Gilia capitata
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I like plants and analog machines
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A thought experiment especially for Americans:
If a genie provided bus service everywhere, on plausible bus routes not point to point, most drivers would keep driving.
If a genie made cars disappear, American roads would be full of pedestrians, cyclists, and people using other mobility devices.
If a genie provided bus service everywhere, on plausible bus routes not point to point, most drivers would keep driving.
If a genie made cars disappear, American roads would be full of pedestrians, cyclists, and people using other mobility devices.
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A thought experiment especially for Americans:
If a genie provided bus service everywhere, on plausible bus routes not point to point, most drivers would keep driving.
If a genie made cars disappear, American roads would be full of pedestrians, cyclists, and people using other mobility devices.
If a genie provided bus service everywhere, on plausible bus routes not point to point, most drivers would keep driving.
If a genie made cars disappear, American roads would be full of pedestrians, cyclists, and people using other mobility devices.
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I’m getting back to work. You can stay in touch with me at sarahkendzior.substack.com: my newsletter is free.
Finally, please use my suspension to draw attention to other unjustly suspended people including Palestinians attempting to raise awareness of genocide, and the user Link. Thank you.
Finally, please use my suspension to draw attention to other unjustly suspended people including Palestinians attempting to raise awareness of genocide, and the user Link. Thank you.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’m getting back to work. You can stay in touch with me at sarahkendzior.substack.com: my newsletter is free.
Finally, please use my suspension to draw attention to other unjustly suspended people including Palestinians attempting to raise awareness of genocide, and the user Link. Thank you.
Finally, please use my suspension to draw attention to other unjustly suspended people including Palestinians attempting to raise awareness of genocide, and the user Link. Thank you.
vote in stupid online poll
Vote in stupid online poll
VOTE: Do you support a move toward socialism?
Do you support a move toward socialism?
katu.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
vote in stupid online poll
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i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
SE Stark & Washington Street Safety Project
Safety upgrades on SE Stark and Washington (92nd to 108th) by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Safer lane configuration, parking, signals, crossings, and more. Project elements, map, time...
portland.gov
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
i want to take a bath but there are trees in the bathtub
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
i want to take a bath but there are trees in the bathtub
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Pretty easy actually if investors get scared
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November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Pretty easy actually if investors get scared
daaaaamn
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
daaaaamn
yet somehow i'm out of tequila. oh well, wine it is
i'm not a wine mom i'm a margarita childless cat lady
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
yet somehow i'm out of tequila. oh well, wine it is
why even bother writing this without explaining how this so-called nonpartisan "think tank" determines whatever they're calling their "State Tax Competitiveness Index"? This is a waste of ink
or is WW is just routinely promoting tax-averse sentiment? that certainly wouldn't be shocking
or is WW is just routinely promoting tax-averse sentiment? that certainly wouldn't be shocking
“The Wyoming model may not be possible in some states—but the Idaho, Indiana, and North Carolina models are.”
Oregon Plunges in Tax Fairness Rankings
Anthony Effinger
www.wweek.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
why even bother writing this without explaining how this so-called nonpartisan "think tank" determines whatever they're calling their "State Tax Competitiveness Index"? This is a waste of ink
or is WW is just routinely promoting tax-averse sentiment? that certainly wouldn't be shocking
or is WW is just routinely promoting tax-averse sentiment? that certainly wouldn't be shocking
i'm not a wine mom i'm a margarita childless cat lady
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
i'm not a wine mom i'm a margarita childless cat lady
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NO, NOT THAT ONE, REPEAT THIS INSIGHT YOU FOOLS
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
NO, NOT THAT ONE, REPEAT THIS INSIGHT YOU FOOLS
this is absolutely the kind of quality content I look forward to snuggling up with on the sofa with tea
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
this is absolutely the kind of quality content I look forward to snuggling up with on the sofa with tea
this is horrifying me. I had no idea this was happening. I want to cry
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
this is horrifying me. I had no idea this was happening. I want to cry
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
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I will let people lib out for 1 night.
Tomorrow excise it like a tumor
Tomorrow excise it like a tumor
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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also cooking up some mayocoba beans, which are kind of my all-time favorite these days. unsalted soaking water, salted cooking water. will report back when done
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
also cooking up some mayocoba beans, which are kind of my all-time favorite these days. unsalted soaking water, salted cooking water. will report back when done
this might be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen at Safeway
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
this might be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen at Safeway
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The PBA wants you to think we — a grassroots membership org — have an outsized influence over local politics, but every statistical indicator says the opposite:
the Portland Business Alliance and their wealthy corporate members continue spend more money on politics than anyone else by a long shot!
the Portland Business Alliance and their wealthy corporate members continue spend more money on politics than anyone else by a long shot!
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The PBA wants you to think we — a grassroots membership org — have an outsized influence over local politics, but every statistical indicator says the opposite:
the Portland Business Alliance and their wealthy corporate members continue spend more money on politics than anyone else by a long shot!
the Portland Business Alliance and their wealthy corporate members continue spend more money on politics than anyone else by a long shot!
ok somebody was talking about liquid castile soap a while back. was it you, @spindlypete.bsky.social? Wichita Center is asking us for donations of personal hygiene stuff and I thought this might be good
October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
ok somebody was talking about liquid castile soap a while back. was it you, @spindlypete.bsky.social? Wichita Center is asking us for donations of personal hygiene stuff and I thought this might be good
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no one has ever been more relatable answering a question about AI
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
no one has ever been more relatable answering a question about AI