Giacomo Volpe 🌹🤝🌐
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I am a human being way before I am anything else
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Congestion pricing is the perfect refutation of shallow “popularism”
yes, it polled poorly at first but once it went into effect and people saw the benefits it became much more popular, to the point that a majority of NYers now oppose rescinding it.
yes, it polled poorly at first but once it went into effect and people saw the benefits it became much more popular, to the point that a majority of NYers now oppose rescinding it.
February 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Congestion pricing is the perfect refutation of shallow “popularism”
yes, it polled poorly at first but once it went into effect and people saw the benefits it became much more popular, to the point that a majority of NYers now oppose rescinding it.
yes, it polled poorly at first but once it went into effect and people saw the benefits it became much more popular, to the point that a majority of NYers now oppose rescinding it.
Idaho should not be allowed to be a state anymore
This chart showing changes in the measles vaccination rates of the states from today’s NYT is bleak.
January 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Idaho should not be allowed to be a state anymore
Its really embarrassing to see creeps like Andrew Cuomo and Anthony Weiner sticking around in Dem circles and trying to make a comeback
We've gotta stand firm against sexual predators in the party and there should be consequences for their enablers
We've gotta stand firm against sexual predators in the party and there should be consequences for their enablers
December 11, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Its really embarrassing to see creeps like Andrew Cuomo and Anthony Weiner sticking around in Dem circles and trying to make a comeback
We've gotta stand firm against sexual predators in the party and there should be consequences for their enablers
We've gotta stand firm against sexual predators in the party and there should be consequences for their enablers
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only real take on the Daniel Penny thing is that it's beyond clear that sustained visible public disorder, even if not actually that dangerous, makes otherwise open/liberal/cosmopolitan people into frothing reactionaries by now, and appeals to empathy aren't an effective counter.
December 9, 2024 at 5:48 PM
only real take on the Daniel Penny thing is that it's beyond clear that sustained visible public disorder, even if not actually that dangerous, makes otherwise open/liberal/cosmopolitan people into frothing reactionaries by now, and appeals to empathy aren't an effective counter.
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Planning for a bike lane in Seattle has taken nearly 3x as long as building the 31 mile Channel tunnel.
We need to desperately change how we plan and build things at every level of government.
We need to desperately change how we plan and build things at every level of government.
December 6, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Planning for a bike lane in Seattle has taken nearly 3x as long as building the 31 mile Channel tunnel.
We need to desperately change how we plan and build things at every level of government.
We need to desperately change how we plan and build things at every level of government.
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You cannot actually build a social democratic state on a foundation of low-trust anti-establishmentism, because you are going to need to build complex institutions that will require trade-offs and compromises and buy-in from diverse stakeholders from across society.
one of Bernie's greatest strengths and greatest weaknesses was his ability to attract low trust anti-system dipshits. strength because there are A LOT of those people, weakness because a lot of them ended up in his campaign
On this note if one of the most prominent backers of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign ended up as a slavishly loyal member of Trump’s cabinet 8 years on we would correctly consider that to be a reflection on Hillary and her wing of the party
December 7, 2024 at 4:09 AM
You cannot actually build a social democratic state on a foundation of low-trust anti-establishmentism, because you are going to need to build complex institutions that will require trade-offs and compromises and buy-in from diverse stakeholders from across society.
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The Bulwark has been running good stuff lately but I haven’t forgotten that Tim Miller was at one point getting paid by Facebook to promulgate antisemitic conspiracy theories about how the company’s critics are puppets of George Soros, and AFAIK he’s never shown any contrition.
December 6, 2024 at 6:39 PM
The Bulwark has been running good stuff lately but I haven’t forgotten that Tim Miller was at one point getting paid by Facebook to promulgate antisemitic conspiracy theories about how the company’s critics are puppets of George Soros, and AFAIK he’s never shown any contrition.
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new favorite moment from the South Korea protests is when someone turned “Feliz Navidad” into a protest anthem
December 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
new favorite moment from the South Korea protests is when someone turned “Feliz Navidad” into a protest anthem
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boring and disappointing that DSA has no plan for marginalizing the ultras on the IC and, yes, DSA die-hards, i do understand the difference, your whole fucking problem is that you don’t.
December 6, 2024 at 3:31 AM
boring and disappointing that DSA has no plan for marginalizing the ultras on the IC and, yes, DSA die-hards, i do understand the difference, your whole fucking problem is that you don’t.
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Every city does this. I have a friend who runs an annual parade, free to the public, through Sacramento. The city is charging him 10’s of thousands of dollars for the privilege.
Cities have gotten too used to looking at all economic activity as a chance to pick someone’s pocket.
Cities have gotten too used to looking at all economic activity as a chance to pick someone’s pocket.
My friend used to put on a skateboard race in a small mountain town. The 1st year, the city was wary but accommodating. The 2nd year, they were thrilled that his event brought hundreds of people to town. The 3rd year, they forced him to hire off duty cops to stand around. There was no 4th year.
The city soaked this long running techno street festival for tens of thousands of dollars and now the organizers are over it.
December 5, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Every city does this. I have a friend who runs an annual parade, free to the public, through Sacramento. The city is charging him 10’s of thousands of dollars for the privilege.
Cities have gotten too used to looking at all economic activity as a chance to pick someone’s pocket.
Cities have gotten too used to looking at all economic activity as a chance to pick someone’s pocket.
Where are the regulators??
Politicians are asleep at the switch on this
We need to at minimum regulate gambling like cigs:
No advertising or promotions
No event sponsorship
No discounts or free samples
Politicians are asleep at the switch on this
We need to at minimum regulate gambling like cigs:
No advertising or promotions
No event sponsorship
No discounts or free samples
December 5, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Where are the regulators??
Politicians are asleep at the switch on this
We need to at minimum regulate gambling like cigs:
No advertising or promotions
No event sponsorship
No discounts or free samples
Politicians are asleep at the switch on this
We need to at minimum regulate gambling like cigs:
No advertising or promotions
No event sponsorship
No discounts or free samples
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not good, not good
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
December 4, 2024 at 2:33 PM
not good, not good
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
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This is math-illiterate local news reporting. If $9 per day toll charged 180 times (every NYC school day) eats up 1/6 of her income, she makes under $10K per year, post-taxes. And even if this blatant lie was true - which it isn't - she would qualify for the low income tax credit.
This article’s got it all! “Working-class” Lower East Side woman with three masters degrees teaching “trauma-informed” music classes at “nearly three dozen Pre-K” classes across the Bronx five days a week says $9 toll will eat up one-sixth of her income www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Pre-K music teacher says NYC's congestion pricing plan will cost her 2 months of her salary
Congestion pricing is set to start in New York City on Jan. 5. One woman who lives in Manhattan's Central Business District says she is one of the working class people it will hurt.
www.cbsnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is math-illiterate local news reporting. If $9 per day toll charged 180 times (every NYC school day) eats up 1/6 of her income, she makes under $10K per year, post-taxes. And even if this blatant lie was true - which it isn't - she would qualify for the low income tax credit.
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Obergefell is doomed if this logic holds
Amy Coney Barrett suggests that the health care ban might not be sex discrimination under the 14th Amendment because its "burdens of the law fall equally on boys and girls because neither can transition." She asks if it should be seen more as targeted discrimination against transgender people.
December 4, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Obergefell is doomed if this logic holds
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OKAY! So. Thanks to popular culture, when most people hear "pirate ship" they think of a big, intimidating, heavily armed vessel like a galleon or a man-of-war, like this commandeered Spanish vessel from season 2 of BLACK SAILS. 🏴☠️
December 4, 2024 at 3:58 AM
OKAY! So. Thanks to popular culture, when most people hear "pirate ship" they think of a big, intimidating, heavily armed vessel like a galleon or a man-of-war, like this commandeered Spanish vessel from season 2 of BLACK SAILS. 🏴☠️
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You can get sent to jail for stealing toilet paper but if you hire a dozen children to work overnight shifts at your slaughter house your company pays a fine
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:43 AM
You can get sent to jail for stealing toilet paper but if you hire a dozen children to work overnight shifts at your slaughter house your company pays a fine
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Do you know how much of a drunk you need to be to worry people working in cable news
SCOOP -- Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
December 4, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Do you know how much of a drunk you need to be to worry people working in cable news
We are very soon going to be completely isolated if we continue to refuse to recognize Palestinian statehood
December 3, 2024 at 11:28 PM
We are very soon going to be completely isolated if we continue to refuse to recognize Palestinian statehood
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Kudos to South Korea's right-leaning ruling party, which turned against its own embattled President and rejected his bid to declare martial law.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
December 3, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Kudos to South Korea's right-leaning ruling party, which turned against its own embattled President and rejected his bid to declare martial law.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
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Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.
December 3, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
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South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 5:15 PM
South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.