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Like cicadas emerging every 13 to 17 years, every 2 or 3 years or so Silicon Valley emerges to reinvent the bus.
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch
Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities -- one
techcrunch.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Like cicadas emerging every 13 to 17 years, every 2 or 3 years or so Silicon Valley emerges to reinvent the bus.
everything else is fine but we draw the line at free aircraft interesting
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
everything else is fine but we draw the line at free aircraft interesting
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⚠️ State gov workers WATCH OUT
DOGE is coming for your data. They are not just stealing from federal systems anymore. Time to resist the pressure they are putting on state governments.
www.metacurity.com/trump-eo-giv...
DOGE is coming for your data. They are not just stealing from federal systems anymore. Time to resist the pressure they are putting on state governments.
www.metacurity.com/trump-eo-giv...
Trump EO gives DOGE access to all federal systems, targets states, and injects cybersecurity risks
Following a Trump EO, OMB told all US agencies to provide DOGE with expansive data on and access to all databases, systems, and technologies. Experts say this effort threatens federal programs, jeopar...
www.metacurity.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
⚠️ State gov workers WATCH OUT
DOGE is coming for your data. They are not just stealing from federal systems anymore. Time to resist the pressure they are putting on state governments.
www.metacurity.com/trump-eo-giv...
DOGE is coming for your data. They are not just stealing from federal systems anymore. Time to resist the pressure they are putting on state governments.
www.metacurity.com/trump-eo-giv...
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currently you can actually lose your job with the government for acknowledging that pronouns exist.
I heard Stephen A. Smith tell CNN yesterday that "people are afraid they're going to lose their job for messing up a pronoun" and it really amazes me how many people don't realize they are awash in intentional propaganda designed to make them afraid of the wrong things and angry at the wrong people
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
May 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
currently you can actually lose your job with the government for acknowledging that pronouns exist.
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I heard Stephen A. Smith tell CNN yesterday that "people are afraid they're going to lose their job for messing up a pronoun" and it really amazes me how many people don't realize they are awash in intentional propaganda designed to make them afraid of the wrong things and angry at the wrong people
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
May 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I heard Stephen A. Smith tell CNN yesterday that "people are afraid they're going to lose their job for messing up a pronoun" and it really amazes me how many people don't realize they are awash in intentional propaganda designed to make them afraid of the wrong things and angry at the wrong people
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Here is a letter from the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy threatening to withhold funding from local governments if they don’t comply with immigration enforcement operations.
April 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Here is a letter from the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy threatening to withhold funding from local governments if they don’t comply with immigration enforcement operations.
people on my block are aware of what’s happening at my work (or that it even exists)
this is the first time I think that’s ever happened
this is the first time I think that’s ever happened
April 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
people on my block are aware of what’s happening at my work (or that it even exists)
this is the first time I think that’s ever happened
this is the first time I think that’s ever happened
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so the atlantic decided to publish an essay about women in baseball that:
- Does not mention Toni Stone or Mamie Johnson or Ila Borders or Kelsie Whitmore or Ayami Sato or Megan Baltzell or...
- Does not mention girl's travel ball teams (seems to conflate HS teams with Little League)
- Does not mention Toni Stone or Mamie Johnson or Ila Borders or Kelsie Whitmore or Ayami Sato or Megan Baltzell or...
- Does not mention girl's travel ball teams (seems to conflate HS teams with Little League)
April 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
so the atlantic decided to publish an essay about women in baseball that:
- Does not mention Toni Stone or Mamie Johnson or Ila Borders or Kelsie Whitmore or Ayami Sato or Megan Baltzell or...
- Does not mention girl's travel ball teams (seems to conflate HS teams with Little League)
- Does not mention Toni Stone or Mamie Johnson or Ila Borders or Kelsie Whitmore or Ayami Sato or Megan Baltzell or...
- Does not mention girl's travel ball teams (seems to conflate HS teams with Little League)
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oh, "we are cooked?" have you considered tjat cooking increases the bioavailability of certain nutrients?? HMMMM???
April 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
oh, "we are cooked?" have you considered tjat cooking increases the bioavailability of certain nutrients?? HMMMM???
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the only approach to trump that has ever made sense was “slow him down as much as possible while rallying public support to your cause” and while most politicians, pundits, and big law partners don’t get this, some do, and lawyers in particular have the tools to act on that understanding
in the spirit of self-crit: in past years I have certainly been among those who have been vocally skeptical of the role of law and lawyers in meaningfully constraining armed agents of the state. but I do think we have to hand it to lawyers at this time
By my count, there had been 103 lawsuits filed in the last 20 days, and judges had issued 50 restraining orders requiring the Trump administration to reverse the terminations. Those decisions came in more than 23 states. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
the only approach to trump that has ever made sense was “slow him down as much as possible while rallying public support to your cause” and while most politicians, pundits, and big law partners don’t get this, some do, and lawyers in particular have the tools to act on that understanding
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Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.
April 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.
I’m not that kind of autistic, I’m the “that’s not gonna fit” kind 😭
Oh, you're autistic? Quick, name five dinosaurs that aren't a T-Rex
April 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’m not that kind of autistic, I’m the “that’s not gonna fit” kind 😭
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love to be governed by people who act like examples from security trainings I would dismiss as so blunt they're ineffective
OK, its not a question of whether the phone is compromised. If you are the spy chief of a major country's intelligence service and your people have not compromised this phone, you should resign and find some other line of work
April 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
love to be governed by people who act like examples from security trainings I would dismiss as so blunt they're ineffective
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I will never forget when autism parents discovered autistic adults on the internet and their first thought was, "finally, someone who will understand how hard my life is" and we had to explain to them that we identified more with the children in their stories than with them as the parents.
April 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I will never forget when autism parents discovered autistic adults on the internet and their first thought was, "finally, someone who will understand how hard my life is" and we had to explain to them that we identified more with the children in their stories than with them as the parents.
me asking if someone wishes to be perceived before complimenting them 🫠
autistic people are hot
April 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
me asking if someone wishes to be perceived before complimenting them 🫠
ah, I see you’ve been to NoLibs in Philly
holy shit dude, you're opening an upscale sports bar in a redeveloped industrial neighborhood? your menu's going to include shareables and bowls with irreverent pop culture references? you're going to partner with casual pickup leagues to host cornhole tourneys?? bro you're gonna be a millionaire!!
April 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ah, I see you’ve been to NoLibs in Philly
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I hate these “what have we become?” type posts because since Europeans first arrived in the Americas, some population has been subject to these kinds of policies and actions
Yes things are getting worse in some ways, but stop denying history. It’s racist among other things.
Yes things are getting worse in some ways, but stop denying history. It’s racist among other things.
April 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I hate these “what have we become?” type posts because since Europeans first arrived in the Americas, some population has been subject to these kinds of policies and actions
Yes things are getting worse in some ways, but stop denying history. It’s racist among other things.
Yes things are getting worse in some ways, but stop denying history. It’s racist among other things.
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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
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"The question of who DOGE is has taken on an almost metaphysical quality"
This ambiguity is a strategy to avoid accountability. Broligarchs want to steal our public wealth without being named.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
This ambiguity is a strategy to avoid accountability. Broligarchs want to steal our public wealth without being named.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question
The acting head of the General Services Administration says it has no DOGE team. It merely lists at least a half-dozen DOGE affiliates on payroll and has a section of its building for DOGE use only.
www.wired.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"The question of who DOGE is has taken on an almost metaphysical quality"
This ambiguity is a strategy to avoid accountability. Broligarchs want to steal our public wealth without being named.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
This ambiguity is a strategy to avoid accountability. Broligarchs want to steal our public wealth without being named.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Before I was disabled, I took meticulous care of myself in my late teens through late 20s. At age 29 I developed moderate ME/CFS, tipping into severe presentation during crashes.
So I'd go so far as to say that a lot of the people who take care of themselves this carefully are already sick.
So I'd go so far as to say that a lot of the people who take care of themselves this carefully are already sick.
You can eat all organic food, drink green juice every day, do yoga, get vitamin D and touch grass… and still become disabled.
Wellness culture can’t save you from disability. What’s worse, most wellness “gurus” will blame you when you become ill.
Wellness culture is toxic & eugenics adjacent.
Wellness culture can’t save you from disability. What’s worse, most wellness “gurus” will blame you when you become ill.
Wellness culture is toxic & eugenics adjacent.
April 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Before I was disabled, I took meticulous care of myself in my late teens through late 20s. At age 29 I developed moderate ME/CFS, tipping into severe presentation during crashes.
So I'd go so far as to say that a lot of the people who take care of themselves this carefully are already sick.
So I'd go so far as to say that a lot of the people who take care of themselves this carefully are already sick.
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I went on @wbur.org with Ari Ne'eman and discussed what #ActuallyAutistic people, including autistic people who require higher support, need instead of RFK Jr. searching for the cause of an autism "epidemic."
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
What two autistic people want you to understand about autism
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to spread misinformation about autism spectrum disorder.
www.wbur.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I went on @wbur.org with Ari Ne'eman and discussed what #ActuallyAutistic people, including autistic people who require higher support, need instead of RFK Jr. searching for the cause of an autism "epidemic."
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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This feels existential for US science:
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
New NIH grant rules override the Civil Rights Act of 1964, barring recipients from DEI activities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is rolling out rules that block new grants for any researcher or institution ad | The National Institutes of Health is rolling out rules that block new grants f...
www.fiercebiotech.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This feels existential for US science:
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
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folks, autistic people feel empathy. they often don't display emotion in a neurotypical way, which means people often *refuse to empathize with them.*
April 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
folks, autistic people feel empathy. they often don't display emotion in a neurotypical way, which means people often *refuse to empathize with them.*
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Colleagues, the autism registry doesn’t exist without our participation
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”
April 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Colleagues, the autism registry doesn’t exist without our participation
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”