B Bugle
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Luxembourg. USA. Just starting here.
From the article: “Technology that prevents drivers from ‘dooring’ cyclists would also be at risk from this freeze; the German government has said it wants to require this feature on new cars as a high priority, and that would require EU legislation."
Responding to a draft proposal leaked to the Financial Times, ETSC has warned that plans to grant a 10-year exemption from updating essential safety regulations for a new class of small electric cars will put pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicle occupants at risk.
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ETSC slams proposed safety exemptions for new small car category
Responding to a draft proposal leaked to the Financial Times, the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has warned that plans to grant a ten-year exemption from updating essential safety…
etsc.eu
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From the article: “Technology that prevents drivers from ‘dooring’ cyclists would also be at risk from this freeze; the German government has said it wants to require this feature on new cars as a high priority, and that would require EU legislation."
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We are calling for a stop to "Mutual Recognition" of these dangerous standards. Trade deals shouldn't come at the cost of lives on our streets.
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
Accepting US car standards would risk European lives, warn cities and civil society
Opening the EU market to vehicles certified under US standards would weaken the protections that save lives in Europe, say more than 80 civil society organisations and the administrations of Amsterdam...
etsc.eu
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are calling for a stop to "Mutual Recognition" of these dangerous standards. Trade deals shouldn't come at the cost of lives on our streets.
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
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That's not how you summon a winter deity. You need a mandolin, a specific chant, and absolutely no actual pigs present. Amateur.
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
That's not how you summon a winter deity. You need a mandolin, a specific chant, and absolutely no actual pigs present. Amateur.
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Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
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these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
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every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
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Some great gift ideas for the wheel-person on your list. Pneumatic Cycle Dog, anyone?
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some great gift ideas for the wheel-person on your list. Pneumatic Cycle Dog, anyone?
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I don't think most people have any clue how much the boring company and Tesla set municipalities back.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
Watching all the defense wonks on my TL tear this NYT piece apart has been interesting. So many parallels to “Gadgetbahn” discourse in transportation policy. Editorial boards, pundits, and electeds are in love with the idea that “innovation” could relieve them of political problems and tradeoffs.
I see the gizmo cult has made its way into the NYT
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I don't think most people have any clue how much the boring company and Tesla set municipalities back.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
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This case in LA raises questions about video these bots collect, how it’s stored, retained, and available to police or potentially sold to other third parties.
A food delivery robot's footage led to a criminal conviction in LA
Serve Robotics, a partner of Uber Eats, provided LAPD with footage from one of its robots after an attempted theft. The robot was able to get away on its own.
www.engadget.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This case in LA raises questions about video these bots collect, how it’s stored, retained, and available to police or potentially sold to other third parties.
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To add onto this: a lot of people in legal media and the legal profession want to believe in the impartiality of the SCOTUS. The talking point that “John Roberts cares about his legacy and the appearance of the SCOTUS” has been parroted so often, do we even know that it’s ever been true?
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
To add onto this: a lot of people in legal media and the legal profession want to believe in the impartiality of the SCOTUS. The talking point that “John Roberts cares about his legacy and the appearance of the SCOTUS” has been parroted so often, do we even know that it’s ever been true?
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A half dog half man holds a pistol to a man in colonial dress. The man holds a bottle of wine in one hand and a goose in the other.
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A half dog half man holds a pistol to a man in colonial dress. The man holds a bottle of wine in one hand and a goose in the other.
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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I'm absolutely not an MMT Partisan, I'm sure it's as flawed as any of the other post Keynesian subschools, but the way in which people with their trousers round their ankles and their bare arses flapping in the wind discuss it is really quite something.
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm absolutely not an MMT Partisan, I'm sure it's as flawed as any of the other post Keynesian subschools, but the way in which people with their trousers round their ankles and their bare arses flapping in the wind discuss it is really quite something.
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If MMT is as bad as you say it is then you need to come up with your own explanation for why everything sucks and nothing works, and how it can be fixed, because abundance, vibecession and "just let us raise taxes a bit" ain't it lads.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If MMT is as bad as you say it is then you need to come up with your own explanation for why everything sucks and nothing works, and how it can be fixed, because abundance, vibecession and "just let us raise taxes a bit" ain't it lads.
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It’s not even just general group chats, it’s specifically “thought leaders” being in the same group chats as reactionary tech billionaires thinking they can influence them only for the influence to (predictably) flow the other way
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It’s not even just general group chats, it’s specifically “thought leaders” being in the same group chats as reactionary tech billionaires thinking they can influence them only for the influence to (predictably) flow the other way
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I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
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Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
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the democratic stance on immigration should be neil diamond and statue of liberty not trump lite
Becoming apparent every day how the elites in DC/NY's media/political bubble - drunk on right-wing media fed rhetoric - are completely out of touch with rest of the country on its nuanced perspective on immigration.
This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
June 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
the democratic stance on immigration should be neil diamond and statue of liberty not trump lite
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The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
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Tired: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a long consumerist advertisement for a corporation-based American hegemony that peaked before the forever wars.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tired: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a long consumerist advertisement for a corporation-based American hegemony that peaked before the forever wars.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
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(Gleefully swipèd from @weirdxmas.bsky.social over on tumblr several years ago.)
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
(Gleefully swipèd from @weirdxmas.bsky.social over on tumblr several years ago.)
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I could go on and on about AI slop (and I will) but today, I’d like to show you this amazing video of my friend Jim Winters making art. With every step you see the joy. With every step you see the intention. With every step you see someone doing what they love. The joy is always in the making.
Golden Gate Dawn
In September of 2023, Santa Cruz artist Jim Winters created a 12-color reduction screenprint of the Golden Gate Bridge. His husband documented the process and produced…
vimeo.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I could go on and on about AI slop (and I will) but today, I’d like to show you this amazing video of my friend Jim Winters making art. With every step you see the joy. With every step you see the intention. With every step you see someone doing what they love. The joy is always in the making.
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anatomy of a smear campaign gone bad.
a 🧵about what happened when #MA @aaup.org chapters organized against a pressure campaign designed to smear & shut down a @bostonu.bsky.social webinar on antisemitism.
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a 🧵about what happened when #MA @aaup.org chapters organized against a pressure campaign designed to smear & shut down a @bostonu.bsky.social webinar on antisemitism.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
anatomy of a smear campaign gone bad.
a 🧵about what happened when #MA @aaup.org chapters organized against a pressure campaign designed to smear & shut down a @bostonu.bsky.social webinar on antisemitism.
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a 🧵about what happened when #MA @aaup.org chapters organized against a pressure campaign designed to smear & shut down a @bostonu.bsky.social webinar on antisemitism.
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Step 3: More rad folks - aka 7 #MA @aaup.org chapters - mobilize a collective response urging BU's Pres. to publicly defend the event (bc nuanced convo abt antisemitism = good) & denounce the bad faith campaign (bc smear = bad).
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/aaup-denounce
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www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/aaup-denounce
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![Dear President Gilliam,
On November 13, 2025, the Boston University School of Social Work’s Equity & Inclusion Speaker Series
will host a webinar titled “Antisemitism: What is it, What is it Not, and What to Do.” The event
description opens by noting that “[a]ntisemitism is one of the oldest and most enduring forms of prejudice
and hate, yet in this current historical moment, it is often misunderstood, minimized, or weaponized.” The
description then invites community members to “[j]oin us as an experienced panel of scholars explores the
historical roots of antisemitism, tracing how it has evolved over time and continues to shape public
discourse.” The discussion will explore the historical roots of religious and racial antisemitism; discourses
around antisemitism in the United States today; and antisemitism's relationship “with other forms of
oppression, including racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia, while also acknowledging its unique
characteristics.” Featured speakers will also highlight the work of Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff, along
with other interventions that can reduce antisemitism and promote an inclusive campus climate for all.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pepqsfo4jhiwfjinmlns5tcs/bafkreib26xu74m3s7qpeqwqumfwadngsxihouvto6qv25reaou7koivyeq@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Step 3: More rad folks - aka 7 #MA @aaup.org chapters - mobilize a collective response urging BU's Pres. to publicly defend the event (bc nuanced convo abt antisemitism = good) & denounce the bad faith campaign (bc smear = bad).
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/aaup-denounce
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www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/aaup-denounce
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