@jsliacan.bsky.social
Well, that said, it might actually be problematic if some are more visible than others. Animals, kids, ... Hi viz people make normally dressed people less expected and relatively less visible. Visibility arms race doesn't sound helpful. No good research on it either, AFAIK.
Where in my post did I advocate against being visble?
Maybe re-read and think about the point I am actually making.
Maybe re-read and think about the point I am actually making.
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Well, that said, it might actually be problematic if some are more visible than others. Animals, kids, ... Hi viz people make normally dressed people less expected and relatively less visible. Visibility arms race doesn't sound helpful. No good research on it either, AFAIK.
I like how the pervasive LinkedIn "ex-Palantir" brag might actually become a career stain, finally.
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I like how the pervasive LinkedIn "ex-Palantir" brag might actually become a career stain, finally.
The unexpected faces on the frontlines of ICE raids
YouTube video by The News Movement
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I'm just wondering. How is the US going to have elections when people are afraid to even go to work?
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I'm just wondering. How is the US going to have elections when people are afraid to even go to work?
Now, more than ever, might be a good time to make the switch. Esp if you live in the US...
"Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if requested via legal order." #ACAB #MicrosnotSucks
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi....
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi....
Microsoft will assist the FBI in unlocking your Windows PC data if asked
Microsoft says it will provide the FBI with BitLocker encryption keys if requested for PCs that upload their key to the cloud via your Microsoft Account.
www.windowscentral.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Now, more than ever, might be a good time to make the switch. Esp if you live in the US...
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If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.
At least we avoid the risk of recognizing the inadequate US car industry standards. [1]
[1] etsc.eu/accepting-us...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/e...
[1] etsc.eu/accepting-us...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/e...
European lawmakers suspend U.S. trade deal amid Greenland tariff tensions
EU lawmakers have suspended the approval of the U.S.-EU trade agreement over President Trump's Greenland-related tariff threats.
www.cnbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
At least we avoid the risk of recognizing the inadequate US car industry standards. [1]
[1] etsc.eu/accepting-us...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/e...
[1] etsc.eu/accepting-us...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/e...
When I feel this unconstrained by facts and reality, please use my savings and place me in a care home of your choice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dSv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dSv...
FULL HISTORIC SPEECH: Trump Threatens NATO, Denmark, Slams Macron, Canada PM Carney at WEF | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
When I feel this unconstrained by facts and reality, please use my savings and place me in a care home of your choice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dSv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dSv...
There can't be 20,237 museums of fascism that need them in their exhibitions. So who is still buying these traffic unsafe symbols of the wrong in the world?
Tesla Cybertruck Sales Fell Faster Than Any Other EV in 2025
Tesla Cybertruck sales fell from 38,965 in 2024 to 20,237 in 2025, a 48.1 percent drop.
The slide steepened at the end of the year, with fourth quarter sales falling from 12,991 in 2024 to 4,140 in 2025, down 68.1 percent.
Tesla Cybertruck sales fell from 38,965 in 2024 to 20,237 in 2025, a 48.1 percent drop.
The slide steepened at the end of the year, with fourth quarter sales falling from 12,991 in 2024 to 4,140 in 2025, down 68.1 percent.
Tesla Cybertruck Sales Fell Faster Than Any Other EV in 2025
Cox Automotive data shows Tesla Cybertruck sales fell 48.1 percent in 2025, the biggest volume decline among EV nameplates.
www.autoblog.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 AM
There can't be 20,237 museums of fascism that need them in their exhibitions. So who is still buying these traffic unsafe symbols of the wrong in the world?
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“Before robotaxis are welcomed at all, public transportation services must be so good that robotaxis will not delay them or divert passengers from them. By this standard, Toronto ... should not be welcoming large deployments of robotaxis any time soon.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A warning to Canada: Self-driving taxis won’t be a traffic cure-all, and they ignore the real disease
Companies like Waymo lower fares to inflate demand, making it harder to address the actual problem: low-quality public transit
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“Before robotaxis are welcomed at all, public transportation services must be so good that robotaxis will not delay them or divert passengers from them. By this standard, Toronto ... should not be welcoming large deployments of robotaxis any time soon.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
China is going to have better information on EU passenger car transport patterns than anyone in the EU.
Europe is pulling back on Chinese EV tariffs, instead looking at vehicles on a case-by-case basis as sales of Chinese cars continues to increase across the continent.
Time for Canada to start taking a more pragmatic approach on this, especially as the US tries to destroy auto manufacturing.
Time for Canada to start taking a more pragmatic approach on this, especially as the US tries to destroy auto manufacturing.
Why the EU is ready to drop high tariffs on China-made EVs
Europe’s shift toward cooperation over protectionism on Chinese EVs is more political than business-driven.
restofworld.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
China is going to have better information on EU passenger car transport patterns than anyone in the EU.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
Let the digging continue. Someone making such a statement from such a position just revealed their general attitude that probably resulted in corresponding actions. It's just a matter of finding those instances.
irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j...
irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j...
Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that “Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin” pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser…
irishcycle.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Let the digging continue. Someone making such a statement from such a position just revealed their general attitude that probably resulted in corresponding actions. It's just a matter of finding those instances.
irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j...
irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j...
Every time I ride my bike in town I get annoyed at the ongoing transport injustice. Many times I also get physically threatened or outright violated by drivers driving on bike paths, not stopping on crossings, etc.
I just ride because I don't want to be part of the problem.
I just ride because I don't want to be part of the problem.
No but LITERALLY every time I run an errand by bike, I feel happier.
Have to go to the grocery store? Booo
Ride my bike to the grocery store? 🥰
Have to go to the grocery store? Booo
Ride my bike to the grocery store? 🥰
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Every time I ride my bike in town I get annoyed at the ongoing transport injustice. Many times I also get physically threatened or outright violated by drivers driving on bike paths, not stopping on crossings, etc.
I just ride because I don't want to be part of the problem.
I just ride because I don't want to be part of the problem.
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
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The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Or because one would have to have a functioning adult life set up without a car - path dependency away from a car.
Meanwhile, here in Sweden kids can drive at 16 and we wonder how to get more people on bikes. Oh the irony.
Meanwhile, here in Sweden kids can drive at 16 and we wonder how to get more people on bikes. Oh the irony.
January 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Or because one would have to have a functioning adult life set up without a car - path dependency away from a car.
Meanwhile, here in Sweden kids can drive at 16 and we wonder how to get more people on bikes. Oh the irony.
Meanwhile, here in Sweden kids can drive at 16 and we wonder how to get more people on bikes. Oh the irony.
The US administration is making sure this paper ages well. Slow as well as immediate car violence being on display a lot recently. Used and abused in all possible ways.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Concerning Cars: Automobility and the Contours of Control, Order, and Harm
Criminology has been coincident with the motor age, at least in the Global North. The history of automobility is bound up—in mutually conditioning ways—with changing patterns of crime and social contr...
www.annualreviews.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:10 AM
The US administration is making sure this paper ages well. Slow as well as immediate car violence being on display a lot recently. Used and abused in all possible ways.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Another axis along which one can safely generalize is location. E.g. people here in the EU shouldn't think our immigration control is a gentle and humane process, just look at the Mediterranean. Different approach, but systematic violence nevertheless.
Illegal immigrant is an insane concept.
Illegal immigrant is an insane concept.
Spending time with immigrant communities has been valuable for me because it has driven home that immigration enforcement has *always* been violent. It's a system of violence. What's happening now is especially horrific, yes, but the pain and harm has always been there.
Seriously. Every other administration removed illegal immigrants from the US without all of this violence. Why can’t the current regime do that? And let’s not forget. Being in the US illegally is a misdemeanor but they are being treated as scum. Disgusting.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Another axis along which one can safely generalize is location. E.g. people here in the EU shouldn't think our immigration control is a gentle and humane process, just look at the Mediterranean. Different approach, but systematic violence nevertheless.
Illegal immigrant is an insane concept.
Illegal immigrant is an insane concept.
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
The pattern is the same every time.
The driver who almost hit you complains that you swear in front of their kids in the back seats. And if you don't, then you're obviously too calm to have been put in the danger you're claiming.
They don't mean it to be an argument but a demonstration of power.
The driver who almost hit you complains that you swear in front of their kids in the back seats. And if you don't, then you're obviously too calm to have been put in the danger you're claiming.
They don't mean it to be an argument but a demonstration of power.
I wonder if the civility police on the right who were so concerned with Democrats saying "fuck" will have any thoughts on Jonathan Ross calling Renee Good a "fucking bitch"
January 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The pattern is the same every time.
The driver who almost hit you complains that you swear in front of their kids in the back seats. And if you don't, then you're obviously too calm to have been put in the danger you're claiming.
They don't mean it to be an argument but a demonstration of power.
The driver who almost hit you complains that you swear in front of their kids in the back seats. And if you don't, then you're obviously too calm to have been put in the danger you're claiming.
They don't mean it to be an argument but a demonstration of power.
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You can’t park on the sidewalk without driving on the sidewalk.
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
You can’t park on the sidewalk without driving on the sidewalk.
And when it happens to you the police refuse to investigate and trivialize the incident. Now a clearly manufactured version of it is being used as a valid reason to kill someone.
Agree that lots of damage is being done by them using car weaponization argument.
Agree that lots of damage is being done by them using car weaponization argument.
As someone who has multiple dangerous interactions with a car every time I ride my bike I have zero patience for this bullshit from JD Vance and Kristi Noem about the agent feeling threatened by a car turning around. The average bike commuter has more courage than trigger-happy Jonathan Ross.
January 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
And when it happens to you the police refuse to investigate and trivialize the incident. Now a clearly manufactured version of it is being used as a valid reason to kill someone.
Agree that lots of damage is being done by them using car weaponization argument.
Agree that lots of damage is being done by them using car weaponization argument.
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I have a new op-ed in the Financial Times asking why, exactly, Europe wants robotaxis.
Because I can’t figure it out.
🧵
Because I can’t figure it out.
🧵
Europe doesn’t need driverless cars
The roadways are already safe and robotaxis risk increasing traffic
www.ft.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I have a new op-ed in the Financial Times asking why, exactly, Europe wants robotaxis.
Because I can’t figure it out.
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Because I can’t figure it out.
🧵
I also wonder if AVs get a nicer/cautious treatment by other drivers, making them less likely to get involved in a crash. Skewing the figures further.
Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated.
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers
And even if self-driving technology proves to be less dangerous, there are many better ways to improve traffic safety and prevent fatal crashes.
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I also wonder if AVs get a nicer/cautious treatment by other drivers, making them less likely to get involved in a crash. Skewing the figures further.