Republicans steal this election Jim Crow will rule the whole country.
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/07/a-peter-grainger-appreciation.html What I did on my summer vacation
Imagine if Hearst and Rockefeller took the side of WJ Bryan and Tom Watson against McKinley-Roosevelt in 1900.
That's sort of what we're facing.
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/06/electricity-scales.html The fact that electric motors scale to any size, to push anything, doesn't get mentioned enough.
Nvidia has gone from being the Cloud's supplier to the Cloud's replacement. There are some good implications, but also many bad ones we need to reckon with. https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/06/end-of-the-cloud-era.html
People to People, Machine to Machine. Forget AGI. Build the machine Internet.
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/06/people-to-people-machine-to-machine.html
The biggest tech story of the week may have flown under the radar https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/fud-comes-before-a-fall-in-ai.html
How are the AI boom and the early Internet boom different? I was around for the latter, so I know
https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/a-boomers-lessons-the-web-vs-ai.html
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/carmakers-must-die-and-flat-cars From Marc Fioretti. Cars are a dying industry.
The Coming AI Bust https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/the-coming-ai-bust.html It starts when they try to charge you to use it.
The 1876 Game https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/05/the-1876-game.html If Republicans steal this election Jim Crow will rule the whole country.
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
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A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 5 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.9× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
75/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.6% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Finance journalist since 1978
Online journalist since 1983
Rice '77, Northwestern Medill '78
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