Low Stakes Opinion Peddler
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this social media feed doesn't make any sense, either // digital refugee, extremely busy person, ask me about my long bike rides
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I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
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Accurate
Oh man i just realized all of those discord channels that replaced entire websites, forums, and wikis are going to just vanish and internet archive can't archive them
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Accurate
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Breaking 🚨
Nurses’ Strike Nears End as Tentative Deal is Reached With 2 Out of 3 Hospitals
As the largest and longest nurses' strike in NYC history comes to an end, nurses are coping with the very real costs of holding the line
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Nurses’ Strike Nears End as Tentative Deal is Reached With 2 Out of 3 Hospitals
As the largest and longest nurses' strike in NYC history comes to an end, nurses are coping with the very real costs of holding the line
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NYC Nurses' Strike Nears End as Tentative Deal is Reached With Two Out of Three Hospitals - Documented
As the largest and longest nurses' strike in NYC history comes to an end, nurses are coping with very real costs of holding the line.
documentedny.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Breaking 🚨
Nurses’ Strike Nears End as Tentative Deal is Reached With 2 Out of 3 Hospitals
As the largest and longest nurses' strike in NYC history comes to an end, nurses are coping with the very real costs of holding the line
New for @documentedny.bsky.social
documentedny.com/2026/02/09/n...
Nurses’ Strike Nears End as Tentative Deal is Reached With 2 Out of 3 Hospitals
As the largest and longest nurses' strike in NYC history comes to an end, nurses are coping with the very real costs of holding the line
New for @documentedny.bsky.social
documentedny.com/2026/02/09/n...
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JUST IN: DOJ is trying to help Steve Bannon erase his conviction for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Motion has no career prosecutor on it, just signed by US Attorney Pirro. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
JUST IN: DOJ is trying to help Steve Bannon erase his conviction for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Motion has no career prosecutor on it, just signed by US Attorney Pirro. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
JFC. Also, I don't like where I am on this chart. And I don't like the Seventh decile - 2 drinks a week? You drink but you... don't? WTF
It's fun when this chart pops up, and half the comments are like, "there's no way that people are actually drinking ten drinks A DAY" and the other half are like "oh yeah, before I quit, I'd sit down with a 30 rack after work"
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
JFC. Also, I don't like where I am on this chart. And I don't like the Seventh decile - 2 drinks a week? You drink but you... don't? WTF
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Between the incorrect assumption that spread all over the internet that Liam Conejo Ramos was in Bad Bunny's halftime performance and a whole discourse I'm seeing on how "gift link" or "gift article" = paid ad (???), not feeling too hot about the state of media literacy.
February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Between the incorrect assumption that spread all over the internet that Liam Conejo Ramos was in Bad Bunny's halftime performance and a whole discourse I'm seeing on how "gift link" or "gift article" = paid ad (???), not feeling too hot about the state of media literacy.
Counterpoint: I want to see Ben Affleck making an absolute clown of himself for donut coffee. I would watch another 9-0 half of football to see more.
Super Bowl Ads Are All Just Celebs Selling Out, And It Sucks
Super Bowl Ads Are All Just Celebs Selling Out And It Sucks
Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Jeff Goldblum, Sofía Vergara, George Clooney, MrBeast, and so many other stars and actors want to sell you AI and food
kotaku.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Counterpoint: I want to see Ben Affleck making an absolute clown of himself for donut coffee. I would watch another 9-0 half of football to see more.
Her testimony is useless if a prime suspect can pardon her for it!
Ghislaine Maxwell refused to speak to the House Oversight Committee this morning in response to a subpoena -- but through her lawyer said she'd sing like a bird if President Trump lets her out of prison
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads Fifth In Deposition, Holds Out For Trump Pardon
Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice told members of Congress that she would only speak if President Donald Trump lets her out of prison.
www.huffpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Her testimony is useless if a prime suspect can pardon her for it!
::pulls up to Ditch Plains:: “yins need a Rolling Rock or a Yuengling?”
This was more or less the PRR’s vision at one point, probably minus the electric part. Montauk to Pittsburgh, that sort of thing.
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
::pulls up to Ditch Plains:: “yins need a Rolling Rock or a Yuengling?”
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Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area.
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure design framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and inter-city passenger rail services. We call it Momentum -- transitcosts.com/wp-content/u...
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area.
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
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I love that Fish Called Wanda clocked the pundit class like 40 years ago
February 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I love that Fish Called Wanda clocked the pundit class like 40 years ago
This is infuriating. Completely tone-deaf and out-of-sync with health data and lifestyle trends. These are bad people saying dishonest things.
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This is infuriating. Completely tone-deaf and out-of-sync with health data and lifestyle trends. These are bad people saying dishonest things.
For many reasons, this is not a real "injury" and this is something they can think about in terms of setting up future funding rules, but have no claim to changing the terms of this long-planned disbursement retroactively. Certainly not for the reasons they've declared in court! ("NY is too woke")
NEWS: The feds have appealed Friday's TRO on the Hudson River Tunnel.
If the Second Circuit doesn't knock down the order by 1p, they say, they will have to distribute $200 million in (congressionally approved) funding "without any obvious mechanism" for getting it back if they win the case.
If the Second Circuit doesn't knock down the order by 1p, they say, they will have to distribute $200 million in (congressionally approved) funding "without any obvious mechanism" for getting it back if they win the case.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
For many reasons, this is not a real "injury" and this is something they can think about in terms of setting up future funding rules, but have no claim to changing the terms of this long-planned disbursement retroactively. Certainly not for the reasons they've declared in court! ("NY is too woke")
Are we validating bigots who said the city did a bad job of making ice melt in freezing temperatures?
There are eight million people in the big city. And 32 million opinions on the Mamdani administration's response to its first snow crisis.
Snow Problem: Can New York City Handle Big Winter Storms Anymore? - Streetsblog New York City
There are eight million people in the big city. And 32 million opinions on the Mamdani administration's response to its first snow crisis.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Are we validating bigots who said the city did a bad job of making ice melt in freezing temperatures?
I'm sorry but despite the specific timing, the answer to this is "Pontiac Aztek". A lot of the cars in the prime 90s were Y2K aesthetic, the early 90s stuff was really 80s aesthetic (just like most early 80s cars were 70s aesthetic)
What Is The Most 1990s Car? The Autopian is asking! www.theautopian.com/what-is-the-...
What Is The Most 1990s Car? - The Autopian
As quickly as I conjured up today’s Autopian Ask, I already had my answer (which is only my answer, and needn’t be yours): the third-generation Ford Taurus as seen above, in all its ovoid jellybeaned ...
www.theautopian.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I'm sorry but despite the specific timing, the answer to this is "Pontiac Aztek". A lot of the cars in the prime 90s were Y2K aesthetic, the early 90s stuff was really 80s aesthetic (just like most early 80s cars were 70s aesthetic)
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i mostly find criticisms of “Woke 1.0” unserious, like sorry but feeling like Latinx is unrepresentative is not at all proportionate to the backlash, i.e., electing a government run by rapists and pedophiles
it is a little depressing to watch people beat up on "Woke 1" as being about hyper political correctness and language as though that was Actually Bad or something
lots of the language pushed during that period was actually directionally correct, and so was calling out a lot of the rampant bigotry
lots of the language pushed during that period was actually directionally correct, and so was calling out a lot of the rampant bigotry
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
i mostly find criticisms of “Woke 1.0” unserious, like sorry but feeling like Latinx is unrepresentative is not at all proportionate to the backlash, i.e., electing a government run by rapists and pedophiles
"Sorry, our surveillance network could not find your dog. However, our search has calculated that you performed fewer hours doing freelance work this month, so we went ahead and lowered your credit score by 150 points"
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"Sorry, our surveillance network could not find your dog. However, our search has calculated that you performed fewer hours doing freelance work this month, so we went ahead and lowered your credit score by 150 points"
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Conservative update: Italians not white again
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Conservative update: Italians not white again
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Halftime performance showed how most Latinos love America, even if some parts of America do not love them back.
It showed the reality that Latinos and Spanish are part of America's culture, its history, present & future.
As references to salsa show, this is not a new phenomenon but a good reminder.
It showed the reality that Latinos and Spanish are part of America's culture, its history, present & future.
As references to salsa show, this is not a new phenomenon but a good reminder.
Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico to the Bay during his Super Bowl LX halftime show on Sunday.
Check out the latest updates from on and off the field at the link in our bio.
@sfchronicle.com
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Check out the latest updates from on and off the field at the link in our bio.
@sfchronicle.com
📸: @scottstrazzante @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Halftime performance showed how most Latinos love America, even if some parts of America do not love them back.
It showed the reality that Latinos and Spanish are part of America's culture, its history, present & future.
As references to salsa show, this is not a new phenomenon but a good reminder.
It showed the reality that Latinos and Spanish are part of America's culture, its history, present & future.
As references to salsa show, this is not a new phenomenon but a good reminder.
The Times is obsessed with Trump and wants to make sure you have heard all of his toxic opinions; then their staff will have the gall to tell people on social media that their complaints about an important story being run on page Z343 are inane
President Trump denounced Bad Bunny over his Super Bowl halftime show, complaining that “nobody understands a word this guy is saying” after the largely Spanish-language performance.
Trump Criticizes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who has denounced ICE, celebrated Latino heritage in his largely Spanish-language performance.
nyti.ms
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The Times is obsessed with Trump and wants to make sure you have heard all of his toxic opinions; then their staff will have the gall to tell people on social media that their complaints about an important story being run on page Z343 are inane
They said Green Day also steered clear of politics too, despite doing the exact opposite.
We lose *SO* many stories relying on mass media. Some of them are as low stakes as Green Day singing "fuck Trump" and others are as serious as "PR's wobbly power grid" or "Flint's tainted water"
We lose *SO* many stories relying on mass media. Some of them are as low stakes as Green Day singing "fuck Trump" and others are as serious as "PR's wobbly power grid" or "Flint's tainted water"
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
They said Green Day also steered clear of politics too, despite doing the exact opposite.
We lose *SO* many stories relying on mass media. Some of them are as low stakes as Green Day singing "fuck Trump" and others are as serious as "PR's wobbly power grid" or "Flint's tainted water"
We lose *SO* many stories relying on mass media. Some of them are as low stakes as Green Day singing "fuck Trump" and others are as serious as "PR's wobbly power grid" or "Flint's tainted water"
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As much as I agree that it’s obviously very important right now to put pressure on the admin to release the full Epstein files and prosecute all of the predators involved
This org is anti-sex work, pro-Nordic model, and classifies consensual sex work as exploitation.
This org is anti-sex work, pro-Nordic model, and classifies consensual sex work as exploitation.
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
As much as I agree that it’s obviously very important right now to put pressure on the admin to release the full Epstein files and prosecute all of the predators involved
This org is anti-sex work, pro-Nordic model, and classifies consensual sex work as exploitation.
This org is anti-sex work, pro-Nordic model, and classifies consensual sex work as exploitation.
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
